, 1873-03-17

1lls tho whole prairio country with tho broath |
Of summer. The winters cold Is driven
back, aud Tho frosty mir that the prairios |
had invited oycr their smooth contour Of sur- |
faco, thus at times making tllom tho battlefield
Of force contonding atorms.
Tue waves Of cold that lhave carried dcstruc-
tion In thoir pathway ntyo now anotl,or force to
contcnd with, for
THE rnApE-w1Nps
havo now como back to their old track. and back,
back must go tito ice-bortlor, day nftor dny,
steady, yot cortain; not on tho wings of tho
wind, but steady march Of 10 or Ia miloa
q tlay,-yory much like tho old Dutch express
carried by yo ancient burgher Of tho City Of
New Amsterdam when ho carried important
ne,ss to tho towns and rural population that
bordorod the Hudson.
In the cotton-aclds the plow is already busy,
and tho buds are swelling on tile poach, tho poar,
and the apple, In tho orchards Of tho Grand
Chalu,-that spur Of tho Ozarks that vailed III
tho great lako tbat once spread over the baein Of
Egypt. And horo,
ON TIE anA1N-F1ELpH,
whore wheat and corn, and oats, and rye, and
barley protlominate, no must be ready for tho
planting, tho sowing, and the cultivating. And
this brings up question, not now, but old as
first went to the fold, with his OK, and pointed
stick, aud sack Of grain. Shall wo plow. Or har-
row, or cultivate tho surface, in ordor 10 prepare
1t Tor the seodng?
room n1u11ARD BAYS:
P1ow tcop while suggarts atecp,
That you may havo corn
10 sell aud keep.
But Poor Richard was oithor n wag, Or littlo
acquainted with prairlo-farming for horo wo
!" tlc1lo tho surface, and make It laugh with M
abundant hnrycat." Yes, for that il tho doc
trfMo in tho grcat corn-Zono, wlcro grow tho
host crops Of corn, aud whore rye, and oats, and
wloat, ind barley arc hold in fair ostimatlon.
MAKING BEEF.
Geutle render, DO astoniahed ut nothing for
hero, right in tho hoart OF tho country, whoro
stands tho grout luminary Of theological farm.
ing, tllsa4Ioad-F -Farlnor las mado q discovery Of
vast IMPORT. It is that tho cosn-shools, and
mingled hold the properties that make fat beef,
and that build up tho tissues Of tho animal econ-
o1ny; that tho shocks Of cold md tlle shocks OF
corn arc tho elonents to bo mingled hereafter
for the making Of tue Juicy airlon and the ten
der atoak. No lnoro barns, no moro grinding or
etcaning Of food, no moro warm stables Tor tho
stalled Ok, and no moro stalling, fno warm cor,
uor, no f1lrtLor ,so Of tho currycollb, no careful
codttling, md shoitorin,g from tho WIND, ths is
these nro but vain aud useless for henceforth
tho sirloin and tho coveted roast are to bo yasty
cheapenod; for out Of tho north Wind, aud ont
Of tho cor1,-Aold, como tho elomontH that aro to
enrich the farmer, and prove tho yaluo Of tho
now education,
PLANTING OF FonEsr-rnEEs.
And yet thiH ia only equaled By another dis-
covory that il due to tho learned Secretary Of tho
sumo institution, as set forth ut the late meeting
OF tho State Horticultural Society: That, in order
| to grow timber on tho praric, thero Should be,
first, @ planting Of cottonwood to prepare tho
soil for the growth OF useful forest-trees Darwin
was well advised when he stated that man
n
covery will be TINT We havo had set Of woodo'l-
headed men to prepare the way for o ubc-
full raco to follow iu tho Farmers College:
| But wo may be thankful to know that. after LOO
trees on the prairie.
But to 80 back to tho preparation Of the soil
for tho .'--.--....-
| PLANTING OF TIE BMAL1 anA1Ns:
| Experience has proved thut, in tho preparation
for spring wheat outs, rye, barley, and aax, tho TIC
cultivator, tho harrow, the planS-arag, aud tle
roller arc MI the implements that aro required
aud that tho plow may remain housed, and rest
hare boon scattered from the hands Of the fur
| mer.
may he aown before tho froAt lenyes the ground
or, rather, should bo, ii tho wiutor variety Ii
Gown. Tl.ore ia but ono apecien of this grain
and something loas thnn half dozen varieties
and somo Of these are questional, as tho changei
may be duo to s9 climate or time 20 81 80 aownE VIZ
atste s as At ReoEford st. Charles, and KanEaeo
mud IT will a1so pay q handsome pr.oiit for ship
t; new vnluo to thlu crop 1t should bo sown q
onoo. not waiting for the ground to DO IN conal
tion to hurrow, as the sood will not rot b.
e1pos,1re, and, in caso Of warm. rain
eune M pe come s.odp dhp n 6s'n caya tic tic gon
ia In good condition to harrow, this work shou!t
not bo put of for, in that case, the seed VII
neod carrying to Insure gerniinatlon b'it, IT u
weathor continues yet, tho rye W. sprona' 9n 1,
It will bo vol to roll It as aoon as tho lnnd III II
condition. -,
Winter rye sown 1ato in the spring will no
prove satiafactory III tl1a omnte. na a.; y ts, as
of winter, OF curly spring, to glVo 1t Ut 1east
short portod Of htbernhtlon.
gpnINa WHEAT AND nAuLEY
noSs . BE- sGwa fSor early fIr eoodo so ti
they aro also bionniall plants, and noe noe
tho aamo conditions. Thoy should DO SOW
a. soon as tho land ia IN condition to harrow
: It will not do to wait until the lauh can !
, seed coyorod with tho ,lao Of tho cultivate It
smoothing down with tho plnnl-drag anu role
, THE oAT Unor
: comcs little lator, FOR this grain will not .go
3 warm condition Of tho soil, III order to insure
/ good stand: Some Rorsonn plow for ,ta tna i, orc
' use oultiyator, whom practicable. ~
Wy 1e seen q sn l9 a th9ss eqsffu pef ao
! the old method Of scratching tho surface
stIALL WE pI.oW FOR ConNf
n Yos, M u matter Of economy; for tho pio
covers tho stubblo, tho corn~stalka or tlG weed
j when they aro soon reduced to mold, or llnln'l
!. gentleman noar this place, who has boon larg
!: " engaged In tho culture Of broom.corn for y
): past dozen years. has, for tho past two yea11