Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-05-20

several of the northern states small
quantities of the Daubney oat, which
is white with strong, medium coarse
straw and which for several years
past has proved one OF the heaviest
Welding varieties in Ontario, Professor
Zavitz Of the Ontario station reporting
a yield Of ninety-two bushels per acre
with 1t.
The chap who will pay $25 for
scrub sire to head his herd OF scrubs
Is first cousin to the fellow who
doesn't believe in testing his seed be-
cause It takes too much time or Will
not nav n fair price for seed which his
neighbor has tested. There Is no use
trying to talk "better farming to this
kind until some sort Of cyclone has
hit 'em and walked them up.
The milk COW should be given one
pound of grain ration per day FOR
each three and half pounds Of milk
which she gives. and to be balanced
the ration should consist OF about
equal parts Of bran or gluten meal and
corn chop or meal with thirty pounds
of sllage and ten pounds of clover hay
added. Where alfalfa hay or meal Is
available 1t may be substituted for
the gluten meal and bran.
or the several conditions which af-
feet the growing Of crop-seed quail
lty. physical condition of SOIL light.
heat, moisture and available plant food
in the soil-the last, which Is largely
under the control of the owner Of the
land and should receive most atten-
ton. is usually given the least. I'M
proyement In the type OF agriculture
at present followed in this country de-
ponds upon a reform in this matter of
attention to soil fertility. Agricultural
bankruptcy Is the alternative.
A committee Of public spirited wo-
men in q little town we read OF the
other day are going to see what they
can accomplish in the way OF munic-
ipal improvement by offering several
substantial cash prizes for the back
yards within the city limits that pre-
sent the neatest appearance during the
coming season. The plan is to be com
mended In every way and should be
generally adopted, rs Il VIII do more
along the line OF making n neat town
than could be accomplished by passing
all kinds Of ordinances.
II any man would make an invest
ment for his children to reap the bene-
fit from twenty-five or thirty years
hence he could hardly do better than
to plant ten acre tract to cotton
wood trees. If they were given good
care at the start and stock kept out
during the whole period they would
give Il lumber yield at the end of the
period mentioned that would be sur.
prising. With lumber prices advanc-
ing as rapidly as they are. timber lot
Of saw logs will be II Nerltdbie gold
mine few years hence, when amy
kind Of stick will be called lumber
and will fetch high prices.
In the spraying Of potatoes the bor-
deauX mixture should be made up,
according IL the LILO recipe. of cop
per sulphate, lime and water OF
even stronger. This should be applied
with paris green added If the bugs
have appeared when the vines are
about six or eight inches high and
should BE- repeated at intervals Of ten
or fifteen days until growth Of vines
stops For large fields II Will he found
both economical and advantageous In
the spraying work To use special po-
tatO sprayer viii h Is so arranged that
from four TO six rows may he spray "a
at once and a large area covered IN
short time.
Some one has figured out that on the
basis of an average annual rainfall Of
thirty inches year the total amount
Of fresh water OF the country Is 2l3,-
100000. 100000 cubic feet. or this
enormous volume 1t Is estimated that
OIe-half is evaporated third flows
into the sea through streams large and
small, while the remaining sixth Is
consumed by living beings or absorbed
Ia tbn Garth ne tho vplnnp nf WA