Farmer Township (part 19 of 25)

Pigs Scour. - Pigs, 8 weeks old and weaned 10 days ago, are fed corn and milk. They run on grass during the day and nearlv all have scours. One died. J. W. G, Maple Grove, O. - Their bowel trouble must either be result of eating too much grass or infected food supply. Wash their feed troughs thoroly with hot water and soap. Rinse with cold water and then wash with soda and water. Do this every morning. Their milk should be kept as cool as possible and free from contaminating influences. Discontinue their run on grass. Put a little powdered sulfate copper in the water they drink, not over 2 or 3 grains to each pig- Barren Sow. - Sow had 13 pigs last Christmas. Her milk supply failed and all the pigs died. Since then she fails to get with pig. I have lost several lambs later. They die in pasture lot without showing any symptoms of sickness. E. S., Upper Sandusky, O. - Your sow must have had a severe attack of indigestion or parturient fever. Put % oz. bicarbonate soda in pint of water and wash out vagina, once a day. This can be done at night without disturbing her very much. If you lose any more lambs, open them and you will probably find that they died of nodular bowel trouble, or perhaps acute indigestion of lungs.

Mahoning Co.. O., (N. E.) May 25. - May has been very wet and cold. Not much corn planted yet. Too wet for wheat and oats. Grass growing fine. Live stock looking good. Most sheep shorn; no wool buyers yet. Wheat sells at $1; seed corn scarce. $1 bu. Roads almost impassable. If there were more King drags used instead of the high-priced road machines we would have better roads. - C.E.

Sangamon Co.. 111., (C.) May 22. - Warm with frequent, heavy showers. Good demand for work horses. Fat cattle bring good prices. Corn, 65 ''O 70c; hay, scarce, $10(S12; potatoes, %\ \ \ Gardens in fine condition. Plenty of T. ne'grown vegetables in city market. Goot* prospect for small fruit; also peaches. Eggs, 14c. Farmers have taken advantage of a few sunshiny days and have made considerable progress toward putting in the corn crop. Wheat, oats and pastures looking fine. - T. A. S.

Defiance Co.. O., (N. W.) May 23. - Fine growing weather; ground very wet. Young pigs and lambs normal crop. Wheat, rye, oats and grass doing nicely. Timothy, $10; mixed hay. $8; wheat. 90c; oats, 50c; corn. $1 cwt. ; rye. 65c; butter. 16c; eggs, 14c; milch cows, $40@85. All work up to normal except corn planting, just commenced; ground too wet. - W. E. B.

Knox Co.. O., <C.) May 25. - Warm with local showers. Stock all doing well on pasture, but declining in prices. Cattle, 4c; lambs. 4c; wool. lSft^Oc. Corn coming up very nice._ Oats looks fine. Best prospect for hay 'for some years. Hay, $8.50f§)9.50. Farmers are working the roads while the corn is coming up. The earlier planted potatoes about one-fifth rotted in ground. Early strawberries killed by frost and cherries and apples about one-eighth killed. - H. W. Deenis.

Upshur Co.. W. Va., (C.) May 25. - Hot today. First time ground has been dry enough to work for two weeks. Stock in good condition on good pasture. Wheat and meadows looking fine. Peaches and plums about half crop. Apples dropping badly, will not make over half crop. Some sweet cherries. Corn a poor standi too wet and cold. Corn, potatoes and gardens needing work badly. Farmers behind with work. - A. S. Gum.

Oceana Co.. Mich.. (W. C.) May 25. - Fine growing weather. Stock look and doing fine. Wheat, rye and hay looking splendid and promise a full crop. Oat and pea seeding late on account of rain. Peaches, cherries and all small fruits are blossoming heavily. Farm work well along. Corn planting is general and this week will see nearly all corn in. Weather warm and conditions for germinating seed good. - R. H. Taylor.

Clipping Clover for Seed. - When should I clip clover to leave second crop for seed? J. S. B. - Clip the first crop of clover about July 1. or better yet. pasture off the first crop of clover until about June 25 to July 1:

Sen ring Crows. - We have tried various remedies to prevent crows from pulling corn, but the most effectual remedy we have found is to stretch a string of white wrapping cord all around the corn field, suspended in the air by stakes some ten feet high. Last year the crows began on our corn with .a vengeance, and not having any wrapping cord on hand, we tied pieces of white carpet lags some four or five feet long to stakes, and put ten or twelve of these over the corn field. After that not another stalk of corn was pulled. The white strips of cloth move with every current ol air and Mr. Crow i< suspicious. - E. F. Wetmore, Summit Co., O.

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Solid-colored bull calf, eligible to reg. dropped Mur. 17, 1908. Sired by our Melia Anu bull, Village Farm i King No. 75690. W. H. PRICE. WOODVILLE. O.

l_>road Meadow Stock Farm - A number of young * * Jersey Bulls and f'hester- White hoes. If you want one, $ay so. F. P, DILL* Westervllle, Ohio.

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Wm. J. PONTIUS will sell his herd, consisting of Brown Bessie's Bell Boy 43752, his sons, daughters, grand and firreatgranddautrhters. This is the blood of the celebrated Combination 4389, thru th-3 matchlessBrown Bessie 74997 of World's Fair fame. SEND FOR CATALOG.

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Special price on 7 cows and heifers; mostly Scou-h from imported cows and bulls. A snap for any farmer that wants to start right cheap. Also bulls, all a^es for sale. For catalogs and prices address JOHN GARDEN, RAVENNA, OHIO.

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HAWKINS* LINIMENT cures horse colic, hog cholera, clover-bloat in cattle, and is a valuable household remedy. Price $l.uo per bottle, by mail. MRS. ANNA WADE, R. 8, Chill icothe, Ohio.

Sired by Lord Crocus, he by Lord Mistletoe (81522), out of Imp. Sweet Crocus, both bred by Wm. Duthie, Collynie. Scotland, Lord Mistletoe sired by the famous Lovat (74948). Norton Kenney .Columbus Grove. Put. Co (0.

OHORTHOKNS, Poland-chinas, Barred Rocks of ^ best strains. Choice Bull Calves and Spr. Pigs for sale. 1>. -1. Green & 'lander. Cumberland, Ohio.

Ccotch Collie Pnps - Two pure-bred females, Bnrpee and Imported Scotch st rain . Color sable. Price $3 ea. J. W. Suliot, R. 6. Box 65, Salem, Ohio.

Three coming 1-year Bulls ready for service. Some rows and heifers. Dnroc-Jersey swine, Cotsw/.kl and Lincoln >liccp.L.K.Kuiiey. Adrian, Mich.

HolHteing For Sale - Bull calves five mos. and younger, with advance registry official back) ng. J. A. WARD, C. P. & E., Stop -14. Willoughby, Ohio.

I.) egist'd Tarnworth Swine - All ages, best Eng. *^ blood. 40 head of young sows bred for fall. Order early. K. S. HAWK, iltchanicsburg. Ohio.

Tpor Sale - Berkshires, reg. ; pigs of either sex, whose grandsire was champion at St. Louis Fxp'n; from 2 to * nrns old; at ^5 to $8 each. J. KRANTZ &. SONS, Canal Dover, Obio.

L. B. Hakner. R. 3, Xenia, Ohio

1 > ErilST'D POLAND-CHINAS of all ages - Boui «, Sows and spring pigs in pairs, no kin. I a in breeding 20 long, deep-bodied, heavy-boned gilts of big type to big type boars for Aug. & Sept. farrow. L. B. HAKNER. R. 3, XENIA, OHIO.

O I C Spring Pigs H. L. Stewart, R. 6, Tiffin, Ohio

UIIC31CI mines akin Choice young > bred for Sept. farrow. Please describe what you want and 1 can suit you better. Lots of bone. H. L. STEWART, R. 6, TIFFIN, OHIO.

-The blood of Col. Gladness No. 13577. The 900- lb 1st prize aged hour Ohio State Fair. As gond as there is of the breed. Weaning pigs, $4 to $5: others according. Have all aires, mui.- and female. Aberdeen - Angus Cattle at plain Farmers' prices. Write vour wants. A. E. FOSTER, Camp Chase, Ohio

By Lauba Rhodes Riedinger

. Have any of the readers of the Ohio Farmer ever tried to iron the coarser part of their week's washing the clothes wringer? Some may ask, "Is such ironing creditable to a good housekeeper?" I assure you that if the work is neatly done, as it can be, one need not be ashamed of it. And will it not be much better for a mother with a family of little children, who does her own housework, and who is at her wits' end sometimes to get her work done, to save her Strength by resorting to some method of this kind. Better have wrinulos in the clothes than wrinkles in her brow.

I had my attention called to that manner of ironing - mangling, as it is usually called - the coarser towels, knitted underwear, stockings, etc., a number of times; but each time it recommended to fold the clothes carefully from the rinse water before hanging upon the line. When one has a very large ^washing, she is usually anxious to get them out to dry, aad this method delays one too much. But IJ find that taking them from the line just a little clamp, folding them carefully and running them thru the clothes wringer mangles them very (nicely, I tighten the wringer, and fasten it to the end of the sink in the house, or to a tub or machine on the back porch or "under the shade of the old apple tree."

It is difficult sometimes for us to drop old notions which we have formed, and I quite often find myself ironing pieces that I know can be mangled so much easier. To make sure that I am not slighting my work I do mangle them, I have stepped to the drawer and taken out a towel which I had mangled the previous washing when I was very busy, and have found the difference scarcely worthy of note. Of course one must learn how to catch the clothes from the wringer to keep them from clinging, but after a few trials, it will be found easy to do.

Some Kitchen Experiments Hy Nevada Davis Hitchcock

Cut cold cornmeal mush into cubes about one inch in dimension and fry in hot lard just as you fry doughnuts. Serve these with maple syrup and you will find they make a nice change for dessert.

Substitutes for Maple Syrup. - Speaking of maple syrup reminds me that the housewives who live outside of the maple districts and can not afford to buy it can make a good substitute as follows: Take 2 cups -of granulated sugar and 1 cup of dark brown sugar, add enough water to tho'-oly dissolve, set over the fire and boil until thick enough to suit the taste, add 1 teaspoonful of vanilla and set away to cool. One young housekeeper that I know makes her syrup by taking onehalf granulated sugar, one-half light brown sugar and wetting this with cold coffee strained thru an old piece of muslin. This is boiled, then flavored with vanilla. An experienced cook, who is good at making the most of everything, makes a satisfactory substitute for maple syrup by boiling clean corn cobs in enough water to cover them for half an hour. The liquid is then poured off and strained. To this is added enough light brown sugar to make a thin syrup when boiled. This may or may not be flavored with a toaspoonful of vanilla. It is good either way.

Rhubarb Pies With Variations. - We like our rhubarb pies varied a little. Sometimes I add half a cup of dried currants and three or four slices t>f orange to one quart of rhubarb. Again 1 use seeded raisins and lemon in the same proportion. And occasionally I add some stewed dried apples with cither currants or raisins. The proportions given above make enough filling for two pies. Rhubarb prepared as above makes a good sauce if one does nr>t '-are to make pie.

to make a palatable rhubarb pudding is as follows: Fill a pudding dish or deep granite pan with rhubarb, cover thickly with sugar, add a few tiny pieces of butter and plenty of cinnamon, make a batter of sweet milk, flour and baking powder - or better yet, of sour cream, soda and flour - pour this over the rhubarb so that it covers it evenly about oneeighth of an inch thick. Bake a nice brown and serve warm.

Sunshine Process Of Preserving Fruits By Nettie Willi A Ms

The old-fashioned method of long cooking to reduce fruit preserves in order to make them rich enough to keep well usually results in complete loss of the shape and color of the fruit, to say nothing of the flavor, which is really the most important feature of all. Especially is this true of such very juicy fruits as strawberries and cherries. There is, however, a way by which color, shape and flavor of even the strawberry may be retained, and this method is called "sunshine or sun preserving."

For strawberries, discard all overripe and unsound berries. After hulling them, weigh and allow an equal number of pounds of granulated sugar. If you wish to attain the best results, do not attempt to cook a large batch at one time; two or three pounds will be best. Wash the berries, by floating a few at a time in a bucket or pan of water. This allows all dirt and grit to settle to the bottom of the pail, and does not soak the fruit so much. Drain out at once, put into a colander, and allow to drain well. Make a very thick syrup of the sugar by adding only a very little water to it in the granite pan, stirring and heating carefully until thoroly dissolved, and boiling rapidly. Put In the berries and boil four or five minutes, then pour into wide flat jars or some such receptacle so that the preserves may have a large surface and be shallow.

Tie mosquito netting securely over it, and it is then ready for the sun- < ning process. Stand the jars in the open air where the direct rays from the sun can strike them from morn till night. The southern side of the building will be about the warmest place one can find. The length of time required will depend on Old Sol, as the stronger the heat the sooner the work is accomplished. Sometimes several days will be needed to reduce the syrup on the fruit until thick and rich enough to keep. Your own judgment must be your guide about this matter. Put away in glasses or small jars, covering each with a layer of paraffin wax.

The common red sour cherries are fine done this way. Wash the cherries, remove the stones, then weigh and proceed the same as with the strawberries. If rightly done, you will find that either of these fruits preserved in this way will have the original beautiful color and flavor, and will be as plump as when first gathered. Currants, gooseberries, raspberries.blackberries and plums can all be put up in the same manner, but the larger .fruits, such as pears and peaches, should be steamed till tender before adding to the boiling syrup, and should cook a little longer than the small fruits.

Good Ways With Strawberries

Strawberry Shortcake. - One quart of flour, 3 heaping teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons sugar thoroly sifted together in a pan. Add % cup of butter and mix until smooth, then add very cold water until just stiff enough to roll out. chopping the prepared flour and water together with a knife or spoon; dip the hands In flour, and with a little flour mold the dough just sufficient to roll easily. Roll about half an inch thick. Bake in a steady heat. When done split open lightly, butter well, strew with berries and sugar, then put together. Serve with cream and sugar. This amount will make two layers.

Make a clear lemon jelly with gelatin, as the wrappers on gelatin instruct. Use a flaring dish and place it in very cold water or on cracked ice. Pour a little of the prepared jelly into the dish. When cold and firm, place a layer of perfect and unbroken strawberries over it, then more melted gelatin and berries, letting it cool as before. Continue until the dish is full. Let it stand until very firm, then turn it out on a fancy dish and pour whipped cream over and around it, with plenty of fine sugar to sweeten the berries used.

Strawberry Tapioca. - Soak over night 1 cup of tapioca in cold water; in the morning put half of it in a buttered baking pan, and sprinkle over it a little sugar; on this put 1 quart of berries and sufficient sugar to sweeten, then add the remainder of the tapioca and a sprinkling of sugar. Fill the dish with water to cover the tapioca about one-fourth inch. Bake in a moderate oven until it looks clear. Serve cold with cream or custard. - Cora Belle Williams, Seneca Co., O.

To Preserve Strawberries

Strawberry Jam. - To every pound of strawberries allow % pound of granulated sugar; mash the berries, and cook Slowly one-half hour; add the sugar and boil five minutes. If desired the berries may ue left whole, and thus are excellent for shortcakes; stand the kettle with fruit and sugar on back of stove, heat slowly to start the juice, then cook. Place in cans and seal. The jam also should be sealed. Another good way is, to every pound of berries allow one pound of granulated sugar; jam the berries and sugar together, boil slowly for five minutes, pour into tumblers Or jars and cover with melted paraffin.

Strawberry Preserve. - To every pound of berries allow 1 pound of granulated sugar. Put the berries and sugar in the preserving kettle in layers, and do not attempt too many at a time. Let come slowly to boiling point; skim carefully; boil ten minutes over a slow fire; then pour into earthen dishes until two inches deep. Place the dishes in a very sunny window, in a clean room, for three or four days. In that time the berries will become plump and firm, and the juice will thicken almost to a jelly. Put the preserve into tumblers and cover with melted paraffin.

Strawberry Jelly - To 5 quarts of strawberries add 1 quart of currants; put in the preserving kettle and crush them; heat slowly and crush any berries that may have remained whole; when they have Teached the boiling point remove from the stove, and drain in a soft muslin sack over night. Do not press out the juice as this will make the jelly cloudy. It will all drip out if time is allowed. Measure the juice, and to every pint of juice allow 1 pint of granulated sugar; stir until the sugar is dissolved, then place over the fire. As it boils skim. Continue to boil it carefully until it is jelly when cooled in a saucer. Pour into tumblers and let it stand in a sunny window until of the desired thickness. All jellies should be covered with a thin layer of melted paraffin to prevent mold.

To Can Strawberries. - To each pound of fruit allow :1, pound of suggar; let stand two or three hours until the juice is drawn from them. Pour the juice into a preserving kettle, let come to a boil and skim. Put the berries in carefully, and as soon as they boil up well put into cans and seal. This may be varied by using half a pound of sugar to a pound of berries.

Another way is to allow 1 teacupful of sugar and 2 quarts of berries for one can. Place them over slow fire to start the juice, bring to a good boil, skim if needed, and seal very hot. - Cora Belle Williams. Seneca Co., 0.

Prune Pudding. - One pound of English prunes, stewed well: drain free from juice, take out the pits, beat the pulp, add sugar to taste. Beat the whites of four eggs to a stiff froth and beat into the prunes. Put the pan containing the pudding into another pan containing water, and bake a short time. Make a boiled custard for dressing with the yolks of the eggs, using one quart of milk. Flavor with grated orange peal. - A. R. A. .Cayuga Co.,N.Y.

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For a torpid liver with its attendan. indigestion, dyspepsia, headache, p*r haps dizziness, foul breath, nasty coated tongue, wim bitter taste, loss of appetite with distress after eating, nervousness and debility, nothinz is so good as I)i Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. ItS an honest, square-deal medicine with al its ingredients printed on boltle-wrappt i - no secret, no hocus-pocus humbug therefore don't aeernt a substitute thti the dealer may possibly make a little big per prolit. Insist on your right to hav. what you call for.

Don't buy Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrir*. tion expecting, it to prove a "cure-all." II is only advised for woman's x)>«ial ailments. It makes weak women strong and sick women well. LesS advertised that some preparations sold for like purpose* its sterling curative virtues still mainta,. its position in the front ranks, where il stood over two decades ago. As an In vigorating tonic and strenethenintr nervine it is unequaled. It won't satisfy tho:t who want " booze," for there is not a droi of alcohol in it.

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Strawberry Jam. - For 12 pounds of trawberries, take 1.2 pounds of granlated sugar, the juice from 2 quarts f ripe currants and 1 pint of water, ioil the currant juice, sugar and waff together 15 minutes, then add the trawberries and boil for half an hour mger, stirring to prevent burning, f an asbestos mat is used, less stiring will be required. To make the :rawberry jam without the seeds, rush the berries in a stone or gran- :e vessel and rub the pulp thru a ane sieve. If the berries are quite lit. the currant juice may be omit- ?d from either recipe, and water used istead to dissolve the sugar; but less f both should be used. - Anna Gallier, Muskingum Co., 0.

Strawberry Pudding. - Four tablepoonfuls of butter rubbed into two ips of flour, one heaping tablespoonil of sugar, two teaspoons of baking Dwder, a little salt, one cup of milk, tir to a stiff batter, bake 20 minutes, it into squares and split each one. pread with fresh strawberries crushed nd sweetened. Serve with cream and igar. - A. R. A., Cayuga Co., N. Y.

To Entertain Children By Margaret May

Do not throw away all the old cata- )gs from seed or department huoses, jr they may be utilized on many a liny or dull day when the children in nt>t play outside, and are tired of 11 their toys and games. Even if you ave no children of your own, you ill occasionally have visitors who ring children with them, and the italogs will come very handy to en- :rtain the small guests. A pair of ull scissors to cut out the pictures, r colored pencils to color them with, ill furnish much amusement. Of lurse if you dread to have your floor ttered with scraps of paper, this will ot appeal to you.

Many grown people can remember sing taken as children to places here the only amusement was to sit :ill and listen to the ticking of the ock, as the conversation was too rown-up for them. All they could

1 the children are your own, you can iach them to pick up the scraps when ley are thru playing. Each moiher ill find her own method for doing lis as all children are not controlled like, and some seem not to be con- -olled at all. A good way is to make game of it and see who will pick p the most pieces. In this way they ill never suspect it is a task unless ou tell them. In the case of cornany you will have to pick up the :Taps yourself, but the knowledge lat the child has had a pleasant time nd been kept from mischief is generjly ample compensation.

Tricking An Appetite

My little boy, just recovering from serious illness, was only beginning ) take solid food. However, his apetite was capricious, and his most requently expressed desire was for yster stew, of which when well he ras very fond. It was in late spring, nd oysters were not to be had in tie little country town where we live, 'his I explained to the boy, but still, nth the perversity of childhood and Dnvalescence combined, he fretted for yster stew. After one more fruitless uest for oysters, I thought out a plan 3 frustrate the fickleness of his apetite. Procuring some salsify, or oys- ?r plant, I cooked it with a small Jece of salt codfish - not enough to ive the stew its individual taste, but Ust sufficient to combine with the .atural flavor of the plant into the ery taste and odor of real oyster tew. As oyster stew the boy accepted t, and his appetite for oyster stew /as appeased and everybody satisfied, lince then I have often used a bit of odfish for flavoring, when cooking yster plant. - Maude E. S. Hymers, (akland Co., Mich.

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Cattle were in light demand last week, and all that prevented further sharp .reductions was remarkably small receipts. Prices rallied at times on scant offerings, but only on cattle of superior quality. The spread in prices widened out more, with poorer class of light-weight beef steers selling none too freely at $4.50@5.50.while a choicer class of heavy shipping cattle went at $6.75®7.30. Good cattle sold at $6.40@6.70; fair and medium. $5.60@6.35. Exporters bought 95 cars on Monday, mainly at $6.25@6.75, but did very little on other days. There was not much trading above $7, and more steers sold at $5.50®5.90 than heretofore, ordinary grassy cattle comprising an increased percentage of the offerings. Butcher stock moved off pretty well owing to the moderate offerings rather than to any urgency in the demand, cows and heifers going at $3.3006.25; canners and cutters. $1.60®3.25; bulls, $3(5)5.50; stags, $3.75<u 6.30. Fewer calves were marketed, yet trade was slower at $2.75®6.10. Milkers and springers were very slow and decidedly lower, with sales at $25®55 per head. There was not much life to the stocker and feeder trade, sales ranging at $3.15@5.30. with not much trading over $5.10. The only way for cattlemen to keep cattle prices from declining is to market their holdings slowly, for the market is not in shape for a return to normal supplies. An early resumption of feeder activity is hardly probable unless prices rule lower. Today saw a remarkably small supply for a Monday, and prices moved up 10®20c, with a $7.35 top. Buying was active.

Hogs arrived on Monday of last week to the extreme number of 69.756 head, and prices early in the week had some sharp declines, several days being required to dispose of the accumulations. Eastern shippers are not as good buyers as earlier in the season. Later in the week the lowered prices caused the receipts to fall off a good deal, but many hog? arrived in Missouri River markets. Recent receipts here have averaged but 218 lb. in weight, compared with 235 lb. a year ago and 227 lb. two years ago. Consignments of hogs are apt to include some pigs, and there is an extremely bad market for these, plenty sales having been made recently at $4@4.25 for 65@ 80-lb. weights. Marketings of hogs are largely from beyond the Mississippi River, and the packers are hoping to see heavy enough receipts later on to cause hogs to fall to a $5 basis. The largest selling of immature hogs is by farmers who are short of corn. Today saw an advance of 15@20c. the receipts being very small for a Monday as a result of the recent decline in values. Hogs opened freely at $5.25@5.70. but closed lower, local packers holding back.

Sheep and lambs were only in fair general demand last week, and wooled Colorado lambs sold lower, owing to the hot Heavy lambs also sold unsatisfactorily, and all that helped out sellers of heavy sheep was the development of a moderate export trade. Spring lambs were extremely scarce and much lower in price than a year ago. Best shorn lambs failed to go over $6. while a year ago they brought $7.95. the best feeders selling at that time at $6.65. Enough Colorado lambs are held in feed lots near here to insure a supply for the next few -weeks. Today there was a big break in prices, with a dull trade, wooled lambs selling at $5.75(5)6.25; clipped lambs. $4® 6.85; shorn sheep. $3@5.25; few yearlings, $5.35; best ewes, $5.

Horses are being marketed less freely as the season advances, yet there are enough of the various classes, and it is evident that the active time is over. Best demand is for medium-weight chunks, which are selling at $150(5)175 per head. Drafters are having a moderate sale at $175(5)230; drivers and saddlers, steady and fairly active. $175(5)235: well-mannered lots going at $250(5)350 or more. - F.

Chicago Top Prices A Year Ago Ocr Buffalo Letter

The receipts of cattle after Mondaywere about 12 cars. The first of the week trading was fair and prices steady with the opening day, but toward the latter end the trade eased off somewhat. About 175 head, mostly steers, were carried over for the next Monday.

Receipts of hogs after Monday were moderate, and the demand only fair. Prices averaged about steady with Monday, pigs closing Saturday at $5; other grades. $6.7606.80.

The receipts of sheep and lambs after Monday were good, and the demand fair. Prices held about steady up to and Including Friday. Saturday choice lambs were 15 to 25 cents lower, top selling at $6.15. Sheep were in poor demand and trading slow.

Receipts of calves last week were moderate and with a good demand prices were steady the entire week, with the exception of Saturday, when they were B5c lower, choice veals selling $6 50.

loads of export steers on sale, which brought top prices. Butcher cattle were active, good dry-fed steers selling 25c higher. Prime heifers and best fat cows sold at about a 15-cent advance; medium cows sold steady. The offerings of stockers and feeders were very light, th£ demand very good, and prices 25 cents higher on choice kinds; one bunch sold up to $5.40. Bulls were in light supply and with a good demand sold strong and 15 cents higher. Fresh cows and springers were in fair supply and with a good demand sold about $5 per head higher.

Receipts of hogs today were 12.800. Prices were 15 to 20 cents higher than Saturday and trading active. One choice load sold at $6. but the bulk went at $5.90; pigs at $5.

With 11.400 head of sheep and lambs on sale today, trading was slow and prices about steady with Saturday. Few choice lambs sold at $6.15. but the bulk went at $6(5)6.10; cull lambs. $5. The supply of sheep was light and also the demand, with prices steady with Saturday. Few fancy wethers sold at $5; best ewes. $4.25(5)4.50.

"With light receipts of 2,000 head of calves today and a very good demand, prices were 25 to 50c higher than Saturday. Choice veals sold up to $6.75; cull calves were in good demand at from $5 to $5.75.

The receipts of horses today were light, there being 6 cars on sale. With a moderate attendance of buyers and a fair demand prices were about steady with last Monday. A good clearance was affected at the close.

Utica, June 1. - Sales of 1,716 boxes large and 3.334 boxes small, all at Inc. Curb sales of both large and small a| lO'/ic. Tone weaker. Sales of 108 packages of butter at 23®24c.

Union Stock Yards. Pittsburg. Pa., June 1. 1908. Cattle - The supply on sale was 80 loads against the same number last week. With a fair attendance of buyers present our market ruled fairly active at an advance of 10 cents per cwt. on nearly all of the cattle, except some plain, coarse and grassy grades. Heifers, fat cows and bulls sold at about the same advance as the steers. Best fresh cows steady, other grades slow and not wanted.

Hogs. - The supply on sale was 40 double-deck loads. With a- good demand the market ruled active at an advance of 15c per cwt. over last week's closing prices.

Sheep. - The supply of sheep and lambs was 12 double-deck loads. With a light demand for sheep, the market ruled dull and lower. Choice yearling lambs In light supply and sold a shade stronger. Other grades dull. Spring lambs in light supply and market ruled steady.

Cattle market active and 15 to 25c per cwt. higher. Milkers and springers slow and lower. Calves strong and steady to a shade higher. Sheep and lambs slow at about steady values. Hogs active and 10 to 20c higher.

Butter receipts show steady increase, but local demand takes enough to keep prices steady. Old cheese is steady with a fair trade. New full cream is plentiful with little demand. The egg market is still unsatisfactory. Receipts are heavy and trading dull. Live poultry shows little change;only strictly best grades show any activity. Veal calves are in moderate supply but demand is slow. Hot-house lambs are out of market. New potatoes are in fairlv liberal supply but demand holds prices steady. Other vegetables show reasonable activity.

last week. compared with 5SO.O00 week before. 575.000 two weeks ago and 695.000 a vear ago The total from March 1 Is approximated 6.155.000. against 6.430.000 a year ago - a decrease of 275 000. Prices declined during the week, the general .losing price at prominent markets being $6.30 per cwt.. as compared with $5.45 last week $5 15 two weeks ago. $6 15 a vear ago. $6.35 two years ago and $5.20 three vears ago The speculative provision market was rather quiet during the nasi week, but prices showed an upward tendency, July pork was lowest at $13 47V4. highest at $13.77^. closing at J13 77'- against $13.62H a week ago and $16.42W a vear ago. The week's export clearances were as follows: Total moats. Id r<; "nn Jh. aentnst 8.317 000 lb. last

Cleveland. O.. June 2. 1008. The fruit and vegetable markets ar active. Butter is steady at last week j quotations. Cheese is lower; old creams out of market. Eggs are in more libeial supply and lower. Poultry was fairly active this morning but the outlook is du!l. Grains are only fairly active and main;/ steady. Hay is arriving in large quantities but demand is good and pric.-s steady. New potatoes are arriving freelv. All vegetables are active at quotations Fruits are higher. New Southern small fruits are coming to market and are of fair quality. Provisions are higher.

' sweeter. Winter wheat will run 40 to I 50 bushels to the acre - oats 70 to 90 bu. and alfalfa is most successful. This locality has the warmest climate in all Canada. Canadian Pacific Railway helps settlers with advice and reports from their own experimental farm in this section - realizing that the more prosperous the farmers are, the more they will ship over their road. In dealing with them you deal with people wh*o have your interest always at heart. The title to these lands is to you direct from Dominion Government, as it guarantees all land titles. Write Canadian Pacific Railway, Colonization Dept.. 154 Ninth Ave. W. Calgary, Alb.. Canada. They will send full particulars and free booklets about this wonderful country. Write today.

WOOL TRADE REVIEW. The American Wool and Cotton Reorter of May 28, says: Conditions are nchanged on the wool market. Prices eem to have touched the bottom, yet aere is no indication of business to ring a higher level. There has been no xtensive buying and what is moving is l small lots.. Good and fine mediums re going at 45c. yet at this there is litle buying beyond immediate needs. 'here is practically no buying in the Vest of new wools, and so far no other lethod of disposal has been adopted, dl agree that direct buying is the most atisfactory way of handling wool, but t present prices neither party to such ealing is satisfied that he is getting his ues. In many cases the prices offered re refused by the growers and they are onsigning their wool, expecting to get letter prices. If manufacturing condiions improve the growers will profit by vhatever advance the market makes, advances of 10 cents a pound are made m consignments and the burden of carying the wool is divided. But the grow- Es must remember that consumers are inusually critical at this time and in a teneral way every fleece will be examned carefully, and further, the come- >aek on poorly sorted wools and im- >roperly bagged wools will be up to the flowers this year. No imperfect wool v ill bring full prices. To make even a noderate success of the consignment msiness this year, the wools must be )ut in first-class shape as they will be ;raded in the warehouses first and refraded and carefully examined by ex- )erts at the mills, and every pound not lp to agreement will be returned or accepted at reduced prices. The new wool will be distributed much more slowly than usual this year. Among the sales )f the week were 450.000 pounds of Michigan and Ohio quarters, Ohio's bringing !2c and 'Michigan's 21c; 200.000 pounds of Dhio quarters sold at 22(a)23e. and an- Sther lot of 25.000 pounds sold at 23c. The higher price was paid on exceptionally good quality. Missouri quarters sold at 22c. and an odd lot at 19@21c. In the finer fleeces, 150.000 pounds Michigan half and three-eighths blood sold at 24c, and 50,000 XX and Ohio sold at 31 e. Very little new wool is coming in. Dealers are bidding 17 and 18c but little stock is moving at that price.

A Tennessee Correspondent W. C. Crook

We take pleasure in presenting herewith the picture of Mr. W. C. Crook of Henderson Co., Tenn., who is a frequent contributor to the Ohio Farmer, and who so thoroly believes in the good qualities of this paper that he is doing excellent missionary work in placing it in the hands of his neighbors. Mr. Crook is a young man - 28 years old - who has been on the farm all his life except when away at school. His father was one of the best and most scientific farmers in his county, but on account of poor health turned over the management of his 20.0- acre farm to his son when the latter was 16 years old, but continued to give his advice and the benefits of his experience. The son has been a close student of the best agricultural books and periodicals. He has made a close study of soil renovation and diversified farming and at present is devoting his attention to the improvement of certain strains of corn and cotton. He is a young man of high ideals, strictly temperate and has a good business standing in his community.

Jackson Co., O.. (S. C.) May 31. - Very warm for the last week, with grass and rye doing well. Cattle and other stock doing well and are scarce. Wheat, $1; oats, 40c; corn, 90e; butter, 20c; eggs, 17c; berries, 10c quart. Farmers busy planting corn. Business conditions not so good. - J. B. Wilson.

Dearborn Co.. Ind., (S. E.) June 1. - Warm, with a good deal of rain. Too wet for farm work. Cattle scarce. Pastures good and stock looking well. Wheat damaged some by too much rain. Cherries all killed. Apples falling badly. Peach and plum trees full. Black knot very bad on plum trees. A good many colts. No sale for wool. Still plowing for corn; very little up yet. Potatoes very late; coming up slowly. Gardens very late and farm work two weeks late. - H. B. Strout.

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Value Of The Road Plane Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday, June 13, 1908

At the first introduction of this implement as a conditioner upon our various public highways we, as well as many others, doubted greatly its value along its special line of work. We were a wondering set of humanity as we sat and listened intently to the exploitations of its merits as a roadbuilder, and we wondered how this very simple and easily contrived machine could be reckoned to do the work, or even take the place of the massive steel road-graders, accomplishing the same purpose upon our Ohio roads. However, just at this date we stand with .undeniable proof before us that this purpose can and has been accomplished by us upon our own highway, previously one of the very worst thorofares to be found in northwestern Ohio during the open winter and spring months.

In the illustrations upon this page are presented two views of this highway, taken March 1. of this year when it was really at the very worst condition in which it is possible to get from freezing, thaw'ing and rau>s. In the first photograph is illustrated the present condition of a section of this thorof are- which -has not been touched with the road plane, but is kept up in the old method of deper ling up'on a squad of men and teams to be gotten out by someone ( whom it is to be is not certain as supervisors are almost lout of the question under the present laws), and the road worked up with the heavy road grader about once each year, sometimes not so often. The second illustration, as is easily seen, is very much' the better for traveling, and when photographed, it was possible to haul almost any kind of a load, while the former was almost impassable for even light traffic. The two illustrations speak so well for themselves that we shall not dwell upon their features, except to say that the latter illustration shows the results of continuous use of the road grader or plane drawn with two horses, the ordinary farm-team, and these conditions were accomplished principally during spare time.

Three years ag'o. after having this method brought to our notice thru various farm publications and a strong talk at the Ohio state institute of farmers by D. Ward King, we set about to prove out this method upon the halfmile of highway adjacent to our home farm. We secured two pieces of plank, 2x8 inches and 8 feet in length. These were set up edgewise and spiked together, 2\'-> feet apart, using two pieces of 2x4 material. 4 feet in length, which formed the implement shown in cut on next page. The two ero'.s pieces were allowed to project backward for the purpose of lifting the grader about in removing rubbish, and as well to receive two small i n braces in the rear of each bar in staying them from any backward pressure. The two plank bars were shod across the bottom with tire iron taken from discarded drill wheels, and a broad board thrown across the top for the driver to stand upon completed the handiest road machine in the universe. With the addition of a couple of hook- in the front bar to which we fasten the eveners we have a tool that we know will work our highways to perfection.

We were somewhat abashed when we drove out upon the road the first time with out outfit. First, we doubted Its ability to accomplish much, an 1 second, and even worse, we might be "guyed," by passers-by. The first compliment we heard was, "Brown, you're a very public-spirited farmer." Then came remarks of "how fine this road is," and "this road is in dandy condition," and "other farmers might well follow in the tracks of this fellow." Well, human nature likes to be slapped upon the back and complimented occasionally, so we kept on wiih our work the first season thru, and before the season was well along we discovered that we weie accomplishing much in the way of improvement. It gave a world of pleasure to see the traveling public pleased as they struck up a lively gait upon our good roadway after having come laboriously over a piece similar to that in the first illustration.

The past three seasons we tested this simple device up'on this half mile of roadway with such good effect that we have extended our work for the length of almost one mile, and other far-seeing neighbors this spring the features of road improvement by this method we find that no driver is able to stay in the same rut long, for the road plane comes along and slroves a handful of earth into it and he must needs break a new one. There are no ruts in the roadway where the roadplane is used persistently, for the drivers in passing over that thorof are drive promiscuously and do not follow in one trail, thus helping to keep the road in better condition. This modern convenience only cost us about one dollar, but we have in the past had many dollars In value added to the condition and appearance of our portion of this highway, and it is not saying enough to add that we are greatly pleased with our effort in this line. It has been suggested to us that it would are following our example and will endeavor to' keep up other portions of this highway. We spend but a short time in making our usual two rounds over this piece of road, doing our work at odd spells, usually after thawing from a winter freeze, or in spring and summer just before a rain or after the roads have dried sufficiently following a rain. The main object is to obliterate all ruts and form a road-bed that is "roofed" in such a manner that it will shed water, and quickly drain it be a good investment upon the part of the trustees in each township to have a number of these implements made and distributed about the township to be used by the various farmers, and we think this is a capital idea.

The same implement serves nicely in filling up the worn ways so often caused from heavy travel on newly built stone pikes, and our experience is that it accomplishes the work much more satisfactorily than the heavy road grader. Our road plane we be- away. By comparing the illustrations this feature can be readily noted. The photographs were taken early in March. With every spring rain the first road filled with water like a sponse and became almost impassable, while the water quickly drained from the latter and left a splendid road-bed for travel.

When cold facts present themselves in this manner they must be believed. It is useless to stay in the same old rut thru stubbornness. In looking over lieve is heavy enough to keep any ordinary highway in proper condition, and can be drawn all day by aa ordinary farm team with little fatigue. Some advise a heavier drag to be draw-n by four horses: however, we do not advise this method as we can accomplish our end with one team and much less rigging by doing the work at the proper time. This is readily determined after a little experience upon the road3. - Geo. W. Brown, Hancock Co., O.

spring. I would z to make a few suggestions concerning why alfalfa fails, and how it may be easiiy made to succeed, and succeed well. In driving about the country recently I have noted a good many alfalfa fields. Some of them are simply glorious, and others are glorious failures. One that I call to mind is drained by open ditches and in these ditches now the water is within 24 inches of the surface of the land! Alfalfa revels in' deeplydrained land. We have never advocated sowing it anywhere else.

Another field where the alfalfa is a thick stand and now (May 25) is 30 inches high and growing fast, I happen to know that the land has been well under-drained, and that it has had a fair share of manure. No enormous manuring at all, but just what it deserved. I know that the man did not go to a dollar's worth of extra trouble or expense last year when he sowed that alfalfa, either. He simply plowed the land a year ago last March, disked it twice, sowed the alfalfa with barley as a nurse crop, cut the barley for hay and got one and one-half tons to the acre of barley hay, that was worth to him at least $8 a ton as hay, and now he has the beautiful field of alfalfa. But there was another thing that he did which must be kept in mind. When he sowed the alfalfa he drilled in with it 250 lb. per acre of 16-percent acid phosphate. That is all the trouble and expense he was at. Now this year he will cut at least 5 tons of alfalfa hay to the acre, and that hay is worth to him (he is a stock man) at least $8 per ton, and maybe a good deal more.

That is the way we usually sow' our own alfalfa, and in one field sown last year we have a curious object lesson of the value of phosphorus. It Is a long field, and in filling the- hopper at one end only, it would not always hold out to bring us back again. So there would be an occasional strip of unfertilized alfalfa. The result is an eye-opener! There is four times as much alfalfa where the phosphorus was used in starting it. We are ready to say that in nearly every field in Ohio it will pay to use phosphorus when sowing alfalfa. One year we used basic slag with splendid results. Could we get it cheaply here we would use it extensively.

But we have not yet reached the true secret of alfalfa growing! Drainage and fertility are essential, it is true, but given the best of drainage and abundant fertility, and alfalfa sometimes will not grow. What's wrong? Alfalfa needs, must have. loves and glories in lime. There is the secret of the matter. I had rather grow alfalfa in poor soil, dry and well limed, than on the best soil without the lime. I have an object lesson of that every time I drive a certain road near us. There is a cut thru a hill and on the steep-, poor, eroded bank, a tough clay, 'with little limeston-.' pebbles sticking in it. there are some alfalfa plants. They have been there for years. They are very thrifty plants, not so- big as if they had more moisture anil more fertility, but year after year they come and thrive. And on the hill above the cut is luxuriant alfalfa, its roots down among the limestone pebbles. It is not a rich soil.

But what can we do if we do not have limestone land? We can lime it. That is not costly. One can get either air-slacked lime or ground limestone very cheap. The ground limestone is probably best, and it costs only a dollar a ton r.i cars. He can put it on with a manure spreader and mix it into his soil. That will assuredly make alfalfa grow, if the soil is dry enough and a trifle fertile. How much ground limestone? Well, say a matter of 8 tons to the acre. Does that scare you? Do you realize what an acre that will grow good alfalfa is worth? Say it makes you 4 tons to the acre, and you rare a dairyman, it will displace at least 3 tons of wheat bran for your cows, and is really worth almost as much, ton for ton. That will make that, acre produce for you a matter of $00 per year. There is no mistake in this, no humbug. It is a proven truth. Then that acre would be worth to you at least $250. And it is worth now,

I do absolutely know that any land in Ohio, not too peaty or wet, can be made to grow good alfalfa, and it can be done as a good business proposition. And the keystone of success is lime. Then comes fertility and drainage. In some alfalfa fields sown last year, plantain and other weeds are had. The cause is wet land. Drain those plantain-infested spots. Plow, cultivate and resow and the plantains -will disappear. Is it not too late to sow alfalfa this season? One of the best seasons is coming, to sow after oats or barley. We would cut those oats, or that barley, for hay if we had use for the hay, cut for grain as early as possible if you can not cut for hay. Then plow that land immediately, and fit every morning before you go to dinner what you have plowed that forenoon, and before you go to supper what you have plowed in the afternoon. Fit it, I say. Do not make motions as tho you were thinking of fitting it, but pulverize it well to hold what moisture there is. Do not sow the seed till there is moisture enough for the root to follow on down to connect with the lower soil. You can sow alfalfa in northern Ohio or Illinois or Indiana as late as August, sowing it -in this way. But the earlier the better, after June. And always sow fertilizer with this late-sown alfalfa, to stimulate it to quick growth. And do not sow anything with it, sow 15 to 20 pounds of alfalfa seed alone.

Now about inoculation. On Woodland Farm, where brother Joe began sowing alfalfa in 1890, there is no soil now that is not inoculated, and the result is that we have not the slightest difficulty in getting good, thick stands of alfalfa. It was not always so easy. Were we to go to a neighborhood where the plant had never been grown, we would assuredly inoculate the land. How? By getting earth from a successful alfalfa field, sowing it broadcast after sunset, or during cloudy weather, and harrowing it in. Sunlight kills alfalfa bacteria.

About 150 pounds will inoculate an acre, if distributed well. Some one asks what is the use of all this. Get it once and you are a farmer. You have conquered your soil, conquered it by kindness and understanding. And that little field that you have established will point the way to extending the culture of the plant. And you have a mine of protein established, and a mine of fertility, for the hay that will grow on an acre will be worth to you for its fertilizing value at least $50 per acre, to help enrich the rest of the farm. I only wish Ohio Farmer readers could come and see our alfalfa meadows, and see the corn growing on our alfalfa sod! Then 1 would not need to say a word of urging, only to tell the "how," and this I have tried earnestly to do. - Willis O. Wing, Champaign Co., O.

"For the Uand's Sake use Bowker's Fertilizers: they enrich the earth and those who till it. Est. 1873. For prices or agencies address Bowker, Cincinnati."

Farm Manures

A reader in Louisville, O., asks what amounts of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash are found in the common farm crops of Ohio. Also, if fed on the farm, how much of each should be returned by horses, cattle, sheep and hogs.

The following table gives the average amount in pounds of nitrogen, phosphoric acid, potash and total manure value of a ton of each of the leading products:

The manure value in the above is obtained by estimating the value of nitrogen at 17 cents per pound, the phosphoric acid at 7 cents, and the potash at 4 cents. The table is worthy of study. It shows that when we sell a ton of mixed hay off the farm, we are selling about $5 worth of fertilizing elements. A ton of timothy sold costs us about $6 to replace, a ton of red clover $9 and a ton of wheat bran, $12.45, etc. In other words, if we sell mixed hay at $10 a ton, it nets us only $4.90; red clover at $12 a ton nets us $2.93, etc.

There has not been sufficient work done in the way of experimenting with the manures yielded by different farm animals to answer the second question in the form it is put. We judge that the object of the question is to determine the class of live stock which would yield the greatest return of manure from the products fed. The quantity and value of manure from different classes of animals varies greatly with the care and treatment, and different methods of handling the manure. The following table gives figures based upon results obtained at the Cornell Experiment Station, and shows the average amount of manure produced per day by animals fed liberally and given sufficient bedding to keep them clean. The table gives the number of pounds produced per day, the value in cents per day and the value per year, nitrogen being valued at 15 cents per pound, phosphoric acid at 6 cents and potash at 4% cents. Figures are given on the uniform basis of 1,000 pounds live weight of the different animals.

th different conditions as stated, but by a little extra work and observation we can determine the facts from use of the following table taken in connection with the one above. The following table gives average composition and cash value of the manure produced by different animals under normal condition, the manure being understood to contain both the solid and liquid excrement. Figures express percentages.

Stock Watering Trough

Concrete is the cheapest material with which an everlasting watering trough can be made, and the large ridge in the bottom, as shown in Fig. 24. will prevent injury to the trough from freezing when filled with water. The size of trough Is a matter of choice, but the entire trough must have a foundation of gravel or stone to a depth below fro3t line, after which the wood form is placed for the outside, and the bottom filled to a depth of four or six inches with concrete. Large troughs require a sixinch bottom, while for troughs less than seven feet long, a four-inch bottom is sufficient.

The overflow and supply pipes should be placed before tue concrete is put in and when they are connected underground. After the bottom is completed, place the form for the ridge and fill. Then place the inside trough form, and fill with concrete made up of one part Portland cement, three parts sand and three parts aggregates. The plac ing of an iron rod, two inches below the top, as shown, adds much strength at little expense. Keep wet for two days and then all but the outside form should be removed and the interior slushed with cement and water, mixed to the consistency of thick paint. Apply with a whitewash brush. This will make it nearly watertight, at least more so than a stone trough. The outside form should not be removed for four weeks, but the trough may be used a few days after the interior has been slushed as above.

To obtain a smooth surface, use surfaced lumber for forms and rap or hammer on outside of forms soon as concrete is placed. This will force large gravel from the form and leave the fine sand and cement next the form for a smooth finish. Another method is to spade the soft concrete along the forms, which accomplishes the same purpose as rapping.

Round corners can be made by placing an iron or tin sheet in the corners of the outside mold before filling. The frost-proof ridge need not be as long as the interior of the trough by several Inches at each end. To make this trough absolutely waterproof, let the concrete dry and apply a coat of shellac. - Haman Clock.

Fitting Field For Tobacco

I have an old field whic h I will put in corn this year, and I want to raise tobacco on it next year. What will be best as a cover crop this winter - clover, cow peas, rye Or what other? The soil has not been growing clover. - W. B. W.. Brookville. Ky.

You do not say what sort of tobacco you grow, but I assume that it is either Burley or dark shipping tobacco, with either of which the treatment would differ from that best adapted to the bright yellow leaf as grown in southern Virginia and North Carolina. Then, too, you give me no Information as to the character of the soil, or Its fertility, nor of the previous treatment. If the corn was planted on a sod, turned this spring, and has had no application of manure or fertilizer. I would apply a dressing of 400 pounds of acid phosphate and 50 pounds of sulfate of potash, broadcast between the corn rows, and cultivate it in. not especially for the corn, tho doubtless it will help the corn, too, but to make conditions there favorable to crimson clover. I would sow crimson clover among the corn after the last working and while the soil is still fresh from the cultivation, so that the next rain will put it in sufficiently. \. ith an ap plication of the fertilizing matters that the clover especially needs I think that you can get a stand of clover

It will do no harm, however, to scatter a little rye. say half a bushel per acre, ahead of this last cultivation, and then, if the clover fails, you will still have the rye as a winter cover. But I hardly think the clover will fail if the weather conditions are favorable. Here, where I live, there is rarely a failure in sowing crimson clover among corn at last working, even on thin sandy soils where no clover has ever been sown before. The clover will probably bloom with you by the first of May and can be turned down for the tobacco. Then after the tobacco is off, I would not replow the land for wheat but would make the surface fine as possible with the disk or the cutaway harrow, for the tobacco cultivation will be the best possible preparation for wheat, and replowing would, at that late time of the year.be an injury rather than a benefit to the wheat crop.

If the soil is strong limestone. I would make the fertilizer for tobacco 600 pounds per acre, made up of 9 parts acid phosphate, 5 parts dried blood, 1 part nitrate of soda and 4 parts high-grade sulfate of potash. - W. F. Massey, Wicomico Co., Md.

Plan No. 117

bath. As an additional room may be secured on second floor, at little extra cost, we would advise that it be provided for, as it will come convenient to the next generation if not to the present owner. The cost of such a house in central Ohio will be from $1.- 200 to $1,500. The rooms are all of good size and well lighted, with large closets and abundance of porch room, part or all of which may easily be

It Is Read In Dakota - Your valuable paper comes to my home in Maplewood. O. Mv wife and son and I are spending a year 1n Dakota. Even here I find regular readers of the Ohio Farmer. P. 8. Hodge. Verona. N. D. - The Ohio Farmer 1- read In every state of the I'nion. Canada. Mexico. Panama, Great Britain. India. South Africa. Australia, New Zealand, and many other foreign countries

Transplanting. - In the Northern states, the most of the transplanting of trees, small fruits, etc., is done in May. I presume the experience of the most of my readers, in transplanting trees and vine, cane and bush fruits, direct from the nursery, has been like my own, and there have been many failures, even when the work of transplanting was carefully done. These failures may have been dne to causes beyond the control of the nurseryman. Everyone who handles plants knows the value of freshly dug plants that can be planted with the fresh earth on the roots, that these plants always live, and grow, under right conditions. While I would not detract from, or disparage the work of the commercial nurseryman, who does a large business; while I believe reliable and conscientious nurserymen of this class are doing a good work, and are needed, yet I must believe in the private nursery on the farm, or garden, as indispensable for getting surest results; and I write this because of facts brought out in 30 years of horticultural work.

My plan, now, is to buy year-old fruit, and ornamental trees and plant them in nursery rows, where they grow until two or three years old, then the best ones are selected for permanent planting. I buy small fruit plants by the dozen and grow my own plants in propagating beds. Every year I buy some plants and trees of the nurseries, to get new varieties, and after giving them a trial, I select the desirable ones for transplanting, and this work is done with much satisfaction, because I know there will be no vacancies in the rows, and no loss of plants, time and use of land. I write this after many failures, and disappointments with stock planted direct from the nursery to the orchard and garden.

Seeds and Seed Sowing. - I have the same feeling toward the reliable seedsman that I have for the honest nurseryman - that they are doing a good work, and we need them, yet I must believe there is a work every farmer and gardener must do for himself, and it must be done on his own farm or garden, and no one else can do it for him, i. e., the improvement of his plants by seed selection. We can not obtain maximum results, unless we plant pedigree seed, or seed from a strain of plants, improved by selection, any more than in live stock breeding, and the principle is the same with both.

The man who has seed corn saved from the best stalks, planted far enough apart so the ears are fully developed and pollenized, or seed potatoes from the strongest hills that are healthy and select only the potatoes that are smooth and the right size and shape, will grow better crops, because he has similar advantages to start with that the dairyman has who breeds from a pure-bred sire. This work, as I have said, the farmer or gardener must do himself, and in his own locality.

The seeds I advise gardeners to grow and so select for their use, are sweet corn, potatoes, tomatoes, all of the melon family and peas and beans. Now having the best seeds, the next consideration is how to sow rightly or plant them, and if this work is rightly done in May, there must have been a preparation for it in March or April, while the soil was still cold and wet. The manure must then be spread so evenly that the ground is entirely covered thinly. When the soil will crumble in the hand, plow, then harrow, once or twice a week until trees are in full bloom, then when the soil is so warm that you will enjoy walking over it with the bare feet, plant seeds of the tender plants, as corn, beans, squashes, melons, etc. Of course the hardy vegetables, small fruits, trees, etc., can be planted as soon as the soil is dry enough to work, but it is better to wait until this thoro preparation of soil can. be given for all seeds and plants.

Other Work in May. - Other work I try to do in May is to thin the sucker plants in the raspberries and blackberries, so they stand from 8 to 12 inches apart in the row, on the average. Then all the growth is thrown into these plants, which is much better than to let the sucker plants grow thickly in the rows, and thin the next fall or spring. The bearing canes generally need some shortening placed between their supports, and the bed given a thoro cultivation with horse cultivator and hoes. The strawberries need some weeding, and the mulch put in place between the rows.

I cut over the surface of the asparagus and rhubarb beds with the wheel hoe, and spread fine manure abound the plants before they start. With the planting, transplanting and seed-sowing mostly done in May, we are ready for June, the growing month, and when we will need our time for cultivation, if we are always to cultivate before weeds grow. - W. H. Jenkins, Delaware Co.. N. Y.

Our Apple Prospects. - The first spraying was done May 28 and 29, when all the blossoms were fallen, so as not to poison the bees, and the little apples were set enough to be seen and to show the prospects of a crop. The bloom on most varieties was scant and scattering. The Astrachans bloomed very sparsely May 6 to 9 inclusive and thru heavy Or drizzling rain nearly all the time, and they did not "set" at all well. The Maiden's Blush and R. I. Greenings and Seekno-furthers were in heavy bloom May 10 to 13 inclusive, with not a drop of rain, and the set of apples is very heavy. The Baldwins bloomed irregularly and sparsely May 14 to 19 inclusive. It rained every day but one of the time and the set is therefore sparse and irregular. The same was. true of the Northern Spy, which bloomed some four days later and "set" very few apples. With virtually no apples in 1907 we should naturally have had a "set" for 6,000 bushels or more this year. But neither was the bloom heavy nor the weather favorable, a-nd we shall be fortunate if we get 2,000 bushels of perfect apples, judging from the present outlook; and it is a very serious disappointment, as a full apple crop is our biggest money-getter.

The Spraying. - When some trees bloom full and others not at all, we usually mark those that bloom, with a dab of whitewash, so as to spray these and not the non-bearing ones. This year, however, we did not mark at all, but simply sprayed those trees or parts of trees that showed apples. It is pretty easy to decide, for the leaves are smaller and less dense where there is fruit. We usually slack 30 lb. of quicklime (6 times 5 lb.) and strain it, and dissolve 24 lb. Of copper sulfate (6 times 4 lb) making about 30 gallons of liquid for each, and using 5 gallons of each in every 50 gallons of total mixture. To each 50 gallons we add 3 lb. of Bisparene thoroly mixed. This makes us 6 lots Of 50 gallons each, with 5 lb. lime, 4 lb. copper sulfate and 3 lb. Disparene in each lot, and the 6 lots are about all two men can apply in a day. The big cistern is in the "bank" of the barn and we set the wagon with the spray-barrel just below the stone wall of the approaches to the doors, and pump the water directly into the barrel thru our 20-foot sap-conductor.

We find the brass tube inclined to clog, having so small a bore so we discarded it and strained the lime water a second time and used a long halfinch hose, with Bordeaux nozzle at the out end, and fastened to a long pole. The man stands on a platform on top of the top box of the one-horse wagon and the nozzle on the pole can be thus lifted nearly 20 feet from the ground. The so-called "Bordeaux" nozzle can be adjusted all the way from the finest spray which will not "carry" four feet beyond the nozzle up to a very coarse spray that will carry ten feet or to a jet that will carry above the top of the highest apple trees and, with a good wind, descend all thru the tree in a fairly fine spray. By adjusting the nozzle to meet each case (and this can be done in an instant) every part even of the highest 40-year-old trees can thus be reached. Using Disparene, as we do, which sticks on pretty well even thru heavy rains, we shall not spray again till about July 1. By that time the clover and timothy in the orchard will have been cut.

The best of it will be saved for hay and the poorest, which grows within the "drip" of the limbs, will be used as mulch, supplemented by straw under the trees that bear this year.

The "catching" weather still continues, June 1, giving us 20 rainy days from May 1 to June 1 inclusive, making the planting of corn and potatoes late and difficult, but the growth of the grass in pastures and meadows very luxuriant. As already remarked in these notes it is hard but possible in such "catching weather," to plan profitable work for the men. - W. I. Chamberlain. June 1. 1908.

Fruit Growers

While there is a difference of opinion among our scientists as to why it is necessary to rotate crops, yet all agree that rotation does increase the yield. Fruit growers and truckers can not always to advantage follow the same rotation as farmers, yet because of the labor involved in the growth of the truck or fruit it is more necessary to follow a proper rotation and thus insure a maximum yield.

Many crops are subject to the same diseases or insect attacks and so they should not closely follow each other. Take strawberries. Potatoes are an excellent crop to prepare the land. Following the potatoes rye should be sown to plow under the next spring. At my place we fruit the strawberries two years. The spring of the second fruiting year we do not do much at taking out weeds and grass and these come in to such an extent that we let the patch go till the next spring before plowing down, leaving mulching material on, thus making an elegant lot of material to plow under for potatoes.

No leguminous crop enters this rotation. The potatoes are fertilized with acid phosphate and potash and when the strawberry beds are cleaned up for the second year we give them i an application of nitrate of soda, phosphate and potash. Under this management we have secured satisfactory yields.

Some may criticise this rotation because no leguminous crop comes in, but the strawberry and potato do well on an acid soil, while leguminous plants do not.

As to melons, tomatoes and cOrn, we sow crimson clover at the last cultivation of these crops. This makes an elegant crop to plow down, or if the soil is to be planted with some crop after June 1, the clover may be cut for hay. Wherever rye can be sown by September 1 it will usually make sufficient growth by the middle of May to be cut for hay. As to alfalfa, I have not been so well pleased with it as with the crimson clover. The alfalfa to winter well must be sown before the middle of August. However, we must remember that the advantage of a cover crop is not all seen above ground. Alfalfa makes a wonderful root growth below ground.

Where wheat is not a crop on the farm, hairy vetch is a great plant. If it is wanted for hay it should be sown with rye or wheat for it is a trailing plant and must have some plant to hold it up. At the Ohio Experiment Station they are making some experiments as to the best amount of seed to be sown per acre.

Some truckers use weeds as cover crops, and I must say they are quite successful. It is wonderful what a growth some weed^- will make in a very short time, more than any of the plants I have mentioned. True, none of the weeds are leguminous, yet some of them are very rich in protein and the weeds take up this nitrogen from the soil and hold it for the following cultivated crop.

Some gardeners and truckers, to my surprise, are making quite a success by the use of weeds and commercial fertilizers. They are at no expense for seed or preparing their land for the cover crop. - Gary W. Montgomery, Licking Co., O.