The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-10-13

L1FE Ar rHE aRAnEvlNE.

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wild Crap wine is found that has dl d
Of old age Pliny mentiors a wins
500 ycars old. There is vine at Har
ten Cort, England, planted in 1863,
while here in America there is wild
glapevine on the shor IS Of Mobile Pay
within milo of Daphne. Ala, ccm-
monty knotn as the "Gcro:a al jackson
vine, more than fsst in c;rcumfar-
snoe at its basa There is graps-
vine in Carpentcr'a, Cal. undsr which
more than 800 persons may stand. rs
trunk lis fest in dlam5:er at ths
base and 1t has borne as high as tn
tons of fruit. 1t is said that this
vine was planted in 1872.
VARIATIONS IN.vARIETIEs.
1t is quite certain that potatoes will
not mix in the hill any more than
chickens will mix In the nsst, but
this does net ppsvcnt change In rcra-
toes in the hill, not due to mixing but
to the tendency of all living :ls.ngs
to sport ThHre will be occasional
ears of red corn when norsd k5rn1,s
are planted, and red corn can be- pro-
paga-,sd by planting these nsd kernels
so will there be variations in pcta-
toss. and new varieties may be prcpa-
gatsd by pranting these sports. Ordi-
narily, naw varieties are Cbtajnsd
by planting the seeds grown on the p
tao tops, and tn Sc seads viii mix
because thy are s-eds-ths potatoes
ara merely swollen PLACES in the
roots.
MOLE AN INSECT DESTROYER.
The Illinois authorities recently
made an examination OF the stomachs
of moles. 1t was found that half or
more of the food OF the mole con-
sists of insects and their larvae most
of tham noxiOus. So far as dts food
is conc armed, the mole is thus ben.a-
fetal en- the whole. There is NO di-
rect evi6l ice that 1t will lat pota-
toes or CHR tubers, but circunls.an-
tad evid eIloe admitting that move Of
hcrbiferOus habit may occupy mole
ruins in fall. 1t was shown that corn
may form an important item OF the
food of molss; that gently pIanasd
corn is Sometimes destroyed by thsm,
and that if numerous in corn fields
in spring tn " are capable Of doing
consicel able damage thers
A GOOD TRAP CROP.
1t requires considerable vigilance TO
kesp insects from Destroying cabbage. |
The cabbage plant furnishes almost |
an ideal place for insatos 10 hide |
from the gard nsr and continue their |
destructive work. Do not = ~Tnit vhsnl |
to injure your plants.
Mustard has pungont taste and |
usually attracts im-eots by it's pscu-
Liza smell. 1t is somHtimos nduisa- !
BIZ to plant mustard as a trap crop
10 catch insects and loeip thsm from |
d sroyihg other plants. Whan the in
saats have MACE raid upon the
mustard the plants may be sprayed
with poison or pulled up and d sstroy-
I'd.
NUTRIENTS OF FOOD.
Protein, starch, fat, sugar and fiber
ars the nutrients that make up foods
Protein is the only one form which
muscle and tissue can be made-abs
Othsrs serve to produce heat, onsrgy
ind fat. Starch and sugar are equal
N food value. The fiber in the plLnt
tut green has the same food value
Is sta. CHI; wfcn the plant, is mature.
The fiber baccnsas largely indigcsti-
Me Us in straw Fat slsrves the SANTA
'urppSe is the animal body as starch;
{. . moro concentrated, having two
III o. -~l..,n times as much nutri-
nsnt in givon weight.
ROTATION IN THE GARDEN.
The gard n needs rotation as wsll
rs the fia,d DO not think that you
AN grow cabbage or onions or lettuce
lpon one particular spot contiguous
y without meeting with failure BE-
ldas resolving DECREASE yield, a
HnniSer Of insect nJsls and fungous
lAsaas $ will thrive from war to year
9hen complsae rotation is not prac- /
'cSd. Charge the different garden
rops from one part OF the plat TO
mother, and occasionally sesd tho
lat 10 Clover for A year and grow the
arden ON feriils spot ON the back
art Cd tho farm.
GREEN MANURING.
When g1een-nanure csops are
lowod undar, There is none or L.ss /
Of such maaa1al 10 sour
ne land, and applications OF Inns ar v
n plowing under such crops sweaten |.
10 soil and secure a more favorable a
ambition for the growth of clover. It S
very important to ,wock la clovers q
J often as possible, and sweet soil N