¢ Frat Quiruns For Poraroes, —A cor-
tospondent writes: Several years ago I
became a convert to flat culture for
potatoes, and every season convinces me
that this mods is preferable to the form-
ing of hills around the plants, This
geason, being a very moist one in this
section, fully demonstrated with me
that in moist as well as dry seasons fiat |
culture is the better of the two, Just |
across the fence from my potato pateh
was a fleld of my neighbor's, of abonl
four acres, planted about ten days bafore
mine. The ground is alike on both
patches—clayey loam, My neighbor
manured more liberally than I did. He
adopted the hill method of eulture, and
I the flat method, In the early part of
the season his made a much more vig
orous growth than mine; in fact the
foliage in his fleld covered the ground
pefore mine begun to grow. As the
season advanced mine gained in growtl
upon his and maintained greener Is linge
longer. Hisnpened about a week ahead
of mine, but while his crop s
180 bushels to the acre, mine
950 bushels to the acre, i
ROVOILY bushels
similar, his havi
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nove
legs tha
with thi
and
grooms, and i
x all
exterm
DOSTS
Are comi
herds on the
stone river,
Ax Indiana farmer
oured heaves in horses
hay from them and substitu
food iu its place. He also
a8 large as walnut, composed of eq
parts of a balsam of fir and balsan
aspaiba,
Ax animal that has been injured by
overfeeding cannot be again brought
fnto as good eondition as one that Las
grown poor through lack of food
Overfed hogs can rarely be brought
back to a good, healthy condition,
The results of overfeeding are derange
ment of the digestive organs, loss of |
appetite sud finally loss of flesh.
Canaries. —To {ree Canari
other cage birds from the mseot
recommended by one who lina
fully practiced i: for years: Every
just at dusk the cage or AVIArY 1s
with white eloth, Daring
the parasites will crawl fi
birds on to the cl o
be seen runnin
removed at Jd
be killed by putting
will soon clear away
injuring the birds,
no doubt kili parasi
well,
furni
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