The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-14
HOW TOLEAVE THE WHEATFIELD

g9O0 farmers rs TO WHeIHSI JIG WA0dIu6l-
should be relied before or after drilling
in tie seed There is no doubt that roll
ing, if the ground be dry enough, either
before or after sowing, is as importan
and beneficial an operation as narrowing
It brushes the Jumps, cempacts the soil
aad smOoths the surface. Those who ia
vor reling after sowing contend that by
thus smoothing the surface, the water
passes eff fiat land more rapidly in the
Winter and Spring, and that ice will not
form over the wheat to smother it. This
is undoubtedly true on fiat land, but where
it is rslllng, the drill ridges serve as a
great protection to the wheat, and the wa
ter passes of readily enough.
So as to the time of rolling the wheat
field, the grower must be governed by
circumstances. Water standing still Is a
treat enemy to the wheat crop. If the
soil holds it, drainage is nedeed before
the crop can be made certain. Under
drainage is best, but in the absence of
this great deal can be accomplished 10y
judicious surface drainage. Surface
ditcbes arc barriers to the reaping ma
chine, which no good farmer likes to have
ia his field, but in many cases they must
be endured. However, the drain may be
made of very eisy slope by blowing out
Two or three burrows each side, and
smoothing the bottom 50 that the reaper
will have but little trouble in passing
But this work must be done either before
sowing or before the grain has sprouted.
In many instances the roller may be
substituted in place of the pillow, 10 sur
face draining the wheatfeld. Pass this
once or twice along the hollows aud runs,
50 as to form smooth passage for the
water, and it will take the place Of fur
row very well-Americdn Burial Home.
TALKING with very bright and ambi-
t-ous young woman, a farmers daughter,
where we stopped overnight, she said
farming was dull sort oflife. Yes"
said young man of twenty two years
there is no incentive to work; it is all
humdrum, routine, and hard work no
relaxation Of effort and nothing to stimu-
late the mind"
what nonsense" We replied. There
is everything for stimulus. Each farm
is world in itself, about which those
who have lived upon 1t know little or
nothing, comparatively. Suppose, for
Example, we were to ask you how many
kinds Of grasses-real grasses-grow on
your farm, could you tell us, with their
correct names, habits, and history Sup
pose we ask you how many species of
plants are indigenous on your farm, and
tac names of these plants, time of flower
ing, color of flowers, sill and locality in
which they grow, could you tell US Sup
Q ,oe we were to ask you how many spe-
cies of birds visit your farm every year,
the time Of their arrival aud departure,
their habits while with you, their names
and habits while absent from your locali-
~ The balance Of the year, could you tell
Us? Suppose we ask you how many spe.
cies of insects are to be found on your
farm, their names, history, habits, wheth
er Injurious to you or not, upon what
trees or plants they live, when and how
o ten they appear,and how long they stay,
could you tell US? Suppose we ask you
I show us the specimens Of the grasses,
And other plants, the birds, insects. etc,
which may be gathered within your
boundary fences, could you show them to
Us? And yet, if you were to undertake
to acquire the knowledge we have sug-
ge8ted by these inquiries, you would find
your life too short; yet the knowledge
you would gain, the interest you would
soon take N it, and the knowledge IF
yoar own impotency you would acquire,
would prove 20 you that it is not the farm
that is dull place, but it is you who are
dull."--Mo0ro's Burial New Yorker
A SERIES Of experiments, Instituted to
get the average loss in weight by drying,
show that corn loses one-ffth, and wheat
one. fourteenth by the process. From this
The statement is made that farmers will
make more by selling unshelod corn in