Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06

the crop VIII be light; that growers
are having trouble in some parts o.
the state with canker worm and In
others with the leaf roller. in still
others with the dropping of the apple
and peach and with the peach leaf
curl. but that good crops of the tree
fruits last named are promised never
theless. Averages for the northwest
ern division of the state, embracing
nineteen counties, are as follows:
Apples rs, pears 20. peaches 90. plums
80, cherries 95, strawberries 95. rasp-
berries 65, blackberries so and grapes
S5.
The averages for the twenty-five
counties embraced in the northeast di-
vision are given as follows: apples
80, pears rs, peaches 80, plums. S5.
cherries 65, Strawberries 20. raspber-
ries 60, blackberries rs, grapes IS.
In the southeast division (32 coun-
ties) the following averages were OBJ
tanned: Apples 85, pears so. peaches
and plums 95, cherries IS. strawber-
ries 80, raspberries 20, blackberries 80.
grapes 80.
The averages for the southwest di-
vision which embraces SO counties are
as follows: Apples 80. pears 76,
peaches 95. plums 80, cherries IS,
berries 95. grapes s5.
Agricultural Notes.
Formaldehyd is a colorless, pungent
gas obtainable from wood alcohol and
readily soluble in water. 1t may be
purchased at drug stores in liquid
form, that is, dissolved in water Its
property of destroying the spores OF
fungi was discovered by the German
scientist Loew, in 1888. 1t is not pois-
onous in moderate amounts, even when
taken internally. In 1895 Prof. H. L.
Bolley, then of Indiana but now of the
North Dakota Experiment Station, be-
gan making experiments with solu-
ton of formaldehyd for the prevention
of grain smuts, and potato scab. His
results were so satisfactory that the
formaldehyd treatment has come to be
regarded as the standard preventive
for these diseases.
Smooth brome-grass will withstand
extreme changes in the temperature
without injury. Its ability to produce
good pasture during long periods Of
drought far exceeds that of any other
cultivated variety. In Canada where
it had been exposed to a temperature
OF several degrees below zero and not
covered by snow it was entirely un-
injured.
The yield of hay from smooth
brome-grass varies from one to four
and a half tons per acre according to
climatic conditions, method of seed
ing, and fertility of soil. The quality
of the hay is excellent, fully equaling
that of timothy in palatability and
nutritive qualities.
In experiments with hairy vetch at
the Mississippi station the yield was
| increased CAS- per cent by scattering
inoculated soil in the drills with the
seed, and "a per cent by soaking the
| seed in water containing the tubercle
germs. The amount of nitrogen was
also considerably increased by inocu-
| latton. The inoculated soil used was
| obtained from a field bearing hairy
vetch which had an abundance OF
noduIes.
Have you tested the clover seed? It
pays to do SO.
The origin of clover seed is of much
| Importance, but receives little atten-
| ton from farmers, who buy their seed
| without ever attempting to ascertain
| its place of origin. Yet scientists that
have looked into the matter believe
that, as general rule, seed grown in
| northern ATTITUDES will produce
| harder plants than seed grown in tho
South