The Arizona sentinel., 1889-07-13
GRAINS FOR CHANGERS.

AN acre of land devoted to small fruits will often give larger return than five acres devoted to gram.
 SIMPLY skimming the ground with the hoe is sometimes better for destroying weeds than to dig down few inches. A MAN with sharp tools can do more work in day than two men with dull tools. It may take little time to sharpen the tool5j but it will be labor saved.
 TAKING care of the tools and implements is one of the best modes of economizing on the farm. The value of the tools annually depreciated from lack of cleaning, oiling and exposure to weather is enormous. SWEET potatoes should be cultivated well until they begin to run. They will not thrive if the weather is very wet, and the more air and heat admitted to the roots the better, so as to give them an early start
 LETTUCE is plant that will grow in great variety of soils, but to grow to per. lection it should have a deep, rich, well pulverized soil, filled with partially-de- composed manure. No garden seomplete without good supply of lettuce. WHENEVER a crust forms on the surface of the ground break up the soil with culti vator. A hard crust prevents absorption of moisture and allows the rain from quick showers to flow off to some extent It also prevents complete appropriation of the plant food nearer the surface.
 SWEET potatoes will not thrive if th5 season is very damp, as they delight in a warm, dry soil They should be we'll worked until the plants cover the hills. The cut worm will do damage on cool nights, and an examination of the patch should be made every morning, as it may be neces sary to replant.
 As rule white clover springs up on land that has been well dressed with wood ashes, and though it affords excellent pasturage it is very persistent weed if it is allowed to grow where 1t is not wanted. Cutting it off only causes it to grow vigorously. It should be pulled up by hand from among rows of vegetables.
 Cur the hay just as the seed-heads be- gin to form. If the seed is allowed to mature and become dry the plant will be robbed of it's nutritive matter by the seeds. By cutting the grass before the heads form the material intended for the formation of seed is arrested in the stalks, and the hay will be more valuable.
 As SOON as melons have made growth enough to be worked, broadcast around them with wood-ashes. Ashes arc excellent for melons, but good, wellrotted manure should also be used literally as we'll Keep the ground well worked until they begin to run, then work before the runners-not among them-and pull out the weeds and grass by hand from among the plants.
 HAULING out fresh manure for crops that are to be planted on the manure is unwise. Before the plants ca1 derive benefit from the manure it must first decompose in the soil and it's elements dissolved by the rains. Well-rotted, decomposed manure is always the best for any crop. If the manure is un- decomposed it will not become available as plant food to its fullest extent until the next season. The more litter in the manure the slower the process of decomposition.
 A NEW and distinctva variety of strawberry, and valuable addition to the numerous varieties of this much-esteemed fruit, is known as "Parker's Fredonia Seedlina" It was discovered by J. J. Parker, of Fredonia, N. Y, some two years ago growing i'll a bed of "Wilsons." The new berry is large and of bright crimson color, and is said to be very strong grower, having in the course of a few years r1n out the evil Bons' from the bed in which it was found.