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
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