The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-25
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.
when to Sell Wheat.

A writer in the Trairie Farmer present,
some excellent suggestions to the farmers O
the West as to the time when they should sci
their wheat, and urges against undue haste
to sell, thus:
1--WE are mo prophet nor the son of q
prophet, but II We can rely in any fair de
gree upon the statistics from the department,
at Washington, we have at best only pros
pect of sevenstenths of an average crop
We need no foreign war to keep up prices
immigration and the south, as well as the
east, will want all Cur surplus do not force
it on the market, or hazard it by untimely
landings but take it calmly while the mer-
curry ranges above 80 degrees in the shade, OF
while the dog star reigns. Put up every night
what has been cut that day; cut in season, let
it cure well, stack it and let it sweat four
weeks. You will be astonished al the i'm
proyement of your wheat it will weigh more,
look better, and sell for more in consequence.
1T is no unusual thing that the elevators
decline to receive new wheat in great quans
titles, for fear of its heating, WAeat must
and will sweat, even in the -four made from
new wheat. sWe say again, don't run any
unnecessary risk. But if you will thresh
from the shock, and have good granary, add
new dry brick to every eight bushels of
wheat. A good brick will absorb two and a
half pounds of water, and assist in keeping
your wheat from spelling.
1T is next to impossible to keep new oats
from heating when piled in any quantity in Q
granary The comparatively low prices offer
no inducement, SO you had better-not tbresh
them until late in the fall or after cold weath,
err. Your humble servant may be mistaken
as TO the market, but be assured he is study
ing your best interest"
GREEN Corn FOR WINTER-Plant corn in
the latter half of July, giving it the usual
care. About the time for early frost the corn
will be suitable for table use, when it should
be cut aud shocked in the field When the
corn is needed for the table, open the shock.
1t is said that this will furnish green corn in
perfection.
GRAHAM BREAD.-To make excellent Ora
ham bread, sift the flour aud mix it with cold
water or butter with sweet milk, as thick as
you can stir readily, Drop into small pans
until about half fun and bake in a quick ov-
en-. Use no salt, for it makes it heavy. If
the crusts are too hard, dip them in cold wa
ter when you take from the oven.
SorLISG Cows.-Few farmers get into the
way OF soiling cows, except those to whom it
is very important thing TO keep up the sup>
ply of milk, as when it is furnished to city
customers, who will be lost for the season If
they cannot have their regular quantity every
day, or when the milk is taken to a cheese
factory, and the farmers income bears direct
relation to the number of pounds Of milk he
furnishes. 1t will pay to cut the best grass
on the farm 10 feed green rather than to have
the milk TO fall off so much as not to regain
its full flow whea the dry spell ispast. Corn,
oats, sorghum and millet may be sowed any
time, and will make either pasturage or green
fodder. Turnips sowed thick, rape seed al
so, or seed Of aoy of the turnip or cabbage
family, will make green forage in very short
time. When cut and fed, green should al
ways be suffered to wilt considerably, as it
loses water rapidly, saves weight in carting
from the field, and is better masticated and
digested.