The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-04-07

the acre. Three to four tons Of common millet can b.
produced to the acre, Ana as u country in the world can
prodaee finer or larger ..:urneps, beets, rutabsgas, car
rots or cabbages.. Hs s. s,o1 yHo s.ssa..y g4za
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Spring tho busy season for the farmer has como, and
on every hand hustle and activity are mingled with
shouts Of rejoicing at the coming OF 20 welcome a guast.
In truth all classes Of people have cause for graduation,
not only that Providence has favored them With q r..
markedly mild winter, but that spring has dawned upon
them SO much earlier than usual. And 1ho let me ak
has greater cause to rejoice and be glad than the bus.
bandman, and with an unyielding confidence in the
promise made by the Ruler of the universe that seed
time and harvest shall continue until the end Of time
he prosecutes his labors with cheerfalness, committing
the seed to the earth, which produces FIRST the blade,
then the car, after that the full corn in the ear
T presume that all, or nearly I'LL, of the farmers in
this county have formed their plans for the coming sea.
son what particular piece Of ground is designed for
the different kinds Of grain, how many acres are to be
sown or planted with each, the quantity required per
acre, &C., &c. If this has not been done, it ought to
be attended to immediately, IS there is no time to lose !;
and he who has not q well. digested plan of operations,
loses much valuable time in calculations and miscal.
~culations, when the time for active service has arrived
A general in conducting q war does not depend upon
the e~xigencies Of the case, when he shall have closed
with the enemy, but natures his plans for the coming
campaign, while the leisure of the camp gives him am
pie time to do 80. So the farmer while the winter sea.
son gives him leisure, he ought to make AL necessary
arrangements for the tillagc Of his farm. d bu4 .aroq y
In making these arrangements it will be. we'll to bear
in mind that the samekind Of grain does not do we'll
If sown the second time on the same ground, unless
the substance drawn from thss ssas III Va. Y4~ekktijxtlar
grain is returned to it again BY means Of some fertiliz-
ing agent. 1t is we'll known that wheat absorbs diff
ferent element in its production from oats, or o~atsftSou
corn, SC. Hence the utility Of = system # rotatipp in
crops. This is a branch Of husbandry much talked Of
but little ~praoticed, At least in this section of country,
I have known farmersno ahundred milss fouaslerS,
to SOW wheat three seasons on the same groundrwithout4
msnuring, (do not stare when I speak Of manure, no
manure would do it good,) and the result was an In
ferior quality Of grain. I was taught from uysearliest
recollections that wheat would not do we'll after oats,
but I know that to be all moonshine, as I raised forty
bushels Of wheat per acre last year on land that had
grown oats the year previous. Another thing they
fold fogies9 used to tell NE when / FIRST began farming,
never SOW spring wheat until tho dust follows tho har.
row. Now experience has taught me thst the sooner
| can get wheat into the ground the better, no matter
whether the dust flies or not, if the, frost is ont Of the
ground to allow Of sufficient earth to cover the seed,
then is the time to SOW wheat. With oats it il differ
ent, some seasons early sowed oats do best, and rice
ve7sa. ~ s,...f - e-ss~s,E us> vr b-a1gesa rs
In preparing land for the seed, I notice son,eeof my /
~neighbors have q practice Of narrowing the ground BE-
fore sowing the seed. Now this look upon as not
only labor lost, bst by doing :yhish Tie chances dakorh :,
good crop, especially in . dry season are materially
diminished. BY narrowing the ground before sowing
all cavities are filed up and the surface becomessmootb
and even, and the grain does not get covered as deeply
as it ought to be whereas if sown without being first
narrowed, the grain gets more depth Of earth and con-
sequently can stand the drouth better. It would Be-
better still to pillow the grain in, and then roll it down
fat with q heavy roller. BY this means I think the
soil around the roots Of the grain would keep moist
much longer than by the usual way. 'a' 90 ao g7essesiai
Before embarking in any, enterprise it Is ens tomarys
to inquire, in common ~parlsnee; will il qay; when I'VE
are satisfied on this head, we drive on. . A tcursory
glance At the following statement, viii give the reader
some idea Is to whether farming pcys IN Mihnesots,
and what kind Of grain pays best E., 49, ~, s51 !, .s ;s,, s
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