Nebraska advertiser., 1870-09-08
NEBRASKA AGRICULTURAL PA
pERS.

We are pleased to note the interes
Nebraska Local papers are taking II
Agricultural matters. We repea
what we have often said heretofore
that if each weekly paper in thi'
State would set apart one page, and de
vote il exclusively to Agriculture
and kindred subjects, they could no
please their patrons better, nor con
fer greater benefits TO the country
This will soon induce farmers and
others to write, giving their erperi
ence in this State, and great good will
be the result.
The following very sensible and
appropriate article we copy from the
Blair, Washington County Times:
There are large mum Der of agricul-
tural papers published in the United
States. Some of them are excellent,
meeting the wants of their readers,
and coming up to the just expecta-
tons of an intelligent farming COM
munity. But with few exceptions
the Agricultural papers, for better or
worse, are published i'm regions where
the climate and soil are different from
ours, and where various causes make
the system Of farming different from
what suits in Northern Nebraska. 1t
is thoughtless act for an editor out
here TO extract well digested article
from an Eastern paper on the use of
manures, whether barn-yard or
bought, whether compost or raw,
whether to be top-dressing, or plough
ed in, for, probably, neither the prin-
ciples nor the method would be appli
cable in this part of the country.
There are some good agricultural
papers i'm Iowa and Nebraska, We be-
lieve, and we hope to have them on
our exchange list. The AgricasLturist,
Of Omaha, though there is too much
Omaha in IL, is well conducted
and useful paper, and we would like
to see 1t supported in our vicinity,
and elsewhere, Col. Furnas Is an en-
thusiastic friend of agriculture, and
as before he was candidate for Cover
nor, ne made the Brownville AdUer-
tiser a good agricultural as well as
newspaper, 30 now that his nomina-
ton is postponed, we trust that his
paper will continue to be the Jealous
advocate OF Nebraska interests, which
are essentially agricultural.
In order to make the Blair Times
q useful family paper, we must have
the cooperation of our friends. Let
none be deferred from writing US be-
cause he fancys he Is not a finished
writer. We don't pretend to be much
i'm that line ourseff; but will attempt
to give the views of our friends in
brief and clear language, so that the
point shall be understood by all, by
either revising or rewriting letters to
u.s. The experience of the present
season ought to to teach us something;
ought to settle some questions.
Was land manured last year better |
for wheat this year, or worse? Will
simply washing seed wheat prevent
smut, or must brine, chambe-lye, blue |
vitrol or the like be used? Can each |
Of these remedies be relied on? Does
late planted corn ripen Tor dry up at |
nearly the same time with early sown |
corn of the same variety. Will a |
sood heavy crop of oats clean q field |
badly set with wild buckwheat? Has |
my one found complete mode of |
patch of wild morning
5lory-"where the woodbine twin
,th."
Such questions are of interest to ev-
,ry practical farmer, and experience /
s the only safe way to test the various
opinions in reference to them. Shall
We have responses?