St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-09-17

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warm room. Thus placed they will
send out stubby, green sprouts
which will remain in that condition
for weeks. Such potatoes, PLANTED
without breaking the sprouts, will
grow Immediately and produce al
early CROP Hartford Courant.
ABOUT BULBS.
Bulbs should be planted as early il
the fall as possible. Dealers will no
begin sending them out much befor'
the middle of September. They
should be put into the ground al
soon as received. Never take bulbs
out of the package in which the flor
list sends them and leave them ex
posed to the action OF light and air
If you do this. they will part rapidly
with the moisture in them, and the
loss of this moisture is a loss of vi
tally. The scales of lilies often be
come soft and fabby when left in the
light. They have wilted because o.
evaporation of the sap which is the
Likelihood of the plant. Such bulbs
have become so weakened that they
are hardly worth planting. If it is
not possible to set out your bulbs as
soon as received, put them in the eel.
lar, or some other dark, cool place.
1t is good plan to prepare your
beds for them while you are waiting
for the dealer to fill your order. Dig
up the soil to the depth OF at least a
foot. Add to it liberal quantity OF
old manure. That from the cow
yard is better than any other. But
finely ground bone meal can also be
used with very good results. A
pound to each twelve square feet OF
soil will be about the right quantity
to use. Work the bed over until it is
fine and mellow.
The best soil for bulbs is a sandy
loan. If your soil is rather heavy,
tighten it by adding sharp sand and
turfy matter. Always choose well
drained location for your bulb bed.
L not naturally so, put at least six
inches OF some material like old crock
cry, brick, and the like in the bottom
OF the bed. Here is hint for those
who have an accumulation of old
cans, boots and shoes, and other
refuse, to act on. You can dispose OF
them to the benefit of your bulbs as
well as OF the back yard Harper's
Bazaar.
A GREAT GRAIN AND CATTLE MARKET.
In 1896 Kansas raised 80 million
bushels of wheat, Nebraska 10 mil
lion, and Oklahoma 5 million. In
1897 Kansas has SO million bushels
of wheat, Nebraska 80 million, and
Oklahoma 20 million. In 1896 the
farmers sold their wheat for 40 cents
a bushel. In 1897 the farmers are
selling their wheat close to the dol
lar mark. In this territory alone the
difference in crop and price means a
difference of about rs million dollars
in the income of the farmers, or as
much as the entire cotton crop brings
to the Texas planters. In 1896 this
same territory produced 555 million
bushels of corn, and sold it tor IL
cents a bushel. This year it will pro
duce 600 million bushels, and will
sell it for II cents or more. In 1896
5,471, 246 head OF livestock, worth
104 million dollars, passed through
the Kansas City stock. yards. In
1897 six million head, worth $50
million dollars, will be handled there.
Cattle are twenty per cent higher
this wear, hogs thirty per cent, and
sheep about the same. The great de.
mand is for stock cattle to restock
depleted ranges, and for thin cattle.
or feeders" to eat the great corn
crop of this famed section. The prices
now being paid tor feeders indicate
continuation of high prices for beef
cattle for at least three years to come
Wheat, corn, and cattle are not the
only things being sold at handsome
profit from this area. The Kansas
Valley is noted for its potatoes. Pc.
tatoes are plenty in the Kansas Val.
ley and scarce elsewhere, hence three
times as much is being paid for them
this year as last. August. there
stood in the railroad yards of Chi
cago 100 carloads of potatoes from
the Kansas Valley, Tor which so
cents bushel had been paid. APP
pies, peaches, and other fruits are
likewise plentiful here and scarce else
where One man near Atchison,
Kansas, sold his apple crop from 1876
acres Tor $14 ,000 the apples to be
picked by the buyer. Just south of
Kansas City, Missouri, the owner of
600 acres OF apple trees has recknn,d
his net profits Tor the season al $685.
600; and SO on the story goes from
farm to orchard and to catil, ranch.
Nowhere in all this immense area so
favored by fortune can a man be
found who does not feel the benefits
and is not pro6ting thereby. L may
be said, without fear OF dispute, that
here exists an agricultural condition
the like of which cannot be found
elsewhere in the world. The high
priced grain is blockading railroad
traffic, cattle.buyers are securing the
country for herds which they cannot
find. The trees OF the orchards are
breaking to the ground with the
weight OF the fruit. In 1896, during
the week ending August 20, Kansas
City paid the people OF this section
$2,016,000 for the produce they
brought to town, In 1897, during