The Delta independent., 1907-05-24


on the greatest variety Of soils.
1t is not 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 red-fold-pcrhaps.
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 will
stick through life
Narrowing performs a two-fold 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 1t will produce a strong
healthy plant Remember this In
your terminating tests and note the
| vigorous pllnts.
One OF the best feeds for hogs is
peas. They can be grown with oats
and the crop harvested by the hogs
when fattening. The time TO turn
them into such patch is when the
peas are getting hard
1t does not pay to breed to tn.
cheap stallion or bull How much
more trouble or expense is there In
raising a good animal than a scrub.
Not much. II any. and see what you
have when 1t comes to selling.
Corn Is sometimes treated with coal
tar. until 1t Is well. covered, and then
given coating OF land plaster to
make the seed dry enough to handle.
The taste OF tar Is not pleasing to
the birds. and after few experience
they usually leave the seed alone.
Water glass Is silicate 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 machine for the re.
,moval OF fuzz 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 socalled green
bugs" are doing much damage, even
,f,t m fnf al Il 81 nni
OF grain. Oats are also attacked,
Kerosene emulsion Is being used as
spray with good results where tho
spray Is able to reach the pests. but II
Is too expensive treatment to be used
| over large areas.
Corn Is the most valuable crop
raised in the United States. cotton
comes second. hay third wheat
fourth. oats nth: potatoes sixth;
barley seventh: tobacco eight; sugar
ninth; faxseed tenth: rice eleventh;
rye twelfth; and hops thirteenth,
Probably the most neglected crop
and the one that Is capable of the
largest increase of value Is the hay
crop.
An experienced horse trainer says
It is mistake to begin to step and
speed colt until he has learned his
lessons in manners and docility per.
.fectly. AS soon as he is thoroughly
dependable and will do as you ask
him with rein and voice. you can put
him to a lighter training rig. have
him shod with perfectly plain shoes.
put on light scalpers and quarters
boots, and. picking out a nice quiet
place where there Is nothing to both.
er. ask and teach him to sten along