i( arm and Garden FORCING RHUBARB. v van cso successfully Grown During the Winter Months. It is possible nml practicable for every farmer to supply himself with ."huharb during the winter months. In niuu.v instances It will l>e found profitable. The essentials for the successful production arc good strong roots, nt least three year* eld, and u suitable place for forcing. The methods of handling roots and crop during growth are simple and in*x|R.?nslve. For location of the forcing bed select any place where u temperature of 40 to < >' degrees can l>c maintained and from which the light can be excluded. f\ ? .L i OOOD 8TBONO BOOT. corner of the house cellar is often the most accessible and desirable. Curtain off the desired amount of room and put in about twelve inches of medium loam. This soli should be in food workable condition and fairly moist. It is essential that this room should lie frost proof. The necessary heat for such a place can usually be obtained by use of a lantern or lauip If the amount of room is not large. When it is large some other method of heating will have to be devised. A rurnace lu tin- cellar will (urulsh the necessary heat. The main requisite is that the roots be thoroughly frozen before being put luto the forcing bed. ltoots cau be thawed or not before planting, as de aired. It is not necessary that the roots la; thawed when set. They rnnj be put us close together as possible in the bed without injury to their growth if there is sufficient soil present to keep theui moist. The amount of soli must be enough to cover the roots. If the plants are in a large bed It is advisable to place them so that there is r room enough to walk between the rows. Very little watering is needed, and the growth In darkness induces the production of a large proportion of talk with small leuves. The rapidity of growth and coloring of the stalk re largely controlled by the temperature. The higher the temperature the more rapid the growth and lighter the color of the stalk, explains New England Homestead. The plants may be forced any time during the winter months ffnr mercial production about Jan. 1 seems to be the time for the setting of plants. This brings the crop into the market during the latter part of the month, and a continual supply Is maintained until the outdoor crop comes into the market In April. A Smokehouse. The diagram shows the plan of a amokehouse found satisfactory by one of our readers. In this case the smoke oven connects with the barn cellar, but it could be readily built out of doom. The oven shown in cut is three feet square, with aheet iron door. The pipe loading from It to the smokehouse I | ^ ! H at J DtfLftTO* - ^ PL.AN or 8MOKEHOU8B. Is ten Inch glazed tile, with an elbow at each end. Over the end of the pipe in the floor of the house is a deflector, a flat square stone laid on four pieces of brick, which c&usos the smoke to All all parts of the house. This arrangement Is much superior to the old plan of building a Are in the smokehouse, as it supplies cool smoke and does away with the danger of fire, aays Rural New Yorker. For*?t Fires. ' Iu many localities there still exists an Idea that banking over the forest floor Is not Injurious, but even beneficial. It Is dllBcult to imagine upon what basis this idea rests, for certainly anything which will destroy !i> .>i-i?ui by farmers or me'.'lleil b laborers. must be foainl. Mm! ly va tor soon silts <;;? muddy ditcher. but 'v where water i - ? ear. as from w.T.s or lkr IV reservoirs, seepage losses are likely to -? be permanent. aail some sort of .in: r; ? to stop (his becomes an important u.at- iT ter. >' Southern California alTonis one of the great tiehls for study lug :r: Ig i tion. 1$. A. Ktchevorry of the S... university, tracing the progress lhere. says thai canals were lirst paved v. i t river bowlders or cobblestones. This ?? paving was then lint.roved upon by paving and cementing. I'lasioi ing with cement mortar from one-half to one Ni,,> Ineh thick .".iul the use of concrete fot ri \i | linings iron- three to . i>: inches I wore introduced afterward. The use ) l; V of steel or cement pipes has become mueli in favor In southern California. MWhere the volume of water to ills!rile ute is not large they have to a great extent replaced the smaller open ditch. The advantage of lining a canal is T not alone the decrease in seepage. Otlier factors should lie considered. First. ' the prevention of growth of vegetation , ' is an important item and is quite an expense when iu most cases the ditch or lateral must lie cleaned out several 'tec times during an Irrigation season; sec- soil ond, the resistance to scouring, on which depends tlie velocity which the t water can he given, and. third, the of > prevention of squirrels and gophers 1 from burrowing Into the hanks and p;i. bottoms of ditches. j The cement mortar lining is reported by Professor Eteheverry to lie probably used more extensively In southern " California than all the other ineth- yy TIN LI NED CA.NAL [Showlnc vegetation.] ods combined. It has proved very efliclent, and Its cost is small. The Jurupa canal, in the vicinity of Itlver- , aide, ns shown in the cut, is lined In this manner, the lining, however, being only one quarter to one-half inch thick. Thin plaster lining is subject to rupture from burrowing animals and from storm water wushing out some of the back filling. It is proDahle that this kind of lining would not resist the climate of a country subject to very cold weather. Heavy road oil lias been experiment ed with and found very effective in preventing growth of aquatic plants. Puddling with ciny Is suld to l>e a good preventive of seepage, but it does s not hinder vegetation. ^ 8oil Sterilization. The results of tests at the Vermont A experiment station show that soil ster- NTR(I?R j inniiif iv ga |im r K '.i.Hiia wTi i? w~ timhkiT. and 7.65 a in Him a' iii ? Iv .'{.mi |? in m It !i. Ill a m? in in KaKKOIHI il.ilii a III - It i. Ill |> hi f Iv '.I..VI a in r -{| IA III NIIAI.'Ill M'ii '.I III a III I Iv I |I III r Iv II ii'i a ill I '.'I ?8 AKAHIa 1I..YS a iii ? |v I.IKi |i III t Iv IIMU a ill I :M I'l I'l l('k Kl>ll I'Yima III > "Tv~" 4,iilij. ni - Vv HUH*Hill > :il { IIOPK MII.I>.IU\'T J _JM TRKK PALL llt.Hli II Ml :ir I. Ill II III ar III 411 a III III Sii IIOPE MILLS SOl'TH IOUND, DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Passenger Trains | Local Freight .ItllKKN I" ar l.'ti |i m ar ii.4il |i til ar 4.U0 |l III YITTS K Iv Iv W.<5 pin f Iv .!?p in f l??N Jl N? r H a.' Iv Llllpjf Iv 11.41 ii in r Iv { Ti .{H p 7n h v'TID ieL' ? " ?- ? .......... .. in iv u>i p m f it tt.i.5pm f l? 345 p ni f HKKI.ANli s 3? If5-5pm I Iv Hjnpm? Iv i:?> p in f lv 3.15 p in :KOItl? 7 ill Iv 14.45 p in > lv 5.55j III s rir I. |> in s< :n\l(i?iril ill i5 Iv I3.ii i- m I l\ .viiipuif lv uSpmT . 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