Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 14, 1920, Page 9

warranted when the it is, extc:.yththenr&mcvhenw_ tor, Lime, however. I8 fundamental: ‘here is generally no use clover on sour soil. © tep i A * SEED CORN, Corn that will come up but that will produce an unprofitable crop is worse than l-::l wasting .labor 3 what your seed will do by selecting it yourself. * T E S 4 Cheap seed corn may prove very dear; the seed corn that produces the best crop usually is the cheapest. If you must buy seed, pay your neighbor' 'a reasenable price: for se- lected, well preserved seed of a va- riety that has made good in a nelgh- boring field; but don’t N,{ a stranger a fancy price for seéd claimed to give miraculous’ yields. ‘. ; Seed ears shoyld first be nubbed, and the kernels from tip . and - butt should - be discarded from . the- seed supply. The small kernels from. the tips are less productivé ‘than other kernels on the ear; the thick rounded kernels from the butts are just as productive as anyiof the rest, but because of their shape ‘and size It pumps all the water you need and carries it under pres- g wsure m’hu‘mnuhmhau'«dmw. ¥ ve money with & L /4 HochaterSystgni it citifies the entire farm home. &v‘lwwkfor ~ THE C. S. MERSICK & CO. - mother, father, Mary and jobn, Be a happy Leader farmer, 274-292 State Street - Distributors New Haven, Conn. "AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS St L Ty PREPARING GARDEN SOIL. Barly preparation of the garden soil is important for best results in making the mechanical condition what it should be. Garden soil is required to produce heavily. To .nake this pos- sible the soil must be in the best pos- sible mechanical condition. It must be deep, mellow and friable. When it is plowed or hoed it should crumble. In other words, the minute particles must be granular, each maintaining its form and_consistency. When su sojl becomes wet each particle is enveloped by a film of water which is retained for some time. The plant food is thus dissolved and the water-laden plant food is taken by the roots of the plants. The finer the soil particles the more pore space be- tween for air and the better it will hold moisture, other conditions being in a corn planter with other kernels. Shelling by hand takes more time and-labor, but is profitable. ' The me- chanical eorn, sheller_will injure' some of the kernels and thus destrov or.re- duce their power to grow and yleld. No matter how large the required sugply, says the department, it will still pay to shell it painstakingly by hand, because of the greater acreage to be planted the greater thc uitimate profit Each ear should be shelled séparate- 1y into a shallow pan or bex, and any ‘blemished, poorly developed, moldy or worm-eaten kernel should be rejected. As the seed from each ear is found tisfactory and sound and free from poor kernels it is poured into the gen- eral ‘supply and another ear is ehalled in the same wa: It is mueh easier to pick out defective kernels from a thin layer in a ‘small sieve than from a large mingled quantity in a bushel measure or a-bag. is poorly drained, low and damp, alsixe clover should be seened. It is a com- mon practice now to mix the red clover with alsike for worn or partly run-down land. Alsike likes lime, too, but it will make a crop on land that will not bring red clover. This is espe- cially true if the soil is both sour and damp. Of course, soil can be so sour that even alsike will not grow. In such a case there is nothing for it but to lime or to quit clover. » On land that has lime but is other- wise poor and lacks organic amatter, try sweet clover. It is no use sowing this on sour soil. It won't thrive. But with lime it is about the best clover for poor land. It will add organic matter and nitrogen and leave such a soil in better shape for the following crops. Sweet, clover seed is cheaper than red and in many cases a farmer favorable. could profitably substitute sweet clo- PROFITABLE PORK RAISING. Garden soil must have plenty -of | ver for red in the rotation. Bresders. of migh Mot boas in mind what is known as humus—decayed if farmers would take as much pains seeding clover as.they do seeding al- falfa, there would be fewer clover failures. v As a rule; red clover will not do well on land that is sour either naturally or because it has beén so long:-cropped that the lime in the soil has been'used up. There are occasional exceptions. Clover has been known to do well on and that had a lime requirement of ‘that the only hope of making pig rals- ing a profitable industry lies in their producing pork of the best quality, and this can only be accomplished by breeding from those' animals which are possessed in a marked degree of those points, such as early maturity, quick growth, fine quality of bone and offal, and then by sential qualities. A pig should make one -pound in weigg;t t vegetable and animal makes up that dark, i matter that “stringy” part 1 is low in hu- apply en crops or straw and other. rubbish and supply the organic to_good age on most garden 2 1 r for every day of its life, and thus soils. Acid phosphate is pecially | K400 pounds an acre, but this land had| will be ready for the market any time beneficial on many soils. Phos- [ been heavily manured and fertilized. | after it is six months oM. phate is required for beans, peas, tur- | Usually elover wants 2oil that is neu- No matter what the conditions may be, the young pig will never be thrifty unless he has plenty of bure, f-gsh water. This important point is morg neglected, perhaps, than' any other. Slop -will' not, of course, do for drink- iffg water entirely, though it is a par- tial substitute. nips, melons, ete.. under conditions prevailing on most soils where a heavy yield is expected. Nitrate of soda may be used to increase the supply of ni- trogen; wood ashes or potash salts to supply the potash in case it is needed. tral or nearly so. It is a safe state ment that in most cases where clover goes out or-fails to make a fair crop two tons of ground limest®ne an acre would help a great deal. In many cases this Would make the Cjference between success and failute. In other cases lime may have to be supple- — mented with phosphoric .acid or pot-| Men with soft ' snaps ‘dén’t realize ash. The use of potash will not bel\vhat a.hard world. this is. USE FOR ALSIKE CLOVER. If the farmer gannot lime and the land is worn or “sour,” the land “I can use all three ovens and the broiler—at the same time” "VE got roast in the coal oven, bread in that gas oven at the left, and now that I've lighted the broiler flame, this right-hand oven will be hot enough for my cake. I couldn’t do all this baking “with any other stove. *“Why, last summer I did an unbe- lievable amount of canning—all in one day—with this wonderful stove. While things that needed long cook- ing were simmering on the ecoal stove, 1 was canning the quickly cooked things on the gas. “You’d hardly believe such a small Y e could have so much oven space—6)4 square feet without the racks, or 13 square feet with them. And from end to end my stove measures only forty-three inches! ¥ “'TH'EN, in addition to the ovens, I can have nine kettles cook- ing all at once on the top, when I'm using both stoves—four on the coal iddles and five on the gas burners! i;m k how convenient that is when ee ND it’s so mice to be able to use either stove separately. You know there’s nothing like gas when you're in a hurry—and there are lots of times when a coal range’ is so mp~h better. *T discover new advantages in this Victory Crawford every day—it’s come to be one of my most treasured ssessions. Wait till you get one in your kitchen. Nothing could per- suade you to part with it. It’s a wonder.” there’s a big dinner to get—or at preserving time. they do not plant uniformly when used | ery po _ P Hourigan Bros. ‘ : price is as hi s - FRANKLIN SU lb'--u'c:-.--.-'lt-?' w e ———— N. B. C. 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PERFECT LAYING SCORES|chances are exactly even for such The laying contest at Storrs ig now running in its ninth year. The com- bined production of all hens in all the competitions now amounts to more than a million eggs. In the twenty- third week.of the current contest the hens eased off just a little from last week’s lay, but managed neverthe- less, to come through with over 200 eggs more than the average for this period. The total production in the twenty-third week amounted to 4471 eggs or a yield of nearly 64 per cent. Since there are ten hens in each pen, a production of ten eggs in any one day means, of course, a perfect score. Last week there were seventeen .pens including ,Barreq Rocks, Columbian Roecks, White Wyandottes, Rhode Is- land, Reds, Light Brahmas, White Leghorns and Black Leghorns that made twenty-three perfect daily —In 30x3 Fax e 30x3% e AT WF. CARRY A COMPLETE LINE New London and Deer Brook Poultry Farm, Short Falls, N. H., and two pens of Leg- horns owned by Emil Klein, Bast Mo- riches, L. L, and E. A. Ballard, of | Chestnut Hill, Pa., all tied for fifth place with 55 eggs each. scores to fall on any day in the week and yet as a matter of fact there were ten perfect daily scores on Thursday and none on Wednesday. A pen of Barredq Rocks entered by Jules F. Francais from Westhampton L, was an easy first for the Pinecrest Orchard: les H. : Conn, Geonge Phillips, Seymour, Co 85¢ 4 3 . > The three best .pens in each of the | Gienh F; § h a production of 65 eggs. q e s : ope Farm, ® Pittsfield, Ma. 81f the sixth consecutive week | Principal ol ot Forde e Merrythought Farm, Columb that this particular pen of Barred ' . Conn. Rocks has headed the list and every f9'hed Iy Francals (Barred) West- Foa 1 hampton Beaech, L, L .... . 83 birg in the pen looks fit enough to ‘Bar A. L. Anders I Vhis continue the pace. A Comnecticut pen 0;;';‘;‘0:“5;& et aats 2] WA s T Ltes) of White Leghorns owned by George Merritt M. Clark (Blrrééi”l#ookl - field Center, Conn. ............ 7 White Wyandottes. Langfor‘B'PDul!ry Farm, Langford, €S ¢ Al Phillips of Seymour was in second po- R sRans) sition with a yield of 59 eggs. Oneck Farm's pen of Barred Rocks® from Westhampton Beach, L. I, were third best with a record of 58 eggs. T. J. Enslin's Columbian Rocks frem Hackettstown, N, J., were next in or- der with a yielq of 56 eggs. Two pens of Rhode Island Reds entered by Ja- | A.-B. Hampton (Black Pittstown, 'N. J. ... H. P. Cloyes (Buff + W Hartford, Counn. 321 Bloomfield—A new strip of gtate highway between West Hartford and Bicomfield will be- under constriction as soon as bids are submitted by con- tractors and are approved. 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