Sharp County record., 1907-05-03

The apple of all fruit trees thriyes |
on the greatest variety Of soils.
1t is not a wise or safe plan to grow
potatoes on the same soil each year.
Try rotation.
The better the condition in which
the farm tool is kept the better work
will it perform.
The ideal seed bed should have
three or four inches of fine tilth with
a good depth of furrow beneath,
The low wagon is the handy wagon
around the farm, Have you one? Get
an extra set of low wheels, and there
you are,
Don't forget as you start the crops
and the garden truck that the young
plants are babies and should be treat
ed as such
1t rests largely with you whether
your seed will fall in good ground and
bring forth some 80, some 60 and
some a hundred-fold-perhaps.
The first year of the dairy COW
should be crowded full Of growth, gen
tleness and good management Hab-
its formed during the first year viii
stick through life
Narrowing performs a twofold work
that of breaking up the crust, thus
forming a mulch that prevents evapor-
alton Of soil moisture, and aerating
the soil and cultivating the crop.
1t is not quite so much a question
as to whether the corn will sprout
as to whether it will produce a strong
healthy plant, Remember this in
your terminating tests and note the
vigorous plants.
One of the best feeds for hogs is
peas. They can be grown with oats
and the crop harvested by the hogs
when fattenir& The time to turn
them into such a patch is when the
peas are getting hard,
1t does not pay to breed to the
cheap stallion or bull. How much
more trouble or expense Is there in
raising a good animal than a scrub?
Not much, if any, and see what you
have when it comes to selling.
Corn is sometimes treated with coal
tar, until 1t is we'll covered, and then
given a coating OF land plaster to
make the seed dry enough to handle.
The taste of tar is not pleasing to
the birds and after a few experiences
they usually leave the seed alone
Water glass Is silcate Of soda, and
for preserving eggs is made by dilut.
Ing one part in ten parts Of pure rain
water. The eggs to be preserved must
be strictly fresh and are placed in a
stone crock and the solution poured
on them, the Jar being kept in a cool
cellar.
The department Of agriculture has
scored again. 1t Is said that experts
have perfected a machine for the re.
moval Of fuz2 from cotton seed, and
the separation Of light from heavy
seed This would permit planting
with an ordinary gravity drill, and
would be a great boon TO the cotton
planter,
Out IN the wheat belt Of Oklahoma
wheat plant.lice, or so.called green
bugs are doing much damage, even
to the total destruction Of some fields
Of grain, Oats are also attacked
Kerosene emulsion Is being used as q
spray with good results where the
spray is able TO reach the pests, but Il
Is too expensive treatment TO be used
over large areas.
Corn 10 the most valuable crop
raised In the United States, cotton
comes second, hay third, wheat
fourth, oats fifth; potatoes sixth;
barley seventh tobacco eight; sugar
ninth; flaxseed tenth, rice eleventh;
rye twelfth; aud hops thirteenth,
Probably the most neglected crop
and the one that iB capable Of The
largest increase Of value IL the hay
crop.
An experienced horse trainer says
II 10 a mistake 10 begin 10 step and
speed colt until he has learned bic
lessons In manners and doeility per.
feotly, As soon as he IL thoroughly