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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-25
New York Produee.

NEW YORK, Feb 24.-Flour = Receipts
sacks; quiet, unchanged. Sales, Is. i5U bbls.
Wheat-Receipts. LOCO bu; exports, 46.-
300 bu: sales, 1860, 900 bu futures: is, 900
bu spot: spot market stronger. quiet; No 2
red. S540S6c elevator; s67sG0S7ISc afloat;
S67s@S794c f. o. b; steamer. No. 2 red, SLY
@Sl &c; No. red, S1l2@S s4c; steamer. No.
3 red, 74l74I2c; ungraded red; 7uQS1Iac;
No. northern, 92s4@93c; No. hard, 94sl
@95. Options less active. lkGDI2c down;
steady. No red, February, closing at S5Iec;
March, S5ss@S5s4c, closing ut S5s4c; April,
s5:s@s5lac. closing at S5l2e, May. s5as9
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LOCAL MARKETS.
st. Paul.

Wheat was quiet on the board at Saturdays
quotations. Corn weaker. Oats showed
some 'firmness, with No. 2 l2c higher Barley
steady. Rye lower. Corn meal stronger
Bran stronger. Hay weak and lower, espe-
cially on No. 1. Dressed hogs steady. The
Wheat-No 1 hard, nc bid; No. 1 north
ern, 76c bid: No. 2 northern, 73@74c.
Corn-No. 8, 25@25lac
Oats,No. mixed, 2Ulsc bid; No. 2 white,
22c bid; No. 3, 21c bid.
.Barley-No. 2, 45@50c bid; No. 8. 4O@45c
Ground Feed-No. i. $40 25@1o.5o.
Corn Meal Unbolted, ST. asked.
Bran-Bulk, S7.75@S.
Haye.No; upland prairie, S606.5o; No. 1,
S4.5@@5: so: No. 2. S405.
Dressed Hogs-S4@4l5.
PotatoeS--5c bid
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j. }. WATSON. BRO. u HYNDMAN
90 East Fourth Street,
ZEAL ESTATE AND NOR TGAGE INVEST
KENTS.
FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY.
Milwaukee Produce:

MILWAUKEE. Wis, Feb. 24.-Flour dull.
Wheat easy; No 2 spring on track cash, III
Corn quiet; No. 8 on track, 27i2c. Oats dull ;
No. white on track, 22c. Rye firmer; No.
in store, 44@44l2c. Barley quiet, No in
store, -4uI2c. Provisions firm. Pork, So. 20.
Lard. So. 72l2. Butter steady; dairy, l5@l7c.
dars, 9@9lac. ReceIpts-Flour, $500 bu /;
wheat, II, 700 bu; barley. 29,40J. Ship
menrs-Flour. 800 bu; wheat, 500 bu; bar
lev - e. IN bu
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post and piling, cars; barrel stock. Is cars,
farm and other machinery, 55S, 80 lbsi
s60l0; lime 8 cars; cement. $50 bDls;
household goods. 90 O0O lbs: railroad iron,
% cars; stone and marble, ID cars: live
stock, z cars: dressed meats. 1915 o lbs,
hides. peits and furs. 119,600 lbs; railroad
Car lots I122
hipments-Flour, 33,92e bu; milistuffs
l.22o tons: wheat 1875 bu; corn, 7.20t
hu; oats, 5000 bu; faxseed, $500 ears
lbs: machinery, III, 400 los; hides, 125, 70t
lbs; cement, 100 bbls; household goods 3d.
100 lbs; railroad iron, 5 cars; live stock, ]
car: coal, lS tons; dressed meats, 40, 600 lbsi
stone and marble, e cars; sundries, % cars.
Total car lots, 700.
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REGRET.
Twas after the ball,

Twas after the ball,
Twas dark in the hall.
Her "good night not very emphatie;
Twas such good chance
For sweetest romance,
And fingered with longing ecstatic.
Twas dark III the hall,
twas after the bail.
'Twas after the ball,
Twas dark in the hall
Such chance for parting romantic!
And-she was not cold;
Why was not bold?
When think OF it now am frantic,
Twas dark in the hall,
Just dark-that was ALL
Morgan Macknight IN judge
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st. Louis Produce.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 24-Flour quiet and I'M
changed. Wheat lower; No. red cash.
75A@75asc; May closed 757sc asked; July.
75sSc. bid; August, 73lsc bid. Corn lower
for all grades; No. 2 red cash, 245sc; Febru-
airy closed 241z@245sc bid: May, 2 sac bid
July, 26s4c. Oats lower; No. 2cash, 20s4c
May closed 20ssc bid. Rye-No trading.
Barley--Wisconsin, 44I2c; Minnesota, sic
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BANK OF MINNESOTA.
Paid Up Capital $6OJ,Oo0.
Surplus, S1oo.oa9
VIM. Dawson. Pres Robt. A. Smith, V,Pres
VIM Dawson. Jr.. Cashier
The Visible Supply.

New YORK. Feb. 24.-The produce ex-
change statement of the visible supply
Saturday. Feb. % Total in store and afioat:
Wheat. 29,61S,5S bu; decrease, Asa, 722 bu.
Corn, 1876, 5n7 bu; increase, 1,153.2O7 Blu.
Rye. l,529,397 bu; increase, 51,9 l blu.
Barley. 1862. 651 bu; decrease, 1885 Blu.
CHICAGO. Feb. 24.-The board of trade re-
port on the visible supply of grain is as
follows: Wheat, 29.620.000 bu; decrease,
453, coo blu. Corn, Is, 739, 900 bu; increase,
1855, 900 Blu. Oats, 5.iS7,0oO blu; de-
crease, $4,000 blu. Rye, 1929. 900 bu;
increase, $1,000 bu. Barley, 1880 blu;
increase Is, 900 Blu.
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Toledo Grain.

TOLEDO, Feb 24-wheat dull, lower;
cash, 77l2c; May, sOlsc: July, z ssc:
August, 77Ae. Corn steady; cash, 29l2c:
May. 8 l2c. Oats quiet; cash. 22lac. Clover
seed actiqe; cash, So. 20; February, So. 10 !;
March. IS. l7Ia Receipts-M heat, 2,5Ou bu;
corn, So, 242 bu: rye, $50 bu; clover seed,
1888 bags. shipments-Wheat. 1880 bn;
bu; clover seed. 1889 bags.
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ST. PAUL REAL ESTATE.

The following real estate transfers were
recorded yesterday:
j Rockstrom to C Y Art, lis and 4,
blk 1, White Bear Acre Lots. 1890. $3.50
c Brown 20 W Hatkins. 1t 80, blk 4,
Bemls Heights .......-... ............ 200
l. Washburn to $ ] Watkins, Its 2:5, 81,
- and 2G. blk 4, Il %. blk 2, Bemis
Heights. go: ............: .::.;, ;. 1, 600
" 3 Evans to d W Harper Ii 16, Sahl-
CARDS subd Como Villas -. -. :. 500
A L Evans to J Schplit, 1t =. subd N
sw a sec 90 town % range D.. -. 500
A NJ Colt to J j Farley, part Its IS and
Il, blk 20. Hawks suhd Winslow -. 500
II l. Buckley to L Buckley, Its, g. 4,
and s. blk L, Warren IL Flinrs... -. 400
" NJ Lawtou to e Schmidt. 1t IL. Law
toms rearr blk 149, West st Paul
proper ..... 1890. -. 900
i;ngtnn tI ii H '0i' ~ - 0'A " az ooo
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Kansas City Grain.

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 24.-Wheat steady; No
hard, cash, 62IAc; February 62c bid, 6214c
asked; No. red. cash, 6sc bid. 6SL2c asked.
Corn weak; No. 2, cash and February, 29ssc.
oats-No. 2, cash and February, lie bid,
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I. Townsend Mix. ". A. holsrook
E. TOWNSEND MIX & co.
ARCHITECTS.

Offices. New Globe Building. MINNEAPOLIS.
Architects OF Northwestern Guaranty Loan
Building; the New Globe building, ST. Paul;
Senator Washburn's residence, ana other
important works. orders solicited.
b. d. Brown Stunt. of Construction.
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Lombard Investment COmDany

Boston, Mass. Capital and surplus, 81, 75O,-
600. No. 40 Leadenhall St.. London, E. c.
Eng. Western office. Kansas City. Mo. Loans
on St Paul and Minneapolis Real Estate and
Improved Farms in Minnesota and Western
Wisconsin promptly closed. No applications
sent away for approval. st. Paul office
Globe BuildinP. Il nEIIEI. Manaoar
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MINING SHARES.
*EX-dividend, 25c.
HOLBERT & MIXTER
32S ROBERT STREET, ST. PAUL,

= O@O ItOOHItI SihEEIi Of. fAUL4
REPRESENTING
p. w. DUNHAN o. ~.
Members New York Stock Exchange and
Chicago Board of Trade. Offices: New York
rs Broad St; Chicago, S. W. Corner Grand
Pacific Hotel. STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AND
PROVISIONS bought and sold for cash or on
margin. Direct wires to Chicago Board Of
Trade and New York Stock Exchange.
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BONDS CLOSING PRICES.


Q. 5. As reg 1924 NJ. K. q T. G. SIS 65I5
do Is COUP. 122A Nut Union 6s. IO3
do 4l2s reg ...103la N. j. int, ctfs. "A
do 4sl2 coup. .1O4A F. Pacific lists. .ll4&
La. stamped As. 97Ia n. ". consols.
Missouri 4s.... LOO do deb 5s. ..lIeIz
Ten. new set IS, 1O9l2'Or & Trans. IS. 1857
do do 6s los iSt. L. Il l. M.G.5s Ola
do do 3s... ~ lSl.L.& S.F.G.Ml1OuA
Can. South n2ds1OO LIST. Paul consols. 1875
Cen; Pac. lists. III 1Ia st. PC. d P. 1sts116
d. q X. 1sst. lisp It. P. L. G. T. r. 91ls
do do 4s.... rs IT. P. R. G. T. R.. 9Sl2
Erie DDS: ........ 100l2 Union Fac. 1sts.l1
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WALKER e. CO

Members New York Stock Exchange and
Chicago Board of Trade.
OFFICES: New York, i Broadway; St Paul
] Gilfllan Block; Chicago Pacific Av
STOCK GhAIN, PROVISION. COTTON
AND OIL BROKERS.
Direct WIRES from our Office in ST. Paul No.
Gillian Block. to New York Stock Ex-
change andChicago Board of Trade.
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Liverpool Grain.

LIVERPOOL Feb. 24-Wheat steady, de-
mand poor holders offer moderately. Corn
easy demand poor; new mixed Western, Ss
Sd ner Genital
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Kansas City.
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 24.-Cattle-Receip
So D; shipments, 600; market slow; steady:
sleers, So 2004.70; cows 81 .SO@2.S stock
eeipts, $500: shipments, 2, ZOO: market 2l2o
higher; all grades. So 6 i963 70: bulk. So. 70
as. ZIP. SheeD-Receipts, $500; ship
mIents, 800; market steady; good to choice
lambs and muttons, $3.5G05.40; stockerH
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-25

RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.
Receipts--Whes.t2 l2,94O bu; corn. So
go bu; oats, 81, 800 bu; barley, 800 bu:
faxseed. 500 cars; flour, 625 bbls; millstuff'
30 tons; hay. 155 tons; fruit, l49, 40 lbs !:
merehaudise. 2,472, $50 lbs; lumber, 81 cars:
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Total, 9 transfers.

BUILDING PERMITS
The following permits to build were issued
yesterday:
Helen J Gunderson. 2-story frame
dwelling. Thomas. near Milton. $3.50
Andrew A Setback, 2-story frame dwell
ing, Blair, near Western ... .......2.45O
Seven minor permits. aggregating .....2, 800
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grizzly bear. S1O@15: grizzly cub bear, 81
%; raccoon, 6Oe@Sl; sheep pelts, 2. ,D55c.
Hides-Green hides. per ID, 4c; green salt
cd hides, per ID, 4l2c: green. sailed long
haired Rip, per 10, dc; green-salted veal kip,
per Id, 4l5c; dry flint hides. per ID, &c: dry
sailed hides, peg ID, &c; green caifskins, per
10. 1i2c. dry calfskins, per ID. &c; wool.
per ID. i6@l9c: tallow, per lb. 4c: ginseng.
per ID, S2.75; sereca. per ID, 32c; beeswax,
per ID. zoe: dry deer skins, fall, per ID, Soc;
dry deer skins, winter, per H. 25c dry anie-
lone skins. per 10, 23c; dry elk kEi,Is, per Id,
2Oc; dressed buckskin. per Ii. 81 %.
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FLUUIs 3,
Milwaukee road. 4,6l3 bbIs; Omaha, 1894
bbls; Wisconsin Central, 375 bbls; Mantle
ba, LOO bhls; st. Paul g. Duluth. $50 bbls:
st. Paul & Kansas City, b77 bbls; Chicago,
Burlington !; Northern, 8, 780 bbls; 500 line,
13,02l bbls.
CAR LOT RES EIPTs.
Following are the Minneapolis wheat re-
ceipts by cars: Milwaukee, So cars; Omaha,
% cars; Minneapolis & ST. Louis, IS cars;
Manitoba, 1913 cars; Northern PaciIic. I6
cars; 500 Line, 9 cars.
STATE GRAIN INsPEcTIeN--wHEAT
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Olhor Grainx-No. com, l car; 10. 3
corn. 10 cans: No. . rye. car: No. Q oats, l
car; No. oats, l. cars; No. fax. car.
Inspected on.--W asat-No. l hard 9 cars !.
No. northern, 81 cars; No. northern, 23
cars; No. 3 oats. 2 cars
WHEAT MOVEMENT,
The receipts and shipments of wheat from
the principal primary markets were as fol.
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COCHRAN g. WALSH.
Corner Fourth and Jackson streets.
f.tal Estate and Mortgage Leans
General Financial Agents.
Duluth Grain.

Special to the Globe.
DULUTH, MINI, Feb. 24.--Up to noon to-
day there was quiet market and little inter.
est. After that business became active.
Opening prices were 14c below Fridays
close, and by noon there was an additional
drop of he. Weakness. was due to selling
orders and poor demand and disappointment
in visible supply decrease. After IL o'clock
there was much better demand aud prices
firmed up ssc from the lowest point, closing
lsc below Friday and ssc above opening
to-day. Cash No. hard closed at 76i.c bid,
No. northern. 74kc bid; No. northern,
69s4c bid. May opened at 79l2e. sold down
northern sold at nc and closed at 77Ac.
Corn closed at 29Ssc; nominal. Total wheat
in store, all grades, 1852. 343 bu Cars on
track, wheat, AZ; corn, So; oats, %; total.
126. Receipts-Flour, 1856 bbls; wheat,
3 1897 bu; corn. 80, 27O bu; oats, $500 bu.
Shipments-Flour. 3,04S bbls; wheat, us
Blu. 1nspection-Wheat,N No. hard, Is cars !;
No. l northern. II cars: corn, 10 cars; oats,
1S cars. Total, Go cars
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Chicago.

CHICAGO. Feb. 24.-clearinss to-day. sls,.
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MERTENS &SCHWANECKE

Civil Engineers and Architects,
1011 New York Life Insurance Building.
Rates. to 8 per cent for first class plans
and Specifications
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ST. PAUL UNION STOCK YARDS co
SOUTH ST. PAUL.
The Yards and Packing Houses Open fol
Business.
Eeadav Cash Market for Hogs.
LIVE STOCK.
Union stockyards.

Official receipts at South St. Paul IS head
Hogs--Strong. sc higher. None offered.
No loading in the country OH Sunday, and
receipts were nil. a strong market is ez-
pected here as the run is rather light. Quota
!, Light, S3.7 @3.S71s; mixed, SIS. 700
$50; heavy, S3.7U039D.
Cattle-Steady. There were buyers for
ssIocKers and feeders, and some demand for
1alr butcher steers and COWS, but there was
very little change from former quotations;
- - mead of 936 lbs feeders sold at
S262l2, and ri head Of $50 lbs
st2ckers brought $40. Light COWS
sold at $40, and the quotations are: Good
10 choice fat native steers, 5 @3.5O: good
COWS, $2@2.75; common cows, 81 .6002;
Gamers, $lGl1.60; bulls, S1.25@2 %; oxen,
Si.s0g24 mich COWS, Sl5@3O; calves,
Sheep-.Strong. The demand is good and
wen worth quoting. Muttons, naIlves 81. so
90: feeders. S4@46o; lambs, 81. 1908. 70.
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SON

49,, 0e0. New York exchange Csc discount
Money rates were the same as last week.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-23

with the same tools and manner as ordi-
nary corn. 1t comes up quite feebly and
grows slowly at first, but when a few
inches high it takes start and grows
very rapidly. When brushed out and
the seed has passed the blossom, it is
''broken;" that is, the stalks are bent
over just below the first joint. If this
were not done, the brush" would be lent
down on all sides 10y the weight of the
seed and thus become crooked and worth
less. When "broken," the brush hangs
straight and SO ripens. 1t is sometimes
"tabled;' that is, the stalks of adjoining
rows are broken in opposite directions
and low enough so that the heads lap
over and lie one upon another. When
the seed is nearly ripe, but before the
brush has turned brown, it is "cut." In
doing this, the stalks are cut an inch or
so above the first Joint, and the head and
stalk are slipped out of the sheaf. 1t is
then drawn UP to barns or sheds which
are fitted up with scaffolds from bottom
to top. On these the corn is spread to
"cure." When properly dried, it is
threshed by being laid upon swiftly re-
volving cylinders, having long, slim spikes
or teeth, which strip off the seeds and
leave the brush ready to sort and bale
when it is fit for market. The threshing,
sorting and packing can be done at any
time during the winter. The seed is capt.
tai for hens, and if we'll cleaned, is very
nearly as good as oats for any stock for
cattle, hogs and horses it is best when
ground.-New York Herald
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-23
A Mushroom Myth.

An English authority says that it is a
popular error that mushrooms grow to
their full size during a single night and
that they vanish after the sun shines
upon them. He says: "Thcy are rapid
in growth and rapid in decay: but the
same mushroom may be watched grow
ing and expanding for two or three days,
and then gradually decaying away.
Much depends on the dampness or dry
ness of the season, In some seasons they
are exceedingly plentiful, while at other
times they are comparatively rare. This
also is believed to depend chiefly on eli
matte conditions. It is not unusual for
cultivated mushrooms to become attack
ed by a parasitic mold, which renders
them unfit for food. This misfortune
rarely happens to the wild form until it
is in process of decay. The catacombs
of Paris are noted for their production
of mushrooms in immense quantities.
From the Mery caves us many as 5000
pounds are sometimes sent to market
daily. We have heard of a crop being
grown in hat box"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-23

BEFORE DIGGING. AFTER DIGGING. PRUNED.
The first figure is that of vigorous
young nursery tree before digging,
showing the numerous strong roots
reaching some feet out. Careful exam
nations have shown that the roots of a
young tree fully equal or exceed in ex-
tent the branches of the top. 1t is inn
possible to preserve all these roots in
digging, especially after the tree is a
year and upwards old.
The usual practice is to thrust the
digger into the earth about as the en-
craving shows, and the larger part of
the finer roots, too delicate really to
handle, stay back. Thus the trees bal
ance in root and top is broken at the
nursery; it reaches the planter in the
top heavy condition of Fig. 2. Plant it
thus, as so generally is done, and the
root is ro5 possibly equal to the task of
supporting it's entire top. The tree is out
of balance.
Fig. 8 shows the same tree handled for
restoring the balance lost in digging,
through pruning away enough of the
top to correspond with the loss of the
roots. This is the course that all plant
ers should follow. Remember that the
soil needs thorough cultivation and en-
riching for trees as well as for corn.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-23

Mr.. E. S. Carman, who has produced
on his rural farm at River Edge, N. j.,
some enormous potato yields, cuts his
potatoes. His method, briefly summed
up, is: Wide trenches; a mellow bottom;
the seed pieces covered with two inches
of soil; the fertilizer strewn evenly upon
this; the trench filled with the soil as
loosely as possible and heaped up
shaped, so that it will settle to level of
the soil on either side after rain or so;
fiat cultivation.
Alfred Rose, of Penn Yam, n. Y, an
other successful potato grower, employs
seed cut to two eyes. To insure q good
stand his seed is cut three or Four weeks
previous to planting, and busted we'll
with plaster when ready to plant. All
seed not sprouted is sorted out.
To those who use the cut seed, Prairie
Farmer cautions th1t there is such
thing as so cutting the tuber as to at least
partially destroy the germ vitality of the
eye. The eyes have feeder filaments
leading from the center of the tuber and
the cut is therefore best made as shown
i'll the illustration, SO as to preserve with
the eye as much feeder filament as posi-
bic. The practice of cutting the end to
two eyes is now common one, as is also
that Of making the cuttings some days
previous to planting.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-23
Department of Agriculture.

The seed division is the primary divis-
ion of the department of agriculture By
act of congress, March 3, 1889, an appro-
priation Of 81 900 was taken from the
patent office fund ''for the purpose of
collecting and distributing seeds, prose
cutting agricultural Investigations and
procuring agricultural statistics. By this
act the agricultural division of the pa
tent office was created. In 1862 the sep
arate department of agriculture was es-
tablished.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-23
Broom Corn.

Broom corn grows readily wherever
Indian corn grows. At present prices it's
production should be profitable The
seven States producing the largest
amount are, in their order, Illinois, Kan
sas, Missouri, New York, Nebraska, Ohio
and Iowa. 1t is planted in drills on rich
land-the richer the better-and three and
one-half feet apart. When first up it is
'scraped;" that is, the dirt is scraped
away from each side of the drill, exter-
minating the weeds. 1t is then cultivated
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-23

the teeth makes large scratch for the
row. A form for two horse marker is
represented by the accompanying cut
also from Country Gentleman-which
nearly explains itself. It is reversible,
one side for narrow rows and the other
for wider ones. NJ is two inch plank,
A and B the markers, S the tongue, P
and T braces. In using markers, the
ground should be pre- viously made smooth
and level, SO that the marks may be dis
tinct In using horse planter, these
marks will be very useful in guiding it,
the planting tubes being run in the
marks and thus easily kept straight.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-23
Potatoes for Seed.

Considerable discussion has at various
times occurred concerning the relative
merits of planning ut or whole tubers.
but is yet undividece, each method hav-
ing its advOcates-a fact which goes far
to prove that it is of little consequence
which way is followed. The late Peter
Henderson said on this subject that the
best rule in his experience was to plant
the whole small tubers if fully matured,
and cut the larger ones, but in either case
leaving enough in bulk of the potato to
give sufficient substance to the plant.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-23
A Good Smoothing Harrow and Corn
Marker.

The smoothing, or slant tooth harrow,
consists essentially of numerous small
teeth slanting backwards, cutting down,
slicing and grinding the clods of earth.
or the scattered Jumps of manure. The
teeth may be set in any frame which
chances to be convenient; the annexed
figure, however, is as useful as any.
1t is in three portions, so as to bend
and fit uneven ground. Each portion
consists of four bars of tough wood,
feet long and 2 by 81 inches; and these
bars are ten inches apart from center to
center. The teeth are round, made of
steel, and about eight inches long, slant
ing backwards about 40 dogs. from ver
teal. There are twenty-eight teeth in
each section, or eighty-four in the whole
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A GOOD SMOOTHING HARROW.

harrow. Any other number may be
used as desired. The patent has long
since expired, and any manufacturer
may use them or offer them for sale.
The principal uses of this harrow are in
covering grass seed, narrowing wheat in
spring, narrowing corn broadcast while
young, pulverizing spread manure, mel
lowing inverted sod, etc.
There are many forms of corn mark
ers, all of which answer the purpose
more or less perfectly. Country Gentle
man, authority for the foregoing, tells
how to make a simple one horse mark
er by inserting into a Scantling several
feet long short, thick teeth at the dis
lance of the rows of corn and then at
taching to the middle of it pair Of one
horse thills to draw it. Every one of
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Tree Planting.

In transplanting young trees, try and
get good proportion of roots. Be sure
and prune SO as to secure a proper balance
between root and top. The right and
wrong idea regarding balance of parts
can hardly be better illustrated thar in
the cut here presented from Popular Gar
dening. (See Figs. and 81
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AS iced for dairy cows, it is recon-
mended to plant alfalfa thick, so it will
grow slender in the stalk, and harvest it
before tie pant blossoms.