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Foreign Demand for American Apples.
In II TN-ant n4dr es WJtUam A. 'fay-
1C1r of Was"blngLJu saId : "The rea-
f.Ol1 for the Jncrlap demand for
Aru9r1lIJ nppAs In foreign mar1-ets
are r'aricxl. One of tIle most 1m.
'fCJrhwt of these Is , unquetUC1D11 My , tilE
rapid grai : th . of thA large cities Jf
Iyurope In 100'Ut years slid thl 1118-
U'9 starrtintlriu Clf fruit culture In
manl port.kir s uf Uurt auuUnr1L Det-
ter tr8.Up , tlTtatJcm fr > > tfJlUs ! In this
ClUWutry arse curt tlte ( rC fllJ. at lower
ow-t , } ! five zw4e tJs'lllle the landing
uf A-a911a Imt h.l c + er 'UJfu Is tnrupear- :
seapurt.s art 3r s cost : rend in better '
wu4tUQU UUfU fb"t Phtppoo only n
mwrt dl'.aLCfe froJlJ their benne Uf-
1uuils ne develupweztt of refrlger-
ated sWrage Ju tl e t1nlloo States has
greatly Eltendicrd ' the E."X11t1rt apple trade I
by PWJum'ug ' the slIJpJrtng season until -
til Australasian : ' fruit uf the new crop
OlIJS fClrw811J In oousfdE.'Ts1J1e qunn-
Liilaas.
'J"ive' years age It was practically
Impusslble for u shIpper with less 1 than
fi'tu CHl1ufld81 of fruit ( lie apprmtl-
maLa c CEllIICH of must ! of the reftlg-
t'1lftocJ corn pa rments ( ) 10 lJcuro space :
fur his sI1JIIUHJJt , while Itl thu present
Hmo SIJEwe to st'Yl'tElI putts car he
had fur single udolds at almost any
Urny during Ow shipping soasou lIy
arranging III UdVlitlCO
"OtJWt causes of the increased de-
JrJalHJ are undoubtedly UH gradUIII Irn-
IJlOTOllHflJL 111 methods of packing IIrllJ
handling Ow ( fruIt 01 our COIIIIIINl'lnl
orchards amid ] II gradual approach toward -
ward standard grades and stlllHlard
SilOS of barrels and ] boxes which Is III
progress and alone whIch line there Js i
still room for great pruvement.
"WHb aU the gratlfylllg features or
the PJ'Jle ' export trade , there are still
sortie dlfflelllUos to lIe overcome it J the
export outlet Is to lie sufficiently ! : ell-
Jargotl 10 carry the prospective ! stir
plus fruit Irvin Ow 200,000,000 apple l
trees now III our orchards . FIrst
alllollg these Is better handling ! aud
packing of the fruIt. While there lws
been marked Improvement In this respect .
fJleet 111 recent years , there Js sail
need fur emphasis on this polllL Ito
garlJlosB uf trade or quality . apple l
lJeslnuLl fur export shipment must ue
snugly and tightly paoJtetl "
Balanced RatIons
So far as Josslllle ) , the fowls should
line balanced rations , and Jl Is ! llmob'
allly host to balance the rations at
each Ulenl. MaIl has conic InsUllc
lively to prefer ulllnncetJ raUouB
Lung before he understood the reason ,
son fur Il , wan made up each meal of
different kinds ol loud lIe always
wants the carbohydrate potato with
his protein lean meat. Il lie eats u
race ) or potatoes ' alone he feels dls ,
satlsled and ) 1f lie Is compelled to
put up with mont alone IJC feels that
lie bas not had ! the kind of food
needed He docs not eat his potatoes .
at one meat and hIs moat at unuUler.
Nature seems tu point tu the ueecs- .
ally for giving the different compon-
cuts or a balanced mUolI ut one meal. I
The Ftat - Beak Deetle.
At R meeting of fruit growers , a
mOllltwr snit ] : "Anuthor Insect that
worKs Oil the trulllt flllll branches of
trees , 119"eclal1) lllO 1,111111 ) , Ira lie ( I1l1t-
beak ! II0IJtllI 1l bores III tie pinholes
through the back flf the large
111 allehm , BumutlllllB getting down into
the trunk and lays its ' ! eggs ! III these
hulf'F where IIP , lu I'nlb felll on the
Inner bark , nnH'tlm"s girdling the
Inner uarll When hat ( gels too bad ,
the best : remedy IF to cut the tree
tlt/.wn and burn H. but that can ho
IRHolr ! kept out by keeping the tree
In a healthy cOlldlUoll. for they seem
.Rlmoet always i to attack trees that
have boon otherwise t1luE\Sed or ID'
jured J'rerlously. _
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dairy ' School I\ltendance.
Heports from Wisconsin say lint
the dairy school thIs year Is crowded
there being 12li students prOIJUl.
'rhls number Is cnt7-five more ! IIHfI
the school ; has facilities for InstructIng -
lug with ease When the prosHlt
school was built It was felt that the
capacity /nrld ue great enough for a
long time to come. The attedtmicc'
shows the Interest V/lsconsln farmers
are taking In scientific matters rolut-
Ing to daIryIng Among lie students
this year tire some Swiss hullermnk-
ers from a parlor WisconsIn where
cheese 01 foreIgn numo are JmlJlg
made From other louts or the COUll'
try come reports oC goad attendance
lu the dairy sc110015 This Is mini ell-
couraglng feature of Ilt1r'ntlonnl nil
TRuce Probably ) 110 phase or farm
life more needs the help or "cl'nce
than the daIry , liB Il IB time part of
farm work that wlUJhes manufnclllrp
Every state of the Union should
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have a dairy sehaul for In every state I
of the union daIry products are becoming -
coming Irllportant ( burls of the farm
IJIIlpul. Dairy COli vOlitions stlllllllllio
interest , hilt seldom get down to the
foundations of matters In their JIIJlon
and ' dlEcUSEIrIllS , and , II they 110 , the .
people limit ( hear thelll do not Ullller- ,
stuud what Is said Brit In the case 01
dairy schools the "tudeuts begin nt
the IOlJlJJntloll ( and acquaint thern- .
selves with the obscure thlllgs that
need to 1'0 ' brought out to flue light.
Many of our fnnners could well afford ,
ford to send their FOIl to alto a
course In the dairy schools of their
respective stntes. If J lire capacities
are nol now great enollgh they could
soon ue roade sot
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sterilized Water for Washing DaIry
Dishes.
Dairy utensIls should ) ue wnsholJ In a
water that Js sterile as to last up'
pllcnUon. Of course , we 110 not recom-
mend that hot water 111:1 used before the
dishes have Had the rnlllt rinsed out
of thorn. But water that Is sterile
has beer found ulJBollltely necessary
In the wnshlng of churns and milt
holding utellsll1 ! where dIseases Il11vo
become prevalent or forllls of uncto-
rlnl life that cause taints and strlngl ,
tress In 1l1111t. Recently In 11 innga
zllle appeared nu article / rolllllvo to
the aterlllzalion of water lIy the nppll'
cutlon or copper sulphate al tllo role
uf one purl ul copper sulphate to ono
million parts uf water. 'I'IIIB , It Js
said wI1I : JIm germs In wlltor. AB
copper sulphate Is a deadly poison ) ,
we do not advise our renders to use
It ns Iwscrluotl. 'rhe use of the pro' I
portion given would not endanger Ufo ,
I uul novices cannot lIe depended ort
'to confine theIllsoh'eF to prescribed
rilles. Time chemist will 1101lhtlm:1I
provide us with full information III
due lime Meanwhile , the lJUlllnJ uf
water Is Ue , surest ! : way uf getting
writer that IB germ proof , and that Is
so simple u prOCCSB hint we have no
lJOsltnncj- ) rocommenl1lng It. Dlahes
.1 thoroughly heated IIj' means of boll-
lug : water wm lIut. carry lactic held
! feruHmts from mllltlll tu milking IIrlll
thus hasten sourIng of the milk.
A Check on the Milk Buyer.
Wl1Cn n producer of mllll for urine
In n creamery ur cheese factory hits n
Busplclon that ho 1Ft not receiving fair
treatment at the hnlllls of the buyer ,
liB to the teat , the proper thing to
/10 JR to purchase a I eater and ' test
the cream and mlllt before ( hey are
sent fruIII the ( farlll Thl/ll may \111111-
the test or the '
calo buyer or may
show hIm to hl Ilpallllg dishonestly ; ,
hilI. In either IIF.(1 II will hiring conviction ,
\'kUon 10 lime mluII of lie ( milk pro
I1llct'r There If ! nothing more disquieting -
quieting ! than working In Ibo ( dark ,
and nothIng more satisfying that
knowIng Just how things Etanl ) It
milk tester can bo purchased tot
about $6.
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Wisconsin ' "I'IJ1cctlon or Cheese Fae
tories
Professor ! fIIlIry ( ' " 11' " 'cer ) manors /
in . WISJOIIRIII dairy Ih , . .girt IIro IIJ , ,
vJcnlln greater efforts III lice In- ;
provlllg of lie ( output of ( 'houso , Wo
' ' of llil'
hullo\'o It cans Professor gnwry
WIsconsin tiIiito airy h 1111,1 , food [ , UO/ll-
mIssion who dint yen EulvolJ/lllll ( Inc
1lllIcln oC Il true 011 ouch choesu fllo-
tory In lire form of Il IlelHlso , thereby
I'nnllJlIIg the 81111to spllnd ( inure
money III the ( way or choose factory In-
sp0ction. 1'I'OfesRor 1I01ll'Y advocates
the placing of a tax slIlIIelont 10 ell-
able the stlilo to 1"1I180 by tltO IIcolIws
$ ? : lUOOO Il yelll' lie says thnL forty
Illspoctors should , he pilL to work nt
once 111111 that theo WOIiIcl not find , till !
work IIgh WisconsIn hunts done pure
In the WilY or inspecting ! ! cheese fne-
tories than IIIIY other AIlII'rlclIlI Hlall'
amid It Is IElI'gply 11110 10 this limit the
ehol'5e output of time state ; inns rL'-
IOII/llod / good . nUll Iris increased III
"r1t'1) It i IR 10 III' hop",1 fhnt WIRI'O"-
sin will nwlw lice venture and thus
blaze the way for the other ' silltes
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Warm Drinking Iater In Winter.
In "I'IJ or the wI'lIlhpl' WI' hnvp
, In winter tho' wilier freezes very
ritilccly : 1C sot out lit tire tOlllJlOl'tll1ltO
lit which It Is drHwlI frolll the well.
' 1'0 JlorInlt the Cowls 10 have nil Limo
wrier they desire , It will ho necessary
'to Wllrlll the cantor to nllollL 100 de
grt'us It will tlllw sonic lime for the
tomJlurnturo of thIs 10 full to : " :210 : / -
grees. 1'hls given twice II day will
, rep them IlltpplJe,1 . n with the liquid
with which to make eggs amid lIesh
It must 1m rClllornlJOred that much of
ho eggs , ns much of the flesh of
, fowls , Is water Hllrl that all food must
ho greatly dllutell before Jl call he
I used lIy the system of the fowl. The
inch Gf Eu1l1cll'IIL water always results
1'11 ; El check to the digestive / ! opera
tlOIIS _ The coldness of the water also
acts as a telllporary check The more
rwuter the fowls drink the better It Is
"lor " them , unit tire more pounds of
Illesh I and amore dozens of eggs prey
are likely to produce.
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The Ground Done Elation
Wo have often referred to the use
.of ground bone ! for poultry feed , and
will ( lignin call lI11entioll to tire mnt-
ter Fresh \ bones are most \'lIll1nhln
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HS they have ors thclll u large amount
of fresh meat. ]
Bones also supply a
large UlllUUllt of phosphol'us , which Is
present III bOileR to n larger extent
than In most other kinds of food glv-
flll fowls It Is to he doubted Ir there
Is allY other kind of feet ! that has received
celvcd n more universal endorsement
thlln hns fresh cut or ground bone ;
yet 0110 Is surprised as ho goes from
farm to faun 10 find how low farmers
comparatl\'ey : hll\'o a bono grinder
ur hone clIllel' It Is more sllrprlslng
to find lint ( the fowls generally ro
cel\'u no grolllld bono In their ration ,
oven the purchased sorl. If there
were as ! mnny boric grinders liS there
are farms on which '
poultry are lJpt ,
IL would ho nroney III Iho ! POCltct3 of
AmcrlclIlI flrrmcrs
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Butchering the TreeG
J\Inny nil orchard Is left ullprulled
fur years and then II 11I111\ goes In
wllh SIIW and IIX rind hutcht'n thin
Irt.PII ! fly thlll 1Ft meant thin the largo
IIl11hl are staved off } tore rand there
111111 tll such 1111 nxtelll thai
the '
' trees
present the al'III'lIranco '
mostly of IIII\-
lug been ( helped .
) ' rather thun lrinl- t
11I011. The hlldu1 that OIllO ol"chl\l'Il
trpes get fl'olll such , Irelltlllent
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great hunt ( seine rile . , whllo other
( ( at-
WII'I ! I'CIIIIIIII '
IIIIRIKhll IIl1d
) III 111'01101'-
1101111. 1'1 peR of nil kinds ! . should ho
trllllllll'll II little erich year maul whl'n
( lint III done carefully
110 sign of
IJ\llche11llK II to 110 Beoll ,
I.very : man II his own happiness
makol'-ClnchlulI
COlIIlIHHl'Ial.
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Do Not Forget nape
ThIs coming season n small field
of rape should lie put In IC the farmer
keeps ) nl/IJolit ; any kind of live stock ,
eSlucllllly ) sheep or 1wgs ThIs plant !
Is hocoIJlng'ory popular In ! the parts
of lie ( country where Il hints been
longest grown. It Is BclenUficul1) (
known its IJrasalcn armpits , aatl Is 01
tine sonic family as cabbage anti tur
nIp , It will grow wherever potatoes ,
( 01'1I. turnips and ! cabbage will grow
Il needs especllllly u soil rIch In the
rnlnorlll elements anti In humu .
It Is 11 very good crop to rotate wIth
clover , cow penu , soy beans , whIte
IWIIIIK , ports und the leguminous plnnb
gonornlly , us Il takes from the so. ,
very different elements Cram thong
llllwn hy the plants nnmed. Il b
above III ) II solllllg crop , and whet
treated liS such will yield from ten te
wUllly tons per ncre. It Is , however
used IIrHO as p"slurngo , Jut ! when soused
used thrust 1m carefully handled } or the
stock wIll curt It down too close to
the ground tu permit Il to give the
largest yield per IIcre.
About three pounds / of seer } Is re-
JI/lrull / per acre , IIrlll the seed is I1rlllCt )
III , the rows being 24 or 30 inures
flpllrl. Cultivation / should ho gIven DE
Boon tiS the plants appear above thE
ground , to keep down the weeds and
tine cultivation should he repented
oflclI. 'rho keeping down of the weerJf
Is the IIIIJorttlnl ) thing In the caring
fur the rape , hut when It has obtaIned
a good dovolupmont Its spreadln
leaves will shade the ground and thE
weeds will thenceforth multo very
little growth.
If the rains are good and wcathol
warm , the rape will make n. . good
growth In six weeks and by that limE
may bo cut and Cod to sumo extent. II
It Is to UO pastured the stock many Uf
turned onto Il lit that time. If It I'
cut down to the ground , now scud musf
bo sown at once , and this process
may uo conUnued till hate summer
The crop will keep on growing tilt
the heavy frosts kill It In the matt
fall. Il will / } stand n good deal oj
frost , ns will } } turnips , and now and
then roots and plants will } } live over
wInter. If the plant Js pastured but
lightly the hogs or sheep will ont but
I the tops fund the sides of the leaves )
lon\'lng the stnJts )
and some of tilt
h.t. ' _ _ _ ' - _ _ ,
IllIU-VCIIlB 'l'1I0se nt once send out
new verdure and wm continuo to ro
now themselves nil through the Ben
son.
oil Meal In the Beef Ration.
At thin Nebraska IaztJeriment Stn
Lion n tel ! : was IIIntlo with two - year
old steers to determine whether or nol
011 mica ! raided to n corn ration with
grass pnRturo would lessen the cost
of producing graIns.
One lot was fed daily m average o' '
J 17.8 pounds ! : of corn meal per steer
while IInothor lot was fed the snmt
weIght ur grain , consisting or 90 POP
cent corn menl amid 10' per cent 01
menl. Dacha lot was fed on u rnlxo
pnuturo consisting or blue gratis , brohtn
grass , prairie grass , meadow fescue
curd IL little nllllflDurIng the onUre
period / from April 21st to November
18th these on corn wIthout oil moa
conic an average daily gain or 1.61
pounds \ \ each , while these fed 90 pOi
cant COrn and 10 per cent all moa'
Finned 2,02 pounds ) per day. WIUJou' ' , .
oil meal , 10.9 ! ) pounds ) or graIn were
required for each pound , or gaIn , whlh
with oil meal hut 8.8 pounds ) ot grain
veto requIred for one pound } or In
crease In wolght. With corn wort )
aa cents per bushel , oil meal $25 pC
ton , amid grass $3 per acre , tire coat. 01
producing / gaIns was 13 per conI
greater without all meal than with
It , The all meal In thIs experlmenl
proved to ho worth $ 14 per ton Had
It cost more than that figure , noth-
Ing would ! have been gained by teed
lug It.
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