The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27
A Small Fruit Garden.


Having determined to grow at least one
quarter of an acre of berries; having good
papers with supply of horticultural read
ing; having selected the best well-drained
land available and decided to use only the
best plants, let us now make drawing or
plat of the new garden. The boys and girls
may do this work.
Take a piece of heavy paper or a clean
smooth board, and draw ten straight main
lines, one inch apart and 25 inches long to
represent ten rows of fruit plants seven
feet apart.
Now draw cross lines, one-half inch apart
the entire length of plat, making fifty lines.
The intersection of each cross line, with
main lines, represents the exact point of
setting plants This gives so plants to the
row, plants three and One-half feet apart in
the row, and rows IT'S feet long.
Set strawberries just half this distance,
each way-twenty-one inches apart in the
row, and rows three and one-haf feet
apart.
Now make selections of varieties, the
number of each variety, and the row they
are to occupy. Write the name of berry and
number of plants on the line selected.
The distance for setting, as well as varie-
ties to be selected, may be varied to suit
different soils, localities, methods of cult
walton, or fancy of the grower. Make your
orders for plants at once, and from respon-
sible growers only. Plants to be sent and
set out as early In spring as ground can be
we'll prepared.
AS soon as ground is free from frost, pre-
pare it thoroughly. Stake off the rows and
set plants, by line, following the plan ex
actly. You will then have plants true to
name, and on your plat complete record
for future reference. Learn name and loca-
ton Of each variety form of leaf. habit of
growth, tint Of bud, flavor of fruit, time of
ripening, etc. Mark we'll the varieties that
do best for you, and in future settings you
may have without cost the best fruit from
your own garden.-M. M. Thayer.
Relation Of MIX to Butter Yield.
A recent test of dairy cows at a British
exhibition for prizes for butter and milk
yields furnishes some interesting data.
The cows were divided into two classes ac-
cording to weight. One was for cattle not
exceeding 800 pounds and the other for
those in excess of that weight. All told
there were 70 cows in the trial. In the 800
pound class the contestants were al Jerseys
except two, cross breed and Kerry.
The lightest weight cow in this class was
only 6S1 pounds, and her daily milk yield
weighed 80 7-1O pounds. Over 40 pounds of
milk was the days yield for each of five
Jersey cows in this class. In the yield of
butter from days milking, the variation
was great, ranging from ~ to 2h pounds
per COW, the richest milk requiring but 10
pounds and ounces to make / pound Of
butter while the poorest milk required 30
pounds to furnish 1 pound Of butter, which
was regarded as the product of an excep-
tionally poor COW. The next highest quail
ty of milk necessary to make 1 pound of
butter was 2311 pounds. The point in this
trial was that the COW that was awarded
first prize for butter was unmentioned for
a milk one, although a competitor for both.
and gave 4OA pounds of milk on the day of
the test. The COW that won first prize for
milk yield gave 43 pounds and 10 ounces,
and was not named for butter one al
though there were four of each distributed.
The milk yield champions butter product
was only one pound 6A ounces. The winner
of the second prize for milk yield gave AZ
pounds and ounces, and its butter product
was pounds and ounces. In fact all the
cows that received milk yield prizes exceed
ed In butter product the amount that the
milk of the champion furnished It would
be impossible to furnish a better object
lesson than this exhibition does of distin-
gushing between cows designed for milk
or butter. None of the cows receiving q
prize for butter had any standing in the
milk awards, while but one Of the winners
in the milk test received honorable mention
In the butter trial. In this class, which
was substantially contest between Jer-
seys, nine of the cows gave daily yield of
over pounds Of butter.-American Dairy
man.