Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-03-14

/ A novelty which some seedmen ara
Offering is what Is called corn wheat
Ut would be well for farmers to let
agricultural colleges and experiment.
stations investigate the value Of such
a novelty before experimenting with
1t.
F, Disgusting sight. those manure
laden cattle, and no doubt II one could I
learn the true inner feelings Of the
patient creatures we would find that
they were disguised too; Disguised
with their owners for letting them
live in filth. g
Fruit trees should be planted, not
set, with emphasis on the planted.
The soil should be given as careful
preparation as for any other crop and
the tree carefully placed and the dirt
worked In around the roots. HastyI
careless work Is responsible for many
an unthrifty tree.
! The making Of paper from corn
stalks is being investigated by the
agricultural department, and should
the experiments prove commercially
successful, the result will be Of two,
fold advantage in lessening forest de,
struction and giving farmers q mar,
ket for . by-product.
The reason young wood on fruit
trees kills back during the winter is
that 1t was not properly ripened In
the fall, owing to poor drainage Of the
soil. Where there is too much mois-
ture the growth OF the trees Is not
checked and hence the new wood iE
not matured to Withstand the freezing
Of the winter. M
German experts are claiming that
the rotting Of potatoes is caused by q
fungous growth and spreads rapidly
from one potato to another, and are
using a wash for the potatoes con-
sisting Of one pound Of chloride OF
lime dissolved in 25 gallons Of water.
The potatoes are treated when they
are spread out to dry.
!. II you want the calf to grow up
hornless take him when he is not
more than three weeks old and after
clipping away the hair SO as to ba
able to get at the little knobs which
In time will be horns, wet the ends OF
the horns and rub thoroughly with a
stick of caustic potash. No horns on
that calf If the job be thoroughly done.
\. Congressman n. @. Adams says: eff
any young fellow asks my advice
about making farming business, I
ask him, Are you man enough? II
not, don't do it, but go and be law
yer or doctor or preacher or some-
thing of that sort" This sounds DIFF,
ferent from the old adage that If the
boy wasn't good for anything else
make farmer out of him.
, The pear scab fungus can be kept
in check by spraying with Bordeaux
mixture used at time buds begin to
swell, again after buds are out and
just before blossoms open, third APP
;plication after falling of blossoms and
a fourth and fifth spraying are advis,
able where the disease is very bad.
The last two sprayings can be given
at intervals of from ten days to two
weeks.
Here is the portrait Of the fortunate
farmer as painted by the Katonah IN.
Y.) Times: 1.-THE farmers hair NAV
he bushy, and his skin bronzed but
his eyes are clear, his digestion is
like that Of a three-year-old mule,
his conscience like the ether above
his head, and his bank account as fat
as his fayorite shoat. He is the most
independent creature that wears the
garb Of civilized man."
Secretary Wilson's proposed substi.A
tute for the annual free seed distribu1
ton in which a quarter OF million doll
lars of the government money is prac+
tically wasted, was not adopted by
congress. The secretary's plan pro-
vided for the use of the money In the I
purchase of the most perfect seed and
Its apportionment to persons and 10,
calities where strict supervision and
responsibility could be secured and
thus obtain definite results, and the
maximum of good to the country at
large.
A poultry diary is well worth the
trouble it takes to keep it. Each day
note the doings of the poultry yard
the cases of sickness, your treat
ment, and the results; the effect OF
feed; when the first pullet egg was
laid; when you introduced new blood;
Rnd lots Of matters which at the time
may seem trivial, but which next year
may be very important. Try the
diary plan for one year.
When carrying on fertilizer tests
the farmer should remember to leavd
a check plot by which he may make
comparison to discover the exact IN 1
feet of the treatment. The cheGf
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