The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-08-20
Hints for the Mouth.

August shifts the farmers work, in the
main, from the harvesting of grain to the
labor Of preparing for another crop. In
one sense the year is ended and a new
one begins. The click of the mowers and
reapers is stilled, and the plowman drives
afield in the dewy morning and turns the
brown furrow over the golden stubble.
The blowing of stubble ground that is in
tended for winter grain, should be done
early in August. Time is needed before
the final working and seeding for weeds to
start, that they may be killed, and it is
beneficial for the soil to be exposed to the
air and rain which pulverize and tighten
it. One thorough blowing Of stubble
ground, with sufficient working on the
surface, is good preparation for fall seed
ing. Plow deep. Of all ordinary farm
crops wheat stands deep blowing best. 1t
is also the most favorable season of the
year, if the condition Of the soil is consid-
cred, for deep working. Manure on the
surface. Observation will teach any
farmer that manure brings in the most
money if applied on or very near the sur
face. PlOw it in deep and you cannot al
ways tell just when the profit comes, and
many good judges aver that it never ap-
pears. No crop pays better for liberal
manuring than wheat, and the fertilizer
should be applied where and when it will
produce the best result to the immediate
crop. Without doubt the position is on
the surface, and the time near the period
of sowing.
,Seed-Varieties Of wheat have become
numerous of late, many are tried and dis
carded when found not to succeed, and
others substituted. One result CT this
practice is q mixture of seed, so that it is
difficult to obtain a sort quite unmixed
Tl,ic oh no ,lo1a
clean, plump seed, whatever the variety
may be. So far as we can learn the Diehl
wheat is growing in favor, the millers like
it; it is early, and mostly escapes the
midge; the straw is stiff and stands well,
and it yields famously. It wants fertile
| soil, and perhaps is rather averse to low,
| wet spots. The Treadwell wheat is very
fine and reliable variety, although the
| quality of the berry is behind that of the
| Diehl. It sells as a red wheat; it is of a
ranker growth and perhaps harder It is
bearded variety, although many heads
are almost destitute of spikes. The straw
and chaf are white. 1t is probably pre-
| ferable to the Diehl for low or exposed
fields on thin soil Ripens about the same
| These are both promising, and compare
lively new varieties, and VIII be extensive
| ly cultivated.
| Clean Up.-A few days are needed after
| the harvest to finish small Jobs of work
and put things to rights generally about
| the farm. Weeds of all descriptions should
| be moved, and fence corners and swaleS
cleaned out. Many a COW might be win
| tered with fodder cleaned from the by
| places of the farm. The harvest tools are
TIC be housed, stubbles raked, and various
| little Improvements completed. Western
farmers are sometimes guilty of leaving
| their machinery unSheltered in the field;
from one summer to another when q straw
roof would cost them but trifle.
Stock require plenty of water. SoWr
corn for soiling is appreciated this month
when the pastures are short and burnt
| Working teams are most comfortable il
cool, roomy stables. Use plaster freely il
the stalls Push along the hogs, as 6
pound of pork costs less than it will il
cold weather.
| JHdef6rGiaS may be cut through we
lands, and muck gathered for manure.
Stacks of grain are usually threshet
early, but if their tops are fiat and there i!
danger of injury from rain, they may BIZ
readily secured, after having settled, by
placing hay or straw on them They art
then safe until winter.
H06d Cr0p8-It is not too late to cult
vate corn and potatoes. Great benefit i
| O1ten Inc result OF late CuIllVaIlon; IL XIII
weeds, and it seems to be the farmers 10
to wage continual warfare with these.
Old 1Nedd0aos should be MANFRED if pos
sible, and the chances of irrigation looked
after.
| Special Crops, as tobacco, hops, flax, &c
require much labor and attention during
this month Preparations for securing
them promptly and in good orde
should be made in time. = Rural Naa
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