Nebraska Newspapers

    CROPS IN NEBRASKA
* AST WEEK COLD AND WET ,
WITH SEVERE STORMS.
Winter Whsat Harvest Has Besfun
Crop Better Than Anticipated Ear-
i Her in the Season Corn is Back
ward , but ns a Rule is Doing Well.
{ United Stales department of agricul- '
jfcure liniate and crop bulletin of the ,
( Weather bureau , Nebraska section , for , |
the week ending June 27 :
' Thi last week has been cold and wet ,
iwith several severe hail and rain storms , | '
fwhich seriously damaged small grain in j
small uieas. The mean daily tempera--1 ,
jture averaged 3 degrees below normal i
n southern counties and 8 degrees below
an. northein.
j Tho rainfall occurred mostly in heavy
ithundrr storms and was above normal in
nearly all parts of the state. It exceeded
W inch in all except a few northeastern j
jihd southwestern counties. In most , of
the central counties it ranged between
'two nnd four inches.
Winter wheat is ripening rapidly and
the hiirvi-Ht has begun in southeastern
< uu1ieK. Wheat has rusted some in the
i-egioiis of heavy rainfall , but not enough
to fflusia material injury to the crop * .
In Kpwral the damage by Hessian fly
teeen s 10 b < > le.-s than was expected and
the < mi p now piomises to be better than
peenud piobable earlier in the season.
Spring vvheat and oats have grown well
and improved in condition. Potatoes
continue to grow well. The wet weath
er dolaved alfalfa harvest and damaged
fbonsjderablc of the crop in western coun-
tie.s. < "lover and timothy are being cut.
Ulie piovpect in most parts of the state
is for a large hay crop.
* -Corn is small , but has grown well the
past week , except in northern counties ,
tvhere the low temperature has been unli
favorable. In most of the state the crop
Is free fioni weeds. Cultivation has
been delayed this week by heavy rain ,
especially in northern and western
counli < > s and the corn needs dry , warm j
\weathor and cultivation. I
Butler Wheat rusting some but not !
seriously , damage from fly slight ; wheat j !
and oats lodging considerably ; corn late'
and generally weedy.
Cas Wheat heads well filled , ripening
unevenly ; oats short and thin ; hayfeg be-
< jun , clover hrtfvy crop ; coin small but
growing finely.
ClayWinter wheat promises full crop ;
oats doing well ; potatoes good ; corn very
late and cultivation has been delayed by
irain.
* Jfillmoro Wheat ripening and looks
Une : potatoes promise fine crop ; hay and
pastures very good ; corn small and
icvcedy.
V Hamilton Wheat damaged some by
rust dud lly ; oats doing nicely : potato
.bugs very numerous ; much weedy corn ;
'too wet to cultivate.
Jeff 11011 Wheat doing well ; oats
4ood : corn and potatoes growing well.
i Jonjson Oats and timothy improved ;
jwhe.-it nl.out icady to cut ; corn cultiva
tion delayed by rain but crop generally
clean and growing well.
t Lancaster Wheat ripening , looks well ;
com growing fast , generally clear of
weeds : potatoes growing finely , bugs nu-
jaierojj. .
Nemaha Wheat good , few fields cut ;
corn cultivation well advanced , few
pieces laid by ; oats short ; potatoes only
fair.
fair.Nuckolls
Nuckolls Wheat ripening very fast ,
liends well filled : late oats heading ; corn
iields unusually free of weeds.
' Otoe Wheat harvest commenced ; crop
.ferood boh as to quality and quantity ;
feome < > a.ts weedy and backward ; corn
jivell cultivated , growing rapidly.
Pawnee Wheat almost ripe , good har
dest promised , some fields cut ; oats rath
er short but well headed ; corn clean and
growing fast.
Polk Corn growing well : plenty of
fain.
Richaidson Early wheat harvested ,
late wheat ripe , yield and quality good ;
oats very short and light ; corn growing
ivory Ta t.
, i Saline Wheat about ready to cut and
5s quite good ; corn small and needs culti
vation , too wet to cultivate this week.
J Senders Wheat well headed and be
ginning f > turn : oats heading short ; corn
farrowing splendidly ; alfalfa , clover and
( timothy qood , ready to cut.
Soward Wheat ripening and is better
itbau expected : haying begun , crop heavy ;
jniost fruit light , especially apples ; grapes
nronii < e well.
* Thayfjr Wheat ripening , well filled ,
( will no average crop : pastures continue .
good : coin generally clean and growing j
iiicol v.
York Wheat filling with plump ber-
priebeginning to turn ; alfalfa and early
grasses being cut ; coru growing well ,
mostly clear of weeds.
Antelope Alfalfa haying delayed by
rrains ; strawbenics good crop ; apples
.dropping badly ; hail seriously damaged
-crops in the noith part of the county.
P.oyd Small grain heading , growing
very tall , in danger of rust and lodging :
pastures fine ; hay good ; corn small and
weedy.
1 Bm-t Wheat prospects good ; barley
filling finely ; oats heading unevenly ; tame
iay good crop ; pastures fine ; corn grow
ing fairly well.
Cnlfax Small giain growing well ;
-winter grain well headed : some rust in
whrrtt : corn growing fairly well , mostly
cultivated twice.
( 'inning Spring wheat and oats look
fairly well ; sonic rust in wheat : corn
thin < tand. lather weedy , too wet to cul-
tivsti * . j
Dnkot.i Corn making good progress ; ; |
fjlentv of rain. j
Dixon Clover , timothy and alfalfa ex
cellent-small grain heading and making
. -an oven growth ; corn fairly clean , but
Stanton Winter wheat and rye head
ing , spring grain heading : crops in fine
condition except where damaged by hail ,
two wct&s late.
Kuox Corn cultivation retarded by.
rain , corn small but looks well ; spring
wheat fine , acreage small ; alfalfa abund-j
ant crop.
Madison Much seriou * . damage by hail
Iu 1101 lh part of county ; crops not in
jured by hail doing nicely ,
t Platt Spring wheat rather poor ;
acreage very small ; winter wheat and
oats and oats promise well ; com growing
nicely.
Holt Spring wheat good ; too wet to
cultivate ; corn on upland growing rap-
> fdly : alfalfa about ready to cut , slight
> damagcby _ hail.
Buffalo Corn small but growing fasti
some fields weedy ; pastmcs good ; wheat
and rye fine , wheat tinning ; oats fair ; al
falfa being cut.
Custer Winter wheat and rye well
filled , good ciop ; oats good : alfalfa har
vest delayed , crop damaged by rain ; corn
doing well.
Da w.snn Winter wheat looks fine , will
be huge ciop : considerable alfalfa yet
to cut ; pastures fine.
Garh'eld Rye and fall wheat fairly
good ; pastures and meadows fine.
Greele > Small giain doing well ; grass
fine ; too much lain ; corn two weeks
late ; largf cherry crop.
Hall Wheat tilling well : oats weedy ,
J fair pio pects ; too wet for corn on low
ground ; all farm operations delayed by
rain.
Ilowaid Winter wheat filling well ,
.some rust ; oats heading ; some corn
weedy ; small grain and alfalfa fine ; grass
and pastuies good.
Menick Lov * lands flooded , injuring
crops ; alfalfa harvest delayed ; not much
corn cultivated this week ; pastures fine.
Nance First crop of alfalfa about cut
and in stack , heavy crop ; oats heading
short ; too wet for crops in low lands.
Sherman Winter wheat and rye prom
ise : well ; oats and spring wheat excel ,
lent ; corn small and growing well ; pota
to bugs numerous ) .
Valley Oats rather thin ; corn back
ward but making fair growth ; alfalfa
mostly in stack , excellent crop ; spring
wheat about average , acreage small.
Wheeler Wet and cool ; crops growing
slowly ; corn small.
Adams Wheat filling well , damage by
fly appears to be small ; oats heading
well ; potatoes good ; too wet to cultivate
corn.
Dundy Wet week ; potatoes and all
kinds of grain growing well.
Franklin Wheat generally well filled ,
nearly ready to cut ; corn small and much
of it weedy , cultivation retarded by rain.
Frontier Rye harvest begun ; wheat
ripening slowly , crops good ; corn veiy
backward ; potatoes and pasture fine.
Furnas Much damage byhail and
heavy rain in north part of county ; alfal-f
fa hay damaged by rain.
Gosper Wheat and oat.s look fair ; po
tatoes fine ; coin cultivation progressing
rapidly , some fields quite weedy ; millet
growing finely.
Ilarlan Small grain doing well ; rath-
er cool for corn , crops small and many
fields l weedy ; grass good ; alfalfa uearly
all in stack.
Hayes Kye ripening ; oats heading ;
corn growing slowly ; good rain.
Hitchcock Some rust in wheat ; barley
and oats fine.
Kearney Wheat medium , heads well
filled ; corn growing rapidly , some weedy ;
too wet to cultivate ; oats promise large
crop ; potatoes excellent.
Lincoln All crops look fine ; too wet for
alfalfa haying. /
Perkins Too wet to cultivate corn ;
rye filliug nicely.
Phelps Wheat very fine ; oats good and
headed j ; rye turning ; corn very weedy ,
too wet to cultivate.
Redwillow Serious damage by hail in
north part of cosnty ; wheat ripening ,
prospect for heavy crop ; rye harvest be
gun.
gun.Webster
Webster Wheat filling well , heads
short ; most alfalfa in stack ; too wet to
cultivate corn and some fields getting
weedy.
Boxbutte Barley and spring rye head-
ing : grass growing well.
Brown Potatoes and grass doing fine
ly 1 but too wet for corn aod small grain ;
considerable damage by wind and hail ,
Cherry Potatoes and small grain doing
nicely ; too cold and wet for corn , young' [
stock in excellent condition.
Dawes Small grain and grass splen
did ; stock doing well.
Keith Spring wheat growing nicely j' ;
grass excellent ; hay promises fair crop. !
Keya Palm Rust in few fields of f
wheat , foliage very heavy , no heads in
sight yet.
Rock Grass fine ; small grain good '
stand but short straw : too cold and wet
for coin , cultivation delayed.
Sc-otts Bluff Pastures good ; stock in
prime j condition ; plenty of rain.
Sheridan Cold and wet ; good for small 1
grain and potatoes.
Sioux Grass fine ; cattle in good condi
tion ; too wet for haying.
Thomas Cloudy , misty week ; grain
and grass looking fine.
Dodge Winter wheat very promising
and beginning to turn ; oats good ; pota
toes excellent ; corn two weeks late and
needs cultivation.
True Way to Make Tea.
Luwuh , a poet , saw in the tea serv
ice the spme harmony and order which
reigned through all things. In his cel
ebrated work the "Cha-king" ( The
Holy Scripture of Tea ) he formulated
the code of tea. He has since been
worshiped as the tutelary god of the
Chinese tea merchants.
In the fifth chapter Luwuh describes
the method of making tea. He dwells
on the much-discussed question of the
choice of water and the degree of boil
ing it. According to him , the mountain
spring is the best , the river water and
the spring water come next in the or
der of excellence. There are three
stages of boiling ; the first boil is when
the little bubbles like the eye of fishes
swim on the surface ; the second boil
.
is when the bubbles are like crystal
beads rolling in a fountain ; the third I
boil is when the billows surge wildly
.
in the kettle. The cake tea is roasted
before the fire until it becomes soft
like a bab3's arm and Is shredded into
powder between pieces of fine paper.
Salt is put in the first boil , the tea in
the second. At the third boll , a dip- j |
perful of cold water is poured into the
kettle to settle the tea and revive the
"youth of the water. " Then the bev
erage was poured into cups and drunk.
P nectar ! The filmy leaflet hung like
scaly clouds in a serene sky or floated
ike water HJies on emerald stems.
International Quarterly.
Cause lor Complaint.
The night was dark as they sat in tho
park ,
And the maiden said , "Now , Tom , be
have.
Your face is too rough to make a good I \
blnff
Take this dime and go purchase a
shave/ '
Doctors Complain.
Physicians in various parts of Eng
land are complaining that the competi
tion of departments of hospitals la
ruiuousiy unfair.
Why is America to-day the world's
peacemaker ? Just because of the man
hood which North ajid South can show
in G. A. R.'s and L . C. V.'s. Louis
ville Herald.
Mr. Cleveland's Inability to see any
difference among dishonest men must
be due to some defect in his eyesight ,
which prevents him from detecting a
wink. Chicago Inter Ocoan.
It is estimated that the recent naval
battle cost Russia $73,300,000. That is
almost equal to the cost of one of the
swell dinners given by Now York's so
ciety set. DCS Moines News.
Vice President Hyde , of the Equit
able , has just celebrated his twenty-
ninth birthday , but gave no Sooly din
ner , having learned a thing or two in
the last six months. Louisville Post.
Spain proposes to rebuild her fleet.
So does Russia. Would it not be well
to find out , first of all , if there were
any chance of getting the right sort of
men to put behind the guns ? New
York Evening Sun.
On entering the harbor of Manila
the Russian admiral who managed to
get away from tho battle of tho Soa of
Japan fired a salute of thirteen guns ,
which is obviously tho right number.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
If Togo's theory that dead ancestors
aro mightier than swords and 12-inch
guns holds good , old Virginia ought
to bo able to put up a fight that would
lay the Japs' completely in the shade.
Winchester ( Va. ) News-Item.
Russia says she is going to build a
great and mighty fleet. What for ?
For Japan to destroy. The fleet on
paper , or on water , that can't fight is
nothing. It may drown helpless sail
ors. Portland Oregonian Sentinel.
Still , a man who has lived at the
' home of the oyster boat ought to bo as
well equipped for Secretary of the
I Navy as a man who has spent his life
,
i in watching prairie schooners sail over
Kansas and Nebraska. Washington
' Post.
New York and Chicago are bragging
I about the new train which covers the
distance between the two cities in
| '
eighteen hours. But just why anyone
I should wish to go to Chicago quiofcly
j is difficult to understand. Louisville
Post.
King Peter of Sorvia has signified
that he would willingly part with his
kingly difficulties If someone would
only make him an offer. Why not sell
out to the head of tho trouble trust
the Czar of Russia ? Boston Trans
cript.
Rojestvensky says he is pleased with
the treatment that he has received at
j the hands of the Japanese. Still he
Avould probably havo boon more entlui-
'
isastic over it if they had given him
j the absent kind. Chicago Record-
, Herald.
j '
So , after all , to have been tried three
times for murder was not sufficient
justification for turning an indifferent
chorus girl into a star. The country is
I not so maudlin as tho enterprising
managers thought it was. Now York
, Evening Sun.
| I
Seems strange that wo have got civ-
! Ic federations and other institutions to
do every thing , from rescuing cats to
j arranging peace between foreign na-
i tions at war , but not a one with tho
I
nerve to take ignorant , incompetent ,
| impudent officials by the back of the
nock and bring their no.sos to tho bull
ring. Now York Telegram.
Tho Legislature has made a wise
move in appropriating $00,000 for a
State sanitarium for consumptives.
There is a groat field in trying to ef
fect a cure for tho groat "white
plague , " and if Wisconsin can throw
any light on improved methods of car
ing for the afflicted it will be an in
valuable aid to science. Racine Jour-
nal.
The New York judge who fined an
American Tobacco Company official $5
for contempt in refusing to testify con
cerning the company's affairs was
probably afraid of financially embar
rassing the trust. He did. however ,
order him into custody of a United
States marshal until ho deciilcd to an
swer questions put to him and pro
duce certain papers. Charlotte ( N. C. )
Observer.
It would appear that an overruling
Providence has doomed Russia to
roach regeneration only through seas
of blooil , and that her focble efforts at
eleventh-hour repentance cannot save
her from just retribution. No nation
that ever was guilt } * of such crimes
against humanity went on its way un-
whipt of justice. Russia is not going
to prove an exception to this inexor
able law. The common people have
been , duly chastised in tho hopeless
war with Japan. The Imperial house
and the bureaucracy have not suffered
from It ; they have yet to pay the pen
alty they owe to outraged justice.
American Israelite.
From the remarks dropped here and
there , one would bo almost justified In
presmning that tho amount of taint In
the latest hiilxcription to the Univer
sity of Chicago was hardly up to the
expectations of the friends of that in
stitution. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The real mystery is how Paul Mor
ion can bring himself to boss a little
road that he can walk all over in a
: lay , when he has been accustomed to
running a system that reaches from
Chlago to the Pacific , with over 8,000
mites of track. Topeka Journal.
ENQINEER WALLACE RESIGNa
Chief of the Panama Canal Construc
tion Force QnitH His Job.
John F. Wallace , chief engineer of the
Panama canal and member of the com
mission , has resigned both of these po-
sitlons to accept a
$00,000 office with
a New York corpo
ration.
Mr. Wallace , it
is said , objected to
the squad of minor
oflicials appointed to
pass on routine mat
ters , demanded a
freer hand and final
ly was angered by
an order of the Sec
retary of War pro-
J. \\ALLAtL.
. . , . hibiting him from
departing from the isthmus unless he
obtained the permission of the War De
partment.
While the administration claims to
have a grievance against Mr. Wallace ,
he , on the other hand , is prepared , it ia
said , to make out a bill of complaint
against the Washington officials , the
chief feature of which 'vill be that the
canal will never be built within the pres
ent century if politics and departmental
interference are allowed to hamper the
work of those on the ground.
It is said that previous estimates of
§ 250,000,000 cost and ten years' time
for the completion of the canal will have
to be more than trebled if the actual re-
suits of the past month are taken as a
criterion.
The astonishing statement is made by
one well informed on Panama affaird
that at the rate of excavation accom
plished in the month of May the comple
tion of the canal would require more
than 100 years. The cost of the exca
vation at the same time has increased
three or four times the unit figure used
in estimating the total cost of the water
way.
way.Mr.
Mr. Wallace is to become the head of
the Metropolitan Railway Company's
new subway system in New York , a
great undertaking , destined to yield enor
mous profits. Paul Morton had virtu
ally accepted the plnce when he was se
lected as the head of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society. Mr. Wallace's sal
ary on the canal has been $25,000 a year ,
and report has it that ho will begin in
New York City at $00,000 a year.
One official graphically expressed Mr.
Wallace's decision to resign by the state
ment that he had got "cold feet. " There
no longer is any question that the yel
low fever situation on the isthmus is far
worse than generally was believed. Re-
turns which have been received in Wash-
ington show that there is more sicknesa
during the present year than has pre- I
vailed during the last twelve years , nine
of which were under French administraj j 1
tion. The result is that employes are
leaving the zone by every steamer , and
the commission finds difficulty in getting
men to accept positions.
The President is doing everything he
can to bring about the immediate im
provement. He has authorized Gov. Ma-
goon and Major Gorgas , medical officer .
in charge of sanitation , to adopt any | i
measures they may consider advisable to ,
eradicate yellow fever from the isthmus.
GOOD ADVANCE MADE BY CROPS
I
Progress Is Satisfactory , Though Re
ports Arc Not Uniform. | i
The weather bureau's weekly summary
of crop conditions is as follows : I i
The region from the upper lakes west- |
ward to the north Pacific coast received
insufficient heat , lack of sunshine being
especially unfavorable in Washington j
and Oregon , but elsewhere the tempera- j
ture conditions were favorable. Exces- J
sively heavy rains occurred in the central
and west gulf districts and in portions _
of the central Missouri and Ohio valleys , '
lowor lake region and New England , j
while portions of the south Atlantic |
States and centr | a id eastern Missouri
continue to suffer trom drought. Sun- | '
shine is generally needed in the central
gulf States. Tennessee , Ohio Valley and
lower lake region. i
Except in the upper Missouri and Red ,
River of the North valleys , where , as a j
lesult of low temperatures , the growth
of corn has been slow , this crop has j
made good progress , although suffering
somewhat from lack of cultivation in por
tions of the Ohio valley and middle At
lantic States and in central and western '
Nebraska. In Iowa corn has made vig- j
orous growth and is well cultivated , witi !
better stands than previous reports indi- j
cated , and the outlook in Illinois , Mis- ,
souri , Kansas , where early corn haa
reached the silk and tassels , is very fav
orable. Rej-cnt rains have greatly im
proved the condition of corn in Texas.
Heavy rains have interrupted the har
vesting of winter wheat In the Ohio
valley , Tennessee and portions of the
middle Atlantic States , but elsewhere
this work has progressed favorably , and
is near completion in Missouri and south- |
ern Kansas. Harvest is now in progress
in the northern portion of the winter
wheat region. Some complaints of rust
and weevil in central and western Ohio
and of smut in New York are received ,
and some grain in shock has been dam
aged by rains in Kentucky and Tennes
see. .
In Illinois corn is promising and fur
ther advanced than at the same period
last year ; is clean , and considerable 11
laid by. Oats are ripening in the cen
tral and heading in the northern part ;
some are short , but generally the out
look is favorable. Wheat harvest ex
tends to the northern portion ; yield is
good in the central and below the aver
age in the South. The yield of clover
is heavy ; timothy is short. Grapes and
berries are promising. Apples are fall
ing , and a light crop is indicated. Po
tatoes are cut short in the southern por
tion.
Except in low lands , in southern Iowa
nnd portions of the Dakotas and Minne
sota , the oat crop has advanced favora
bly and continues in promising condition.
In Texas rains interfered with harvest
ing and in Tennessee caused some injury
to oats iu shock.
Springheat on low lands in the Da
kotas nnd Minnesota is suffering some
what from rust , but as a whole this crop
has made vigorous growth and continues
hi promising condition throughout the
spring wheat region and also on the
north Pacific coast.
Theodore Hansen. first secretary of
the Russian embassy at Washington , D.
C. , is an accomplished pianist and fre
quently gives concerts for charity's sake.
Orange Boxes for Neata.
In nearly every town orange boxes
may be bought at moderate prices.
They make the very best nest boxer. ,
especially ' if they are arranged in thu
j
i following manner : As every one
| knows ' , the orange box is partitioned
. through 1 the center , thus making plenty
j of i room for two nests in each box.
Take ' a number of boxes and stand
| them ] on end , and fasten them securely
tog'-ther 1 with strips of wood. Then
| ' from old boxes or other sources ob
tain sufficient lumber to make an alley
way darkened by a board over the
top.
Place a little walk so that the hens
may readily go to the second tier of
nc-sts. In the roar of each box or nest ,
BOXTS FOR LAYING IIKXS.
near the top , make a hole just large
enough to got one's hand in , so that
the eggs may be removed in this way
and tho nest material changed when
necessary. With this arrangement
each hen has a nice dark place to lay ,
and is not disturbed by anything. The
illustration shows the idea clearly.
Indianapolis News.
Food and Quality of Milk.
Recent evidence collected by F. W.
Woll of the Wisconsin station goes to
show that the food of the dairy cow
influences the quality of the milk pro-
ducod to this extent , that the cow will
yield a maximum flow of milk of the
highest fat content which she is ca
pable of producing on rations rela-
tively rich in nitrogenous substances ,
The productive capacity of the cow ,
the prices of feeding stuffs and of the
milk products are the main factors
that will determine how highly nitro
genous rations can be fed to advan
tage. Under ordinary conditions in the
Northern Stales , it Avill not , us a rule ,
he thinks , bo advantageous to food ra-
tions containing over two pounds of
digestible protein a day , and of a nu-
tritive ration narrower than 1:0.7 : , to
cows of average dairy capacity.
ALice Killer.
A self-working lice killer that is
very effective for hogs is shown in the
cut Drive a stout stake into the
ground near where the hogs sleep.
BUBBIXG IT IN.
Wind with an old rope , nailing it well ,
and saturate the rope twice a week
with a mixture of equal parts of lard
and kerosene. Thehogs will do the
rest if there are any lice on them.
D. V. S. , in Farm and Hhome.
Getting Good Breeds.
If you wish to start iu poultry rais
ing or to begin with a new variety , and
wish to invest as much as the cost of
a good breeding pen made by a relia
ble and skillful poultry raiser , that is
the bost way to begin. Otherwise pur
chase eggs , as mansettings as you
wish to invest in , and each from a
different brood , but always from a re
liable oneFrom each of these set
tings you should raise both roosters
and pullets. Mark them all carefully
and plainly , so that you cannot mis
take them , and next spring you will be
in "a position to mate up two or three
brooding pens of your own.
Doesn't Pay to Coddle Alfalfa.
It' an alfalfa field is in bad condi
tion it is usually bobt to plow up and
re-seed. It scMrcely evt-r pays , at least
where irrigation is practico-cl. to coddle
a poor stand of alfalfa. Many grow
ers recommend disking every spring ,
even when the stand is good , and some
haveoven found it a paying practice
to disk after each cutting. Such disk
ing will often prevent the encroach
ment of woods. In the Eastern States
alfalfa fields sometimes suffer a check
in their growth , tend to turn yellow
and otherwise show a sickly condition
Oftentimes this condition is accom
panicd by an attack of alfalfa rust or
spot disease. Tho bost remedy for
such a condition is to mow the field.
The vigorous growth thus induced may
overcome the diseased condition.
Snninicr Care of Been.
No matter how abundantly you havG
provided for your boos In clover and
buckwheat fields , if at this time of tho
year the weather Is unfavorable and
the bees cannot go out honey gather-
Ing you must provide them with full
combs for fear of their starving.
The colonies need moro supply than
will keep them alive , they should havo
twenty or thirty pounds of honey at
hand all the time. If the nights aro
cool thesecretions of nectar will be
correspondingly small and the bees
will get but small loads.
When honoy Is scarce In the hives
tho bees stint themselves and brood
rearing is checked just whe-n it should
be at its best and healthiest condition.
If you have any doubt as to the hives
being sufficiently rationed you can
solve your doubt by lifting each hive
and its weight will determine Its con
dition. If you find many that are toe
light weight , use your smoker , take
out one or two empty combs and re
place them with full ones , breaking
small holes in thorn so that the bee-s
may get at tho honey readily. Then
you can leave the bees in peace until
tfioy are able to hustle for themselves
unless it should be too long a wait ,
when you will have to repeat the proc
ess. If you have no honey feed sugai
syrup. Be careful to retain all .the
he-at in the hives.
\Vhat We Eat.
An important constituent of our food
is nitrogen , an invisible gas ; foods
containing protein aro called nitrogen
ous. Carbohydrates build fat and
produce heat and energy ; protein does
all that and builds the red meat or
muscle in addition. We got oil in the
butter used on broad. From these
throe great food groups we make our
feeding stuffs. We get carbohydrates
from potatoes , sugar bee-ts , corn. Coru
alone lacks nitrogen and will not
make sufficient muscle. Wheat , bar
ley and rye are all rich starches , good ,
to fatten , but not the best for muscle
making. We got protein in flax , In
the outside of tho wheat grain , in clo
ver and alfalfa , In bran , middlings and
oil meal. Those foods are rich in pro
tein. Wheat bran , linseed oil , cotton
seed meal and any legume.
CoinpariHon of Yield.
In 1904 Russia produced 205,4r 0,400
bushels of winter wheat and 459,208-
200 bushels of spring wheat , making a
otul wheat production for that year
of G04G ( > SGOO bushels , an increase oC
ome 43,000,000 bushels over the pre-
oding your. This still falls several
nillion bushels bolow the highest
United States crop. Last year Russia
produced 1,00. > ,289,714 bushels of rye ,
1,120,729,2 % bushels of oat.s , 343.174.-
000 bushels of barley and 23,9SGSr T
nishols of corn. Tho United States
produced 27.241 , . " > 7r bushels of rye ,
S94r > ! ) .v" 2 bushels of oats. 139,74S.jS !
bushels of barley and 2,407,480,93-1
mshels of corn.
Ntirse Crpps.
A groat deal has boon said against
inrse crops , but in some parts of tho
Western States nurse crops are quite
icccssary for the sowing of clover.
Where clover is sown with spring :
wheat the stubble of the wheat when
cut helps to hold the enow over the
plants during winter and keeps them
from freezing out. It is the experience
of farmers in a good many places that
nurse crops protect the clover during :
summer , especially Iu regions where
the hent is intense.
Calves in Groups.
It is highly desirable to havecalves
come in groups where a large number
of cattle are being kept and the calves
are to be raised for beeves. It is only
In this way that uniformity in size ,
weight and finish can be obtained for
the carloads of cattle that are to be
sent to market. If there are but few-
cattle it is better to have only two
groups of calves , one in the spring and
one in the fall. It will be easier to
care for them if they are in groups of
about the same size than if they come
at ail months in the year.
Adulteration of Farm Products.
During April the Massachusetts
State Board of Health tested 305 arti
cles for evidence of adulteration. Of
those , ninety-eight were found adul
terated or varying from the legal
standard. Thirty-three convictions
wore secured during the month for
selling adulterated foods. The num
ber included three cases of milk adul
teration , four of maple syrup or sugar
and three of cider. The total fines im
posed amounted to $900.
Agricultural Buildintjnt Portland.
The agricultural building at the
Lewis and Clark Exposition. Portland ,
Ore. , is the largest and one of the
handsomest structures on the ground.
It is 400x210 foet in dimensions , and
is situated on the oast side of Colum
bia court , the main plaza of the expo
sition. Tho structure cost $74,039.
The Gape\vorni.
The gapewonn stays iu old yards all
winter and coiaes to the surface when
the days got warm. He is discouraged
by cleaning up nnd the liberal use of
lime. A good way to fool him is to
locate the poultry yard in a new place
that is high and dry. Farm Journal.