AA i 05 IN SAR ish OM Hh AR NA ra ¥ the cosst off ia engaged ia this work and] SoMa pore the customs Suliector 0 ox — tor each lot. As a result those | fed and milked regularly ine : | thelr yuilk production 5.9 per cent, 2 | while the other lot shrank 44 per cent : This Sifferente of shout ten per sent in three weeks me! have anid so often: Feed and mix A Clean Cow Tall, tl The simple device hers Dustrated | rin be used in pearly every cow sta. | bls to keep the talls cigar, and pre vent hie € cows from switching during | 47 ree quarter re 3 Pedtt safer to pay agen) h | Therefore we find plenty of growers La at all discouraged over the past season's results, On the contrary they | Ong such wesson in ve modern esteass |} of excellent market potatoes can be apy time. In fact it fs the only cul tare that prs at all doring snch sea mona. Ia L. Maganus, Wn American Cultivator, Boe Orns dpe Tru. ed a road | condemned by others. and probably both sides sre right under certain con- ~ { ditions. A good strong root in « per | jtectly healthy conditfon, skfiifully | Lerafted early In the winter, carefully | | packed. kept in a cool, moist place and earefully planted In the spring will no (doubt make as good a tree 8s can bel produced by the same stock planted in the nursery In the spring and bndded In the fall. As 8 corre pondent | asks Bow to make root grafts, I will briefly outline the work as it Is done in many nurseries The work of root grafting requires to soon healthy stork or seedling. =» | sharp, thin bladed kalfe. always kept harp, and skUl to make x clean ent | with no twists or torns to ft. bur fiat | nd smooth. To one not skilled in the : ih a ers points 8 porate. | ie thiz muy take piace on both edges | hits) but 1f it Is smaller than the stock, eon- rns It is now possible to have 1 dally papers, periodicals of ali Kinds, {#80 that the dweller in the country ‘peed not be ignorant —Harry Coarth 1 waite, in American 8 Agricalturist. Imereased | Potato Oren. The high prices of potatoes this { year have cansed importers to bring from Europe in the largest quan. ties ever known. Every owner of bas had a chance to sell his products for good prices, and nothing but the small yleld last year cast a shadow upon the Industry. Bnt even . ‘with the lessening of the general crop | there was conskierable profit for the Average grower, and some more for tunate than others in thelr yield real zed greater returns per acre than ordinary seasons. Small crops often rove a blessing to the few expert wers, although a bad thing for the : run of farmers. It is during | such seasons no. the expert shows is during averse sae intensive tulture {tact can only be made on ome side wt | After pressing as firmly as possible, | _ {the uitlon is made more complete by tying the parts together with raffia | fiber. soft twine or waxed thread. as fat Fig. 4 The success of this work j depends upon Low carefully the cut has been made, how much of the | the people better acquainted with one | | tnother.—Themas W. Knox, New York [City { After the grafts have been mads | ther are to be packed in moist sand | or light soil and kept in ove position eambium layers cone In contact. and ‘bow firmly the parts are bound to gether. until taken out for planting in shrine. | A very good way of packing is to tikes & soap box or other box of the gmt) size and place it ob one end, Fig G6 Then put in a aver of grafts and vee gravel, Fig. 5, b. vutil all are tn or the box Is filled. The box should be kept in a cool, moist place, a8 wearily frees | until spring. planted In the nursery rows about five inches apart, and fn rows four to five are taken from the box they should be put Into a pall of water, that they may not be exposed to drying. snd! care not to start the unlon of the in the nursery little care is needed, Lut ie 0 Kesp the land well cultivated. and es allewing only one shoot to grow. Pro & 8 Mayo, In American to convince many of thin A Nigh yield | Accomplished only through intensive | oltare fn good seasons: but when the | weather, seed and Insects are all | against the erop, one te particniarly | %, thankful that nothing bas been left on i | fone to get the best from the sofl. Io telligent cnltare pays at any time, but in poor seasons it pars better than with soll. pressing it Srmly about the | grafis, putting in layers of sand and | Ing as possible, yet not actually frozen, : As early as the land will work np fine and mellow, the grafts should be ® feet from each other. As the grafts) planted with a spader dibbler, taking scion and root. During the first year ‘roads in of atl Interest beanie of ; te smplieity. There Is no v e3peiise of boats ich bring valen in great quan: | titles from nearby oyster fields to pola { Bnens Vista wharf), and are then | carted out along the roads until a hol low is found, or aby spot that needs repairing, and are then aneeremon-| fously dumped nnd left without any |? process of pounding or smoothing, until | hroken up and leveled off by the pens hd od ophgated by Tor ; | beginning, load after load of the oyster | 444 es. | shells are dumped fo an frreguiar bank | ®t | all slong the centrn of the readway: then with & road scraper a bank of | earth Is thrown op along the edge to Keep the shells fron: semtiering. This Jedves a narrow, smooth space over lug carriages and farm WAgODS. In constructing & shell road from the ‘which the scraper bas passed slong the edge of the bank of shells; and as this 1s used for driving ss long as the ‘weather is dry, it would seem that the | bank of sharp shells would never tw riven into smooth, white firmness But md dk ie are iat eps pad A revivalist painister at Brazil ; has bean Boyentted hip hg walt untfl there Is a heavy storm, and | a, the smooth road at the side becomes n mass of heavy mind and sand. then! | the rough shell bank ie gladly mounted, | And although It 1a decidedly rough st! first, the Leavy country driving and | exrting of farming prodoce soon { crushes the shells and forces them fits | the rain soaked soil beneath. A secon! ‘or third banking of the shells, seater. | ing them further over the sides of the roadbed each time. with this process repented, forme & roadbed that is hard} ' (and firm to the depth ofa foot or more, | amd _besutifally smooth and White. ment are piling up In the Biate Engl mers office. bhirlpiigsoediond | coat of road | to this prod Segtb glial gets Bend has been devoting his attention | ! He tiluks he Sas found the ssiation] + Sing Bing. where the convicts ‘could | ibe smployed. in exnverting the trap | rock, abundant there. into read metal | 4 | He regards the location as excellent (LT { for the purpose, anil would expect the ’ eaten, rather than to go beck Ught, An | other suggreted merit in the ides Is thst it would solve the convietiabor | EE on ios Bing w wu | eerned.— New York Peat. Hurops wes Fortunate. The countries of Burope ware for | tunate in baving & system of rounds ew a tablished long before the vention of | the steam raliwsy. Ia the United}? ft takes the tondtant nor of #0. oon pecgle w make maths for the ¢ generally In favor epee ested 3 tn soder the Arm | : Hi. law for road lmprove | Biates the rapid extension of railways | hove bas caused the roms to be neglected Good roads sre essential to the prow | perity of rural districts, as they pro mote local comimeres 3nd tend to make Mean New Uppartunisies, Good rozds mean new opportunities | which will broaden and sweeten Life i They mean education, spd just as ip | niorabes 13 the root of falsity and disor der, so education means knowledoe and | “love of law snd urder, the nation's _ only hope for (he aballshment of érime | =lra Lonise Burnham, A Good Sexes ton. The Lesisintare of exch State should {pass a law for the establishnwent & maintenance of good roads. Let thel blcyelist of town or city unite with the ficmrer in agitating the matter, and af willenniom of good reads will speedily result Mrs. RF, Woodward, For Wadsworth, N.Y. Nowded Foe Everybody, By all means let us have good roa for the farmer, for the merchant, for thie wheelmen, for the pedestrians, for everybody, — Ellen F. Pratt, Editor Healzh aad Tress, lowa C chy. Sows. The Frolat, Every man Is an egolst, but only of in a hundred knows Bow to back i : New York Press. HR ld rb foe Poin 5 The «Bret ad har oach wi 2 oman Bab penne snd gents aipinin i A Sind will Drown wisst ws alakm . in nd wm - a fond te bee Drieninsable fh the Boibmlnld. 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