Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-09-04
Autumn VIII Soon be Here.

1T is of no use to write of what should
be done at this finest season of the wear
when 1T is past; therefore it may be none
too early to set people thinking of the
great advantages the American farmer
possesses over agriculturists in other coun-
tries, and it is to be hoped many may look
forward till next spring, and see what
can be done before winter commences to
prevent the general backwardness Of farm
ing operations which prevailed last April,
May and June. 2aH 1re
The grain harvest is so late in the north
eril part of Europe, and the weather after
wards so precarious, that there is little
chance to do much there, yet no opportu-
nifty is allowed to escape, and the conse-
quenne of the farmers perseverance and
watchfulness is the making such prepare
tions for spring planting, that the work of
the next year is expedited to such a degree
as to give leisure for the thorough per-
formance of every operation. Directly
telegram is taken off the land the plo n
goes to work, no matter how dry, for the
chief object in cultivation is to move the
soil with all the implements employed,
whenit is in such state as to kill the
weeds-so dry that there is no chance of
their retaining vitality. A good heavy
iron pillow will generally stick to its work,
and with two wheels, will not break up
the ground unevenly in depth, or "burst
up" in places, turning the subsoil over
with the regular depth of earth which is
cultivated on the surface; and when this
is done, it is astonishing, after lying all
winter. what beautiful tillage follows in
the spring.
Them instead of discharging a man or
twn in notnhar
stones, and get every kind of hauling
finished which would have to be done in
the spring. And why not do as is done
in iEurope-put in some crop for coming
in early as a forage crop? By getting it
In so as to be strong against the severe
weather, and manurIng heavily, prodigi-
Gus bulk per acre can be obtained, and
what is more valuable than this for the
teams or for aught else requiring some
thing of the kind brought home to them {?
Every farmer with any pretensions to
intelligence must have system of work
ing and cropping his land clearly defined
in his own mind, therefore he knows where
his manure will be required, and is aware
OF the great set-forward it would be to have
good deal of the land plewed and lie
ready for being seeded Immediately after
the frost breaks up, and on any recurring
to be stimulated, how nice to have had
manure hauled to it when the ground was
sound, instead of having to do it through
mud and along road which is so bad that
not more than half-loads can be taken.
All such work as this being done ready
for spring, makes everything come easy,
and does away with the hurrying over
every operation in such way as to be
imperfectly performed, and, instead, the
whole of the seeding can be got through
with in so early stage of the season, that
some roots can be grown and the grass
cut when it is young enough to make the
best quality of hay.
If farmers would make use of the beau
tiful autumn weather, doing everything
possible to be done at that season, it would
most assuredly give them such advantages
as would result in their making, at the
very lowest computation, one-third more
from their farms for nine years out Of ten,
The early sown crops are most productive
and OF the best quality, and when farmer
begins to go ahead Of bis works, hswill