A NEW TOMATO CULTURE. GUY ELLIOTT We Wada | About the first of June is the time | to stake your tomatoes, speaking gens | erally for the United States, This . MITCHELL, moisture and sustenance which the roots collect, Instead “ producing ten or twelve pounds of useless growth will go largely into the formation of fruit. Clusters of tomatoes will hang thickly against the stake; they wil secure the full benefit of the sun's genial warmth; there will be no rot- ting: he ripe fruit can be seen at a We tried the scheme and it repaid us well. Since my return to the North 1 article would have been more timely | although it has been applied simply to | had it been printed™s month ago, but | garden plot of tomatoes, even if it can be remembered for next | year's operations in tomato growing, practfeable or profitable where you are | 28 the moisture requirement will be far the writer will feel more than com- | F8i8ing ten or twenty acres of this | less than under the usual method pensated, since for at least small | tomato patches the plan here sug- | gested has been proven by him to have | several advantages, Some years ago I attempted to grow | seven acres of tomatoes in Southern Florida~—Polk County~for the north ern winter market. The tomatoes were planted in November, It was the winter of the great freeze, which swept Florida from stem to stern and obliter- ated all “frost lines"—the first oc- | curred December 28th, just on top of | a balmy Christmas Eve spent on the plazza in summer clothes. On that day, the thermometer in this ‘frost proof” region descended to 18. with @ biting northwest wind. Thousands of acres of tomatoes and plant were cut down to the ground. For tunately for my partner and myself we were from the region where Jack-Frost bolds annual sway and we had main- tained a seed bed in spite of the jeers of our neighbors. By the use of fer- tilizer sacks, all the bed quilts, sheets and clothing we had, and half a dozen fires to windward, we managed to save some seven or eight thousand young tomato plants, and thus when | the frost king bad passed on his way, | we had a start over our neighbors of from eighteen to twenty-four days in | growth. * A SECOND We had visions ot wealth. Instead of seven acres, it is true, we had plants for only about a single acre each, but we expected eight, ten or twelve dollars a crate for our toma- toes, Instead of two or three dollars, because all Florida had been wiped out. Unfortunately, in this inst the lightning struck twice, and in Feb- ruary, just as our plants were soming and to form a second and ¥ vere f struck into entire agricuitura with the exception acreage the frozen to the 1 instance the Weatl the lookout, and al lock in the evening we ha information that a severe northwest blizzard was rapid ly moving down the State. proved and my part rer eg FREEZE. nee, begiuni eal ’ ou on Necessity, as itsel the mother of inv ner, Mr. C. G. Sts . of Herndon, Va., and ipped lanterns to our left legs, an th a big cotton hoe each, [ and down our long rows and with a gingle dig and pull, 1 plant, cov. ered the with nearly a square foot loose Florida up-land samd, the winter tomato is grown By two o'clock we had finished our task and we thought we were what tired; but this effort was nothing to the fob of digging out the plants on | the two succeeding The THE of u l ks In remem brance thtening up periods at the end of each row Finally, after the done their worst and of Southern Florid the 1 As upon af each found ourselv an acre of rather dil but thrifts little damaged tomatoes, far advanced those of the sur- | rounding fields PRUNING TOMATO VINES. The tomatoes were beginning to throw out numbers of axillary suckers just above each leaf. It was my turn, one day, to drive the white mare to town and get a supply of grub-—we were camping. By chance, | across an old stager who bad drifted usual, tion nson Of Oomatoes for eacl tor of in toes the which blossoming ROMmMe O davs LH % ! £ Sst crea ff the Stra fre had I sun { wr O708 the ge began to in June, we s Of still | n Air ire d < th about wi ipidated « and over down to South Florida from the region ) ers which have developed four or five vegetable T am not prepared to say pruning an acre : ad garden propo ing fron S . started blossoms, length about bar, or a heavy mallet stal mato firmly, of grocers’ the stem close perimented but {a ball, there was no danger of inj stem of the plant, the rows and pull off every sucker leaving of « | In other words simply train the tomato | vine { tle It up close season of suffice to « hould five das ot. branches bheco the belie remove it, but su ruthlessly remedied the mn | ing It is sOme- | what revolutionary, and whether it is | Ringlet Barred mouth Prize Ply- Rocks. Win. Mad- Square New Poultry ners at Ison Garden, York Show. | and there have each year followed out this idea, | glance; the tomatoes will. be larger, will be few, if any, very small ones; the yield per vine will be as heavy or heavier, while if the plant. ing Is made with this in view, the vines ean be set considerably closer, White Wyan- dottes First Prize Pen at Boston, 1005 d in Florid never hn cultivating that 3% of kept me hustling as tiled before} tion where you are Mit as n Fails ie Innts it to one hundred plar If ideal method of 1 these | requirin fifty nity " TT proven The inure imple ther an ireat Are mt By the ti q first have an in Florida one inch square slim st : Ke we used pine ! sticks | with Crow. your to- ry cotton and tie to the We ex- with tape and heavy cord, found that the ordinary, five-cent ! white tw sufficed, and that wring the through Take an ordi ft tw sof stake piece | Tie ae Then go the blossom stems Ourse to n single stem, and as need be Daring the will 0 knift to the stnke, vth three or fo tried n ETON ur ties We ff the nu} us = a it ers in the ualls met! ; the fingers SINGLE STEM PLANTS. There ong temptatic get three, 1 nd one of the su 8 almost w 2s the 8 start vines i t hy main ster f that it = ' well of the toughest and vegetables {new tomato turdiest growing in step on one withous much damag g iIt—and there need no fear bout tearing out even the large suck I8 Om 1 1 horse be TOMATOES TRAINED TO SINGLE STEMS, (After Photograph.) Orystal Miss. He told me o the ah Bpeines, that vicinity, iis Tage Ag Be Ry od vanced in ripening from days, increased in yield. Much ne was Pequired, but the re were more than commensurate, consisted simply ln staking plant. \ - . leaves, and even Inciplent blossom clusters. However, it Is of course Satie to keep the vines pruned down Tr ADVANTAGES OF THE METHOD, The result will be that the vine will | where duced. grows In i reached the culture afte toma toes “anner, {tractive a | the [ heaviest the whole West, People imagined that the great duck farms of Long Island, New Jersey and Pennsylvania had produced the duck supply of the coun try. The future census will be closely scanned at its finish for a more care- ful study of these conditions. So fat as can be learned at present, the in- crease In poultry culture through these states has almost doubled in the last six years. The West 1s more largely Interested in the Plymouth Rock and Weandotte | breeds than in any other. 1 Enst- [ern States seem to be more given to the enltivation of Leghorns than are any of the Western localities, The eggs having the brown shells seem best suited to the West, The browne shelled eggs stand shipment better, from the fact that the shells are heaves fer and strong than those laid by the Mediterranean breeds, The Brahma were formerly or and Langshan fowls most popular in these sections. The Plymouth Rocks and the Wyandottes being smooth, that is unfeathered, the shanks, meve about and forage far their own sus tenance wuch better than the feathered The original Asiaties—the Brahams and the Langshans—produce having the darkest and shells, The Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes having a considerable per cent. of Asiatic blood in their veins, produce a strong shelled stronger than the white shells, assur ing safer carriage a long distance to market. This is the real reason why 50 many of the eggs that are shipped on varieties rer CREER eR, OPPORTUNITIES. For Young Men-Through Intensive Farming. The Winona Agricultural Institute is located at Winona Lake, Ind. It is one of the most promising signs of the era of a better agriculture; it was founded by the Winona Assembly, which Is commonly known the Chautauqua. The Agricultural Insti- tute, however, is only one of the sev- eral that been Ans | There Is or | 8chiool at nadial School for Bible us educational Instithtions ud by this Technical a has OE liza cmbly., Trade wupolis; Training teachers in New York; and the Winona all of which are inn dition and the product | of benevolent men and | Winona Agricultural Institute | from many other Institutions | kind in that It believes | hand in the pur the prae work of preparing the soll ing and raising crop caring animals and the udy of kin and in fact brad r and combining the practi towards the advancement of tl portant in dustry. Moreover is to train and prepare young men to gain a good livelihood from a small tract of land, placing the value in the boy rather than In the land, In other words, the student is trained to get the School for girls, flourishing con of the efforts won The differs of the in training the on t of t fend the “in tl and » ntifie in its object in from Western parts have the former kind of shells, There Is no | difference whatever in the quality of | the themselves, no itter what way be the color of the exterior, yet it} is a\well-known facet that the white | ones have the preference in New York | City. Te produce these, they must be grown nearer to the Metropolis to les sen the danger of cracking from long shipments The Plymouth Rock have become na ETOWErs the They are str great ability hardships no question 1 nera} the indotte, poultrs Northwest, with | i purpose fowls, and the Wy ble to the West nd sturdy, wir of Tid Onis to undergo 1 If the ground intl an be thrown hr 4 rich and the plant its entire 1Ho the f Xr ng out tl t of the stake - Anothe it 1 couple ’ r the ordinary tomato crop, even | six feet In | § SHIPMENT OF CHICAGO PLY) 8) AU: AT SYDNI ied up in the usual method Gs or with in pass ugh the is" dy | hoe | of staked gard a whee thr and w= ean keen which may rob tl rows set very any weeds of their full hoe shallow, wn plant; ‘ share of moisture in this of ort at ginable Rather than a tomato patch they look like young orchard, laden with a plethora if ripening or green fruit, — Poultry Growing North and West, T. F. MeCOREW The chief center of poultry growing upon the farms and by small establish ments devoted exclusively to the pro ducing of eggs and poultry for market is located In that portion of the coun try now called the North and West, in which we must include Missouri, Kan- sas and the great Northwest It is not usually known that Mis. sourl, lowa and Kansas are the great. est producers of poultry of all kinds including waterfowl, and that Michi gan and Wisconsin are becoming the greatest of all goose-producing sections of the country. Upon the vast wheat fields of the Northwest are grown thousands upon thousands of young fowls that are hatched and eared for with reference to having them of the proper size for ranging over the wheat fields as soon as the harvest Is in, and are later gathered up by the pur hasers of the great poultry killing establishments of of t 1 present sleghts Rows atoes grown f the One n imna unt of leaf Is pro- |: nl on, they : ! 4 produ % oo g rs during t most out of a small acreage, as he Is most likely to be forced from eirenm- | stances to start on a small farm, which may be increased in scope or the small farm exchanged for | Thus it will be seen that this fers a much larger per cent. of Th! to the student than if his training all based on the ing consisting of from forty dred acres, The class is In ch have ha work, The J. Hollister a larger one plan of CRS wis farm hun- ot of a to one | national repu work at W interesting “| from the » student | of the f hors 17 handled the vent standp boss got enlarged with the wl closer tok pro ) . ax of il ng the sin for all io 1 operat I | seg son nts iitural | actical | and science DPrOCeRSOS 100 ¢ work with a cour studies that of agricultur The Ix in has heen engaged in ox- pert practical work with soils and plants, the transporting and marketing of crops over a wide range of climate with a variety of embracing | many portions of that area which lies between the foot hills of the Rocky Mountains wl Long 1 nd in New York State, a d from 1 ntral part f Canada to tl | A in Flor ida, and tion to his res IE BILLY soils, nt ni ¢ the Tl ol 'H ROCKS AS RECEIVED 1 work at tl recla- We on of il lands nat on the Com t! and her impo his experience to anxious to prepa ie ot TRALIA as to make them prime favorites, and | 1! an excellent selection for all purposes f which fowls are kept upon the farm first day's tee of Dr. Kilne's Greet Nerve Me 1 for FILER $200 trial bottie and treatise I Kiaww, Lad, #3 Arch M., Phaladeiplua, 1's - 1 can free a moth-infested closet creatures.” larvae and eggs. by hot vinegar into a red-hot iron bricks in the door as soon as the ring ng pan set upon hot Shut the " the pan, and don't open again that i Permanently Cured. Nofits or pervoneness after | VF i it pros La egar hisses upd the heated surface! up this expert wor | farming. He : : N ension « e expr K a thorough believer in ir pr rity and the unerease of the strength of the nation the development of our agri ultural resources, and deals with the from a |} i] point of He is anxious to inaugurate a wement that will begin the ent of the ab wd farms n the East, continuing westward even to taking up those parts of the arid west where farming is carried on under irrigation, training young men get a living on a small acreage, demonstrating that ten acres may be made to produce a greater income than {a twelve hundred dollar salary in the ely. ™ Wf © wer through ' nroblem ract Ww, 1 th il Semis to Western | SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Secking as we always do, to | give our readers the best of every- | thing, we are about to offer you in | serial form, the unusual and ab- | sorbing story, entitled | “THE WHITE COMPANY,” bx no less great an author than [SiR A. 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Kansas City and other centers, These young fowls are taken away and shipped to the killing 1 laces prior to the beginhing of the cold rigid weather of. the North, only leaving for the eare eggs for the next summer's crop Wisconsin and Michigan large numbers of geese, grown for their feathers, and then shipped away to the Eastern States, where they are fattened and sold to the City markets, Missouri and Kansas have become great egg producing centers of the West, It Is claimed that more ems and more dressed poultry are shipped from some of the gathering stations of Mis souri than froin any ot.er locality in this country. lowa bas for many years ranked among the foremost and market poultry of kinds, on ere reported been credited months a sufficient number to produce | produce | states in the producing of both eges The last census figures for lowa are a surprise to many of those best in. poultry matters, More market EA Shon know ou get your money's worth when my loose grocery-store coffee on of the farmers during the winter looks and the price mark? You dont process that | you i | know, and the grocer does not know, | for **cup” quality is not visible to the | eye, and he cannot show to you, Refuse loose scoop coffee! You may be sure that all coffee deteriorates when ex- od tothe air, and is easily contamm: Eruy dust and impurities. You will find it to your advant to buy from us direct if your or refuses to aupply Arbuckles' Ariosa Coffee, For your al to positively in. gure you Tull w rity and the best coffee value for your in reg on | States the full facilities. herever you may be you get advantage of our enormous | By the original * mother's pibinted hy this firm the pores | of the coffee bean ate hermetically sealed, after roasting, with a coating of fresh eggs and sugar, which preserves intact | the delicious Ravor and aroma due to our skilled blending and roasting-not to be compared with crude, primitive methods | on a smaller scale, We drink Arbuckles' Ariosa ourselves every day with the best coffee in the world to choose from. It refuses to sell Atbudhiar Arosa Colt, send us or tal mo will send 10 1s. box, trans station, What is the & paring 5 wis cents a pound for coffee that may not be as good as Arbuckles’ Arosa ! Address our nearest office, ARBUCKLE BROTHERS, 7) Water Street, New York Oty, Dept. 4 0 Michigan Aves | Chucage, TIL, Dept. 8 Liberty Ave. & Wood St, Plitsburgh, Pa, Dept. 9 21 Routh Reventh Street, 8. Louis, Mo., Dept.
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