Evening journal., 1903-01-24


sprouts during the growing season.
When plowing or clearing fields fer
spring operations a most important
matter is to clear out the fence corners.
This should be done. even if II entails
an extra job after the plowing is per-
formed. as IL is such sources from
whence come most OF the crops of
weeds and seeds. which spread over the
fields and cause endless labor through
cut the entire growing season.
All kinds of stock are subject to loss
Of appetite when the food does not con-
sist Of a variety. A mess of cooked
turnips may improve an animal more
than medicine. Always resort to a
change of food when the animals seem
to lose appetite.
Al excellent mode Of planting carrot
and parsnip seed is to drop the seed
in small quantity, six inches apart in
the rows, instead of scattering the seed
lin the row. BY this method the plants
will come UP in stools and can be
thinned out if too thick, whereas if the
seed is scattered the plants may come
up struggling, as the seed does not
serminate vary easily under adverse
conditions. Extra plants taken from
the rows may be planted elsewhere
The seed drills do the work well in
that respect
New varieties are often sold because
they are novelties" rather than ba-
cause they are better than the old, tried
and standard kinds. 1t is better to
use varieties Of trees and vegetables
that are known to be the best for the
section where they have been tested in
| preference to using Others. until ex-
periance gives an opportunity TO know
more of the newer varieties. Novel
ties should be tested in limited way.
In pruning trees all stems half an
inch or more in diameter should be
covered with some waterproof sub
stance, like grating wax or shellac, of
the consistency of cream. The bark
and outer wood will thus be preserved
and the wound will in a season or SO
be covered with new bark. If this pre-
caution be not taken the end of the
branch will decay from exposure to
wind, rain, heat and cold.
Those who are tempted to hold corn
for a rise in price would do we'll to in
cluds the item of shrinlzage in their cal
culations, for even at a higher price pen
busihel they may gain a loss after all
One who has looked into the matter in
a practical way says that a sample ol
dent corn weighed ON May / was 35 pei
cent. lighter than on November 1. Hk
says also that Sweet corn will shrinl
more than dent and dent more thar
flint"
Rapid plant growth requires a condi
ton of the soil that will furnish plan
food as fast as the plants can take 1
up, or in other words, when we dhsir,
to force a crop we must FIJI the sol
with manure to such an extent as will
furnish a continuous supply Of materia
so thoroughly decomposed that the sol
may be kept filed with atoms Of plan
food that have united with both air an,
water, and thus formed molecules tha
are ready to be absorbed by the plan
foods as fast and as long as needed.
1t is stated that if turnips are fe,
after. instead of before, milking. tn
odor is not impaired to the next milk
ing. A teaspoonful Of saltpetre. adde
to pail Of lukewarm water, as a drinl
for the COW, is claimed as a remedy 70
the difficulty when the turnips are fec
e II IS very common on some farms Z
e keep the grindstone out Of doors. shelf
b cred only by the foliage of some tree 1
I summer. but in winter it is exposed t
/. all kinds of storms. These stones ar
:, always more or less porous. II the
o wena not they would not make good ms
d terial to sharpen metal-cutting tool
r When a grindstone gets wet, and th
d moisture in it freezes, pieces of II
q stone chip off, and the stone weaC
away unevenly, thus soon becoming
very little value.