, 1874-08-08

liner privileged to tell tho,n what Is apd lV WIN '1
y not rational, or oven excusablo, IN foma
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
Shall We Kill tho Weeds or Ec,,
the l'ln1ats 1-.-Vailtao OF the Summer
Enalosv --- THO Field- Roller us M
Indispensable Implement on III,
FArNa---A gricllturnt pnllsics...rh,
| COrIi- Crop.
From Our horticultural Corresuondeuf.
| CHAMPAIGN, Ill.,, Aug. O, 1914.
| KILLING WEEDS OH FEEDING pIAHTa.
CoNyox. ILL.,, JulY 2a, 1s7A
| AlR. " "RuEAL"-S1H: III your ar{rlr. Ei,nii ,r,
| 9sll inc wertlA or ford the pants ?"' ron Inv.
y aSl' mi II Il o, Ynss'f asv9 fo, SERIES ., relieved
! hrsate to toi-drcss my potatoes or corn, With tlit
raw, nu!erneitc manure from llae ta1lo aud ynrtla
avo lo,t ali clr terror. Tia octrno Of at artjcs
yna al new, and yot 1t Is INT nov, but old us Tia
OF wter-whcat. Tho books say that onu great obert
Of tho ssml,crfnllow is 10 mike the land clean OF
weods and this isaccomplsllcd by the repeated pow-
lugs. ALLOW agan to alBlro you that Wccia tn mn
havo lost their terror. n1n1Iann q
WEllo tho faota aro old enough, yet tho appti-
cattoa ia new, and reduced to system that, III
mcasuro,. Will change many Of our plans of
managing, tho crops. For a momont lot liz
look Ut what may bo done: Hero ia farmer;
WHO has acres Of potatoes mid 10 Of corn TINT
lo |lBlles to mako tho most Of. lie has
plenty OF stable atd yard manure, but this il
h'led with tho seeds of timothy, clover, and
Weeds. Tho land las been in tho small grn,,n
Tie previous year, and needs tho manure in
order to produce tho beat crop; in short With
out mauure. tho potntocs on such d
soil would be. anything: but promising; but
to top'dress with this manure would bo ruiuous,
for 1t would DO sn,othcred in grass and weeds.
aud tho manure ml.st first be compoAtcd, or Inv
in heaps long enough to heat aud destroy tha
vitality Of tho soedH that it contains, before
tholo is uny safety in applying it to these crops.
But no; wo will try tho snnl1uer.fallow on II.
aud yet wo will, at tho same time, be cultiyatine
tho crop. As tho first lot Of woods appcar, wo
harrow them to death, aud then plant. In
throo or four t1ays Of warm weather va haro
auotlier edition Of tho ycois and grasses and
before fhe corn or potatoes arc Up and those
ire treated III the snmo manner. With ,hn !
'otato'crop VIC can get ut another lot Of tho |
sseds and thus destroy tllcn, and our summer.
ALLOW Is complete. Tho weeds hare beou de-
troycd, aud the surfaca
pUr INTO FINE T,LrH
or the plant. hut, in pursuing tlia practice,
~. ~ 'tuos Aot nhfe Loo Hlucn WorE OH hand, |
ut bo:, ready to do this work in the
roper time, at time is tho eBsonce OF tho OPERA
ou, md Day lost cannot bo recovered. The
arnor must plant less; for part OF the 1s,,al
an;,ng g aeaSon H. by ts system, dovoted to tho
!, howaever, no drawback; for, aE tile harvest,
VIII have more bushels thnu If Ae had pur-
1el tho ordinary wny. and run over larror
'ea and digniticd 1t with tho nano Of farmit1e,
III th9 case OF epring-wleat, ono narrowing
n ffank y,I, /
elI, and just as the first batch Of weeds l,ayo
a ado their nrpoatanco. Tho. spring-whcnt gcr-
mates at a very low Temperature. al,d must bo |
wn " hetoro ts'o weeds have Thought of starting,
tt is {nst as tho frost Is coming out Of tle
'e crop. Of weeds may ho destroyed before orc
9 seodl,ig, and another at that time, ,,ro- |.
ded that tho seeding is developed for a l.:
" days aftor tha first narrowing. I,arloy
ast Is DO treated. tho same as spring.
lcat; and 1!ax may hayo rop-lrehs,ng Of / I
'nufe, If yo1l wiH and two llnrrowingH Befolo
cd.ng. .-mnlipg tie foulcst laid clear ofweeip.
would the most thorough summon -fallow,
Ia THIS We .have such MI, improved 1nule Of i
aago TINT hntf or two-thirds Of tue usual area =
II produco tho full amount under tic old urs- "
n, thus saving rent. tnSeH, and cost of half or /
c-thlrd Of the fHrm, which may be devoted to =
lor llHe. :
iho great nana of our Western farmers Ia for
're land, when :,
ut tlev may hnyo alrnnIv,. T;ai,j :, n.r,, ia o
tnll lor one man and team, ovon II he has 81
ieW acres ~ grain, as there IL TO much to do ii
suangs III ofacf ana to hro labor, at tho o
InsS ta iato VI MaBaR h!uthoh to ApPrit Ill the CT
s"a.y !. ~, n,anner. Will not pay IN order to do Il
this ayytem must bo ;,,9,''nr,taa oa ai1sk nn T.
~ at taaless, lnr It Will neSor como from tho Of
~ oueh. LIMO our largo tRrinH ab q whole
! wo 1lud great deal OF BhlfleAs farming on ri
n. 7 :. ar
he time Inns como whom tho une Of n,auuro y, ~
uraif4itg nro i'll demand, III of{or to tho best ar
1ts III FARMING. Tho farmer who allvwa l,is n
aufe to so to Taato is most certainly blind to ~
own lptoraatB, and will bo heard to prato or Il,
t1Mea lllu The lnck OF profit In farm1n, + ~,
old farmers .sumusor-lalIowGl for wiienf. ~ ~
Y knew that BY that molo they conii, Eu G''
y wheat but they did not toii ~: