Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-09-23

nODl6, ,leflllo farm. IlaC farm Is now the
seat Of an agricultural college, aud a. cen
ter from which has dated scientific and
pthctac:9l nowledge for the Reclamation OF
al: that part Of fsances Another pupil,
n e. Fssas s'b ha4s TIE
sss spt tbS as R{fe hs eoa sd
Saone. a. district. Of 81 square leagues. q
q seanty population dying ~ 'fs1ef.iH He
took alarm Of j1@9, aeres, applied meth
4years. . The reclamation of ths;femainder2
followed, the fever rate sank from "a per
ct: to ! per ct. Of the farm hands, ana The
district is now the scat Of thrifty, healthy:
populstfpn; end in the, midst Of it stands
the agricultural college, of fa .sanlsaie. q
ceptFs Of 'Stientia and practical knowledge
for all that part of Frapce. t,.u,,.,;.
osAt the Imperial College of Gfiieennio5in they
showed ME 4 map Of France sli dotted,uvef.
Each Of these dots represented ssgraduate.
There they were in every corner Of the
country, aeaoh imam thoroughly :tsainad in
the best science, a4n}a practice Of agricnl-
tuss, and Justly indeed il that institution
proud of their charsctes and influence. BIZ.
FAi1P1oueH1sat.;; Farmers generally are,
fall plong;hhing; ii II they are convinced Of
its asefnldeea. the1i SIC, una ecountably, de,
liIqQeat, short sighted, or worse in neglect
ing it I'd such an sxtSiit.o It shouldsbe "a
much the regular business of tho farmer. in
the: fall to plough upall the;land he designs
to- cultivate the;next season, lag to- SOW, or
'plhnt. or harvest in their respective sea.
sons. Were he impressed with its ad9an-
tages,, he would not 1eaye:it to be donai df
conveNiept.t or to be taken hold of when
the teams and hands could not be set at
work elsewhere; but would do it anyway ;
get it early and keep at it until it vas done,
4 One great benefit derived from It is,the
increased fertility which results, from it.; 1T
opens up, the soil to the influences OF. the air
and weather at a season Which, the atmos-
phefs is charged with, a;lafge, danppnt Of
those: gases and yapors, generally absorbed
by the earth. Where the ground il thrown
up loosoasthis season, this I,ma&erial will
be stored up Tor, future use IN greater
amount. We have no doubt bat that d good
sha ate Of the. benefit, th6paht to DO the. re,
suit of early sowing and planting, comes
from the extra amount of h0tfiment fur
\ nished by the land on account Of this fall
FplpWing., Thus it is 9 cheap way to ma
nure, and; for this alone It would pay we'll:
e Besides this where tho soil is light. and
the fall rain fille up the interstices, the &C
ton Of the fffcsts 81 winter carries on the
dismteg xation and further sq1diviaion OF
the materials: Of the soil; twhiof adds essen.
TALLY toits productive; ehelgythe coming
s'xnHs Is ssd|e t. es 81
earlier in the. spring; the surface .wats,
evaporates and drains of, 60 that il; is dry
ohma dave aoonor than uLonf 10 cGoH .4hI,x,1{;
hard: Every FARMER knows thet tmsi is IN
sgs ssgss sas %ass ss
oetved,! and give great seuurity ReainSt to.
tai failure, if the season SHOULD be unfavor.
able. It also contributes 4hatsHfmhiiiy to The
success of "a crop by the destruction of inju.
/ rious insects, that have taken up their win.
ter quarters; thrown up at this season, my
raids of worms and insects and: eggs are
destroyed, and great loss prevented. i
| also aids in keeping the farm free from
weeds; by throwing up'the roots of the pc.
renniels, where the frosts of winter will
destroy their vitality; by covering the seeds
Of the ANIMALS, it causes them to terminate
in the fall, and they are also killed by the
| frosts i'H"f al15 "a :3E?! al! j. .v a.
On our clay lands to oil, the foregoing ad-
| vantages, we may add that, in some seasons,
it is the only way in which We can work
them successfully. Though this kind Of
soil is the most productive Of any we have,
| in favorable years, yet often, and very often,
the spring opens wet and backward, and il
is necessary to work the land wet or put of
the seeding until it is too iata; the result is
u poor crop, in either case; the land bakes,
if wet;, if dry, it is out Sof season. Such
land should always be plowed in tho fall.
Even if wet, plowed then it will not bake
the freezing and thawing will pulverize il
thoroughly, leaving it in q condition to dry
out early in the spring.
Again, blowing at this season, does much
| TO relieve the prose- of work in the spring.
| A thrifty farmer will always find plenty to
do, but the opening of the year naturally
brings = great amount of labor, crowded Of
necessity into small space Of time. II
the farmer drives the work, and not the
work the farmer, he will find more time to
do this in the fall than in the spring. An
objection has been raised that heavy rains
and SHOWS pack down tho soil, SO that it is
not in as good condition to receive the
seed. Some seasons are worse in this re.
spect than others, but the remedy is at
hand; 60 over it with cultivator or drag
and it will bein good shade again. Even
if it would be necessary to pillow again, the
fall work would be far from labor lost.
We are SO sure of the utility of fall yplow'-
blowing that: we would urge farmers to
adopt it rs n fixed rule in their system of
culture. >. IT, -