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A Six Ye*r Rotation. n p. W. Brawley, Mooresville, O., asks a criticNtn of the follow ing six year rotation, corn, smal grain, red clover, wjieak cottoi cotton. I'eas to*l)e sown in cor at last working, and fhe cor stubble and pea vines turned fc the grain and clever. Then n soon as the grain crop is oil' mule the cloVer if possible. Next yea cut the clover and pasture elos till August, and then turn an prepare for wheat, on which us fertilizers. Sow peas on the lan< well fertilized, after the wheat cut, to be mown for hay. Folio with cotton, and repeat the cottc the following year, and at la working that vear sow crimen q Mr among the cotton. (J Mu haul iliirim* the \Vint?r a manure made for the coi crop the foliowing year. Shoul nee about 200 pounds of fertilizt the first year&on corn and pea not less than 400 poundfi on sina grain and red clover, .'100 pounc on wheat after clover, and * least 400 pounds of the peas fo lowing wheat, and from 100 t 400 pounds on the cotton crop This is a fairly good rotation, hi a longer one than is good foryoi You can bring up the land fast? in a shorter rotation, and do with far less ?.f the commerci; fertilizers than you propose t use. True farming i< the get tin of increasing crops at the lowe> margin of cost while keeping tli land improving in capacity fr reproduction. If you turn crin son clover aim all the manor made from the feeding of tli clover and peavme hay and th corn fodder, there is no need f< the 200 pounds of fertilizer. An if the forage is fed properly th manure should soon he enough : cover the corn field 1111 a tnod< rate coat. To the <'.11 or oa! following the com 1 peas thor will be a profit in using the 4(1 pounds if it he ni -rely arid phoi .. 1 _ . I .1 .4- I < . puaiu Hiiij pmuMi. UIK; n i?i pounds of tli.* s.tni" are applied t the wheat after .-lover there \vi be no need for more on the pes following the wheat if von inten to.apply fertilizer to the oottoi But. if you appsv 400 pounds ? phosphate am! potash to the pe; there will he n ? need for appling anything except tlie cottc seed of the previ us year's or< to the cotton. I'hen we won lop off that second cotton on *nd get back at once to the crin ton clover and the ? .rn cro Following the rotation rarelul you will s<>.( liod, as o',i. i . z nnu twit ! ' r ; rum von t> 'i.tind, that ilivT" m ?r m ! n the small ?rr ; i< . , .: lean than th'-r - in cotton i* tents per pnin i ( )ne in ii4i|frnrn yon Mn- vn^r. < i /I;j M- would 1)1)1 lii/i!ce ' * system over ?o,e-t!iir?; per acre of . n ten, ru Is of nil's p'-r nc .11. wo tons p\-r set e o| < > . ?'I'ffs was on ) ic; it ei ns I tie poil vi IM . i ortti $ID o i ii " ,1 e oats 11 Iliofr i *i ! y for ii? per I.,r?Tj #1,000 \%t ' pr ?. a if I'*,! 'lit ! n ; toil >.r I. ave.$2.y), j 1,1 J,>.a ore to hi;-1'- 11 '; ?n en et the Jpl,0H0 ' I.... i.. M... S. f ? -I ! 'ol'k for tho , . i ! i (M'OpS. fI i II , a.ive tin* n.ii mi i'u ( / .111 I us" voor f'?rs i /. *V : i \ ?,< \ c i * * . \'t ?"i if owr m T. Af > tilizers directly on five-cent cot-1 ton. Get all you can out of thej I. fertilizers through the peas, and '- depend on them for the cotton, II nnd then no matter how big a i, crop of cotton, do not be tempted n to repeat it on the land. 11 j Clover. >r ' 0. E. Histt, Dublin. Ind. "Have' IS j i a ten-acre-lot of clay land that I 1 1 wish to get in clover but it does! i not do well with another crop. U 1 I j i Hence 1 propose to get the land j in good order and drill clover in: j ! the Spring without any grain . * crop. IIow much seed should is he sown per acre ? Have been j advised bv a fertilizer (irtn to use| in 4 , 500 pounds of a fertilizer contain- i ing 0 per c.-nt. available phos( phoric acid and 11 per cent, pot? ash. Do you think that suitable? i When and how would be the very " best way to apply the fertilizer?" In the lirst place we do not bei ; lievo that any one has anv such II j mixture as a fertilizer with hut I J 0 per cent, phosphoric acid and ! 11 per cent, potash. Fertilizer I men usually put it far more the other way, and in fact the percentage of phosphoric acid should he ^ j as high, or a little higher than I that of the potash. Fourteen per * I cent, of potash is too much for . jany crop. The best fertilizer will .'he a mixture of 1,000 pounds of acid phosphate and 100 pounds of j muriate of potash to make a ton.! ~ I This will give you 10 per cent, ol j potash, which is the greatest' 'abundance, and a little over 10 j per cent, of phosphoric acid, pro-} I vided the acid account is not less I than 10 per cent. < )f this mixture | j we would apply to the land this! 'i> i11 lit.. >. _ _ ! r:in too poumis per acre. l oil | | need not bo afraid of losing 11.1 ! h will ho in a far better state to help the clover than if applied in j the Spring. In seeding the cloj Ver. use |f> per pounds per acre if I I the clover is'alone. Some of my friends used to laugh at nut foi \ I using <o much clover seed, and! would argue learnedly about the HI ! great number of seed in a pound, j ^ Hut I found that 1 never failed I ' in have a heavy close stand, while | j they had a thin one, and I had hay enough to pay for a hundred; " tunes the excess of seed.? W. F. M assky, in Practical Farmer. Three Doctors in Consultation. to ip ' l-'rwin 1 j.vmi 11 l-'ntnklin. I,j \\ i.i u v<?i u sirk,wlitit yen. iiiip lirst i> to I in riino ii ii.i ;t tiii'illcint- iii Hu? ilr^t j?l;*? # . 'I' j v.: ii i|i i'i ih'" irlls you Is to in1 iliiMen [j t i. .s j>; hi- wh.i: ri-inon 11 ? Th'-oryi S.k'.s In--. 1 to III- rhiiHl-n 111 Mil* l;i-t IlilU'i' ! Il'.i i* .i.-i I It IM I.INATHIN 11It. I'.X |v p. '.II I I V -N l.i llltM .1 |-<ll|VI|lt.lt I.I *, ii. tip . a.. vi" you Up iu->t iiitvicp ' j ii..i' t'uii l.i u \V lifii ' tin have a I > ; (1 cold I >r. Inri: :iii t ii n a 1111 ] 11 recommend < ' i im?>eriaiu,< t 'oiinh Remedy lie It ;?!' ;?- 11?I and safe t<> i I>r. Iv;[i-'i'ii'iHT Would r?> i emend it tifpti ii in* v r fails t<> M : ? dv 'j ml permanent I ) . I i - .ii won I I r.'roin if I.i'i'.m ii-.* it i< prepared on . .t ti pi imp;pics, iud a*d < t?n dan fi 11 !? v i ii ^ t If i? i> ai tIi.* -< p "i*I ionst in] : ? i.-'n '(, * '.f'-ti; 1 ' natural . n : ii r >.? 1111' : i- or - a !o . M i ; A- <'??. n i !'?. <; I! 11vI; -V ( . \ ?v k s I a; i ' up . i . ! 1 \ ri'iirli ' ri* -' i ?! 1 < ! I! < I >!?7 . . :*':i?'f?>! !? <! ! Ii;1 t\. * t. . Ih' y?-i?r ?? ???' "lit J-lir HMf.j k i. I) l ;f Ml I r |j;; || | II" I I- i ? .< \ ill r.'iiilu- 111" ; i.lljt * '< L ' ri?).'..!< < ( \ " 1 i .i l - i": 11 > fr "a ?>n -n-re o w t<?:i: nl'iiia and , \ < in tin* tii|v|| (tvx f.j,. II" , ic - \ > !v il ex|i"r111 *i 's cmi-11 niie ii, I'H^ up t>? etaiioiiji. \ i Road Dust in Hen Manure. The ?ubjeot of the proper keepins and use of hen manure is always a timely one for the Gardner. One of my friends asks me about the value of road dust for use in the hen house, especially under the roosts. Some wouldauthoritv recently warned against the use of this material for any such purpose, claiming that if! would rather aid in, than hinder.' the escape of ammonia. 1 was! curious to know what Dr. Van Sly he, the chemist of the NewYork State Experiment Station | hrd to say about this. He writes me that "lioad dust undoubtedly j has absorbent properties. Its absorbent power for gases, like ammonia, would undoubtedly be mi- i creased by the presen-ro of some 1 moisture." INow, 1 am well aware j that l)r Van Slyke is no poultry man. Neither had the other man (of pretended authority )any practical knowledge of the farmer's needs in such cases. The trouble m our poultry houses, where the accumulations are not taken out every day, is that there is too much moisture rather than, not enough. Where wt use no dry absorbents the stulV is in j clined to become soggy, and bake together in chunks, and then we have trouble in getiing this strong ' manure again finely divided and well incorporated with the soil. All dilliculty is avoided when we use road dust, or other dry absor- . bent, freely on the lloor and 11:1 ; der the rousts. The moisture in; the droppings is taken up; thei droppings themselves well mixed with ttie dry absorbent, and tliej result a mass of moist (but not; wet) compost that can be nicely j <iiivi rvrm v ppienti uv rr wit* ground, ai.d *?\ 111 get mixed all 1 through, ami give us tin* best * results in vegatable.s of anv ma 1 i nuro we can use. My tilan is to i put the road dust over the hen house lloor to the depth of six! inches, more or less with dry leaves on top, and then leave this 1 material for the liens to scratch in, almost all Winter. Some of j the dry stull is thrown under the j roosts and removed again with * the droppings from time to time, to he either directly applied to \{ the land, or put in a heap under J some shed until Spring. Mrs. Patterson. 1 h<* North . i U...... I I..-..i.i -.1 sM i...: i x 1111111 i \ -1 ?11?<, *?i >n> >. ! " One ol t he most heroic woiucii . <>t <'h111a is Mrs. II ? Patterson, Ml)., n! t lie Soiifliern I'realty lerian .Misoion. Snchieii, .North Kiaiejsti. Kiirhtv miles from any 'j other foreign lady. hers/df ami j huhv exposed daily to the latiiiii" lever while her hushaml was away helpinir the starving tlioii ^ s.ali'P, vhe h:i> ill VI i ll<* tlionihs had S.IMIII patient?, and e\peot?. to remain at her po-t dnriiiL' I lie ^ Ilea I ed I? CI 1. II! i 11 i st er i 111* 'o the ] siel. and siill'erin^." 1 i .Mr-. I' t tet -on. i m ? Mm-Annie i h'owland 11 at Hi on ?. I s the dnm.di j t I* o| t lie I {e V. I' Iv Hon- Ion, o| A tn-lerd am. \ a. 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