The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-28
Work for June.
[FrOm the American Agriculturist.l

planted. an early variety of corn
viii sometimes ripen planted as late
as the first or even the second week
in June. But as a general rule it is
better to substitute some other crop,
such as beans, or turnips, or buck
wheat. When the ground is moist
and mellow, if the corn is soaked for
twenty-four hours in soft water, it
will come up quickly.
BEANs.-We have had a good |
crop of beans planted the last week /
of June, but as a rule it Is better to /
plant as soon after you are through |
planting corn as possible. Beans |
are usually Il very profitable crop,
when the soil, culture and harvest |
ing are all favorable. Our own
practice is to plant them with a
corn or bean planter) in rows q
feet apart, and drop four or five
beans in a hill Is inches apart in the
row. A large yield can perhaps be
obtained by drilling the seed in
continuous row, dropping the beans
about two inches a part; but the for
mer plan gives a better opportunity
for hOeing. In either case be care
full to go over the field with q hoe,
and cover any beans that may be
exposed. Do this especially if a
heavy rain occurs soon after plant
ing. Cultivate the fret moment
that the rows can be distinguished,
and frequently afterwards. The
French cultivator is one of the best
for beans, as it can be run close with
out covering the plants. Hoe, if
necessary. Not weed should be
left in the field. Weeds greatly re-
duce the yield, and by T, ndering the
crop difficult to cure damage the
quality, and render pulling slow,
costly, and unpleasant business. If
you have reason to believe that
your land is full of weeds, do not
plant it to beans. Better summer
faiIow it. On rich land, planted
early, the marrow is more profta-
bic than the small or medium white
bean. The price is higher, and the
bean straw is moro valuable. The
only objection to them is that they
are apt to split in thrashing.
PoTAToEs--It will save much Ia
Dor in hoeing, just as the potatoes are
breaking the crust, to harrow the
ground. We have repeatedly done
this with a common harrow, with
marked advantage. 1t will pull up
few hills, but the damage is moth
ing in comparison with the benefits
derived from stirring the soil and
killing the young weeds. Thomas
Harrow will, unless the ground is
very hard, do the work more effec-
lively, and without pulling up any
of the potatoes. Afterwards keep
| the cultivatOr at work between the
rows rs long as it will not break the
stems which produce the tubes. At
first we go twice in a row, and run
the cultivator as near as possible to
the plants. This should be done
two or three times, at intervals CT
five or six days, or moro frequently
if necessary, to keep the weeds from
starting. When the stems begin to
run, set the cultivator narrower,
and put on wings, to throw a little
soil towards the plants. Repeat this
two or three times, at intervals of a
few days, and thus make q broad
hill. IF the land is tolerabIy clean
and the harrow was used freely, the
cultivator will kill and keep down
the weeds with q little aid from the
hoe. Any weeds that escape, should
| be pulled out of the hill by hand. A
weedy potato field is a disgrace
The weeds rctard the growth of the
plants and greatly increase the cost
of digging, AS arule, farmers make
a mistake in not planting their pc.
tai oeS earlier; but a fair crop of some
early varieties may be obtained
when planted the first week in
June.
WHITE MUsTARD.-The land fol
this crop must be mado as fine and
mellow as possible. If intended tC
pillow under or feed off, and to SOW
winter wheat, it should be sown the
early part of the month. But it will
mature if sOwn as late as the middle
Of July. Sow from four to siz
quarts per acre. broadcast, and GOV
er with light harrow or roller.
HORSES. the horses some
green clover, at noon, and cut il
with a machine, and rake it up with
horse rake. 1t is little trouble
and as hay is scarce and high, il
will pay. 1t is a great mistake tc
suppose that horses will not eat hay
if they are allowed any green food
We have an object in advising you
to cut it with machine. You will
then have your machine in readiness
for haying,
Cows.-If the partures are scant
or the grass too succulent, it is 1
good plan to allow the cows all the
hay they will eat at night. And i
cut, moistened, and a little bran q
corn meal mixed with it, so much
the better.
/ SwINE.-If pos iblc, let all the
pigs, old and young, have the ruI
Of clover or grass pasture. Breed
ing sows of good breed will keel
plenty fat enough on clover alone
but young, growing stock should
have some corn, every day, in addi
ton to tho clover. See that they
, have an abundant supply of fIesl
water, and let them have access t.
a mixture of salt, ashes charcoal
and sulphur. Get good, thorough
bred boar now for next winter
use. Many farmers who intend Il
do so, put it off until il is too late
Order at once. The best thorough
breds can now be had for $50 OF 50!
] each, and they will pay for their cos
| ten times oyer