Gleanings Here And There

An Iowa Homestead wnter says he has noticed recently that many hay loaders have gone out of use. The own ers used them f or a few years and then abandoned them. He thiuks it is difflcult to make the best quality of hay when using the loader. The wheat erop of Nebraska is re ported one of the heaviest in the his tory of the state. Indications are that it will exceed 250, 000, 000 bushels. The grain is sound and in every way eicel lent. Oorn prospects are also fine. Farm Newa says that Kafflr oom has been making steady progresa in Kansas and other parta of the west for severa years. It possesses the advantage that i may be planted very late and yield a full erop before frost in the fall. It also endures the dry weather of August anc September, and in this respect is su perior to corn. The Pingree and the New White Beauty are among well recoinmended new varieties of potato. The Oregon station has found pump kins, on the whole, most satisfactorj hog food.