GERMINATION OF SEEDS.
also neces-
will
which is
life
cold a
tion Is warmth,
sary in animal
germinate in as
grees, but others exiat
at as high a 115 de-
grees, but between 30 and 90 degrees
is best suited for the majority of the
different varieties of seeds. Molstul
is through the
Some seeds
soil as 41
feebly, while
temperature as
is also necessary, as it
medium of water that the young pant
derives its food from the scil, and tae
availability of the matier in toe soll
is also an important factor in pushing
forward the plant as soon as it starts
rom the seed. In early spring, when
the corn has been planted, it
some imes fails to germinate, being
destroyed by the cold, but when p.ant
ed later, even if earth is still
11 sprout, but
seed
the
grow siowly It not germinate,
however, until it
heat for that
ply remain in
ready. Corn,
in June, comes up
often
as it is
the
There are
with germination which should n
and among them
condition of the To
seeds to absorb heat and moisture the
soil must fine. The prepara-
tion at the beginning is more impor-
tant than any subsequent cullivation.
Even the placing of manure will have
its effect. as the decomposition of the
matter also generates more or less
heat. The depth at which the seed is
covered inflnences germination. In
cold seasons ithe should be
very shallow, in bring the
seed as near the heat as
possible, and
of a damp season. In warm weal
the seeds may go in somewhat deepe
as 1
against
sity for th
every sprirs
planted
It is a loss of a
and gives no advantages,
should go in
the benefit of
The
soaked
save ti
A
stifficient
purpose, and will sim-
the ground until it
when
'w days
however, piante
in a f«
overtakes that plant
stronger and more vi
start,
other matters
overlooked,
enable the
soil.
be very
‘overing
order to
source of
may be aalc
he
th
the
same
they will ba partially protecte
drought
early enough
hard-shell seeds
before being
and
Seeds
will
germinate,
slowly, such as
parsley,
ing planted, aad
ing
plants
ror §
ayer Jer
me
germinate
parsnip and
y i
should befo ’
i
HINTS
yung tree
SOME ORCHARD
A loug:
undoubiedly
if the
trimmed,
done yet
prunad
limbs
always
cay entering at
Trimmings
in the orchard to
insects and mice,
from the orchard and burn it
start to grow, is
The
dormant,
; hou i i
As a rule. orchards are
nearly
are removed,
be painted over,
tha
should
enough
the
poiat.
not be piled
rot and to harbor
Draw all dead wood
Now, as the trees
the time to
scions
howeve:
See to it that
share of fertilizers,
Remove all nests of caterpi and
other insects as soon as taey can be
Do not permii any one to shoot
the nest in
best insert grafts
should be entirely
the orchard gets its
sean.
or frighten
the orchard
If the tre
or lichens,
some places,
tic soda
dred gallons
If the mark on
wash or spray with strong soapsuds or
with water containing one pound sofl
soap to the galion of water
It is a good plan to whitewash the
trunks of all fruit trees with lime
wash containing some paris green,
sulphur and crude carbolic acid. This
the bark and keeps down
birds which
moss
muca 3
are coverad with
which prevail
try spraying with
twenty pounds to
of water
the
on
one oun
tress is rough,
cleans
sects,
If any trees seem to be infested
ing as soon as possible Whale ofl
soap, two pounds to the gallon of
water, or caustic soda, one-fifth of a
pound to the gallon of water, or the
lime, salt and sulphur mixture will
kill scales.
If the young orchard’ is to make a
good growth this summer it must be
well cultivated, about like corn or po-
tatoes are managed, to get a good
crop.
Plant a half dozen cherry lrees, a
few quince trees, a half dozen plum
trees, among which let there he two
Japan and two American varieties. Do
not forget a few grapevine in addi
tion,
All the =small fruits, Including
grapes, do thelr best if the plantations
are frequently renawed. Compare new
plantings of strawberry, raspberry and
blackberry with old plantings,
If any trees have died during the
winter, dig them out. This is easily
done while the top is in the air. It is
hard to dig a stump out, but easy to
remove a whole tree,
Trees which do not thrive, bul mere.
ly remain alive, had better Ps dug
out and new trees set in thelr places.
Dr
{ York Tribune,
George
TREATMENT
Marl is a common
sections, and
OF MARI.
fertilizer in
an important
open or defied
gome
performs
on solis that are
and
land it
fits in
slow in ¥ field 1
lant
capeciaily when
rich
fertilizers kn
for
leaves the grour as
par
in potash lime. When applied
Erass shows efforts
and
is very
splendid
its ben are i ;
ingre
to frult
mixed with
is one of ih
dients for p
use, J led
trees,
good compost, it
bast
od
times
wn, and when ad#®
tO manure Some
ROO
condition as before the crops wer.
taken off. If
for so doing. the better
no appliances are
plan for redu
ing marl is to mix it with equal par
of good unfermentad manure,
half, and }
da2ay
18 liquid
the
*» 10 time
lecompos
stated befor
of grea: v
position
though
IZ]
‘al
No
such claim
favor: potash
its valuable
these minera
mores or #48
18 composted with
PROF!
IN LIMA
ABOUT BEES
kept fi
soms, by netting or
the amount of
none it
ens that in
HINTS
If bees ar om
other
Means,
tie or not
ement wea
flying of
he period when t
tive. A fruit
subjected to a
water during
a
hut
hinders tha
a flowers are 1
half of which
continuous spray
the
fruit
an abundance
her. A failure
tree
flowering peri
upon tha» sprayed
rifon, upon tha
due to the above
itioned
nted,
ng
t short fav
Catse cannot wel
may be modified
hand to ut
eriods
bus
Deas near at
whict
bees
While
the
An insufficient
will hinder the
supply of
of fruit.
take part in
the fruit
gett ng
may
poiien,
ther insects
arrying of
f mus: rely chiefly
Experience shows
may fly two or
should be within
{ orchard or small
raiser
upon honey bees
tha: thon
three miles
half a mil
fruit patch
TREATMENT OF MEADOWS.
The constant mowing of the mead
i sooner or later causes them to
fail. It is seldom that a farmer will
{ apread the manure on the meadow as
long as his corn land needs it. It ie
{ surprising how some meadows have
| been capable of providing grass and
hay for many years with the treat
ment received, bul it is safe to aay
that the meadow pays as well as any
other land on the farm. It depends
upon the kind of soil, however, but
meadows are usually in the valley
where the land receives the washings
of the uplands, and where mofsture is
more plentiful than on other locations
The meadow deserves a ireatment pe
culiar to itself,
adaptation of grasses to the soil, for
the varieties best suited will crowd
out the others and usurp the land
which {4 one of he reasons why the
meadows do not “run out” as w00n as
special grasses that are seeded down
occasionally.
A Londoner gave up his seat in an
omnibus to & woman and stood
IWS
and in due course he was held *
“overcrowding” the vehicle,
soso
ad from Ireland In the [ast
years: mostly to the United States,
A WOMAN DID IT.
“How and when was condensed
nilk discovered?” said D. M. Miedall
0 the Louisville Herald. “Well,
8% an easy question, known to all
ers of the article
“It chanced that in
‘rom New Orleans to New
4 considerable
Mrs. Albert Cashi
nake the trip
“Mrs. Cashinger's
hat she realized
1ecessary to make a
Bxpert
that
véen-
the journey
York was
trip certain lady
determined to
infant,
was 20 {il
sick
baby
that it would be
0 receive me
she hoped to save
But to
xaild ha
Keep fre
travel
S30 ther
nak ng
and ought
hands of
The alarmist
fit that score
FOR A REAL
How many
faces? How mans
For the applicat
does not
women
lea
skin It only
dirt, and the
they were
ware used
fu! and
ishes, is easily
the face, To
f boiling hot
Wwatsr, cream
towels, one soft.
the ho! water
the face, repeat this, untill the
feels as if it had
Quickly apply the cream
oughly with
then wipe off
fresh,
washing
supply
sid
;
have a
some icy
do this
water.
for the skin
Put the
and then
and two
goft one in
spread it over
skin
parbailed
rub in thor-
the tipa of the
cream and again
apply the hot towel Without stop-
ping a moment piace the towel dipped
in the cold water on the face, and do
this untli the skin tingles. Dry the
face, and you may be sure that your
face is washed, if it never has been
before To prevent any chepping.
rub cold cream lightly over the skin
and apply a little powder to keep
away the shine that would follow the
uae of the cream. If the face is wash-
been
the
it will always be fresh and
looking. —~New York Press,
Young
FASHION'S NEW DEPARTURES.
Tan colored linen, with a touch of
our gay resorts this year, and a good
they have not only
on our variable minds. The ripe apri-
oot, the deap raspberry pink, the
spinach green and the coffee brown,
not unlike burnt Liead, ars sscond to
Some
of the stuffs are covered all over with
pendant balls in marked conirast, and
not only forms trimmings on skirts,
Wit heads the high and low bodices a
jour, and the sleeves are as various
gtraps of the same velvel ot
the shoulders
bodice in piace
the hem, from one
es deep, and are set
carried
Keep
Ks arpear
ACross
the
upon
eam to
to two ing Cross
Way on the hips to the depth of
inch The
than
an
eighth of an bodices
more
figure Is
are
bloused a good
not and
materials adjust themselves closely 1
waist at the The Queen
but
ever,
thrown away, the
back
the
MIDDLE
verage
AGE.
woman
WOMEN AFTER
Af‘er midie age
more for
the a
women than
begins to care
men Her allegian«
her
he does for
change
cleared, and
sex fully.
od to
are de
distin
goes a paychi aves
are opened, her judgment
ate her
SaArns to appre
Wueayn
amateur
udes a new
for the matron with a
embonpoint. This is nothing
than a daily practice of the an
of “skipping.” Every mon
er personal
men now ia
venden
lady wh
must
soemniy Jul ithe 8
breathing
yrough the
The girl still in the
hoolroom is also being
to this old fash
which “has besn
in every way
g the
Appearance skipping
pa and llotted
WE
number of giowly
times,
and regularly as she goes t
mance
and s«
encouraged to revert
foned amusemaat,
be beneficial
when we who are yet on
gunny side of thirsty, look back
we can recall that rope sKipping was
often condemned, when we were chil
iren it was so bad for the
heart!
because
FASHION HINTS
Deep ruffles of Hamburg or
the material finish many of the thin
walsts, These are some (hres or more
lace,
of a deep yoke, and carried over the
Lawn petticoats in pink and blue,
are a feature of the shops, and are
for wear under summer
A lovely quilt for the baby's basal
filled, quilted in a diamond patiera
and the wide pink ruffle is edged with
lace,
Silk mull is one of the moat popular
of the medium priced summer stuffs.
Throat chains of gilt beads are hav:
ing quite a vogue, !
Punjab neck scarfs are to be worn
without a collar by both men and wo
men,
Black chiffon taffeta walking suits,
with instep leagth skirts, are in great
favor for afternoon wear.
Tricornes and turbans are the amall
shapes,
There was never a greater variety
of fine straws.
Straw draperies are durable for ser
viceable hates
SN RANCID BUTT
p.ece of toast
any
butter
bun).
wil
smal, whict
USE Fi
all paper
ones slip
gloves
maost
when gr
The washing
iz certainly a work
CATE, it can
inte rest
and
over, but it is
time
ing. and aothing better repays for the
time and
jlabor bestowed upon it
SOME F.ECIPES
Scalloped Wash and cut
into coarse shreds half a head of cab
bage: put it into a ising
water, zalted, and boil twenly minutes
or until tender; drain in a colander;
put two tablespoonfuls of butter in @
gauncepan: when melted add two love
tablespoonfuls of flour, one pint of
milk, one tablespoonful of sali and a
little pepper; stir constaatly unti
boiling; pnt the cabbage in a baking
dish; pour over the sauce, sprinkle
with buttered broad or shreddad
wheat biscuit erumba and bake in a
quick oven fifleen minutes.
Cheese Roll. When bread dough Iz
ready for the tins roll wit a piece on!
quarter inch thick and spriakle with
grated cheesse; roll up the same as for
a jelly roll and cut in strips three
Cabl/ige
QO
kett'as of bo
bake in quick oven twenly minutes.
Ragout of Mussels. Take (he mus
gois out of their shells: pick off the
breads: save the liquor; put one ia
blespoonful of butter in a stewpan;
add one tablespooaful of chopped par
gley and a little grated lemon rind,
nsing only the surface of the lemon
and none of the white; slir thiz and
one-third cupful of water; stir uatil
boiling and smooth; add the mussels
and liquor; bring te the boil and
warve.
PATENT.
We'll live upon a patent food
And draw a :
Until upon a
We die a
patent
paten
vsti
pa
" p " '
Then after that we wi
s¢ and car
on patent ide
We play a palent
WHERE EIS GOLDEN.
J. Axson son Would you have
had | 1
Certainly
loved me
She
have kept
of the fact
you
man s
transferre
What
band
DEFINING ETERNITY.
“Eternity!”
The
8 horrified
“An eternity of
peated. “Iwo
etefnity is? 1
voice of the preacher sank to
whisper.
torment!” he re
you what
tell long
would seem to you if you were
going to the theatre and were waiting
for your wife to get ready, and she
had eight or nine heads instead of
bethink
you it is as
you
as it
roRe,
the
haggard,
anxious
Here several men
nd tottered forward to
sedt. Puck.
THE REAL THING.
“You,” remarked the bald-headed
man, “my wife is president ofa secre
society.”
“Nonsense” rejoined the fussy old
bachelor. “The idea of women hav
ing anything to do with secret so
cleties.”
“But,” explained he of the ab
sent hair,” “this is a society of which
the members exchange secrets.” Chi
cago News
GAVE HIM CREDIT.
Grimes-—1 think Blodgett is
meanest man I ever knew.
Grant—-What has Blodgett been
doing now?
Grimes-1 wrote an anonymous
letter to his paper complaining of the
teacher of the Centre School. He
recognized my writing and published
the letter over my signature,
Grant—Well, what of it? The let
ter expressed your sentiments, didn't
i?
Grimes—Oh, yes, they were my sen
timents all right; but [ dida't want
people to know that was what {
thought. Boston Transcript.
the
STILL USEFUL.
Mrs. Fortie—While | was cleaning
out the attic toduy 1 found this old
wire bustle. Isn't it oldfashioned:
Mr. Fortie-—Yes, but keep it. It
will come in handy next August.
Mra. Fortie—Why, those things will
never come In style again,
Mr. Foritle-—-But it will make a
splendid muzzle for Rover in the Jog
days. —Fuiladeliphia Press.
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