The Western news., 1900-02-07

frozen an inch or more In depth, an6
think that this frozen soil holds the fur.
row up and insures more thorough
| freezing to the depth It Is plowed. In
any case the furrows should be left
rough, as the more it Is narrowed the
less will DE the action of frost on the
upturned soil. If the garden is under
drained, and all gardens should be, this
fall plowIng will put Its soil in fine tilth
for planting when spring comes.
Fertilizers Fully Up to the STANDARD.
Fertilizer manufacturers are held
strictly to compliance with certaiiI
laws Of the various States In order to
protect the farmers. and chemists em.
ployed by each State must accept sam.
! from farmers, and their work is
spread broadcast i'll official bulletins.
The faithfulness with which the laws
have been executed. while no opposi-
tion has been shown by manufactur
ers, demonstrates that the States can
protect its citizens against fraud.
What the fertilizer manufacturers OBJ
ject to, however. Is that the law sin
giles them out as the only dishonest
| class, although fertilizers are ~ true
to claims rs any kinds of goods. The
farmer needs protection more from
fruit tree vendors. impure seeds and
f1imsy implements than from fcrtiliz.
ers that are below tho standard, for
while nurserymcn AMI seedsmeD are
reliable as class. yet there are par.
ties who will seek every opportunity
to foist Impure seeds on the public.
Farmers now have less 10 fear from
fertilizers than from anything else
procured by them, end severa! stations
report that Of the various analyses
made there has not been single case
In which the sample Of fertilizer fell
below the standard required by law
fact which is very gratifying to the
farmers.
Mak:.R Ounce Trees Pay.
There is no kind Of fruit that in To-.
calities that are adapted to 1t pays bet.
ter than ounce. 1t is an annual bear.
er, and 1t blossoms SO late that Its bios
SONS are never destroyed before set
ting. The greatest difficulty In grow.
Ing ounces Of late years has been the
fungus which attacks leaf and fruit.
This can, however, be kept down by
cutting out and burning all diseased
portions as soon as seen, and by free
use Of Bordeaux mixture to keep the
foliage healthy. No cedar trees should
be allowed to grow near ounce trees
They furnish the spores that in the
ounce produce the rust Of leaf and rot
OF the fruit BY destroying all cedar
trees in the vicinity ounces may be
grown with success in many places
where this fruit Is now failure.
Parts of Tree Rearinxa.
There are many apple trees that bear
from One-third to one-half n crop eyery
year, the portions being barren alter.
nately. so that the tree Is never entire.
~ barren. This is apt to be the case
where different varieties are grated on
the same tree, and especially II the
grating Is done In alternate years. In
other cases cold storms or frost In the
early life of the tree destroyed the
fruit ut blossoming time on the ex-
posed side of the tree, and as In the
years that full crop Is produced on
the limbs In bearing there is little
chance for fruit buds to be formed on
those parts Of the tree and the habit of
hearing alternate years formed by ac-
cident becomes fully established.
A Wood-Sa wing Device.
The accompanying Illustration rep
resents a device which greatly assists