Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-23
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tains about ! per cent more nitrogen
than the old process. AS 1t has been
demonstrated that not more than one
third of the fertilizing value of feed
ing stun is lost in feeding. providing
the manure be carefully saved and
used. linseed meal offers a cheap source
Of fertility to the farmer.
One Breed Rest.
The man who sticks to one breed
from year to year through NIL Its ups
and downs, is sure In the long run to
enjoy the just rewards for his con-
stancy. The breeder who keeps chang
ing from one breed to another, or who
makes endless Crosses" hoping to find
one easy to BREED and extraordinar-
lily profitable, is the one who is always
complaining about his poor luck in the
poultry business A good poultryman
can make success with almost any
breed in the feld.-Agricultural Epi-
tomist,
Fattening watermeions. s.
Yes, there are secrets In the trade,
just the same as there are tricks In
everything else. II you want to grow
premium taker or a champion weight
all you have to do is to artificially feed
1t. The melons are good nurses, and
will take all nourishment given them.
The fayorite way Of growing heavy
weights is accomplished by inserting
flannel string in the stem OF the melon
and running this into an old qiltnine
bottle into which sugar-sweetened
water has been poured In single
night healthy melon. after wound
has healed where the stem was pierce,l,
will absorb over pint Of the SYRUP
AMI you easily can tell of Its salubrlty
by the rich. green color. All melons
but the one that is desired to attain
corpulent proportions should be cut
from the vine, US the strength Of thu
vine will then so to the one melon.
| That, aided by the sugar treatment,
Will be sufficient to grow premium
taker at the country fairs Last year
my largest melon, fattened on, sugar
and water, weighed 93 pounds. How
ever, the eating qualities of the artt-
fcially fattened melons are not good,
as the fiber is coarse and hard. But
that does not matter when the Judge
at the fair looks ut the melon. He
never tastes the interior, Carmi Cor
respondent Peoria Journal.
Unseasonable Blossoming OF Trees.
1t is not uncommon for fruit trees Of
all kinds to hear flowers In late sum-
mer or In the early fall. This ten
dency is more marked In the SEMI
arid regions than In the humid States,
but the explanation Is simple.
One writer reports an instance where
a pile of weeds was burned under
meath IN apple tree The hest from:
the fire was sufficient to shrlvel the
leaves to the top of the tree on the
4 exposed side, but did not otherwise
injure the tree. This was in August,
and a month later the tree came Into
bloom on the parts which had been
injured. -
This result was probably due 10 the
drying out of the buds by the Affects:
of the fife, an effect similar to. TINT
produced by the low temperature OF
tile winter months. ss,s
/ In q somewhat similar way lack Of
water during the middle Of the sum,
mer causes the buds to dry out and
to become mature. Then, II water IS
applied later. second growth starts In
and some Of the blossom buds unfold.
/ These unreasonable flowers do not
often set fruit. However, fine specimens
OF the Red June apple were received;
at the Agricultural College last No
yember. These specimens were picked
in an orchard in Utah from trees which
produced normal crop in june Some
weeks later the trees put forth par
tial second crop Of bloom and few
I fine specimens matured.W Paid eg,
Colorado Agricultural College.
Value of Experiment Stations.
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