FARM NOTES. \ \Work of the United Stats Department of Agricalture, i N Y ELLIOTT MITCHELL. “What is the most important thing | repeated i in American agriculture? an official of the Department of Agri culture in answer to a query-—a who would make an excellent Secre- tary if the present incumbent were not | de- | is the | about all that honest men could sire. “You want to know whet backbone of agriculture in the United States—in the world? One word is the answer: Legumes, How so? Ik cause the legumes—the « t cowpeas, the soy beans, ordinary peas, beans, vetches, peanuts, alfalfa and the like—have tne wonderful power (and they alone in the vegetable world possess it) to absorb nitrogen in the air and fix it into the getable kingdom. And lovers ho most nitrogen is the elusive and by far the most expensive | of the fertilizers or foods required by all plants, Were it not for the clovers and thelr various cousins, the world's population, perhaps not of this gener tion, but surely of the next genera. tion, would face absolute In the United States ten out these remarkable plants make the poorer half of lands so unproductive that it not pay to plant crops, and the burden of raising food would d upon the other half. With valley and prairie lan Is, it ply be a question of a few more ) when they, too, would bec hausted.” As Old as History. The old Romans the knew that the clovers were gr fertilizers, but they did not know and it has only | thin tively recent yi agriculture and ith. would rm would entire VOeurs w our fi olve these ricl wot ne €x- and Creeks myn ars t has discov their allie billions clovers the homes of teria which, Process, «nn they live tities a from the alr, If wer pl r of little nodu roots to absorl {trogen or ordinary cl nul $s on the ro Garden Peas : These formed bomes of, the bacter taining million clover or soil devoid o make pract 3 condition led the De ment of Ag culture several years ago to take the study of artificial Socuiation the seeds of legumes or ta aol} in tended for the planting, sults have been most rer was found that not or soil be easily inocul sickly erops ¢ want of are part f iter George T. Mo signed the frou ’ ‘ 8) | cri sm f w th a private sale and proc while in the haustive study eral Years, and plan of the gre American farn is preg ter or hi which ana developed for the ns 8 point, i i teria fields. Short Story Book on Bacteria. Farmers’ Bu Roots of Boy Deans Hhowlng Nodules yields of forage erops is so simple ax to excite the wonder of even the closest students of farm science. Do not the following short paragraphs, taken from this bulletin, create a de sire to know more on the subject? H. W. Dunlap, of Holland Patent, N. Y., having more of the liguid culture than could y used for some seed he was lnocy Inting, it with a Hght loam and spread it upon a part of a field already In clover “rhe difference In color and size of the plants ater on Indicated per fectly where the soll had been distributed.’ Mrs. J. A. Wells, of Bryn Athyn, Pa. ’ tried watering pea vines a month old with culture NHquid, and ‘the treated vines were fully twice the sige of the others, J. Hess, of North Yakima, W ‘ashing tom : Tag sid oft 8 year old alfalfa feld ore x haa been short, pale | log, plededs Thu color and "” owth nd ye i think, about Wires tines a much as formerly mined man | | there is starvation, | dinhon are TSR Seems Too Easy to be Effective, The method deseribed of Inoenlating geod to secure these wonderful results is ridienlously simple. Place the in a gunny sack, immerse the bundle in the fluld, previously prepared with no greater trouble, and allow then spread out to dry. This to it, besides planting, Department of Agriculture had amount of money set aside last for the manufacture of which were distributed free rs throughout the country, but supply was entirely ex- ed. - It Is probable that the sup- next year will be exhausted since applications for next are already coming in, The package is all The nall soon for however, of each . can be ob UNCLE SAM'S FARM STORIES. King Corn, : in or acre than three. so-called corn States. Peanuts as Forage Plants. : Combating San Jose Scale. Inlt War! wl little Interest mn. Clean, Pure Milk. Next In this series “Clean Mi Woo ; wi We all agree should be and #8 of fithy dur ng all them for this pur infects them so badly that no amount of wa is Nkely to clean them Bacteria are ible, and millions can find lodgment the thin film of moisture that after apparently Whitewash the year. Alr in the Poultry House, ant of the Keep ont of sour milk 1 Prove ins in remains clean barn at least once a The meriea je a short oasay on the Construction and Ventilation of Poultry Houses, complied from a num ber of American and English bulletins and Journals. The idea here set forth is that If eggs are to he obtained from hens during the season when eggs are seed | { this country to drain; ! these | Is | : of the high, the hens must not be allowed to shift for themselves, No animal re. sponds more quickly or steadily than the hen to good treatment and good food, and while she Is probably the most wonderful piece of farm machinery to be found, she can not well be expected to grind out eggs the year round without a good house, a clean floor, a comfortable sleeping place, and good food, This Is a free bulletin, obtained from Senators men or Secretary Wilson, Quarantine for Milch Goats, The Bureau of Animal Industry is In earnest in its intention to Introduce Furopean bigh-bred milch goats into for the purpose of crossing anon American pannles, been made by a of Swiss and ean be or Congre them on Purchases have ernment agent goats, which are heavy as much as six quart a day each-and to receive the ment the Department of Am has leased a small island In New for quarantine mm is, of cour thily important troduce and breed only from which free from any of the con taglous diseases found in the herds of all European countries, Much “ey the Cot oO gON milkers and elgh ship York poses, as | to harbor i ine. are Interest is manifested In Government's goat Introduction” various parts of the United raised to so number of gonts of ¢ throughout 5 are secure Department of ving the a strain of presen nus to up an average Some New Free Farm Bulletins, 8 tb of th arieties of « ————— i N——— Rat, Ball-Hooter and man, Boom rat,” and between a * “eattyman,” and a* cook™ and a boot natural history Tord bh Bureau to G _— - The Farmers Becoming Wise. group of Wests recently and made quite a “kil on the wl t market, which leads ent by the Nehmska State “It In m f IFIBOrS Oren } Interesting to note sucuinting and a finan wots for West me parts of ve the ng bu dness, he wre In tu ring in the guise of “lambs™ but the reports have It that cer tain farmers of the spring wheat coun ry have played the market with some cess ax "bulls" this Mr. the Wall Street banker, says ; the reports of damage to g wheat hy black rust Mad sab tantial foundation the millers would have before them a season of short sup plies, The reason of the doult as to the foundation of these reports of rast ix aid to He partly In the fact that the Red River farmers have learned the market jobbers’ trick of looking woe begone and telling of spolled crops, then selling while the price is up. This practice Is not to be commended on a nselve . 2 ap niative Is nothing ww new, a Eat] ethical grounds, but If anybody Is golng to should, grower of the maulpulator in a city exchange,” profit of out of a ery of wolf, we course, rather see him a grain than a market | Porto and French | giving | t quarts | ulture | BONN | : (EAE they all refer DAIRYING IN PORTO RICO. INDUSTRY CANNOT BE SAID TO HAVE BECO ME FINE ART, Butter is Made bv Very Crude Meth- ods.~American Butter Imported of Poor Quality, — Chance for American Trade, Although our town and city people have their troubles with tue milkman and the Iceman, they are but small ones compared to those of the people of Rico, according to a wecent ine vestigation by the Department Agriculture of the dalry Industry that island, How wh de as dnlryrman Is oot H The Porto Rican so ul Butter Made From Boiled Scum. & BoniIS EAU: = ENTATE Ng UI'TER NES As can be seen from the Hustration of t i fied : jetteors “NN. YY. ir Sn # 1 AN hardly insisted Dentnark. to lw oI torekeoper that they stow TF Not Yet Invaded by Ice Trust. Ice, too, hag until very recently been an expensive luxury on the island, and the | ple know but little of how to keep perishable foods, In one case a pa h merchant received butter In five pound boxes, These he stored on a shelf in the store where the ture was often 00 degrees F. As this butter was needed for sale, one box at a th ne wis placed ln such a smal joe chest as might be found In the bumblest dwelling In the United Btates. It was supposed that If the butter was cold and hard when sold nothing more could be desired, There 18 no reason, however, why within a fow years Ameriean Dutter makers should not control the butter market of Porto Rico: but « ¢ market eannot be hed for the asking, since ynscrupulous American shippers have given American butter a very black ye. : tempera of | in| 11 your noticeable; |. Make the trial yourself—lcave off Coffee P.OS 10 d avy ays and use TU FOOD COFFEE in its place, That's the only way to find out. Postum is a “There’s a Reason.” SIZZ (RDS VERSUS BLIZZARDS. More D w from Hoa MINA to Life sting than from Freezing. one =! i as ¥+4] find that on account hl visited that sect! exa NAPOLEON'S ARAB CHARGER. Stuffed Horse in the Military Museum Believed to be the Relic, HELEN ed 1 yuiuded museum los, ) ) been sent ua the Honore by a Jd last March. It rel had originally got | session of a Mr. Greaves, an h velerinary surgeon who di » French horse what M. de I, the French veterinary su id for the great thoroughbred sire i Close stodents of N will, no doubt, be awn Iw 1 this a y Apne Ix i a Ory COND tion mand famous Arab with hich the general public fs not ac quainted. Mr. Greaves gave this orse to the National History of Manchestor In 1842. SIX years afterward this society died a patural death, and while the treater portion of its collection came io the possession of wimt is pow Owens College, Manchester, those who presided over the distribution of its treasures had the happy thought of swnding Napoleon's horse to Paris where It arrived in 1808, and the label of the National History Society of Manchester Is stil on the packing ase which contained it nd Prop« rity poleon’s eof a] tween the English sur Society | A Quarter of a Century of unfailing service proves the ABSOLUTE. RELIABILITY Remington | TYPEWRITER WYCKOFF, SEAMAN SUT BROADWAY, S & BENEDICT NEW TORR POTASH y fo rtilizer is Ture will sve our valuable are nod adver rpecial fort per, formation that oy farmers, Sent Lhe asking GERMAN KALI WORKS, New York=—93 Nassau Street, or St. Louis, Mo.~4th and Olive Sts. at alle ew a invtead of av prevents r seg fron MARL i N acti works easily and smoothly, naak ng very litle moe. Our ew BU OIBATIC POO Lope. ating docking device makes the Marlin the safest breech doading gun ever bull "> fake oat slogan, RY EXCAVATION WORK. With Greatest Economy use the Western Elevating Grader and Ditcher. ROAD CONSTRUCTION. Western Wheeled Scraper Co. AURORA, LLL. Bend tor Ostalog. .
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