The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-11-05

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Science m Farming.
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'"'"H' i"ey nave an eye open 10 'ne stocF
and good crops, as well as comfortable houses
and good fences The following are .or-e rotes
or an oJlro.o J,,Iivo,ol =, ho o.. r..,.,u
N''' =" VI, S'''" oou",y
(L"hs i-'ahn) Agricultural fh'r' and will be
found itterestne to farmers evetyvhere:
Pref Mapes delivered plain. nractical st
dres. in the large tent which had been 6rted II,
for the show Of it,its vegetables and monpfac.
,ured articles, toa perfect lam Of peonle The
following sketch compris.s some of The le,dng
,f1.,s Of his fernatts lie alluJet IN the f,c, n,
his school days having been in the village of
Homestead 35 wears nro. He snoke in biyh
crms Of one Of the greatest men of Onecns
County. Rufus King. al.o of VIM Cohhe,, ubo
lived here at the time the rrot.ssor disJ md 81
his Introduction Of the ru,abaoa and tho groa,
vaIr, Of the turnin crop f,eners7Iv This so,i bo
va. once Great wheat county That has f,;,od
by removal Of nLosnb,,e of lima s.J ,o,,sb
and il must he renlaceI m rsnJsr tho soi or,a;,,
FERTILE lie sajd | am no. fIeo-istT am a
nracricol far,ne, This county nro,,,co. 80 Goa
Geo worth NJ oyrI,p,.pr,i ,,n,Inc,s Saran.
eighth Of the American neonle ore d;r.ctly do.
pendent upou agriculture The cor, cfo,, n ,Ii,
wear s worrh 81 ooo non I,nnrovon,dn, ,,,,
would increase crop. one ner cent ia vort,, moro
than all the sales Of public londs Congress
gives nothing 10 improve ap,iccl,prs-uncb IN
make death MISUNDERSTANDING to the pow
. 0p, oh 10
duct one per cent Think what a sum that
would be on corn alone The Importance offairs
is misunderstood They teach others what i'm.
provemenis are taking place in the world High
farming is not ornamental farming--it is deep
plowIng, and increased manuriGg This is v hat
pays the greatest profit.
The analysis of soils and crots teaches us what
the land needs. Who ever heard of crop suf.
fering from drouth in field well drained and
sub'soiled, say two feet deepi The atmos phere
gives out its moisture in subsoiled land, aud
keeps the crops growing. Look at such land
and see the results, compared with shallow
blowing Many men have a-oe,ter farm under
the one they plow than that on the suriace--
Oats never lodge on land where they can get
soluble sliex to make strong straw. They can.
not get.it in the shallow plowed land that has
been long in use. Two dollars nm acre will give
him plenty ol soluble slley No matter what
the subsoiI is It will be benefited If it dry by
snhsoiling Hill'ors are benefited by subeol.
ing and draining for 1t lets IN the air, 1t
pases crops earlier and thus tliey escape the
frrst Such soil as Queen. county, though not
hcneti''er - muck ne hard pan land, is s'il sus
crptlhlr ( gren, improvement The most grav
,lly is h.urfi,cd. A suh..s'led mellow never
runs cut There is nof,n oidecpp plowing grav.
el, land: manurcs do no leach downward that
notion - f,lsrv 10 prove il, dig in yorr barn
ward, and YOU will find it has not made III. hard
snb.s soil rrrh. Root crops are not appropriated
AZ they .hould be; cattle may be fattened on
root. rhcappr than you can feed them on hay in
the winter; one bushel Of carrots fed with oats.
are worth more than oats for horses. You can
raise a thousand bushels Of carrots to the acre,
worth so cents bushel for feed, Carrots are
equal for cows in winter TO clover in Nav
| see vou keep your manure in open wards,
exposed to all the storms. lust a. vorr fathers
did VIII, do YOU not decompose your swamp
heons .,,rld oiuavs to Lon, n,o;,, T,n .p';s :;
No nosd n trr,n, !, o,sr - ,,o,, m.a, :, So
r,enr,cs r,orre vonr o,,sr,;on Ma, ~
al, n, ,ho wo,, os O s;n,,a ;nr,oI;n..
rnso cbI,r;ne and ,oda ore lach;S,, ,Lo,.o @
inod, o. bo,r ,.orJ manure ,ro,il ro, s,.n;aL ~
murb ns ,h,ee hrshsIs of sa,, Ia aa;I ,Lo
Uem,,sol rIair ,.rIs r,;,b, ha ,,,Ja
as anv mart Of ,he Island b,ve r"nos,,oJ 'j
worse land and made !, rro6,ahIs uiIa ;o,'
nrovi,r !; How con nj. io,rn os. ~ la, ~,
/, Ooo ocros of s,cb land Iy,r,, ;dI,, IN
furnish Won tho materials 10 in,r,ose ar ~
acre and nrove to Won Inn, ,Ls whni, :. rr,t'
mo,ev epopyb IN edrca,s ovor, oITL ;n H.
town E-ov.r T, Ia fooi;,h onj ,.;.i', u" ~,
tbis land Is waste I, veil, r-on, a1a;, $50 w ,s'
bIss and frnit II was oncs ,hor',h, ,h,, t.,,;,
could aot he grown here VIZ, / wos s,hoai
boy here, thirty fve years ago, all the fruit trees
IN town were 'hree very sour cherry trees, in
front o' Minister Harts parsonage Now you
nave abundance oi hltt, proving That your soil
Is capable oterowng It, Look at that now ex.
h'oIted before n' To Keep trees healthy take
sal SOFA ana neat one pornd red not, and dis
solve IN one gallon OF water and wash the holes
oi trees ~ VIII clear, them oi all fungi and in.
sects, Mulch your trees and give pears plenty
~ water. Your vegetables show hybrids
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