River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-10-18

The Farm.

thousands OF pounds OF grapes are pre-
served during the winter in the village
OF Thomery, France by merely putting
the stems in bottles of water and keen
ing away from frost.
The Gardeners MONTHLY saws. uWe
have no doubt that more trees are lost
from imperfect heeling-in then from
any other cause whatever" which
every observing person who has seen
the way IN which the roots of trees are
buried in masses, with large interstices
OF air everywhere among the roots
will assent to. Trees badly heeled-in
should not remain so twenty-four hours
before planting out. Clots and masses
OF earth are merely thrown on the ton
of the roots, and only shade them from
the suns rays. In a few days the roots
will become dry, because they are not
in contract with the moist earth. II
the heeling-in is well performed. eyerv
crack and crevice will be compactly
filed with fine pulverized earth. and
the trees will keep long time as we'll
as III the nursery rows. If badly
heeled-in in autumn, and left till spring.
trees are nearly if not wholly rlined'
by freezing and drying combined.
10 FARMERS who are not vet schooled
up to the point of taking the trouble
to cultivate strawberries in the GARDEN
bed. the Ohio Farmer makes this suo-
gestion: C You have upon your prem.
Uses spot where stack has been built.
some nook or corner in the meadow
where the soil is rich, place that
fence has been moved from, or where
logs have been piled and burned or
drawn off. Now some day during the
coming two weeks, when the team is
hitched up, take the pillow and turn this
little patch over, harrow it well. and
then go to some more enterprising
nelghbor who raises strawberries and
thin his patch of plants, which he will
gladly have you do if his bed is old, and
put out these sets upon your own land.
Next June you will rejoice at the result.
Ii In future years you have not time to
give the patch cultivation, let it alone
until the vines began to get non-pro-
ductive, then prepare new place. blow
the old ones under and seed the ground
to grass. We know of farmers who fol-
low this method and have abundance
of fruit for little trouble and no cash
expense. 1t is not the most approved
system of culture, but better than
none"
A VERY nice experiment was institu-
ted at the University of Wisconsin last
year, by the Professor of Agriculture,
Mr.. Daniels, to test the question of the
proper quantity of seed per acre. This
test, however, showed yield in pro-
portion to the seed sown; the least
quantity, three-fourth bushels, giving
the least result, and the greater guam
tlty, two bushels per acre, giving the
greatest amount. The experiment was
as follows: Three-fourth bushels of
seed to the acre produces 263 pounds
grain, or 1853 bushels, or $40 pounds
straw and grain. One bushel produc
ed 297 IL pounds, 1898 bushels, or
500 pounds grain and straw. One and
one fourth bushels produced 332 8 4
pounds, 22.1S bushels, 1.146 pounds
grain and straw. One and one-half
bushels produce 1896 IL pounds, 26.1
bushels, and l, 1874 pounds grain and
straw. Two bushels produced ass ] 4
pounds, 30 Is bushels, and 1,412
pounds grain and straw. On the whole
plat where one and three-forth bushels
were sown local cause gave an unfair
result ; In each instance the weight per
bushel was sixty pounds or more, the
highest being in the plat where two
bushels OF seed were sown, which was
sixty and one-half pounds.
A CORRESPONDENT of an Eastern ex-
change says: have found that ripe
cornstalks are as poor feed for stock as
ripe grass and although it is little
more troublesome to cure while in this
condition than it would be little lat.
er, the fodder is enough better to pay
for the extra care required. If the
weather is clear and dry at the time of
cutting up drill corn, there need be no
difficulty in having it well cured with
out destroying its nutritious qualities:
cut it down in the morning and spread
out thinly over the ground; next morn
ing turn it over, and either tie up into
small bundles in the afternoon or the
following day. The bands on the bun
dies should not be drawn too tightly if
the cornstalks are small and slender,
but tied so that they will not come
apart. Set the bundles up in small
shocks and put band around the tops
to hold them together. If the bundles
or shocks are not made too large the fod-
der will cure without any further care,
and it will be of green color, not all
bleached out as usual when allowed to
cure spread upon the ground. At the
approach of cold weather the fodder
may be drawn under cover; but it is
not safe to place very large quantity
together in NOW, as it is very likely
to become moldy and unfit for feeding
l do not know of any other plant that
will yield so much fodder per acre as