Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-19


blightfng tree or calomel injected I'M
der Its bark seems to check the blight
| is because the spring blight runs its
| course so quickly that by the time II
| is observed and the alleged remedy
applied. the blight is usually ready to
| stop of its own accord-Missouri Agri-
cultural Experiment Station. C. w.
The Science Of Apple Culture.
| Scientific apple breeding. or even
careful work along this line by anna
1 teurs. has hitherto been practically un-
| known; SO that We have exceedingly
little knowledge as to how our very
numerous varieties of this fruit have
arisen. and even less information that
would guide us in producing new sorts.
| Undoubtedly most Of the apples we
grow now are chance seedlings from
unknown parents. the few desirable
| types from thousands or even hundreds
OF thousands of seedlings whose
| growth TO fruiting and selection or de-
struction has mean. waste in time,
| attention and land occupied; while the
final results have given no principles
to govern future work. II experiments
made at the New York Agricultural
Experiment Station are reliable. much
OF this economic waste in originating
| new varieties may be avoided by cross
ing known parents. Bulletin No. $50
/ of that station gives descriptions of
fourteen new varieties, as good or
i better than their parents. that came
from iiS seedlings. the result of cross
! ing eleven selected varieties Nearly
as many more seedlings are retained
for further testing as promising kinds.
This large percentage 81 good or prom
Using apples from unknown crosses
augers we'll for future work along this
line, while the comparisons between
parent varieties and seedlings give the
most definite indications yet secured
regarding the inheritance Of apple
charaters These inheritance data are
| admittedly incomplete. since they come
only from frst-generation progeny of
known parents: while two or more
generations are necessary to give very
convincing evidence as to heredity.
yet the behavior OF these crosses is.
scientifically. of equal or greater val
ne than the practical utility of the
new varieties These. by the way.
are named for counties in New York
| State.
| Old meadows generally are lacking
4 in nitrogen. which is most easily sup
| piled by the application OF nitrate Of
I: soda at the rate Of 300 to 800 pounds
per acre The only way to be sure of
| the kind Of fertilizer to apply Is to
make trials of different mixtures and
and out which gives the best results.
In most places the application Of barn
yard manure and cutting up the mea-
| dow with a disc will be more likely
| to give profitable returns than will the
application Of commercial fertilizers.
There Is considerable suspicion con-
corning the feeding OF oil meal to
pregnant animals. 1t has been claimed
| that even salt will cause abortion in
scws.
For the pest Of full, set Of morning
glories sow in some good pasture grass
and turn on the sheep. Hogs. also. II
fed not too well and allowed TO root,
will often cut out the crop OF the year:
! hut a turf Of grass is better. since u
| tends TO prevent the coming NJ OF the
| new seeds. The plant likes cultivated
| or soft earth to flourish in. Look out
for manure hauled in from outside
sources.
The slogan. 'starve the fy." has
| been started in place OF "Swat the ny.
Most persons have reasoned that II
! was the purpose of the fy's existence
| to act as scavenger. But we can often
improve on nature. There Will doubt
! less come a time soon when we VIII
| screen in all manure and muck. II 80,
We will have to screen the fly out less.
The Wisconsin station concludes thus
! about manure: Haul It fresh: two
! tons of fresh make one of rosted: !.oeo
pounds of live weight OF animals
| makes $50 worth year: the liquid ex-
crement is the more valuable as mere
fertilizer: piles subject to teaching lose
| half their value: fermentation yields;
great loss of nitrogen in the
| form Of ammonia: making
! dip in the center Of the heap
| and keeping this &c. prevents this loss,
as does the mixing of gypsum cana
! pIas,er), kainit. ETC., with II: 1t is mncn
| intensified in use by mixing with
/ rock phosphate and land plaster or
| ovnsur These are common-sense
! conclusions.
j Roughly. seventy yards sGuare MAKE
an acre, and more roughly. with niue
| experiment and practice, any man can
| very approximately step YARDS. II nc
| has no, he should learn. FOR sucn steps
| save many Of the usual kind.
/ Sheep will kill out horseradish; ou'
! YOU had better dig 1t and snip II "
some commission house.
| Do not put chicks Of 6iheren: ages
| into the same brooder. The larger Will
| smother the smaller.
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