The Delta independent., 1909-07-09

have the best chances for good growth
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 it. They are as sensitive to
extreme heat as to extreme cold.
To cover the bare places in the
meadow sow grass literally. give
slight coating of manure and then
run over the places with spike-tooth
harrow.
Tests indicate that more wheat can
be raised on land which has grown
a crop of millet for hay. and also on
land where the green millet has been
plowed under.
II the little buttons where the horns
will grow are thoroughly rubbed with
caustic potash during the first two
weeks of the calfs lie 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
loot. Try it.
Get the hor~e on to full feed gradu-
lly Remember that a too radical
hange is apt TO so derange the sys-
EN- 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 a portion new each year
turing the slack times. so that there
will come. no year when all fencing
must be replaced as is sometimes the
case.
A chicken wellhatched is chicken
half raised. is perhaps putting II q
little strong. for constant care and
vatchfulness are necessary toTsteer
he little things clear of the manifold
nitfal's which mark the pathway from
-hickenhood to maturity.
Unless amply able in the way OF
room and time TO keep more than one
hr, ed conine your chicken raising &c
one variety Chickens are difficult to
confine during the breeding season on
the average place Mixing will result
lnless the fowls are closely confined
nd watched. especially if you have
1eighbors with chickens.
In planting oats with cultivator.
some SOW them on the unprepared
soil. cultivate them in and harrow for
smoothing. This method has the ad-
santage of covering the seed well. yet
Il leaves the ground uneven. or in
sireaks Perhaps a better way is to
,ow the oats on the soil after II has
ieen stirred by the cultivator, then
harrow for smoothing and covering
The seed.
BY an interesting experiment Prof.
G.. r Warren. New Jersey, has appar-
entity demonstrated that the tempera-
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 90 a 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 tr;.nS In the greenhouse threw out
a number of sprouts. On February %
the tree was moved into the house,
and two weeks later II was in blossom.
The roots had been kept in a summer
temperature while the top was ex-
posed to winter: but the buds were
not damaged.
Hollow cement posts have been
found by the Wisconsin experiment
starion TO be as strong and as easily
made as the solid ones. The mixture
used Is the ordinary 1874, which in
cludes one part cement, two parts