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"Growing Krult Tor Home "the Grest Plains Area," stiles "Great Plains conditions the the ground after the tree ia planted. ang vases the beads may well be wen lower hid this, as trees licads are not.ns lkely to be jure the sim or. wiid. 'Alfbough ré 1s considerable difference of opin. proper mbthod of shuping : open branches should. be. left when six Aree is prumed at. the: time it is' planted or when it 1s formed later if one-year-old trees have been . used. hi branches should be selected with xiew to their position on the trunk. They should be arranged symmettical- 11y and spirally about the trunk and should start from different levels, thus Jeaving some space vertically between Athe different limbs If two limbs FOUNG APPLE TREE IN JULY OF SECOND YSRASON'S GBOWTH PRUNED WITHK A VIEW TO DEVELOPING OPEN HEAD. Branch from the trunk at the same lev- @l there is much more danger that they will split down in later yedrs under (The branches selected for the. per- manent top of 8 two-year-old tree id be cut back considerably at the the tree is planted. If the tree made a fairly vigorous growth jn thie nursery the preceding season one- alt or two-thirds of the length, as a file, may be cut away. tillage or cultivation of a fruit "garden ot.orchard in the Great Plains {re stionid be very thorough and iid be continued fairly late In the §, 'The ground should be gone frequently . enough. fo. destroy isveeds before they have midde any con #iderable growth to prevent the 'soft from) Blowing and to jbsure 'against any. run off during. heavy showers. he growing of cover crops and green : ure ¢rops fs not recommended, as itlicwe' crops 'draw no. heavily on: the D je in the Soil a8 to overbalance Anny benéfits" which . they ordinarily give in majatalning thie fertility of or chard: soll in hpmid and frrigated see "The 'humus fugpishied by such [orops' Hi sections whet 'they. can be grown mrost be supplied here by apply- a8 m, "interpinnt- of Crops between thé rowg of $ ln young orchards, as fg commpn- Aone Wi commercial Cruifigrowing 0 éannot be recommended in "Kap tbe top of the tree sufficiently to' admit alr and sunshine free- "18 a cardinal rule to follow in pfun. ing fruit'trees; says the bulletin. One of the commoriest fwifits tb be found fruft. trees on mary ranches in' At Plains ares, anid elsewhere that matter, is the density of the This fault isthe nattiral conse | + se (WUSE be smooth 1n- ¢ best type of silo Is, round. Fle. roof shpnid Beiywatorpriof, The substances shotld be sub stantial enongh to stapd great eM Station. POPC PIIVPOIDPIVPISDEOOH YD humps ure Jhefiefited hy. the use lime, the Xegthat unlocks! of the sole Sour polls are nefitimized of lime. . Where and grow. the sol is aliwosf cer. sour; requirhig a liberal aps on of lime. s generally supposed that Yime 1s that is, that one Ihre is #8 good af another--which Is not thei¥ade' for fertilizing purposes. Lime fof one section might be cheaper at $44 ton than lime from another sect{orat $3 a ton, considering the results that would be produced. » Béfore purchasing lme a Jarge quiintities ft 1s a good plan to<obtain samples, label each sample' carefully and send them to tbe state agricultural experiment station for analysis, Nitrate of sola is the most impor tant purely nitrogenous fertilizer; also sulphate of ammonia and driéd blood from ¢attle, which 1s saved and dried at the abattoirs. Calcium cyanantide has recently been introduced and is the first successful attempt at gathering nitrogen directly from the atmosphere for commercial use. Experiments in- dicate it to be about equal in value to nitrate of soda, but slower iu its sc- tioh. . Muriate of potash and sulphate @€ potash are the two most 'fportant potash fertilizers. The potash in both forms is soluble and fmmediately avail able as plant food. Wood ashes con- tain soluble potash, and it is in a good form of combination. The most important phosphate fer- tHlizers are the ground rock phosphates and ff superphosphates made" from them. ¥ SAVE THE SQUASH VINES. Bugs Should Trapped wid Their Eggs Destroyed. ! Save squash vines by ing. the the eggs, advises George A. Dean, pro- fessor. of entomology in Kansas Staté' Agricultural college. 4 The eggs which are y seen should: be picked off ahd destroyed, points out Professor Dean. The adults cannot be killed by fpsecticides, but the nymphs may be destroyed by spraying with kerosene emulsion. The adult:bugs may readily be rapped by placing small pieces of boards or sim- ilar shelter bear the vines, tinder which they may be gathered in the early morning. % "Clean up the squash vines in the fall and reduce the squash bug for the coming year," is the recommendation of Professor Dean. In the early sum- wer the females deposit their eggs mostly on the dnderside of the leaves. They are ovél, about onesixteenth' df an inch Jong and. laf@ in clusters. When newly laid they are pale yellow- brown, but lafer change to a darker shade; so the stage of their develop- ment may be fold By their color. The eggs hatch in from siz to fifteen days, depending upon the temperature. The 'young nywphs are brilliantly colored, the antennas and: legs belug bright erimson, the head and anterior thorax w lighter crimson and the pos- terfor thotax and abdomen a bright green. Boon, however, the crimson changes to a jet blacks = The young bugs suck. the julce from the foliage and s00n cause the leaves to Wither. Cheap Shelter For Stock. A cheap shelter for stock is made by gotting posts eight feet apart, eight feet high on one side and six feet on other, makipg the shed twelve feet and Totty feet "long." The roof of | They A small farm having these crops, together "with alfalfa or' clover, can | work wonders In beef Falsing' of 'milk | and butter prodtiction. A crop of tow- | peas will pit in. the soll as much ni- ! trogen and, humus In nioety days. as clover "will. in fifteen to eighteen | months and at the same 'time. give a | good yield of the very best hay. They | are most in favor in sections .where ' clover catches are umcertain, being | hardier than the latter legume. | i eos a Ihe and hay trop. i There aie quitd a nuibber of ways of seeding, and every grower has his own | patticwiat made of sowing. Generally 2 fairly - good success is obtained. Among the different plans are broad- casting, sowing with a wheat dril}, i sowing with all the flues open, drilling | by stopping up every other flue, drill | thg 'with a 'check rower and leaving the rows about forty-four inches apart and ctltivating them two or three tim To make cowpeas do their best on in- terior soll it is well to use 200 pounds of commercial fertilizer per acre. Farmers complain about not. beliig able to cure cowpeas Without losing the leaves, which are a valusble part of the feed. If they will rake and shock {mmediately after the machine and det them cure in the shock they will reme- dy that difficulty, Use a common mow- er, and have a man with a pitchfork follow the machine, turn the cut row upside down £nd ott of the way of the team for the next round A small thrasher 'is made specially for Cow- peas at 4 cost of about §75. 80y beats ought to be grown exten- sively, whether they are needed in the silage or not. They yield from fifteen to twenty-five bushels of seed per acre, flitee pounds of soy bean meal can bé substituted for &m 'equal amount of linseed meal with satisfactory results a glance. 0 are fully équal to' cowpeas, being strong nitrogen gatherers, A long tap- root that penetrates the soil to & depth of from twelve to eighteen inchenas- sists the work of fertilization. Aifty of the common varieties of soy beans may be planted as early as corn, as they seem to be perfectly hardy. They do best planted after cowpeas, as' the latter inoculate 'the sofl, For forage they should be cut fust as they begin to show yellow on the leaves. Let them He for about two days, then shock and allow them to eure in the shock. This makes a fine grade of hay, thaf is greedily eaten by all farm stock. 'When cut at this age there are but few beans that have matured. 'If grown for beans they, should be allow- ed' to get ripe, by which time most of the leaves will 'have fallen off, dnd they can be cut and shocked "without much curing. They should he planted on the thinnest land of the farm, es- pecially if desired for beans, as on this land they do not make such" large shocks, but more pods. beans are rich feed for hogs. "They are as rich as oflmeal pound for pound. A moderate proportion of this product institution, has bud of attempts 'to "put The Canadian every other big its - experiences something over" on 2 . Perhaps that her tnd mixed wi soll butlders and fine. | Edwards, had thus dom. "© "I cannot bel bear from him," she bope 'it 1s" true. I am told Aim not to £0. : to the backbone." F formerly in the Gordon was through the South and was employed by the Gas Co. 4 {A special despatch from _thur says: '° Private whom the Canadian Pay land and then gone to Kn the son of D. F. Burke, of | thu, Gerry Burke bag 7.1 | Thomas, who is also & pf | Germany. His mother is fa England, { having gone a yeo#f ago iw Po with § her daughter, Mys, Simeds, whose | husband - 1s a clyilian . prisoner in Berlifi, Burke was at St Andrew's 3 College, Toronta, fx 1906 and 1807: 4 & <A reid CR wl ¥ Beavers Restore Dam ig Night, 4 A beaver dam, lately demolished? on the farm. of R. Marstgm in M Nab township, a few miles I Renfrew, by Game Waglén De of Renfrew, aséisted by } each using an axe and a Srowbar; been rebuilt by the beavers single night, In tearing down idifh the gathe -warded, and fi were occupied for two: hours, i the sdvicd of the gamé wardel | farmer hung & lantern iff a tres by. : {the sighit of the dam, but this did Kot have the effect of causing. the Bere: ers to leave, Now the owner of tarm is to propesé to the Oui Government through thé game' den that the dam be fot furthe turbed, and that he be paid the Sum lof $300 "for the trouble and insens ¥ venience he has been,put to: Good for Newfoundland. _Nawtoundiand 'fshertien xu ty. look for etter reaults seagon's- fishing ~bacaufe {has been 4 decline. The son' output is estimated 900 pounds, Hr «. MR Drop of Water Figures. are sometimes simply by belng so stipendou Tinnan mind grasps-them with ty. 'An instance in' polat E by the flfustration once of hearers by fn ¢mingnt seie in otder to bring to their sion the idea of ultima water, stated that if he wen & tumbler containing half water, letting out each geo ber equal 'to 1,000 times® of the earth, it would where between 7,000,000 years to empty the tum! vin has. assured us water were magnifi earth the particles the size of t statement i& ¢