THE DIVERSIFIED FARM. 



and he uses this intelligence to produce 

 the best results. Water is the predomin- 

 ating element in farming in the arid 

 region, and its value will never be less 

 than at present, while its average cost is 

 likely to diminish through the use of im- 

 proved methods for its conservation and 

 distribution. 



sale, against an average daily consump- 

 tion of 30 cars, leaving the surplus for 

 shipment. 



The Kansas Corn Crop. Secre- 

 tary Coburn of the Kansas Board of Agri- 

 culture has just issued his final crop-re- 

 port for the year. The item of foremost 

 interest is the yield of corn. The secre- 

 tary says: "The yield for this year, with 

 one exception, is greater than in any previ- 

 ous year in the State's history and ranks 

 Kansas one of the four banner corn States 

 of the world. The total prod net is 201,457,- 

 396 bushels, an average yield on the 

 entire area planted (8,394,871 acres) of 

 twenty- four bushels per acre. The aver- 

 age price of corn for the year is given as 

 23 cents per bushel and the price at which 

 it is being sold or contracted (delivered) 

 in the principal corn counties ranges from 

 16 to 21 cents and averages 18 cents. 

 Thirty-three per cent of the crop is re- 

 ported as likely to be disposed of at the 

 latter average by the close of the year. " 



The Broom Corn Crop shows a 

 very large increase in acreage over '94 in 

 Kansas, amounting to more than 50 per 

 cent, while in Illinois a small decrease is 

 apparent. The total acreage of the coun- 

 try is estimated at 200,100 acres, or more 

 than double the area cultivated in '89, as 

 returned by the census. This, taken in 

 conjunction with the average yield per 

 acre, as computed by Orange Judd Farmer, 

 points to a '95 crop of 57,000 tons, com- 

 pared with 19,300 tons in '89. 



Low Priced Potatoes Not in 



years have potatoes sold as low in Chicago, 

 South Water street merchants complain- 

 ing of excessive offerings and a difficulty in 

 clearing up accumulations. In Wisconsin 

 large quantities are being stored in pits, 

 subject to froht damage, and Minnesota 

 and the Dakotas are equally loud in their 

 complaints of a lack of nwket. especially 

 if some distance from railway. Chicago 

 receipts have been as great as 100 oais 

 per day and recently as many a 275 cars, 

 or 130,000 bushels, were on track awaiting 



That New Insecticide "raupen- 

 leim," or German insect lime, is proving 

 wonderfully useful and effective in com- 

 bating a wide variety of insect pests. 

 The main objection to it is the cost, but 

 this has been met by an American imita- 

 tion called" dendrolene " that is much 

 cheaper and apparently quite as effective. 

 The New Jersey experiment station de- 

 serves the credit of introducing and test- 

 ing these new compounds. 



Cow Peas. The fertility of a large 

 peach orchard in Georgia is kept up by 

 sowing cow peas between the rows, and 

 letting large numbers of hogs harvest them 

 in November and December. Peas are a 

 much better feed for young hogs than 

 corn. How difficult it is for us to get 

 away from the belief that corn is the only 

 crop we can grow with success and profit 

 for the hogs! 



Kaffir Corn. The farmers of Okla- 

 homa have been experimenting with the 

 new Kaffir corn, and they are now ready 

 to declare that it will bring more money 

 to the farmers of thellnited States than all 

 of the famous gold mines of the Kaffir 

 country from which it comes. Nebraska, 

 Kansas and other States are also growing 

 it. 



Winter Oats. Letters from experi- 

 ment stations throughout the central 

 West show that winter oats have been 

 tried in but a few localities north of the 

 Ohio; that practically no systematic tests 

 have been made of them in all that region, 

 and that they have been most successful 

 in the extreme Southern portions. 



Beans not Seeds. The question 

 was taken all the way up to the United 

 States Supreme Court, and that, body has 

 decided that beans are not seeds but vege- 

 tables. 



Pumpkins and Turnips, fed with 

 meal, will make a better appetite and 

 guarantee tho^e important streaks of lean 

 and fat which command the best prices. 



