The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-09-18

manufacturers OF Irvine for self-blnt
ers. 1t is thought that the deman
o temp for this purpose will caus
this crop to be extensively raised i
the future.
The Gardener's Monthly says tina
those who have set cut trees the pas
spring should take the first chance O
a dry spell to loosen the soil deem
about them with a fork. and immc
diately after beat it down hard Avail,
with the heel or with some tool Shit
able for the purpose.
The sweet potato is one of the NOS
valuable crops grown. In addition t,
being a favorite on the table it make.
excellent food for stock. Hogs fatte,
very quickly on cooked sweet potatoes
winch are a cheap article of food, con
siderlng that three hundred bushel.
per acre is not an unusual yield.
The tropical ~gooscberry, which i.
cultivated IN Florida, grows on 4
handsome tree from ten to fifteen feet
IN height. The fruit is rather smalle,
than the Siberian crab apple ANA the
shape Il tfattened globe. 1T contain,
one hard seed. The fruit is only mod.
erately valuable, but the tree is orna-
mental.
1t may not generally be known that
tne English walnut is the most profit
aDie OF all the nut bearing trees.
Nhen in full bearing they will Weld
ABOUT 3Oo pounds of nuts to the tree.
II only twenty-seven trees are planted
on an acre, says a Los Angeles or
ehafdlst, the income would be S549
per acre, OF from twenty acres, $40
500 per year.
complaints are becoming more and
more rte of the ravagcs OF the army
worms and chilch bugs IN various
sections OF the West and IN California.
seeding to wheat Year after wear is
sure not only to i~mpovcrlsh the soil
dlsastronsly. but also favors the null
t~lphcation of insect pests whenever
favorable seasons occur for their
breeding.
The Increasing preference of manus
1actnrers the past season for unwash-
ed woo!s to be washed has been more
noticeable of late, in that many lots
OF washed WOODS held at what have
been considered relative prices are
still unSold on all markets, while I'M.
washed, OF the same grades, are all
sold. 1t is better for all concerned
that wool be shorn unwashed.
Mlilet, hungarian and orchard grass
are poor Substitutes for good mead
ow OF clover or timothy, although they
can serve on occasion to supplement-
ilie loss OF these more valuable pro-
duets. The search for new varieties
OF plants to take the places of the nm
desirable old is commendablc, but Tho
forage plant that can take the place Of
clover and timothy for hav is vet
tangling the soil OF some undiscayer.
ed country.
Cabbages and caul,tlowcrs will do
better upon old ground, which is rich
n mellow from previous cultivation,
The MUIR should be old and well
rotted, as green manure will not
make a solid heat, although it nav
make a rank growth OF leaves. MANY
OF Il good gardeners are using arti-
ella manure for these crops, %:pp]v-
ing no stable or barnyard manure
excepting such as may have been rut
IN Tor Il previous or earlier crop.
vi the use of cotton-seed meal for
dairy COWS an English writer saws
MY COWS get from three to four
pounds of cotton cake every day. The
quantity and quality of the cream IS
so sensibly increased by its use that if
by chance The cows are without il for
two days it is at once noticed, In
summer the cake IS especially yalua-
bic. making the butter firm. Dat
meal and bran induces large Yields of
milk, but cotton-seed cake o,vcs
cream
~"Speakin' of productive soil,n said
the man from Dakota, 1.-THE half has
no. bcen told. A few weeks ago nv
wife said why John, | b'lieve
you We took to CROWN agin.' |
measured myself, an hope Gabriel
III mss me at the final roundup, if
hadn't grown six inches in two weeks.
couldn't account for it for some
time, till at last l tumbled to the fact
h a thar war holes in my boots. an
the internal soil got in thar an done
its work"
A bnshel of clover contains between
ll1teen and sixteen millions of seeds.
a peek to the acre would give eighty
seven seeds TO the square foot. One
quart to the acre would be ten seeds.
from this it is easy to determine
how many seeds would stand on each
square foot of land with u given num-
Der of quarts to the acre, supposinp
every seed TO be perfect and grow
about twenty per cent, on the ay-
is imperfect, and frequently
twenty-five per cent of the remainder
.alls Tor want of a suitable place for
termination.