THE DIVERSIFIED FARM. 



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ing as it does to a greater or less extent to our phys- 

 ical condition) will not be affected thereby? 



An examination of the tables given in the bulletin 

 gives the reader the idea that more actual nutriment 

 in the shape of muscle and tissue-forming materials, 

 as well as the heat-producing materials (with one ex- 

 ception salt pork), can be purchased for 25 cents in 

 the open market than by buying any of the three 

 "F's" fish, flesh and fowl. 



" A stated diet, as it is well known, 

 Of Physic is the strongest corner stone, 

 By means of which if you can naught impart 

 Relief, or cure, vain is your healing art." 



Daily dietaries are given for those who wish to try 

 "the balanced human ration, 1 ' but we regretfully note 

 the absence of fruits in these tables. Let us hope, 

 however, that no irrigation farmer's table is not lib- 

 erally supplied with all fruits in their season, and 

 that he needs "No spice but hunger; no stimulant but 

 exercise." 



Yield of One Acre. An acre of land is 4,840 

 yards, or 43,560 square feet. The growing of trees 

 on an acre requires little capital, skill or labor, but a 

 great deal of patience, and on the average yields re- 

 sults of $2.25 per annum. 



It is estimated that in New York state an acre will 

 give the following net returns: 



Rye, 88.50; oats, $11; wheat, 815; barley, 817.50; 

 corn, 818; peas, 867; sweet potatoes, 875; spinach, 

 880; watermelons, 881; grapes, 8122; muskmelons, 

 8158; asparagus, 8183; currants, 8120; cabbage, 8133; 

 beets, 8150; peaches, 8150; strawberries, 8150; toma- 

 toes, 8165; celery, 8214. 



Of course the results for such crops will vary ac- 

 cording to the adaptability of the land, nearness to 

 market, etc. 



Taking the average width of a railroad bed at ten 

 feet, 4,356 linear feet of track would be an acre. This 

 is more than four-fifths of a mile of track. The 

 Pennsylvania railroad system earns 815,000 per mile 

 net, or 812,500 per acre. An acre of land in the cen- 

 ter of large cities is still larger, however. The New 

 York Sun estimates the annual revenue from an acre 

 of land in the first ward of the city of New York, on 

 a 5 per cent, basis, at 850,000. 



Planting Unripe Seeds. Southern farmers 

 have found that they secured a larger crop of 

 (tubers) Irish potatoes for their fall crop, when they 

 used the unripe potatoes grown in the spring as 

 seed. The same thing has also been found true with 

 tomatoes. 



The Indiana experiment station, after a series of 

 experimenis with tomato seeds, finds that "the prin- 

 cipal deviations arising from the use of immature 

 seeds are: 



1st. A loss of vigor, shown in the smaller per cent- 

 age of germinations, weakness of the seedlings and 

 greater number of the plants which die before ma- 

 turity. 



2d. Failure to recover lost vigor, although the 

 plants may, and usually do, produce an abundant 

 harvest, and one acceptable to the cultivator. 



3d. The increase of reproductive parts in propor- 

 tion to the vegetative parts, resulting in a greaternum- 

 ber of fruits and seeds (although individually small- 

 er), and more rapid ripening than in similar plants 

 from mature seeds." 



Eucalyptus. The Eucalyptus tree is often rec- 

 ommended as valuable for planting in marshy dis- 

 tricts, on account of the hygienic effect in regard to 

 malaria. Experiments seem to point that this effect 

 is probably due to the abundant roots drying the soil, 

 rather than to exhalations from the tree. 



A Fine Apple. One of the finest apples grown 

 is the yellow Newtown, and that it is favored abroad 

 was shown recently when this variety was quoted in 

 England at 45 shillings per barrel, while Baldwins 

 were quoted at 26 shillings. As to the Ben Davis, it 

 is not to be compared with the various varieties o c 

 pippins, the Spitzenburg or the Baldwin; its main 

 drawback is that it is pulpy and flavored on the order 

 of a turnip. The blue paramin is too weak in the 

 stem for a country liable to much wind. 



Protection from Frost. A new wrinkle, the 

 protection of tender vegetation from the danger of 

 the late spring frost, has been tried by a man in On- 

 tario. He describes his scheme as follows: "When 

 threatened with a heavy frost at night I set my spray 

 nozzles so as to cover as large a space as possible, 

 and turned on the water. It ran all night and in the 

 morning there was ice in the paths, but not a particle 

 of even the most tender vegetation was touched. 

 This plan will keep off the spring frosts, which are 

 very destructive in some places. Where one has 

 waterworks to draw on the season can be extended 

 almost six weeks, for there is seldom more than one 

 bad frost at a time, and that can be defeated by 

 spraying." Another man in Western Colorado says 

 that he keeps off the spring frosts by turning on the 

 water in the ditch and flooding as much of his orch- 

 ard between the rows as he can conveniently cover, 

 following the irrigation with light surface tillage to 

 keep the moisture in the ground. Exchange. 



The Stages of Chicken Life. The time of in- 

 cubation is, lor hens, 21 days; for ducks, the Mus- 

 covy excepted, 28 days; turkeys, 28 days; Muscovy, 

 30 to 35 days ; geese, 30 to 35 days. In this climate, 

 however, when perfectly fresh eggs are set, say eggs 

 within a week old, they hatch within a day earlier of 

 the ordinary time. And sometimes, when mixed eggs 

 are used, two days longer are invariably needed for 

 incubation. Those that take the longer time are sel- 

 dom as robust as could be desired. 



Sugar Beets- The average yield of sugar beets 

 in Colorado when grown by irrigation and culti- 

 vated in the right way may be placed at twenty-five 

 tons to the acre, and the cost of production can be 

 generally estimated at 830 an acre, although the work 

 has been done in Nebraska at much less than this. 

 The sugar manufacturers at Lehi, Utah, say that 

 sugar making cannot be made a success in any coun- 

 try until farmers learn how to grow the beets, and 

 this learning will require three years of actual exper- 

 ience. This being the case, the farmers of Colorado 

 ought to begin beet culture at once and make'a prac- 

 tical study of the business, for within three years we 

 are more than likely to get a factory well under way 

 somewhere in the State. 



Wide Tires. The following wide tire test was 

 made at the Ohio State University. An ordinary 

 wagon with a new 3-inch tire was loaded with two 



