The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-03

farming which 1t would be very dlth :
cult to supply. Common millet is in
some respects very much like it,
especially as it may be sown in July,
aud a crop of hay or grain harvested,
and as it also does well upon sandy
soils. Puckwheat is a plant which
makes the most of feW privileges
sort of self-made crop. IF it has to
struggle moderately, it does well. But
if it has all its needs supplied, and
especially if on freshly MANFRED
land, it is very likely to fail. 1t does
not bear fermenting u well at
all, as it runs to tops and the seed
blasts. 1t affords n OF the most
valuable green manure crops to be
used on light leachy lands, for with
100 to $50 pounds of good guano, or 3
to 5 cwt. of bone dust, a heavy crop of
manure may be produced on almost
any soil. When sowed for the grain,
it is not advisable to SOW too early, as
the first flowers are apt t blight 10
hot, dry weather. In cool weather,
reasonably moist, the grain, fills best,
but frost is fatal, tits usual, in order
to avoid extremes, to SOW from the 9th
to the 18th of July, according to lati-
tude. The last of the month being
preferred, where frosts hold off we'll.
It is sown on sod without manure, at
the rate of a bushel to a bushel and-a-
half to the acre. It is best to prepare
the. land we'll by blowing some weeks
beforehand, and narrowing to get a
Uniform surface. We have no idea
how long the plant will continue to
grow and blossom, if frosts hold off.
It is customary to cut, and cure In
small isolated gravel, as o 10 as the
first seeds are ripe, before they will
shell out in handling. The straw is as
good sheep fodder as need be, and the
grain nutritious and fattening.-Amer-
ic1n Agricuhurist.
The amount of turnips which may
be raised upon an acre of good land is
very great. yet other crops may pro-
duce more nutriment, for a very large
proportion of the root is water. New
ertheless, we're the question to be,
| How may the greatest quantity offood
be produced upon an acre utter the first
of July? we should hardly hesitate in
saving. by sowing common turnips in
drills, IA to 20 inches apart, according
to the soil. +" rurnips are always good
to have, but their quick growth and
crop-after taking off potatoes, grain,
onions, or corn, being sowed at the
last hoeing.) etc.,-make them an in.
valuable aid to the farmer in supply
ing deficiencies in either grain, hay,
roots, or, any kind of forage. Super
hosphate of lime is required as a spe-
- n Co.. k.rr~e o-I On " &1ro~ohlry
good soil, 500 pounds will almost in
sure fine crop. Lime, ashes, plaster,
guano, bone dust, are each excellent
before sowing, or scattered broadcast.
when the crop is hoed. Onsward land
it is best to turn under some fresh ma
nure to insure fermentation and quick
err rotting of the sod. Turnips may be
sown at any time in July, and should
be thined to. at least, 6 inches apart.
There are no better varieties than the
C~ow-horn, and purple top Strap Leaf
the former long. the latter fat.
Broadcast sowing gives poor results
compared with drillingin the seed with
a machine.-American Agr1culturist.
WHEAT CROP LAST YEAR.-Tn the
report of the Commissioners of Agri-
culture, we find a table showing the
crop of wheat raised in the different
States during the past year. From
that report we extract the following,
which may be interesting to some of
Jul readers:
Ohio-2,430, $50 acres were sown in
wheat, and produced 10,208,9 54 busk.-
els. valued at $25, 726, 312, averaging
IA is bushels per acre.
Illinois-2, 6,262 acres produced
28,551,421 bushels, valued at $55, 104,-
243. averaging Ii bushels to the acre
Indiana-1,5 A,8 41 acres produced
9,114,562 bushels, valued at SCI $685.
094, averaging 13B bushels per acre.
MicLigan-1,06S, 1872 acres produced
4 ,740639 bushels, valued at $37 $780,
$50. averaging 13B bushels per acre.
WiscoDsin-1,40O $40 acres produc-
ed 20 0 800 bushels, valued at $685.
913,226, averaging 13 Is bushels per
acre.
Iowa-984,5 83 acres produced 15.-
753,324 bushels, valued at S22,369, 718.
averaging Is bushels per acre.