National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-08-23
Farm. Garden and Household.

WHEAT ON STUMBLE LAND.--A larg,
and increasing breadth of winter.wheat
is now sown after barley, oats, peas, oil
beans. Whether it is best to pillow sucl
land once or twice depends on circum.
stances. AS q rule, we think it best on
rather heavy soil. to pillow twice
Immediately after the crop is gathered
and again just previous to sowing. On
light sandy land we should harrow the
stuhbl ;, or cultivate it to start the weeds
and fallen grain, and pillow as soon ms
they had terminated. Then harrow
and keep the surface clean and mellow
by the use of the cultivator until it was
time to SOW.
Cows. -During the hot weather in
August, says the Agricuitnrist, the flow
of milk is apt to fall IF considerably,
and it is difficult afterwards to bring it
up again. Bran and sprout-seed are IN.
usually cheap, and can be used to great
advantage. Oar own plan is TO keep a
large trough Of water in the yard, and
mix as much mill-feed with the water
every day ms the cows will drink. it
pays in the manure, in the increase of
milk, aud in the improved condition of
the cows. If you have any green corn
now is the time to feed it literally. If
very succulent, let it wilt little, and if
very large and coarse, and consequently
rather deficient in nutrimcnt. let the
COWS have enough corn-meal to. make
the fodder as nutritious as the best pas
tu:e grass.
SOME HINTS. Says Mr.. Harris : have
generally aimed to SOW wheat from the
10th to the 18th of September and in
binary years, on good land, this is the
best time, but this season MS rule. the
early sown wheat is the best. And drill
cd wheat is very decidedly better than
that sown broadcast. l have never been
an enthusiastic advocate of drilling. |
have seen wheat sown broadcast Just a.
good AS that with dill. But fl will
claim that broadcast wheat is ever better
than dilled. Aud SO, if every few years
we have season ia which drilled wheat
is decidedly the best. and never one in
which it is worst, it would seem to be the
part of wisdom to drill in the wheat.
The lesson that we, as farmers, have
to learn is not to be discouraged, but to
keep on the even tenor of our ways,
studying how to improve our farms, to
cheaper the cost OF production, to raise
such crops and keep such stock as ar
adapted to our soils and situations, to
sell when we can get reasonable prices,
and be content with fair profits, and not
rush into every new thing that for the
time being is bringing an extravaPant
price. .tal
MIR. Bowles says he has drained some
OF his swamp land with tiles, three feet
deep, and the underdrains three rods
apart, at a cost of 1871 per acre, reckon
ing labor at $1.75 per day of ten hours.
MY swamp land" says Mr.. b.,
" used to grow only smart weed The
first year after it was uuderdrained it
grew about 30 bushels (6S lbs. of ears) of
corn pefhacre. The next year, it grew 80
bushels of corn peracre. The next year
0S71) 85 bushels per acre. 1t is now in
corn again" Is not that better than
letting it produce smart-weed and fever
and ague?
know OF no crop, unless it Ia cotton,
that affords such splendid opportunity
OF cleaning land as orr magnificent cereal
Indian corn. And have no little pleas
ure in witnessing the aviiity with which
all good farmers avail themselves of this
chance to kill the weeds. have always
said that it VIII not be many years before
the best farming in the world will be
found on this continent, the more thor
ough cultivation Of the land while in corn
Will do much to hasten the time.