The state herald., 1909-04-16

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and maturity.
Tomato plants need to be transplant
ed before they get to spindling in
order to get stocky plants.
| White-faced hornets prey upon horse
flies. Let the boys understand this
SO they will not destroy their nests.
Sheep should not be allowed to run
in the same pasture in the spring and
summer which they have occupied the
fall before.
Whitewash can be satisfactorily put
on with spray pump If the mixture
is carefully strained before putting
into the pump.
Seed in well-prepared soil which has
been compacted will germinate much
quicker than where the soil is too
coarse and loose.
! Be sure the brooder is running
smoothly before putting the little
chicks in 1t. They are as sensitive to
extreme heat as to extreme cold.
To cover the bare places in the
meadow sow grass literally. give a
slight coating of manure and then
run over the places with a spike.tooth
harrow.
Tests indicate that more wheat can
! be raised on land which has grown
crop of millet for hay. and also on
| land where the green millet has been
| plowed under.
If the little buttons where the horns
will grow are thoroughly rubbed with
caustic potash during the first two
weeks of the calf's life you will not
have to dehorn later.
Baking powder and other cans can
be easily uncovered when new by cut
ting the paper around the seam of
the cover and then rolling on the floor
once around under the pressure of the
foot. Try II.
Get the horse on to full feed gradu-
ally Remember that too radical
change Is apt to so derange the sys-
TEN as to unfit the horse for work for
some time. This is also true as re.
spects other livestock.
II is a good plan to not only keep
the fences of the farm in good repair
but to build n portion new each year
during the slack times. so that there
will come no year when all fencing
must be replaced as is sometimes the
case.
A chicken well.hatched is a chicken
half raised, is perhaps putting It n
! little strong, for constant care and
watchfulness are necessary to steer
the little things clear OF the manifold
pitfalls which mark the pathway from
chickenhood TO maturity.
Unless amply able In the way OF
room and time to keep more than one
breed, confine your chicken raising TO
one variety. Chickens are difficult to
confine during the breeding season on
the average place. Mixing will result.
unless the fowls are closely confined
and watched especially II you have
neighbors with chickens.
In planting oats with a cultivator
some SOW them on the unprepared
soil. cultivate them In and harrow for
smoothing. This method has the nd.
vantage OF covering the seed well. yet
| Il leaves the ground uneven. or in
| streaks. Perhaps n better way is to
SOW the oats on the soil after II has
| been stirred by the cultivator. then
harrow for smoothing and covering
/ the seed.
ny an interesting experiment Prof.
! q. f, Warren. New Jersey. has appar.
entity demonstrated that the tempcra.
ture to which the top OF fruit tree
Is exposed rather than that of the
roots determines the time when the
buds will open. The test was made as
follows: on January 22 n peach tree.
| planted In box, was SO arranged that
box and roots were In greenhouse
| (which was growing tomatoes) while
the top was outdoors. That part OF
the trunk In the greenhouse threw out
n number OF sprouts. on February 2s
the tree was moved into the house,
and two weeks later II was In blossom,
The roots had been kept In summer
temperature while the top was cx'
posed to winter. but the buds were
not damaged.
Hollow cement posts have been
found by the Wisconsin experiment
station to be ms strong and as easily
made as the solid ones, The mixture
used IL the ordinary 1894. which In
cludcH one part cement two parts
/ snud and four DnTtg stone mono of