The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-01
For The Herald Of Freedom.
Hints 10 Farmers.

6tnO 10 = d1hnoAs.
CLINTON, K. T.. Sept "a, 1859.
G. w. BRowN, Esq.-Dear Sir: AS
your columns are always open to any
thing calculated to advance the true in
terests of our Territory, and your paper is
the only one in this county but what will
lie just little, and as agriculture is my
calling, and my highest aspiration is to-
make good farmer Of myself, and hav-'
ing had some experience in that calling, 1
concluded few hints to Others might be
of some benefit.
Those who have not made their sta
bles, sheds and dwellings comfortable,
should attend to it at once, as we shall
soon hear the bleak prairie winds whist
ling around US. Last season the farmers
neglected digging their potatoes till No
vember. Then our cold weather set in,
most of the crop was destroyed, and po-
tatoes in the spring sold for So per bush
ell. See that this does not occur again.
1 hear farmers complaining that we
have raised too much corn; that it will
not command fifteen cents per bushel
Every bushel of my corn is worth fifty
cents per bushel to feed to hogs; but no
every farmer has hogs, or suitable plac'
, for them. Those who have not pure run
ming water and pasture can make it NOR
$ profitable to cultivate wheat, oats, whit
beans, and perhaps castor oil beans. From
what little experience have had in tn
cultivation of castor oil beans, am salts
: fed there is not more profitable crop.
d Our climate and soil is well adapted t
the successful cultivation of hemp, an
the prices paid for it in St. Louis woul
+ make it paying business here. l al
/ satisfied that free labor can compete wit
J. the slave labor of Missouri.
l. Those who expect to raise good croI
ss next season, with little labor, should plo
n. their land this fall, especially for oats an
N gardens.
of In travelling over the country, a
h sorry to see SO few orchards. This shou
m claim the attention of every one. 1t
Ks asserted by some persons, that if eve
~ farmer puts out large orchards, when the
N, begin to bear plentifully there will be
market. Do not be deceived by su,
talk. Look at the great West; think
FIR the population at Pixies Peak-what
n market is thus opened for fruit T
nd next question is, How will your fri
III reach the market T? Plant your orchard
,f and by the time that they come into be'
in ing bountifully, 1 will guarantee railro
I'M to the gold region.
IN. hear some complaint that fruit trt
at. do not grow fast and thrifty. There
for various opinions about the successful C
nd tivation Of an orchard. Having cultivat
,tt two orchards, l will give my experien
Ioe Plow your land in. the fall or winter VI
deep, set your trees in March, with ca
a then manure them well, and the first I
'iy years allow nothing green to grow wit
Oh four feet of the trees hoe deep and
tne en-. The best crop for the orchard
axe white dwarf beans. Some say that
rls much stimulation of the tree, causing
III rapid growth, will render the trees liza
fess to be winter-killed. This is all folly.
no' giving them rapid growth in the sprl
can the wood hardens BY winter, so that
ase frost cannot injure them. By letting tn
struggle along, the August rains will s
lent out tender branches, which the viii
was will be sure to kill.
Sth. A word to those calculating to p
lder orchards in the spring. Be cautious at
its purchasing fruit trees brought from
for East. Out Of twenty brought from \
are York, which purchased, only six li'
G. and they look as if they were afraiC
rev take a start. Out of 800 bought of I
& Brother, only three died, and l tt
the moles eat the roots Of those. l We
end recommend Ham & Brothers nursery
the the best place to buy choice fruit tt
raid The manner in which they take up
arge trees is sure guarantee that they
men live. They are, also, responsible men
ifeS Those who have young orchards she
'Ou' be sure to protect them from the rab
no with long straw wound tight around th
from the ground up two feet.
g. A FARMEI