Evening journal., 1903-01-02
GOOD CROPS
PIX PRICES
Market Quotations DO Not Affect the
Superior Grown PrOduce-Other
Farm Notes of Interest

thousands Of dollars. Salt will not kill
them. fowls will not eat them, and
there Is no way of effectually getting
rid OF them except by frost. They are
persistent. and give continually more
or less annoyance as long as they re-
main A vigorous warfare should be
waged against them by every farmer
News and Views About the Farm
II young trees are received from the
nurseryman be careful and not ex-
pose the roots to the action of dry
winds. AS many insects and diseases
may be distributed from nurseries, all
trees should be very carefully examined
no matter how young they may be. |
When setting them out prepare the
land we'll. and give the roots plenty
of room. Use no manure, but place
the top soil next the roots. Shorten
back the tops, so as to be able to shape
the trees in the future, and also for the
purpose Of providing more nourishment
at the start.
When farmers are busy in the spring
they are liable TO neglect many mat
ters which deserve their attention. Now
is the opportunity for getting the i'm
plements In order and sharpening the
tools. The grindstone is a valuable ad-
junct to good farming if thorough work
is desired.
An excellent combination of grass
seeds for a meadow is two bushels OF
orchard grass, two of meadow fescue,
lhalf-bushel Kentucky blue grass, half
bushel meadow foxtail, adding half a
bushel of red top IL the soil is moist.
The above is for one acre. The seed
lis costly but it will pay, as such COM
bination will afford succession OF
food during the entire summer. Do
not grow any other crop on the land
but the grass.
There is nothing so repulsive as a
/ wet and filthy barnyard, in which the
animals are compelled to walk knee
deep in filth. Such a condition is not
necessary and can be prevented if the
barnyard is kept well supplied with alb
sorbent material. Throwing whole
comstalks into the barnyard is the old
method, but cornstalks do not absorb
until they are trampled to pieces, and
in the meantime much of the liquids
are carried off by the rains 1t will
pay 10 shred the cornstalks, or cut the
straw for bedding, while leaves and dry
eartn may also be used in the barnyard
with advantage.
For embellishing lawns and half
shady corners nothing exceeds the
I hydrangea grandilora- It gives n mass
OF beautiful large punches OF flowers
and is always attractive.
Ground intended for onions should
be plowed as early as the weather will
permit, as the onion crop is the first to
so in. One method OF producing on
ions is.to SOW the seeds in hotbeds and
transplant the small bulbs later. The
seeds may be sown in the hotbeds in
January or February. By. thus grow
ing them there is n saving of time and
less difficulty with weeds. If preferred
the onion sets may be procured of seed
men.
Land that has been lined gives good
results with beets, carrots, parsnips
peas and beans, even when fertilizer is
applied. Lime is also excellent wheI
applied on grass lands.
r All kinds of early crops that are L
4 be grown from seed in the spring may
= be hastened by starting them in hot
Y bed. Some may then be transferred L
! cold frames, such as lettuce and cab
, bage. For the family garden sucl
e work will not be laborious If attention
I is now given the early crops The ad
0 vlntages Of having all kinds of vege
y tables early are that they will escap'
a the idry season, to a certain extent
{ and may be followed by later crops
r Peas may be seeded in the open groun,
3 quite early. if the ground is warm.
S Il is claimed that calves sired by tn
e beef-producing sires will grow so rap
s idly as to give a profit il they are re
+ tanned and sold for veal, and that
= better price can be obtained for skim
h med milk when il Is fed to calves thar
e can be obtained for pure milk than il
S sold to dealers, the butter also givini
!. a profit.
n Farmers who have used fertilizer,
& and manure together claim that tn,
e combination is superior to either alone
> and that acid phosphate is excellen
y as an addition to the manure heap TIL,
r mixture of fertilizers and manure give
l. the crop soluble plant foods in tn,
). carly stages Of growth and the manur
y provides a supply later. Every farme
n values his manure, and will apply /
somewhere, hence the best mode of de
irving the greatest benefit from it /
TO incrase the efficiency by adding fer
e tilizers In some form to the heap.
y Sheep cannot be kept on damp loca
IS tons without being liable to foot rot
h Their quarters should be dry. but the
e will thrive in an open shed that face
r. the south.