Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1855-05-03

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VI The season iiof blowing lias'ak aat,ar
rived, and fsw WEEKS hence ioar 6sld,
viii bs dressed IA Al Il The bright green d
spming crops, I. Now ~ hays been 'cul.
tivating the soil Of old Benton County
sAsor Ave years, and have noticed particu-
s larry how others in the county have
plowed, plantcd and harvested their
fields. We have seen, too, the results
Of practical farming sr;ihout theory. and
we have also seen the results where
they were scombined--and we have q
few words Of advice for brother farmers,
which, if they will follow, viii do no
harm, and undoubtedly much bepe6t
will follow. ...s. u
In the first place, haul on to your
fields every particle Of manure that has
collected around the barns and bowels,
spread It well, then pillow the land thor
oughly sec to this work yourself ];
don't trust too much to hired men; they
are not always good judges Of plowing:
let your piow 20 down at least ihy2e
snches deeper thar the land has ever
been plowed before don't be afraid Of
turning up the sand, let it come up; let
the ground be 50 stirred up below that
the roots can have chance to 8 spread
themselves" and the top root chance
to get down to drink" The argu-
ment, that manure on our sandy soil
will all leach through, and not benefit
the crop, is all baby talk, and ifany man
of common sense, who ever reads a
dozen papers in the course of the year,
will say that manure does no good be-
cause it teaches through our soil, we are
ready to meet him with arguments and
notes from our own experience to show
his error.
Put on the manure and put in the
piow,1 don't skin the surface soil-plow
deep--no danger of your going too
deep with any plow yet made in this
territory. Plow each lot Of land as
you want to use it put in your spring
wheat FIRST; then your Oats Sow two
bushels Of wheat to the acre, and from
two and a half to four Of Oats the
richer the soil the more seed it will bear.
Then pillow and put in the Corn it
wont hurt your crop you plow a couple
of inches deeper for Corn that for Oats
and Wheat, and if it should be a dry
season. ihe drought wont hurt it half so
mad as if you pillow shallow. Perhaps
some of your old fogies don't believe
this because it happens to be in the
newspaper. No matter, we will make
you believe SOME things about cropping
our soil bef re we have talked with you
six months, and we shant be mealy
mouthed in what we have to say either.
Well, plant Corn from the 18th TO the
10th Of May If you have one Of E,n-
sery's Seed Drills, you can plant ten
acres per day, and then leave your
planting as late as the 10Th. As soon
as the corn is up SO you can distinguish
the rows, take first rate cultivator and
60 with it between the rows, deliberate
the weeds and invigorate the corn, and
as often as the weeds show themselves
in any quantity, give them an upseting
with the cultiyator, until the corn gets
up high enough to need nomore hoeing.
A good cultivator, with one man and q
horse, is worth ten men with hoes !;
that is, it will do the work in better
manner and in the same time. In farm
ing, we must aim to d. the largest
amount of profitable work with the least
amount Of physical labor. That's the
object which the improved machinery
accomplishes.
Ifyou want q big cropof big potatoes,
cross pillow that piece Of land you broke
up summer before last, and put in your
seed ,--as,e ground al'0ays for good potq-
toes. 7s 1 ss'
PLows WITH CAsT PoINTs. We have
heard much said regarding the use Of
this kind M pillow Ii our soil: some per-
sons thug they would clog up, others,
that, not having kniie-like edge, they
will not cut the little roots in the sod,
this latter objection Of course applies 10
breaking new lands !; in fact we have
srdynearly every objection raised that
could BE- invented, and consequently we
have sotle ;lnxiety to know more about
the Eagle plJws, manufactured by Rug
les N!.srse. Mason 81 Co =, Boston,