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Hen-Tight Fence.
On many farms the hens could be
liven free range If the garden fenee
were a sufficient barrier to the fowls.
The cut shows a picket fence with a
picket extending upward for fifteen
Inches every twelve feet To these ex
tended ends of the picket Is stretched
a twelve-Inch strip of wire netting, as
shown In the sketch. In the promi
nence of the pickets the fowls do not
clearly notice the netting until they
fly against It. After a few trials they
will give up the attempt to fly over.
Poultry yard fences can be constructed
tn this wsy, using ordinary pickets,
and above them any needed width of
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HK.N-TIOUT 1H,KET FENCK.
netting, according as the fowls are
Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks or Leg
horns. Orange Judd Fanner.
Hklll in lire Culture.
SlmoUciiv and eflielenoy are the
main requirements of the modern bee
hive. The hive produces no honey, but
It Is an Indispensable Implement in bee
culture. The best implement Is often
a failure In Inefficient hands, while an
efflclent operator can make a partial
success even with poor tools, but for a
first-class Job we look for a good me
chanic with the lxit tools. In the pro
duction of honey we must produce the
very finest goods at ihc lowest possible
figure.
This we can accomplish only by hav-
lug the best bees, the best hives and
Implements and handling the same In
telligently and economically. The man
who rides "hoblries" and run after
"fads" In ls-e culture will have a lean
bank account. New Knglnnd Farmer.
Home Hail a Conscience.
A remarkable jx-rfonnance was re
cently witnessed by two stablemen iu
Victoria, I!. C. A horse confined in a
box-stall Jumped out of his box over a
gate three feet nine inches high, the
HACK TO HIS HAT.
open space above being the same
lieigbt, went to the water trough and
drank an1 then deliberately Jumped
back again to his captivity. The horse
Is a powerful chestnut and is of good
all.
Darned Ltme n a Fertilizer.
.wnerever limestone awunos u win
rmers to take some of these
and subject them to as intense
heal as possible. This deeoTiniosea the
Units in the stone, turning it white and
maldpg It Into iflnepowder by putting
wateT on It. This makes an excellent
fertiliser. It may ! thought that Hme
Is not needed on land whore milestone
abounds. But In Its natural state lime-
atone dissolves by rains much too slow
ly for the best growth of crops. Lime
Is a necessity for the wheat crop. It la
also valuable in Um garden, especially
for cabbages, which require It to pre
vent thetn from becoming club-rooted,
wtben grown on the same land too fre
quently. Superiority of Itahorned Cattle.
Packers probably pay more for dis
borned cattle. Tbey always ship bet
ter, resulting In less bruising, and,
while tha scratching of horns on the
hides very rarely does any great dam
age, It If frequently discriminated
against by hide buyers. The dressed
carcass la also blemished If any bruises
occur. In the main, therefore, dishorn
ed cattle dress much better. Where
cattle are'kept up we should say by all
means tbat the dishorning system Is
preferable for packing house purposes.
Rural New-Yorker. .
Csttonaeed Meat.
Tha bulla i cotton aeed are excead-
' In fly bard to dlfeaC Jtor this the cot
tOMsid aaeal that contain many of the
biacfc axKss which are part of the
boll ffeoud never be red to young
taek. r avaa t older stock, tin I sat II
ually acroatotaawl to IU
tree from apeck Is vary
laapawUttj la the maUrkU
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fed with some divisor tbat contains lit
tle nutrition, and for this purpose grain
straw Is hotter than bay, as It Is leas
likely to cloy i lip animal.
Earljr 1'ntntoca In Garden.
It is the habit of most farmers U
plant a few potatoes for early us In
the garden. Hut this Is bad practice,
because often the potatoes are planted
on the same ground year after year,
and as the genus of disease live in the
soil over winter, the potatoes thud
grown are mot likely to be diseased.
Besides, where potatoes are grown 1U
succession, the soil Is filled with hardJ
shel potato bugs, which come up Just
about the time the potatoes do, and. will
often be found gnawing the potato
ahoota before It Is fairly oat of the
ground. It Is much better to plow a
clover sod somewhere on rich land for
the enrly potatoes, and reserve the gar
den for vegetables not so easily grown
by field culture.
Overworttlax Young Ho
While It Is well to break the colt to
drive while It Is a yearling, it should
not be allowed to do any work until It
is two years old, and then not be set to
any heavy pulling. Three years old. or,
better still, four years, Is a better time,
and the younger age only for Perche
rons, or some of the breeds of heavy
draught horses. With the active, ner
vous breeds there Is sure to be Injury
unless muscles and bones have been
fully devloped end hardened before the
horse Is set at hard work. Most horses
are at their tM'st for work at six or sev
en years of axe.
Brewer' Grains for Vlgm.
Wherever lirewers' grains can be
handily procured they will be found an
excellent food for pigs, and especially
for breeding sows. They are succulent
and at the same time highly nutritious
and very greatly Increase the milk flow,
especially if procured direct from tbs
brewery and fed while warm. Tbey
produce an excellent quality of milk,
too, for much the greater part of the
nutriment in barley remains In lh
malt after the beer and ale have been
extracted from It.
Btone or Cement Floor for Dairies.
There Is no door for a dairy so good
as flagstone and cement between the
Joints. It will not absorb milk or cream
as board or brick will do, Is easily
cleaned, and Is always easily keH cool
In summer. The cost of a cement floor
Is not much, !f any, greater than that
from other material that will not give
half so good satisfaction. The dairy
door should be even with the surface of
the soil, or but very slightly above It.
Removal of Large Trcea.
American tree planters find no dlflb
culty in moving large trees. Trees up
j to three feet In circumference are fre-
nucntly moved, and generally with)
great success. The Gardeners' Chrom
cle reports the removal of a large purl
pie beech, which was forty feet high)
and six feet three Inches In girth at
four feet from the ground. The tree1
was moved in 18S0, and Is still grow
ing vigorously. Medians' Monthly.
A pple Treea.
Apple trees are allowed to grow too
much wood and are not cut buck suffi
ciently in some orchards. One of thel
leading horticulturists states that t
large aple tree requires more room
than a forest tree, and in some cases
it may le necessary to cut away threes
fourths of each tree so as to afford
plenty of room for all and admit all
and sunlight.
To Keep Off Motlm.
Many female moths have only rudi
mentary wings, and pupate in ths
ground; they have to climb the tree to
lay their eggs. For this reason several
of our destructive moths can be kepi
off the fruit treea by a slight appllca
Hon of tar and grease. The canker
worm and tussock moth are cases In
point.
The Wognn Hoal.
A heavy road roller on couutry road
will at least puck the earth and pre
vent nits, though it Is difficult to find a
8'1 r0i"1 wben tbe frost Is leaving ths
ground nolens the road Is well drained
and carefully made-
Tena to Remember.
Ten hens In a house ten by ten fast
are enough.
Ten hens with one male is about tha
proportion.
Ten chicks, when Just batched weigh
about one pound.
Ten weeks from shell to market la tha
time allotted a chick.
The yard should be at least ten times
as the floor of the house.
Ten flocks, each consisting of tea
hens, are enough for an aare.
Ten pounds Is a good weight for
males of the larger breeds, oo year
old.
Ten months In the year Is usually tbt
hlR-hest limit of time during which a
hen will lay.
Ten cents per pound Is about the
average price of hens In market for the
whole year.
Ten quarts of corn, or Its equivalent,
should feed a hen ten weeks. If she If
of a large breed, but ten quarts Is
three months Is about a fairer propor
tion. Ten cents should feed s chick tsa
weeks, and It should then wstfk tw
pounds, If highly fed, the tsa csats
covering the greatest SaHtateast stf
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Tbe Illuck Regiment.
Dnrk hs the clouds of even,
Ifnnkod in the western heaven,
V. ait.i: the Lreath that lifts
All the dead muss, and drifts
Tempest and falling brand
Over s rnineil IhikI
So still and orderly.
Arm to arm. knee to knee,
Wnltinj: the KreHt event,
Stands the black regiment.
Down the lonjr dusky line
Teeth gleam and eyeballs shine;
And the bright bayonet,
Hristling and (irmly bK,
Flushed with a purpose grand,
Iyong ere the sharp command
Of the fierce rolling drum
Told thetn their time had come.
Told thetn what work was scut
For the hack regiment.
"Now," the flu g-sergea nt cried,
"Though death and hell betide,
Let the whole nation see
If we are tit to he
Free in this land; or bound
I town, like the w hining hound
ltouiid with red stripes of pain
In our cold chains again!"
Oh, what a shout there went
From the black regiment!
Onward the bondmen broke;
Bayonet and saber-stroke
Vainly opposed their rush.
Through the wild battle's crush,
With but one thought aflush,
"Charge!" Trump and drum awoke;
Iiriving their lords like chaff,
Into the gnus' mouths they laugh;
Or at the sliiery brands
Leaping with open hands,
Ilown they tear man and horse,
l)own in their awful eaurse;
Trampling with bloody heel
Over the crashing steel
All their eyes forward bent.
Bushed the black regiment.
"Freedom!" their battle cry
"Freedom! or leave to die!"
Ah! and they meant the word,
Not as with us 'tis heard,
Not a mere party shout;
They gave their spirits out,
Trusted the end to tiod.
And on the gory sod
Boiled in triumphant blood,
Olud to strike one free blow.
Whether for weal or woe;
(Jlnd to breathe one free breath,
Though on the lips of death;
Praying -alas! in vain!
That they might fall again,
Sn they lucid once more see
That bur-it to liberty!
This whs what "freedom" lent
To that black regiment.
Hundreds on hundreds fell;
I'.ut they are resting well;
Keotirges and shackles strong
Never shall do them wrong.
Oh, Id tin' living few,
Soldiers, lie just and true;
Hail them as comrades tried;
Fight with t ln-iii side by side;
Never, in field or tent,
.Scorn the black regiment!
Gnorge Henry linker, May, 1WJ3.
Saved a Foe'rt Life.
"A most pathetic ns well as one of
the most heroic Iniideiits of the war of
the rebellion occurred on the first day
5f the battle of Gettysburg," said Judge
Thomas .1. M.u-key of South Carolina
a few evenings ago.
"I.ee never intended to give battle
at that point, where the Federals held
vantage ground, but was drawn into
the battle by n question of shoes. This
lust point may seem strange, but It Is,
nevertheless, true, rottlgrow's North
Carolina division was bare-footed, and
got permission to go Into the town of
Gettysburg to get a supply of shoes
from the stores. The soldier there
met a Federal force ami became en
gaged hotly. Kach side re-enforced
hetivlly, and the lxittle ended with a
decided advantage on the part of the
Confederates, who held the field.
"As General John B. Gordon's bri
gade was advancing, during the heat
of battle, he saw a Federal general ly
ing wounded ami apparently dyiug
right In the path. He dismounted, and,
raising the head of the wounded offi
cer, which lay in a hollow, placed n
knapsack benearfi It. He then gave
him some water and whisky to revive
blm. He Inquired who he was, ninl
was answered:
" 'I am General Francis Barlow of
New York.'
"'What can I do for you, geueral?"
akcd General Gordon. 'Have you any
last wish to Intrust to mer
" 'I "lease take a package of letters
from tbe breast pocket of my coat,'
said Harlow, In a weakened voice.
"General Gordon did so.
" 'Now, said Barlow, 'I beg of you to
rend one to me, for they are from my
wife, and I wish her words to be the
last I shall hear,'
"While the shot and shell were plow
ing up the ground General Gordon read
n loud the letter of a noble, patriotic
woman to her dying husband. When
he had finished rending It General Bar
low requested blm to tear up all the
letters, as he did not wish them to be
profaned by tbe eyes of strangers.
"General Gordon bade hltu good-by
and hurried forward to overtake bis
command. He then sent a flag of truce
by messenger to General Meade at bis
headquarters. The messenger waa In
formed where Mrs. Barlow -might be
found. On receiving General Gordon's
note she hastened to her husband's aide
sn tbe field of battle under Ore. 8he
found blm, and, under careful nursing,
he recovered health and strength.
XJeaereJ Osrdea and tbe brave offl-
cor whom be succored on the Held of
Gwtysburg met again about fifteen
years after the date of the Incident I
have related. Gordan was then a Unl
tisi States Senator from Georgia and
Barlow was Attorney General of the
State of New York. At a dinner given
by Mr. I'otier, a Representative In Con
gress from New York, a gentleman was
introduced to Gordon as General Bar
low of New York City.
"Gordon scanned him closely and ob
served: " 'Was General Barlow, the brave
soldier of the Union army, who was
killed at Gettysburg, related to you,
sir?'
"Though not with literal fidelity to
historic truth, yes, sir, very closely re
lated,' was the prompt reply. T am
tbe General Barlow who was killed at
Gettysburg, and I recognize In you the
General Gordon whose soldiers killed
me.'
"Fpon that announcement they gave
each other such cordial proofs of mu
tual esteem as served to Illustrate that
no bands clasp so warmly, at bast
among Americans, as those that have
sheathed the sword, after having
drawn It In lattle.
"This Incident serves to emblazon the
truth of Geueral I ti mar's utterance in
bis speech ujioii the death of Senator
Chorles Sumner, delivered in the House
of Representatives, when be said:
'Americans, know one another and you
will love one another.' "Washington
Star.
How It Feels to lie (-hot.
I have known a number of meD who
have been wounded In battle, and I
have asked several sof them bow they
felt whim the ball went Into them. One
of these men was (Jen. Nelson Miles.
He told me that the flesh wounds that
he had received he had hardly felt un
til some time after, but that whenever
a ball struck a bone, the sensation was
terrible. At CliAncellorsvllle he re
ceived a wound which paralyzed him
from his waist downward, and for
weeks every one thought be would die.
Tbe ball struck his waist-belt plate and
deflected, going off into the body and
breaking the boue of bis hip. Nine
pieces of boue were taken out, but one
was left. At another time he was shot
in the neck, and a third time In the
shoulder, the bullet first striking the
edge of tbe blade of his sword and be
ing cut in two by the blade, one-half of
the ball going Into his shoulder.
Gen. Charles F. Manderson was a
mere Isiy when he went Into the army,
but he was one of the bravest of our
soldiers, and he rose to be a general
and participated In fifteen different
battles. He was terribly wounded at
Lovejoy's Station, thirty miles south
of Atlanta, his wound being very much
like that which caused the death of
President Garfield, in chatting with
Gen. M.indersou at Omaha the other
day, I nsked him how he felt when thu
bull struck him. He replied: "I felt
ns though a red hot cannon ball had
gone through me. Still it was only a
niinh; ball. It had struck my spine. As
I was shot 1 fell backward, my sword
dropped from my hand, and a moment
later a tingling sensation passed
through my body."
"Hid you faint?" I nsked.
"No; my feeling was that of great
weakness, but I retained consciousness
I tried to rise, but I could not do so. I
was, you know, In command of my
deiiilgrade, consisting of the Ninth
Kentucky, the Seventy-ninth Indiana
and tin; Nineteenth Ohio, and we were
charging the enemy's works. As I fell
some of the men ran out and bore me
back to the line. They stretched a
blanket between their guns, and upon
this carried me to the rear. There a
surgeon examined me, and upon ray
asking him if I was going to die, he
said that If the bullet had not gone
Into the Interior walls of the body I
might live, but that I would probably
be paralyzed. That night I was car
ried to Atlanta, and later on Jolted In a
hospital train to Chattanooga, and
thence to Philadelphia. My wound
heal'd, but I have been troubled with
It more or less ever since then. Sur
geon General Baxter once told me that
he believed If President Garfield's
wou:id had been left alone, as mine
was, he probably ulght have recover
ed." Frank G. Carpenter.
The Revised Command.
A ;uomlneiit professional man, who,
dining the civil war served In the same
battalion of artillery as Itev. T. K.
Fuuiit I.e Iioy, tells tbe following
story:
"Fiitint I.e Boy stuttered then, Just
ns he does now, and he used to have
the deuce of a time sometimes giving
commands. I remember one occasion
when he was a lieutenant. He was in
command of a gun on the Mississippi,
niwir the mouth of the Red. A gunboat
was coming up stream and Faunt Le
Hoy ordered bis men to load and aim
tils gun, which was done. Then he
stood, sword In hand, his Jaw working
and his tongue uttering a long-drawn
'f-f f f-f-f-f-f.' He struggled manfully
to get out the word 'fire,' but In vain,
and everylsidy saw that In a few mo
ments the federal gunboat would be out
of range. No one knew what to do, buj
Fnunt Ie Itoy proved equal to the oc
casion. He stopped, and drew bis
breath, and then said: 'F-f f-1) Itl
Shoot the d d gun!' That, by the
way, was before Faunt Le Hoy studied
for the ministry." New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Hello of the War.
Hr. H. J. Allen, of White River Junc
tion, Vt., has a relic of the closing days
of tbe rebellion, a Testament, In which
a mlnle ball Is Imbedded. It was taken
from the left breast pocket of a rebel
soldier who was killed at Sailor's
Creek, Va., April 8, ISO,'), and who was
brought to the hospital of the Second
Division of the Sixth Corps that day.
The ball was flattened upon cither aids
and stopped on the seventh verse of tbt
eighth chapter of Corinthians.
The Old Farm Home.
An old farm house with meadows wide
And sweet with clover on every side
A bright-eyed boy who looks from out
The door with woodbine wreathed about,
And thinks this self-same thought all day:
"Ah, could I go far, far away
From this dull spot the world to see,
How happy, happy, happy,
How bappy should I lie!"
Amid the city's constant din,
A man who round the world has been
Amid the tumult of the throng
Keeps thinking, thinking all day long:
"Oh, could I only treud once more
The field path to the farm-house door
The old green meadows could I see,
How bappy, happy, happy,
How bappy would I be!"
Managing the Meadow.
Many meadows and pastures are de
stroyed by bad management. The
farmer is In too great a hurry to real
ize from his investment and does not
give the grass an opportunity to be
come fully established, cattle beiug
turned In to trample the Held at a sea
son when the ground Is wet, or graze
It closely when the laud may be In
Ueed of rain. When grass is seeded in
the fall It starts off soon in spring aud
makes rapid growth, offering a strong
temptation for the use of stock, but it
Will be found better to allow the grass
to grow and mow it once for hay, so as
to Induce it to thicken and stool, but to
have It tra milled or cropped close by
jattle and sheep tbe first year is to do
.t more injury than can be regained
'luring the life of the meadow or pas
lure. The first year's management is
very Important, and the rule to follow
Is to allow the grass to become firmly
rooted and to make as much growth as
possible before mowing or pasturing it,
;are being taken tbat the grass is cut
before It bears seed. As there will be
jilTerent kinds of grass, It will be well
;o mow as soon as the early seeding
'iluds begin to seed. With whitfc clover
'.he seeding is unimportant, as It is a
short grass and may not remain unless
jnder favorable circumstances. Be
lore seeding the land an application
jf wood ashes harrowed in will be
found excellent, and lime Is also bene
3clal. Philadelphia Record.
Leaf Mold from the Woods.
One of the best foundations for a bed
In which to grow flower plants can be
easily secured In most country districts
by going to the woods and finding in
hollows, or on the sides of old trunks
of trees, the mold that has accumu
lated by the rotting of forest leaves
that have fallen after blowing over
them. Only that which has been well
rotted will be worth taking home. Lust
year's leaves have not decomposed
enough yet. That which is found in
deep masses, where the soil is wet,
should be avoided, us the fact that the
land around it Is wet shows that It is
sour. Tbe very best of all Is found In
the deep hollows of stumps. Here It
lias had only the rain and snowfall of
winter to wet it, and there Is usually
an outlet beneath to carry off all sur
plus water. This leaf mold, though
black, is not so rich as It looks. It Is
besides too light to be used as soil with
out some heavier soil being mixed with
It. If some commercial' nitrogenous
compound Is used In the flower bed
made thus it will produce a wonderful
growth and bloom.
Locate the Lnderdraina.
Wherever an uuderdrain has been
laid, either a map of the ground should
be drawn, or such other memorandum
as will enable the owner of the land to
always know where It may bo found.
There Is nothing more provoking to the
buyer of a farm that Is only partly tin-
derdralned than his Inability to decide
Just where the old drains are located
and what size conduit they have. Of
course, the drain, if In working order,
will show within two or three rods
where tile or Rtone may be found. But
to reach It then requires much needless
digging, which could all have been
avoided if the man who laid the drain
had been careful to make a record of Its
location.
Value of a Good Garden.
If you have never had a "rattling
good garden," suppose you make an ef
fort to have one. I know from experi
ence tbat a good garden is a great
money saver, as well as a system reno
vator. You can grow more good
"spring medicine" from a dollar's
worth of garden seeds than you can
get for $50 from a drug store. Some
people like to regard every thlug Ibof
eat In the way of vegetables as a rem
edy for this or that disease; a liver ren
ovator, a kidney stirrer, a lung balm,
or a stomach soother. I much prefer to
consider them as real good, palatable
food. Correspondence Rural World.
The Nnnt I'lga.
In nearly every litter of pigs there
will be one and sometimes two pigs
tbat are so much smaller than tbe rest,
that unleaa taken out and fed sepa
rately they will be under tsed all their
lives. We have tried so often to make
aometbln out of runts, snd have al
ways found that all tbe pork they
could be made Into coet more than tt
was worth. So we used to kill Lbe runt
pigs, believing that the care and leed
the runt would require could be mucbr
more profitably given to the thrifty
pigs In the same litter. American Cultivator.
Alaike Clover.
There was a time some fifteen years
ago or more when the common red clo
ver seemed doomed to destruction by
a worm which bred in it, and so ate
leaves and blossoms tbat tbe plant
could neither grow vigorously nor pro
duce seed. But we hear little of this
clover worm now, as it has generally
lieen destroyed by a parasite that preys
upon it. Alsike clover was not injured
by this enemy. Therefore for a few
years Alsike clover became quite popu
lar. But it dies out entirely after blos
soming and seeding in June of the sec
ond year after It was sown in early
spring. Alsike clover Is probably the
best accompaniment of timothy. If
both are sown together the first year,
only the Alsike can be mowed. But
after this clover Is off the timothy will
make a strong growth, and a cutting
of a ton of timothy per acre may be got
in the fall from laud that had already
borne an Alsike clover crop earlier in
the season.
Wurmtli from (ScrminatinK Seeds.
One of the aids to the preservation of
seeds sown In early spring is that the
swelling and bursting of the seed nec
essary to put out the germ Is al
ways accompanied with considerable
warmth. It Is accompanied by the
creation of a little carbonic acid gas,
which is never separated from organic
matter without at least partial decom
position. So soon as roots put forth
from the young plant they carry this
carbonic acid gas to their tips, and this
also partially decomposes the soil that
they come in contact with. When the
blade first appears above the surface
It calls on the root for moisture, and as
the root takes moisture from tbe soil
the latter is thereby made dryer. It Is
also warmed as well, for in early spring
the outatde air Is nearly always warm
er than tbe soil, and to dry It is also to
warm it.
The t-lfe of Peach Treea.
It is an almost universal complaint
that peach trees do not last as long as
they used to do. We do not believe that
this is on account of the weather,, be
cause late winters certainly have not
been so destructive as many that oc
curred thirty to forty years ago. The
increase of borers and of fungous dis
eases, In which we Include the yellows,
are, we think, mainly responsible for
the change. By keeping borers out
and dressing heavily with potash ma
nures, peach treea may be made much
longer lived than they used to be. One
of the secrets of the longevity of old
time ieach trees whb that they were
never severely pruned, and never pro
duced heavy crops. The old-time 30
year-old peach trees had a tall trunk
with very little top.
Karly Weeds.
There tire weeds that come earlier
than the crops, as the many varieties
of them are adapted to cold weather,
warm weather, dry seasons, rainy
spells, and, they spring up readily in
soils that contain the elements best
suitable for their existence. It requires
very little effort to destroy weeds when
they are coining up and beginning to
grow, but they are very persistent after
they become established. If the ground
is kept loose the weeds will not secure
a hold, as every working of the ground
with the harrow or cultivator destroys
thousands, of weed seeds that may be
just beginning to germinate.
To Prevent Knnt.
The best preventive of rust on Imple
ments is kerosene. If cleaned and
sponged once a week with kerosene ail
Iron and steel Implements will be less
liable to rust than when oils of any
kind are used. When stored away for
winter a mixture of one part rosin
melted In six parts of lard will be
found excellent. Early In spring, if
the Implements and tools are to be
cleaned, it may be done with gasoline,
and two or three hours after they may
be lightly sponged with kerosene.
Improved Dandelions for Gardens.
The dandelion is so popular an herb
for greens that it is well worth while
to cultivate it In the garden for that
use. There are special varieties which
have much larger and thicker leaves,
and these are sometimes planted In
greenhouses In winter so as to have
greens earlier for use In spring. One of
the advantages of the dandelion greens
Is that they have a tonic effect on the
stomach, and are very highly regarded
by many old fashioned people as 8
medicinal food.
Kceta, Carrots and Paranlpa.
Sow beets, carrots and parsnips ai
earlyfas possible. The seeds germlnaU
slowly, and the earlier the sowing li
done ihe better the young plants can
combat with weeds. Sow In drills and
keep the rows clean. If grass and
weeds get the start the ground might
as well be abandoned, but If the crops
get an early growth they will be Tery
easily cultivated.
La rare Millet.
To grow a large crop of millet plow
the ground early, manure tt and work
In the manure wltb a cultivator. Aftei
frost is gone work the land again wits
a harrow and sow the seed. After M
gets a good start It will keep tbe weeds
down by crowding them out Millet i
a summer crop and will give a good
yield of hay when some other cross
fall.
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salt, one-half gill water; best weU.
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