Nebraska advertiser., 1868-06-18
ADVERTISING RATES.
NO. SO.

former worth 81 25, the latter 60 cents
per bushel. Our Cass reporter writes
Corn, wheat and oats are the staple
crops Of this country. 5
A man and team. with the improved
farm machinery, can easily cultivate
seventy acres Of corn, wheat and oats.
and DO it well, with the addition q s
little help in harvest time.
Sorghum has been success. .uly gso
in some sections.
5. Canada Club, Rio Grands. Scotch
Fife, China Tea, Golden Drop, May,
Blue Stem, Mediterranean and Black
Sea are the principal kinds Of wheat
grown in Nebraska, the spring varieties
! forming a large proportion Of the whele
crop. The China Tea, Canada Club,
Scotch Fife and Rio Grande appear %
be equally popular and esteemed for
hardness, yield and value in market,
making superior quality of flour. The
Fife is given the preference IN some
localities as less liable to rust and injury
from insects, and also for its greater
productiveness. Winter wheat is sown
in September, and the spring. seeding is
done from the middle Of March to. the
middle Of April; the harvest commences
the early part of July and continues up
to the irst Of August. Drilling has been
scarcely introduced as yet, bat the system
is meeting favor, and will soon be more
generally adopted. The mode Of cul-
ture is very simple, and promises to ex-
haust the land as rapidly as settlers Of
other new States have been able TO
accomplish the work, even though the
rich soil Of Nebraska may now appear
almost inexhauslble. The general
practice is to plough he ground in the
fall, and harrow in the seed in the spring,
though better culture is given in many
instances. Our Hall reporter writes;
Alllands intended for wheat are plough
ed in the autumn as early as possible,
and we'll manured, if il can be done. Ia
the spring, as early as the frost is out Of
the ground, we sow, harrow twice or
three times, according to the condition Of
the land, and if not TOO wet roll it once,
If the spring is favorable we sow one
and one-quarter bushels to the acre; if.
a very dry season, one and one.half
bushels. ~
6. Common wild paririe grass, blue-
joint buffalo grass, red-tOp and wild tim
othy, with some white clover, supply the
pastures Of Nebraska. Kentucky blue
grass and clover do we'll whenever cul-
tivated, but the prairies are chiefly re-
lied upon for the Subsistence Of stock
during the pasturing season, which ls
reported TO range from five to nine
months in length. OGOe reports five
months aR the season upon which stock
can feed exclusively in pastures; Dixon,
Dodge, Hall. and Burt, six months
Cass. Gage, and Jefferson, seven months;
Richardson, Pawnee, and Jones, eight to
nine months; and Merrick runs up to
10 months, our correspondent claiming
that stock will live the whole year on
pastures IN case not much snow falls in
winter. The expense of pasluring stock
during this season is generally the cost
of salt and herding-the, highest esti-
mate being 50 so per head for the sea-
son, and the lowest nothing"
2. There is an abundance Of wild
small fruits, such as plums, grapes, rasp-
berries, strawberries, goOseberries, &C.,
bat little has yet been done to test the
capabilities for large fruits. Our Dixon
reporter writes:
This county is not suited to The growth
of apples, peaches, or pears, as they get
badly winter-killed, and do not grow
natural or wild. but plums, gOoseberries,
currants, cherries, mulberries, raspber-
ries, walnuis, grapes, &c., grow wild and
profusely. A family will frequently
make 100 gallons of pure wine in a sea-
son. have made 20 gallons for my
own use, gathering the grapes in two
DAYS. The wine sells at from so cents
to 50 per gallon. There is no grated
fruit cultivated here; those who have
tried the experiment have failed.
Hardy apples may generally be cul-
tivated with proper selections Of Variet-
les and care Of trees. In Otoe county,
according to our correspondent
Fruits that succeed in the north do
well. The harder apples grow and
bear well. while pears are a complete
success. Peaches will yield an OCCASION
al crop, when the trees are grown in
the sod, so as to check the growth Of
the tree and render il hardy. The small
fruits all do well, except the Layton
blackberry and the raspberry, which
propagate from suckers, as they baby
winter-kilI unless thorough protected.
Our Dodge reporter says the hardest
fruits must be selected to prove success
full, and advioes the raising Of seedlings,
while he finds perfectly hardy.
Hall county:
Capabilities for raising fruit not very
good. Apples and pears viii not DO
we'll; l have tried it for the las. 10 years
without success, although 1 claim &c IN
derstand it. OF II varieties Of cherries.
only one kind the Early Richmond) did
we'll. Plnms do well; also grapes,
that is the Concord and Delaware, but
no tender varieties.
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