The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-10

amount OF offal than one compactiy
built. There are some breeds that
ese naturally tall but there are alto
individuals among them more COM
pact and solid than others, and they
are the ones that should be selected
as breeders, provided they are good
In other respects. A vigorous, cone
pact male should always be given the
preference, but he must not be short.
legged In proportion to his body.
Club root cabbage is one of the
most annoying yet easily controlled
Of diseases. To be on the safe side
cabbage plants should be started In
soil which has not been previously
used for cabbage culture. A field In
which the disease is found should for
several years be kept free of cabbage,
turnip, kale, wild mustard, etc., since
the fungus winters over In the soil
and thrlves on any plants Of the
brassica family.
The popular American rose, the
crimson rambler, has suddenly come
into fashion In Europe, where 1t is
used on social occasions as a decora-
tive bloom. The pink rambler is al
most equally popular, and js favor
Ito ornament fos porches in the su.
)urban sections of English cities
where 1t seems to be taking the place
OF the honeysuckie, Virginia creeper
and other climbing plants.
Don't forget, burn the weeds, the
| potato vines, cauliflower or cabbage
stalks and loose leaves, and all GU
| cumber and melon vines; you lose
humus or decaying vegetable matter
by so doing. but you head off heart
burn and plant loss for years, and
you can raise humus (for you must
have 1t to keep up fertility as cover
crops, or buy 1t as manure or allu-
| vial muck. r.
| Pigs In the orchard are good
thing to get rid OF the wormy apples.
| providing they do not incline to root
too deep. There Is all the difference
In the world in porkers about this.
A ring may stop the trouble, but IL
they persist In going in to the soil
so deep as to interfere seriously with
the roots Of the trees, take them out.
One advantage OF having plenty OF
water range for ducks Is that they
will pick up a good part OF their liv-
Ing in tbs pond or stream, but they
must be confined within reasonable
limits or many of them will wander
away and be lost
From single seed Marshall w.
Follansbee. of Saco, MOI raised vine
which bore 12 sQuashes, having q
total weight OF 252 pounds.
Ewes TO breed well should be In a
thriving condition. Those bred early
may be given good tone by feeding
on rape or grass pasture. Dry feed
roots or cabbage furnish an excellent
adjunct. Over-fat ewes are always
slow to conceive. That Is why those
fated for shows and those that failed
to raise lambs and laid on fat ar.
hard to breed. Frequently, to the
layman, these are most attractive
but in dollars and cents, they are not
profitable.
Two New Jersey girls own II
acre farm In New Jersey and travel
back and forth to New York city tC
business every day. They care 70:
500 pigeons, so chickens, COW and q
horse and also raise collie dogs. They
arise at 1880 every morning and leave
for business at Z a. m. driving 2h
miles to the station. In addition to
all this they set one acre OF straw.
berries last spring, which they with
the help Of boy have cared for this
summer. ! recently saw u picture N
that acre of strawberries and | as
sure you 1t would put the bed oi
many q man to shame. These two
girls expect as soon as possible r.
have their entire IL acres In straw.
berries.
AS preparations are now IN orde'
for lands designed for next years or
chard, the first consideration should
be selection of site. Air drainage
10 absolutely essential to success, ant
land somewhat higher than the sur
rounding country is advibable. A
high hill having a northern or north
eastern slope IL the first selection;
after that a northwestern or any hill
slope. A low, sheltered location
should on no account be chosen.
BE sure to have plenty of winte,
rye left to feed In the spring In Ma,
!. and the first Of June, before the pas
lures get flush, because II the pas
{ lures are fed too snugly early they
!. will be short all the season. BY some
: such method as this good flow o.
milk Is secured and the grain bin II
largely reduced, two things of greal
importance In farm economy.
Be sure that your yosng ducKI
have water TO drink atifeeding time
Z for they must drink with their food
J and will be seen going from the fee1
trough to the water dish constantly
{ Be sure that they can get their billi
In water up to their eyes, or theil
. nostrils will become clogged anc
; breathing hindered.
: Enough grapes for family use ma,
: be grown almost anywhere. A singh