The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-06
for the farmer.
WORK FOR THE MONTH.

RYE-If you have rye to SOW, the ground
should be got in readiness this month, the earlier
the better, aud manure and seed got in readiness
to SOW about the first of September. On any
tolerable land, however, if you use rsanures or
fertilizers, wheat will probably pay better.
PREPARATION OF FALLOw.-H you have fall
low to prepare for wheat, commence it at the
earliest day you can. The objection to turning
under growth of clover originates, we think,
in postponing the work too long, and not plough
ing deeply enough. The earliest period after the
clover is well uiatured is probably the best. 1t
is then in a condition to decOmpOse readily, and
has the more time to become assimilated VITO
the soil. The after working Of seeding time, II
the clover has been turned well under, leaves the
seed bed compact and firm, an essential IN wheat
growing. If the clover remains until the stems
are made hard in the sun aud dry enough to burn,
the decomposition is much more uncertain. IN
dependent, too, of theory, all experience is III
favor of early ploughing. Another ana 'mpor-
tant practical consideration is the risk OF the
ground becoming so hard that the work VIII nave
to be postponed too late.
After all we have said, 1t is hardly necessary
10 press upon You the necessity OF doing this
work in the most thorough manner. No team
less than three good mules or horses is sufficient
TO break a welI-set clover sod, aud we should not
be satisfied with any depth leis than eighteen
inches unless there is reason to feaI some pecu-
iarity of the subsoil likely to prove poisonous at
first. Generally, we have little doubt that an
inch of fresh subsOil, if you have good supply
of vegetable matter, will prove more useful to
yOur crop of wheat than some of the fertilizers
which sold in the market. Give the plough
ing your own constant supervision, that it be
not sighted in any respect
BUSHES AND BRARs.-On a grain farm there
will be leisure now TO run over pasture and grass
fields and destroy bHshes and briars. Mullen
and other such weeds should be especially atten-
ded to before they ripen their seeds.
THREsHISG GKAIN.-Whether you think it adj
Wis 10 tn RI late will he fO
take advantage of the season between harvest
and wheat seeding to get through the work of
threshing. Let us warn you again TO have none
but careful, sober hand about the working part
of your machine. When necessary to handle
the working parts, unhitch the horses. Let no
one but q very careful hand be allowed to put on
or take off the belt. Have snch machine as
will not allow the feeders hands to come in con-
tact with the teeth. Have a perfect, solid plat
form for the driver to stand upon.
TIMOTHY SEEDING-Put your land early in a
thorough state of reparation-plO9ghing well
and narrowing thoroughly, and be ready to SOW
early in September. 1t is a freqRsnt practice to
SOW a crop of wheat turnips where you mean to
SOW timothy. You may thus get crop OF tur-
nips at no expense, except extra manurlng. III
will be necessary, however, 20 SOW tnrnlP seed
very thinly, and have It well distributed lest
the timothy be too mHch overshadOwed.
Timothy growing should, in our opinion, how
aver he GENERALLY kept in a rotation with grain.
No crop so soon infests the land with weeds, ow-
ing 20 the fact that before it is III to cut, many
weeds which may be growing with it ripen and
scatter their seeds BY keeping it in a cleansing
rotation of not too long duration this is avoided,
while the crop is benefited by a change. 1t is
not at all too late to SOW timothy when 1t is prop
er to SOW wheat, as il will not be expected, of
course to make crop the first season. If we
meant to for crop of timothy, unmxed
with other grasses, we should SOW clover fall
dow Immediately after the wheat is put in.