The Western news., 1903-01-21

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PRIZE sHoRTHoRN.
Chicago, was the handsome Shorthorn
COW, Ruberta. She is now a part Of
the herd owned by Colonel 6. NJ. Casey
of Missouri
Suiting the Customer.
IT growers Of vegetables for market
would study more closely the needs Of
the consumer there would be ma.
terial Increase in the prices obtained
for the product, as we'll as a quicker
sale for it. Most growers work on the
plan that the largest specimens are
the ones that will bring the high prices,
but this Is mistake. Any housekeeper
will say that what she most desires in
vegetables for cooking are those of
medium size and of uniform size. This
last Is especially important. Take po-
tatoes as an illustration: the larger
specimens are not always of the best
flavor, and there are not a sufficient
number of them in barrel, so that the
housekeeper can rely on having large
ones until the entire lot is gone-the
result Is she has some difficulty in
cooking the large and small together;
good reason why she prefers the me-
dunn size and the uniform size. This
rule holds good through all vegetables,
aud they should be grown with this
idea in mind at all times.
Waste of Corn Fodder.
In Missouri 1t is safe to estimate that
something like 100000 tons of corn
fodder are grown in the average year.
Certainly 100000 tons, or one-half Of
all that is produced, is wasted. The
average hay crop of the State is scarce
ly more than 100000 tons and is esti-
mated to be worth on the farm over
20OO0,0OO. Yet a large proportion of
this hay is timothy, a material that
supplies the same class of nutrients for
our stock that Is found in corn fodder,
H. J. Waters, Missouri
Tip on Soft Corn.
Leave your soft corn on the stalk un-
til 1t dries out in tho shock, otherwise
It will become withered in drying or
else apt to rot or sour. With proper
care there should be no loss in soft
corn as the green stalk furnishes suf.
hcient substance to mature the ear or
nearly SO without much witherlng.
Keep It dry and 1t makes the finest
feed fed to stock.-National Stockman.
Fara Notes.
Evergreen branches make an excel
lent winter protection for many plants,
and they are often useful to hold down
forest leaves and prevent the wind
from carrying them OF.
Rake up all the debris around the
grapevlnes and burn the leaves and
other materials. Scatter air-slaked
lime literally on the ground around the
vines. In the spring turn the soil un.
der and use more lime. In this manner
the ravages Of the rot can be greatly
mitigated.
The winter Is the time for farmers to
meet and discuss matters pertaining to
farming. Many good hints, some OF
them very valuable, may be gained or
impaired ut such meetings. and no bet
ter way Of spending the time can be
devised II the weather is too severe to
permit Of other work.
The black knot is the scourge of the
cherry and plum, but it can be pre-
vented by vigilance. Cut away any
of the limbs that show signs of the
disease, and spray the tree with kero-
sene emulsion or the Bordeaux mix
ture. The disease will spread to every
tree in the orchard if allowed to 90
unchecked
\ 'corn-judging school" will be held
at the Iowa Agricultural Colleges,
Ames, Jan. to II. The best samples
of all the leading varieties of corn from
the greatest breeders of various States
will be on exhibition and used in tho
classes. which will be held every day,
studying the corn systematically with
the use of the revised score card.
\ gill of crude carholic acid (Which
Is much cheaper than the refined arti-
cle), made into an emulsion with half a
pint Of strong soapsuds and quart Of
cold water then added will be sufficient
for moistening bushel of sawdust,
which may be sprinkled in the stalls as
a disinfectant.
To make a good, firm walkway in
the garden, or through the lawn. which
will be smooth and dry at all seasons,
mix Portland cement one part ard ash.
es two parts. Make into mortar, spread
over the path, and smooth down with a
trowel. The bed for mortar should
first be we'll beaten down. and if con-
venient Il layer Of gravel be spread
over 1t, with the mortar added next.