Farm Notes

Three essentials for successftil wheat 'rowing are good drainage, good tillage j,nl good Reed. Alfalfa ió Raid to have proved a snrirising succcsti upon the sandy soil of ;oth central Kansas wherever tried. Three erops the first year and good hog ;asture all winter were not uncominon ■esults. The Oregon experiment station reort mentions beal as one of five of the est varieties of white wheat-, which ïave been grown on the experimental Tounds for two succeeding years. One noted wheat grower says that for wheat he wants the ground fine and firni, nd that there is little or no danger of ïaving the ground too firra. According to a Connecticut station nalysis, a sample of fresh hen manure ontained nitrogen 0.56, phosphoric acid .35, potash 0.36.