Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-29

sends It's ROOFS down into the subs0il
deeper than II any previous stage cf its
growth.
When conditions arc Just right, onions
! will yield more bushels per acre than the
highest yield eeported Of potatoes The
rows are closer together than potatoes
can be, and though they will not grow
one above another as potatoes will, the
entire surface of the ground III tho rows
will be covered with many of the onions
partially overlapping each other. lii
narrow rows little Of the surface Of the
soil will DE bare, and I 900 bushels have
been grown on q single acre.
There is great advantage Id having 4
hay cutter ii Che barn. By its use straw
and other coafse fodder can be 30 mixed
with meal thaf stock will eat all readily.
and thus the capacity Of the farm to
keep stock aid make manure may be
largely increaScd. The stubs of coarse
corn stalks will not he eaten unless
steamed, but ST Is worth while to cut
them up, il sonly for the advantage OF
having fine inlsnure to be evenly spread
during the wiAter aud spring.
In some palss Of England turf Is an
nually burne9, and dressing OF the
ashes appliedsto the wheat fields before
sowing. THIS burned earth, with the
ash from roots and other vegetable mat
ter, makes good fertilizer for wheat.
Some American farmers have tried this
tnif ash with good results. It can be
distributed quite readily in drain drills
that have fertilizer attachment, but for
wheat it should not take the place of
phosphate, bat be used in connection
| Herewith.
A New jersey fruit grower tried the
experiment Of applying fertilizers copi-
ously to pear tree Of kind usually
much subject to blight. He dug into q
circle OF ten feet radius about the tree
twenty feet ia diameter) two bushels of
limo. one buslscl OF uncachcd ashes and
peck Of superphosphatc; and the tree
remained for eight years free from dis
case, although others Of the same variety
not so treatcdswcrc attacked with blight.
This result might have been accidental,
but repetition in other places will de-
eide the point
One Of the best substances for mixing
with phosphate to make it distribute
, evenly ID wood ashes There is an ex-
cess of sulphlsric acid in most new super
phosphate. atsd it is this which causes
the sickness which soon compacts the
fertilizer 50 tEat it cannot be distributed.
The alkali Of the ashe, neutralizes this
acid. It acts on tho iron-drill bottom
just as ashesact on table knives when
the housewife scours them. Ashes will
clean out drill better than anything
else, provided they are perfectly dry
when put in. They soon gather moist
ure by standing.
A great deal of corn fodder is wasted
yearly, because not cut and housed in
time. That which is sown exclusively
for the fodder ID more difficult to cure
than that which has grown crop Of
grain. AS rule it is greencr and more
succulent and really less valuable than
larger corn stalks, whose juices havo
more sugar. The fodder from o GOOD
corn crop is worth nearly as much as
feed for cows as an average crop Of hay.
Tn fact, as most farmers understand, hay
is not good feed for mich cows, except
occasionally as change of diet. Corn
fodder in some shape must always be the
staple COW feed in winter in this country.
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