The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-24
Saturday. .


r. 'nS"e'' arc entirely differ
cnt from those lntt make beef animal.
In some places they are offering prizes
for milking Shorthorns. milking Aber-
deem Angus and other beef breeds, and
there are doubtless some Shorthorns
that arc deep milkers because they
have been bred to pure dairy type
and arc no longer good beef animals.
aud my attempt 10 breed milking
qualities Into tho beef type will In
evitably result In spelling them for
beef ono herd claimed to be dual
purpose stock Is reported as having
cows that made $40 pounds of butter
Tat year. and the experiment station
Showed that tho owner would have to
get 40 To so cents pound for butter
10 make any such COWS pay 1t does
not pay TO lose $40 worth OF milk for
the sake of raising $40 calf. Tho
dniryman or tho beef man must be a
specialist. for no one animal can pos
sibly top the market with butter and
beer too as the characteristics are an
tagonistic- Tho dual purpose COW Is
the dream OF theorists. and not of the
practical dairyman.
Olcomargnrine.
And now tho New York courts hnye
decided TINT tho coloring OF olcomar-
Garlne yellow is not for fraudulen nj
purposes. IL not, what is IL wanted
oring oleomarEarine yellow Is to mako
II look like repl butter, which IL is not:
and III this is not - fraud, what is IL?
The yellow color liz the trade mark OF
genuine dairy butter, and coloring a
mixture OF fats yellow ia stealing tho
trade mark OF butter The Secretary
OF tho Treasury has also recommended
the repeal of the Law taxing colorcd
oieomarRarine ana passing strict laws
in regard to packages and branding
These would only apply to dealers and
the buyers, the hotel Keepers and tho
restaurant men. who would put IL be-
fore their guests IL they can buy II
cheap. II such laws are enacted IT
should DO carried further and every
hotel man and restaurant keeper should
be required to post in conspicuous
place In his dining room the fact that
lie serves oicom,tgarinc and not but
ter. with a heavy penalty for doing so
without tho sign where all can see H.
II Is In the hotels and eating houses
where the fraud Is practiccd more than
by the dealers
Moving Large Plants.
nave some very large currart
buahes which have gotten 100 large
Tor their present position. Can move
them safcly?" BY taking them IN
with care and a mass of soil about the
roots you may move them; but the
tops should be closely pruncd II il
so easy To grow young plants from
cuttings that you could get plenty OF
plants In the new position before at
tempting TO move the old ones, and IL
Is probable that these young plants
would soon beat the old one If II is
moved. Make cuttings of this year :
wood about ten inches long, and tie
In punched and bury til spring and
then set them fun length In the soil
where you want them TO grow Then
while these are coming on. prune the
old bushes 10y taking out stun,cd wood
and thinning the limbs 10 some ex-
tent and you may find that they are
not iu the way. Currants and goose
berries root SO easily that II Is better
10 grow new plants than To try 10
move the old ones.
Plant Nutrition.
Tho vegetable grower should he a
student OF plant nutrition so that he
may feed his crops judiciously. Plants
whose value consists in tho leafy part
like cabbage and lettuce and spinach
and kale. need fertilizer particularly
high in nitrogen, while plants whose
value lies in the underground part
need phosphates and potash more than
nitrogen.
Heavy application OF highly nitro
genous fertilizers to strawberries Will
increase the growth of plants and the
size OF the fruit. but Will make ber-
ries too soft TO ship we'll Hence II