THE FARM AND HOHE MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARM. ER ANO HOUSEWIFE. y«perlene« of a Farmer ia Cara Cnttt» vstioa-behora tho C^lCWhea Tonen _A Hampts Dalry Caw—Pisa» Trans Caitivstluw r era. I notice In your journal for June 38 a rather dogmatic reaasertion of tbs old statement that shallow cultivation Is the best for corn. 1 do not wish to be dogmatic In any reopset, but may I make a plain statement of experience? and it is tbd en exceptional fend. that la. food which stimulates milk prefiní Uon. The instance Is an ideal one rather than a practical one. It may be used as an Illustrât ion, *bot hardly as* of Minnesota took the flrot prise aa w butter. Minnesota, bard as it Is te say. has made more progress In tbs dairy business thafi has lews. Tbs farmers there bare been longer in ths business of special dairy Tarming. la Iowa It has not been made a sperial burinero except in a few coantlee prominent among which are tboae at Northeastern Iowa. The Minnesota farmers have succeeded better, it may be, because they have greater dNBenl- ties to overcome, the bind and the HL mate both being more harsh than they are in Iowa.—Iowa State Register. ••pateh” planted to corn, on ground so infested with qnackgrass that the en­ tire slice turned by the plow in each furrow was a felted mass of roots, felt­ ed almost as compactly as an old hat Coroporsttvs 1c* It required longer to barrow up enough A little orgaulzed co-operntlon In any dirt to mark rows in than tt did to farming community where Ice-cutting plow, the piece. The spring was wet privileges exist; will secure an abuwl with us, and the quack came ap quick­ ant supply of ice for all purposes for er and grew faster than the corn. At the entire section or neighborhood. In the first cultivation I bad to have the 1 some localitieo it is customary to da horse led through the rows, as the the threshing la turn, ail participating quack wa« so much higher than the in the use of the threshing machines corn as to hide it from all view of the and power, as only very extensive for­ man behind the horse hoe. After go­ mers find it profitable to have an outfit ing twice in each row, beck and forth— for their own exclusive use. • and the same croaawlse—It was barely possible to scrape up enough dirt with the hoe to dress the hills, i In three days after the task was completed the 1 field needed hoeing again. It got an­ other hoeing, and again It was neces­ sary to go twice In each row and set1 the cultivator as deep as possible, in order to worry and shake enough dirt out of the quack roots to fill the hoe. j I was taught, of old, that corn roota spread widely and were Injured by deep and rough cultivation—must bo treated tenderly and , with shallow * scratching. But In this particular case a condition confronted me, not a theory.' If I didn’t kill the quack, the quack would kill the corn. And the only way to kill the quack was to; keep tearing It up from the bottom, or as near the bottom as I could get. So I kept at what I rather toriornl^con- live cultivation deep' «* T could force the narrowest' horse-hoe teeth, and aa close to the corn hills as I could come with safety. .Seven times I. went over that patch in this way, first tearing up the ground between the rows as deeply as I could,1 north and- south, and east and west, 1 with the horse hoe, and then following it with the hand hoe to chop off or । cover up what quack the cultivator left, and to straighten np the very nur 1 merous hills of corn that were overset or half torn out. It was the deepest and harshest cultivation I «ver gave any corn crop I ever tried to raise. It began deep and harsh when the corn was not over two Inches high; it con- tinned er cent cheaper than 00a 1, and ia will be the finest tiring of the kind in 20 per oent better as a heat raiser. the world. Steam can be got up quicker anil kept at a higher pressure and more work be done by the machinery. From a naval point of view these are vitally impor­ tant facta. No sign of a ship under 1(11111 fnTl «team will be shown in the sky, for masut ia a smokeless fuel. Russia and the little button where the born is de- veloped, then take a piece of the caus- published a picture of a farmer's home lu Pennsylvania. The editor called It "A Beautiful Farm Home,” but the editor was mistaken. No farm house la "lieapttfnl" which has not trees about It. and the picture showed but one bare tree, and that was out near the barn. Why is it that farmers will let yror sfter year imas without putting out trees to l>eautlfy their homes? It is n<> uncommon sight to see farmers’ bouses set down in the corner of a field without so much m a bush near them. City and village people are often just negligent, but there is leas excuse for the farmer than for them, for the farmer usually has the young trees near at hand, and could put them out If he would only do It. If tbs farmers What is the mi^io^v.xird K . OWER • fid when a calf ia dropped and la a The time to market an animal is' 41c from the bottle (recork at once or It when it Is ready. To keep It in order to will dissolve from the moi«tur«rof the add a .little more weight may bd ex­ •Ir), wrap the piece removed with pensive. More fat can be put on an ani­ doth or leather, or use gloves to pro­ mal In summer than in the winter sea­ tect your fingers, hold the calf's bead son, and in proportion to cost M can be firmly so that he will not cause you to done at lass expense. The greatest get the caustic hi his eyes, and after gain 1a from young stock, because of moistening the caustic rub the buttons rapid growth, but old animals take oa with It until the tough skin fat more readily, and manure from •way and rubbed off and thA blood be­ them Is more valuable than from grow­ gins to come. Change from one side ing stock. to the other frequently ana keep the Much of the baled bay that comes to caustic moist by dipping it in. .water oc- market Is musty. Most farmers, when bice not caslonany. Apply over A pl they bale hay. think it need not be larger than a five-cent plect very dry, as the bales are small But sure the horny button Is eat the amount of bay packed In them is and you will never see a born again always sufficient to get up a violent there, and the poll will be perfect. This ferment unless the bay Is property process will take five or six minutes dried before It is put into the bale. If • fid must be thoroughly done to avoid there were more care used ia baling failure. ' ■ ' hay the Pfice for It would be much bat-’ I give thia detailed statement of my ter method liecauae 1 frequently hear those who have tried this say tt is a failure. Thoroughness is the key to success.— 1 Wallace's Farmer. I 81000 r. 1. 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