News And Notes

   The Palmetto asparagus seems to resist rust better than many other popular varieties.

   It is expected that the apple crop of England will be short, owing in part to the prevalence of insect pests.

   Bush cutting is now in order. Cut the underbrush close to the ground and heat and drought will do the rest.

    Thrashing in some sections is proving the winter wheat crop lighter than was expected. Reductions from the big crops anticipated are reported from Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

    Mammoth white winter rye is receiving commendation for the excellence of the straw as well as the fine quality of the grain.

    The various unfavorable conditions that have surrounded the corn crop from the start make it safe, in the opinion of Orange Judd Farmer, to assume that the total yield will fall materially below that of last year.

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   Why isn't a wife the better half when she's always getting the best of the other half?