The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18

forage may be cut off and given to the
food is no longer suitable for cutting,
sheep may be turned on the remainder
and will find fair proportion of food
Later cow peas may be sown, and they
will leave the land in better condition
than before. 1t Is not too soon to sow
Esex rape, and,Sas many farmers have
not given It a trial, those who will make
the experiment with rape as a green for
age will not fail to give it a place on
their farm hereafter. 1t can be cut or
eaten off several times during the year,
and yields enormously, sheep being very
fond Of it, while cattle and hogs also
relish 1t highly.
SELECTION IN BREEDING.
It is a vel known fact that man can
gradually change the habits and even
the forms of animals by careful selection
in breeding. The various breeds of cat
tie, sheep, horses and swine. all coming
from ancestors differing entirely from
farm stock Of the present time. There
are over hundred breeds of poultry, and
the difference between the game bantam
and the heavy, feather-leg Cochin is so
well marked a to make it a matter of
dispute regarding their relationship. yet
both breeds came from the same ances-
tors-the jungle fowls. Success has also
attended the efforts to product new fruits
and vegetables. These facts should en-
courage every farmer to improve. A
number of years ago a Virginia farmer
produced a variety Of corn which yield
ed from five TO seven ears on each stalk,
and he secured a yield of $50 bushels per
acre, but the corn was only adapted 10
his section. There is an opening, how
ever for farmers TO improve the variety
Of corn and wheat grown by them if they
win carefully select the seed from the
best stalks every year, which will sooner
or later result in greatly increased yields.
LITTLE FARM NOTES.
Do not put the strawberry plants too
close together in the rows if you desire
strong runners to grow. Some varieties
send out more runners than other. and
that fact must be kept in view. Novices,
when purchasing their strawberry plants
this spring, should make all inquiries OF
the nurseryman in regard to the habits
OF the variety selected or mistakes may
be made in cultivation.
There is a disease Of cabba ge-mostly OF
the early kinds-known as black rot
which canot be prevented from spreading
after 1t appears among the plants. 1t
can be diffused my manure. seeds. In
sects and dust and Is most active when
the weather is warm. The only way 10
get rid OF it is to refrain from growing
cabbage on the same land for several
years.
Flowing the land in the spring should
be done early so as TO derive the effects
OF the frost. II deferred, and the season
is wet the blowing viii result IN ciods on
the land The frost breaks up the land
II the soil is plowed while wet and also
destroys all insects that may be brought
10 the surface.
Apple trees are allowed 70 grow too
much wood and are rot cut back suffl-
GENTLY in some orchards One Of the
leading horticulturis;s states that q large
apple tree requires more room than for-
est tree, and iu some cases Il may be FEC
essary to cut away three fourths Of each
tree 50 q TO afford plenty OF room tor al
and admit air and sunlight
TIE sraytng solutions cannot BE used
too early. and an excellent time for doing
such work IS this month. There l. mich
that cannot - seen n fungus. ard the
spraying solutions VIII be effective on
trees and vines. The ground Is also fun
az disease ard may be treated By Al sp-
plicauon of air-siscked time or eveA re-
cesve q spraying OF the Bordeaux mixture
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