OS ASAT EA ISR ED EE ————————————————————————— ees Farm Notes. —1It is well known that when a crop is removed from the soil there is left in the ground a certain proportion of root material, which adds so much fertiliz- ing matter of the soil, according to the kind of crop removed, and much of this material is taken from the soil it- gelf, far down below the reach of the plow, being stored iv the plants as well as in the roots. Agriculturists have never fully determined the value of the roots to the soil except in a few cases with certain kinds of plants, such as clover and some of the grasses. The Utah Experiment Station has, however, made a series of experiments in this direction, which throw considerable light on the subject. Trials with roots at various depths have been quite limit- ed, and the effect of tillage on cutting roots will be very much modified. There are those who favor deep plow: ing, 80 as to give the roots better op: portunities for extendiug downward,but others object because deep plowing cuts the roots. DEEP PLOWING NOT ALWAYS BEST. It was found that the weight of the roots of potatoes was but 120 pounds per acre, and the greatest weight was found in the seventh inch of depth. Barley gave 376 pounds per acre, the greatest weight being in the third inch of depth. Corn gave 462 pounds of roots per acre, one-third of this weight being at the fourth inch of depth. The first inch contains but 16 pounds. Wheat gave about 493 pounds, the greatest weight being in the fourth inch, Timothy gave 1303 pounds, one- balf ot which was at the first inch. The oat crop gave 1888 pounds of roots. the greatest weight being at two and three inches depth, the most being at three inches. The fact that the greatest weight of rootsis found at from one to tour inches does not indicate that deep Plowing is a necessity, and it is proba- ly a surprise to many that the weight of the roots of oats isso heavy. —Irrigation is claimed to increase the sugar in fruit and improve its quality. In California it has been found that ir- rigated fruit has less shrinkage when dried, and was also worth more in its green state. This is due to the greater proportion of mineral matter taken up by being dissolved with a plentiful sup- ply of water. The greater foliage per- mitted the plants to derive more car- bonic acid from the air, and thus con- tribute a greater proportion of sugar to the fruit. —Ventilation in the stable does not mean a draught of air coming in on the animals. It is useless to make a stable warm with tight roof and walls, and then have cold ‘‘air holes,” misnamed ventilators, to allow the warmth to es- cape. The night is tbe time when cold currents are felt. The stable should be ventilated during the day, by leaving the doors and windows open, which should be closed at night. Attention must be given thedirection of the wind, and bedding should be plentiful. —The strawberry prefers a soil that is not too dry, and it suffers from drought more than do many other plants that are grown on land that is wet. In the winter the strawberry beds should be well drained to avoid stand ing water, and the rows should be cov- ered withsome kind of mulch in those sections where the cold is severe at times during the winter. —The small sweet potatoes will fatten pigs quicker than cora, and,as the sweet potato crop is now being harvested, it should pay to have a few pigs to con- sume the small potatoes. They may be fed raw or cooked, but if cooked, and bran or middlings are added to the mess the pigs will increase more rapidly in weight than if the sweet potatoes only are fed. —Crimson (or scarlet) clover, sown in August and September, shows a re- markable growth to the present time. Those who have not given ita trial will be surprised to notice the rapid growth it makes, and on soils upon which red clover does not thrive ; and it is as early as rye in starting oft in growth in the spring. —All weeds are hardy, and some of them are not killed by light frosts. They should be cut down before the seeds are dry, or matured. Within the next few days much of the work of the spring will depend upon how much work has been done on weeds in thattime, as every day now puts the weed seed ahead. —1TItis not necessary to cutout the old canes of blackberries until the ground is frozen, but it would be well to kill out the crab grass and weeds as much as possible, or plow them in be- fore they become dry. All green mat- ter turned under will be of benefit to the soil. —It will now delight the Western farmers to learn that. a worm has ap- peared to attack the Russian thistle. The worm appears in large numbers and suddenly disappears. Its habits will be studied atthe experiment sta- tions, -—Winter is the wet season and at times water, snow and slush render farm operations at the barn very disagreeable. Ditching is now in order, and it should be dene early, thus escaping mud and dampness, as well as colds and disease. —The prowmptness of sale and prices obtained for fruits and vegetables al- ways depend on a large measure on the style of package and manner of pack- ing. Too much attention cannot be paid to this point by the shipper. —When blackberrying, many a large fruited sort is met with, which, if trans- planted to the garden, would be as good as any of the cultivated sorts. Some of the best known ones were introduced in this way. —When a horse is doinz no werk it. ghould receive less grain and given more hay. There i> no time of the vear, however, when the horse should uot be given exercise in s)me man: ner. Busiest Night of the Year in a Newspa- per Office. There is one night in every year, in every great newspaper office, when work is done that is the least under- stood of all that goes on in the making of a daily paper ; one night when the highest state of fever attends the excite- ment and strain of the most intense work that falls to the lot of any men, except soldiers in war. That is election night. That is the night when a few men sit down at six o’clock before virgin sheets of paper, with the knowledge that before two o'clock the next morning they must cover those sheets with the election re- turns of a nation, digesting mountains of figures and apprising the public of the results in the most condensed forms, weeks in advance cof the official an- nouncements, as sparks might be count- ed while they fly from theshapeless iron on a blacksmith’s anvil. And these calculations must stand the test of comparison with those which the rival newspapers, working without collaboration as eager com peti- tors will publish at the same moment. The election figures come in driblets and atoms, and must be put together as the Florentines make their mosaics. Some of it, we shall see, is plucked from the very air—as a magician seems to collect coins in & borrowed hat—be- gotten of reasoning, but put down be- side the genuine returns with equal con- fidence and almost equal accuracy. Ah! but that isa work to try cool beads and strong nerves. I am quite certain no other men in the world in- clude such a night of tension and excite- ment, periodically, as a flxed part of a work-a-day existence. No other men, regularly once a year, feel themselves so truly in the focus of an intense public interest, manifesting itself in so many ways.—From ‘Election Night in a Newspaper Office,” by Julian Ralph, in the November Scribner's. | ———————— ——1If you have a wagon or a buggy hitch it up on Tuesday morning next and take some Democrat, who has none, to the polls with you. Worked to Perfection. «Are you still troubled by your neighbor’s chickens ?” asked one man of another. «Not a bit,” was the answer. “They are kept shut up now.” “How did you manage it ?”’ “Why, every night 1 put a lot of eggs in the grass under the grapevine, and every morning, when my neignbor was looking, I went out and brought them in.” SU — The art of dyeing far skins has reached such a high state of perfection that the commonest kind of fur can be mada to look like the genuine article. Rabbit skins are dyed and sheared to look like sealskin, and are advertised as Electric Seal. Muskrat skins are also dyed to look like sealskin and are ad- vertised as Canada seal and China seal. Opossum and Coon skins are dyed to imitate Alaska sable and are called Black Marten. (Alaska sable is a gen- teel name for skunk.) Natural musk- rat is advertised by some dealers as Brook Mink. EB ——————— ——The people see that the times are much better than they were. They have been improving ever since we had a Democratic, tariff law, which is for the last two months. The people are close so closely as the condition of industries. and consequently they will not be pre- pared to accept any longer the state- ments of those would have us believe that this new law has been the cause of the recent national distress. Experience is a better teacher than calamity howl- ing. RT HS, —— “When I was a boy,” said Mr. Hasbin Swift, “it was no trick at all for me to handle a horse, I'd take the wild- est kind of an animal and run him once around the track, and then he’d be broke.” «I suppose you enjoyed that more than the horse did ?”’ “I guess so. But the horse got even. Now he runs around the track once, and when he gets through I'm broke.— Washing- ton Star. SS ———————— Hard Sense. «I wish we had more literary people like Blank.” «(reat Scott, he’s never had anything published.” “That's just why.” SE ST ——4] paid you $5 to vote for me?’ “Yes, sub !” “Then, why didn’t you do it 2” “Well, sub, you see—hit was dis way: de yuther feller, be paid me $10."— Atlanta Constitution. A ——— ————— — Miss Downsouth : You seem to have a great many packers in this city. " Mr. Slaughter : Yes, there are several yet a first class beefsteak is quite rare. Miss Downsouth : Well, why, don’t you cook it more ? CS ESATCITE. ——Joaquin Miller has a mile of roses growing on his California ranch . ——John Wanamaker had saved on- ly $100 at the age of 23. —————————————— ——1If you want printing of any des- cription the Waronmax office is the place to have it dove. Business Notice. Children Cry or Pitcher’s Castoria. 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