Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-29
FamPlOwamg.

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There isralways q tendency on the
mart Of the farmers, afteR the severe
harvest IabOrs, to have q season Ofrest,
not with any system Of ~reereation
but q sort Of '1ytng around loose.
The slightest excuse WtA serve 70 sao-
die TIE horse and ride to town, and
there indulge like the Athenians OF
Old. tstoteH and hears some new thing"
Tt Is very true and desirable that there
should be some relaxation after the
severe labors of the harvest field Dut
fhis vpar the season is 50 peculiar that
everv Z has had 10 be stretched to
secure the bountiful wheat harvest.
Oats and barley are yet to be secured
Besides all this, there is any amount
Of cuItivatsons necessary TO make 9
corn crop. lift IAN yet be made. TO
ID this. aman must fulfill his part OF
the contract and providence Will re-
such. however, are the laws Of ma
ture in giving her rewards to the
dIIipent. that no sOOner is One crop
secured. than she demands that prep
Grafton should be made for the sue
We have made it our aim and study,
70 be a little in Advance with our
council. It would sound very graf
inglv on our ears TO hear U readers
isaY: Had we known this but q
week sooner, it wOuldhave been q great
saving to Us, or, we might have ar
ranged our work very different.
4 In common with every d1igeng
farmer sDhO drives his wOrk, instead OF
allowing his.wOrk to drive him. we
/ have been most successful when we
|. have started our plOws the earliest
. possible moment after the harvest OF
small grain, was off. Wehave known
= many TO plow, even with the shocks
: still standing, when perhaps q shower
D had retarded the stacking, but when
the soil was in a good condition foI
THE action Of the sun upon the sol
r "a very similar to that Of the frost, Il
~disinfegrates the particles and pre-,
: mares ri for a good seed bed. Next,al
: the noxiOus seeds viii germinate
: which, IL not destroyed by the frost
before another crop of seeds can ma
\ ture, may be plOWed under, and art
! almOst equal TO q coat Of manure o.
clover. We think one reason why
some of the counties i'm Our own and
neighboring State are able to furnish
successive wheat crops, Is found II
this fact, that the land, generally, hal
two fall plOwings-One Immediately
: after harvest, and the other q week @
SO before seeding. 1t does certainly
= Ihelp the land to turn under, hrst !
good stubble, and next a o OF greer
weeds. If clover seed were not SO ex
y Densive, it would pay to SOW on TN
= winter wheat in February or March
then let it grow and possess the lanI
= from harvest until the last OF August
= TO be in turn plOwed under fOrmanure
I, But there is no season of rest this year
! as we have already hinted-at leas
not until after seeding-and we mus
= take up the cry ; "speed the plow !;
. make no delay. ''PlOw deep Will
\ the sluggards sleep, and you will haV
corn 20 sell and to keep.
There Is still 30 much Of poor yer
4 moor blowing, that we cannot allO'
- this opportunity to pass, without n
81 Winding our readers that poor pillow
= ing is very generally the reason f
po0r crops. Why, man IN tn
blessed land of ours, your title dee
goes down to eaTth's centre; you al
= the happy possesser OF q new farm
=, let me yOus IL Is AOt
or five inches beneath your soil, whiC
81 J YOU have all along thought for acted
= as If that were all covered by YOU
Z. title, dig down, turn it up and look
lie; expose it to summers heat an
: winters frost and it will laug
with waving grain, and u yC
q TO laugh also, with pleasure an
= perhaps also with shame, TO thin
- that you have so long neglected eve
- to look at your POSSESSIONS
- Especially is IL da ifable 10 plO
early where &c isin6eRded to SOW gra
seed for meadOWs@Much Of the see
sOwn is covered too deep, the Ian
should be well plOwed and allowed
fall together and thoroughly fus
IL then it should be well narrowed, ar
n about the first of September the set
AZ ls0Wn-and-cov0Fod -SxoP-EVith a vel
light brush harrow. If it is intended
sow clover, that may be sOwn the la
of February Orthe first of March, ne.
without narrowing.
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