The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-09-17
Agricultural.
From tie 0Atcdgo Press and Tribune.
The farm and Garden.


The farm and Garden
VHen and Hon TO Plan When 10 Pin,
tShaHow-I -ImDo,4ance of Attend;no Stots
and N,,t;onof E,;y.s '''''''
W. uan q, ,o-o
w Asl onDANA' aug. OF Ao2o.
in sne piopIi alu .ilneiy use OF lne
PlO% Pr.,I TVns,ots 'n' W. IA eleleent ol sue
.eso'u- "a ia'iii ""se' ron 'lune 10
'..i, oa1 ;nu." uPO" 'Ni' Su"Jeo'' a"u
NUN ieliiaine " 10 saiu' part oi which
VIC P'oPo'o W say a' 'ii!s 'l'Ie' as IL Is the
proper season 10 say IT, In the horth
part OF tno 9taIe a !arSe amount OF autumn
ploElns Is uon1 IA tue central less ana
!" EsA ~ se.y i,''ie' -.
, tn 'he ~ I'sS PiaS1 eseIy acre ol cuiti-
50 a. 80 a su"e esr o.ei "S euo"
- -, ~ 49, 0n PV0,'''o'
so theI tne stuoDie auu weeds VIII nave
.o:.eu 1elofe .he eronnc freezes up Ihis
:m ."e n'se Ign" :" ou' cieeu' we
Will no' Stop u u'scuss IL, OuI ploceeu 10
say now tne Piowlng should be done.
E'ery iarher VINO mas grown spring wheat
~ V"'S, euo%o 'nv neoesSi'S Vi p!owins
MS iahd IN the lali, ior TWO very lmpor-
tant reasons. one that ne can SOW these
sraiuS oeicle 'ne la9u "ouiu nave peen
~ cohdltioh 70 pow tnus laciiltanng
MS work. IN the next place. II ne has
ti"ue any oosei Va''ois d. an ne mas seer,
tnat tne crops are OF oetter qnahty ana
more aounGane IN qua1tny 'nah tnose
so"n On sprlue piI"eo iaho' nese are
iaO's 81 apparent Vuae ohe heeu NOT enter
into any analysis OF cnem'cal changes OF
son PIuuIceu 1y 'ne ao'l1i VI irosS upon
the iall proved lauu, 10 Sno" TINS result
TOT spring wheat ana oats the iand
shouiu oe proved seven 10 eiSht incnes
ueep, anu oi s'uooie ianu' the pioWiDg
shou,G take place as soon al'er harvest as
possible, SO as 10 prevent an after growth
ol "eeas, ana 10 nave me stuooie wei
iot'ed oeiore winter oats ioiiow wheat
snccassion an m ;s NOT ~, cod fornp;n~ Isstrh % -
ble lond IL rIo,ved Lotto in ~ fau ana
tho wosds baro n,odo thair ,,s,,ol o.o''..L -
of ,bree 70 forr feet bisb in E +ha s.nbhia
and tbo Iord rlowod +hroo 90 forr ;roL =,
dean tbo God ond of ,ho ,vaaJs oro NJ,
covereJ hv tho fnrva,s L,,t ar ga =
scattered ont overtbe rlowed surface and 4
whom Tho ,vbeot IL barro,va5 i, ~ tbo
snrino these seeds hove .bo sarna hanef;, y, saFt
of harrowing and of conrse are ready 70
spring IN with the Grain and 70 choke II
ont or AZ least divide the grornd with IL
when the farmer comnIains of his i'll lnck
or curses the Land % not adanted to these
grains. Now IL he had nlowed early and
deem. the soil would he in the proper con.
dition to rece;ve the seed while the seeds
of the weeds are buried at the bottom Of
deep furrow, where thew would moi
reach the surface until the wheat had
such start that they are smothered out
and by thus giving the grain the full ben
eft of the soil, the crop grows vigorou.
and can better withstand its insect enc.
mics, as well as being more forward, ant
therefore in less danger from rust.
Wban we have a waedv 6eld N r,ow
I NC snIulu Pu' ~Seu nooH upon Tue
der it when tbsv are nlaesd baneath III,
furrow. entirely ont of sigbt. showing. af
ter blowing clean even surface as tboupl
the land had been innocent of weeds
This weed hook il s;mnlv a cnrved nice,
of bar iron two inches vida and three
eightbs of an inch thick fastened to III,
under side of the nlow beam with a com
mon conlter cIasp and nro;acting in
curved line to he omen fnrrow Thi
brings all weeds and eorpstalks howeve
large or abundant under the uuturpin,
furrow. and insures their safe denosit di
rectly beneath il Tins in the case of
corn6eld the rows of corns.alks make
cornstalk drain every fonr feet while i
the weed stubhle the seeds of weeds. in
stead of beino scsttorad ont over The sur
face of the lonS orc ssc,,rolv nlace,
where thew can do No harm Wa bay
plowed under a ~ omnac. ,r grovtb Of weed
six to seven feet b;qb ,slacinc them :
completely ont of the sigbt ,bs. M ON
would haya snsnaetod tSat tha ay;5anc
of previous had cnitn,s was hurled he