, 1874-04-04

povasa m r1a1s1e t %lth but ita raugt Is too
uosn ~ ~ tno aoanl' q tonn Of four or ya
aa1nqh furrow, vii! do good work on Neb1askn sl,H
ana Aansas lands TINT arc triio sandy bnt
would run too harl in heavy ciay. '"D''' o''
| TIE PLANTING
OF corn ia tito next thing to DO consf7crod s,,,.
farmers larrow tito AEd before plantinr - 1'a ~.
surface III not smooth but, If In fair oror ~ ~
p!entor may 10 got to work without this prnlm. ha
aly ,raoa even eve ~ r. tno land las been powed aono
plantlng in such caee, say not moro tan throo t.'o
or four days. the harrow should fo]ow t11Je Th,s
| Will level tho surface, and kill Mi tho vonns,
,,%'as.,o wn,ea'a. ana prepare tho SURFACE for tic,
to qlckon its growth. II tho soIt in n ctov W.
olay-loan, tho roltor should follow, to pujycrizc
any small olode that may romnin after tllo har.
row, and to put tho anrfaco in better tiltb In
a;o ow aa;a q; io young blaos viii sppcnr for THIS
TO tho seed, and tho compactng Of the soil kocps,
It moist, and, boing near tho Burfaco. it,
warmth brings tho plant forward. Tho great
complaint csp IN regard to poor aeod-corn comos
Weather follows warm nnd moist, the corn comes @
up II deeply. planted; but, If tho weather turna
cold, or cold rain follows, Tho seed iB sure to
to- osn IN 1he h and the blamo is laid to tho saod,
growers in this part Of tllo Btate boein to % f1lly
ngainst 1t. ~''N e"''A'N
I should have atated TINT n single furrow. or
., ncHoh .. =, deep, In old land, Is OF nearly
o and II tsus sas dao ono i into O. tto to ,snao 5ae
aye correct ea lew q f00fH tbe a6pGaa d6Saot to
1a.3 hcslon or tronet-plowing. It is no object to
tnt sne nt lever strata Of tho soil to tho top for
other elements Of plant-food that it may contain
aro not IN tho proper condition for plnnt-fooo.
or ea,, tho soil IN condition to hold that which tho,
f. Tha nno ony to oHpt daws and tho r may presont to
zoe the growing crop is to destroy the orop Of
grase, Or poronnial OF bfonnial weeds. that nro-
cedga c ta tho cultivated crop We ont to plant
bros roo oaa saS thosa aom,r from a h
n,a nolI oompaotly together. In loeing ,yo do Tia
same thing cutting tho plant of lust boloyv tho
surface OF tho ground, whom most plants aro nj
Jnce t3lc Roa. m uraHses lilo quaok, tlat aro pro-
aisposod OF; but the trench-plowing is tho beat
ana most PERSISTENT mode Of oxtirpatinr Ihom1
IN tAo culture Of corn re too often
,rh. ,,,ao.:Sl HSEoLEoT IT At TIE START.
yato until tho last aero is pluntod wlen Il t. wonIi
10 70 our advantage to stop tho plow aud to start
.ne Tue narrow. r suppose that wo commonce plant.
lng IN, o. on the Lat day Of A1ay. On tho 4ih Or 5ti1
moat mo shGu,n commence tho culture by giving it,
nave ststod @ prepares tho soil, and, ut tho satno
time, will kill tho weeds that have made d atart
WIN the Bprouting corn and will bo nm nhnad ~
IL; r.; ous thia narrowing destroys them, aud Mt
corn is ready for the cultiyator, Thus tho l cnlts
waiting must take placo intervals "a tho tlantine
f fha aq BY tho 1st Of Juno end
planting has had half Of ita culture comnlota5 %
~ LUIS manner, loss number Of acros Of plant
ttms t,s can 20 dono, but more bushels OF corn mny
,oeo,ts DO grown: To people who arc ambitious ot
Sdt"ths Snt tssr .ao most bushels this is tho bost plan
ne number OF acros that they may be ablo to
plan6' But tho mnn who can grow 1000 bushels
Oh au acros 10 moro to be commended than tia
o. ape VINO occupies GO acreB for tho same result,
ire r.. m farmer who aims to put in a given nun.
ber OF acres, with little regard to how it Is done
WILL never make mitch profit in tho tilling nj
nla son; ~, we must study how to grow the bcas
crops with tne loast labor aud, to do that, Yd
1ause appiy tho labor just iu tho nick OF time.
NEW pLuMs.
Last Wook received sixteen plum-treos from
~ AAeneuoky, containing ten new varieties Of Kon-
tueky apd Tennossoo native plums, tlat thus far,
u Thoao tnose states appear to defy tho onrculio
aale, put Tor the purpose Of testing THOR valua
III this part OF tic State. They afe grated
on Stocks Of tho wild plum, and somo Of thom
naxe ,' ri 1fait.bnds and 1t is probable that thoy
dhoso Varieties have been gathered together by
ttef; Affair, a farmer noar Hawesyille, Ky,. who
's taking an interest in this fruit. slali homo
r. os aple to send out scona to other parts Of
Tor which will 10 the postage. They viii moi 30
sold to nnraorymon for tho purpose of propn.
5atlng, but for such roaders Of TIE Tn1puNE az
taas!,o iakn an r. interest in tue testing of new
[Emas' [haas ,a9 1s ls ,p possible TINT not ono Of
nut goo no otlor direction to look 10 tho com.
n6 plum. Bavo among onr native p!umB, In
tennessee en- @ know the wild plu1ns are good, but
y ~" G9oa t they may prove here is yotto bo toat-
y WISCONSIN, Minnesota, and in our Stato nv fnr
on1heast 9 as Geneva, in Knno County. Cant.
:. =. beebo, OF TINT place, who has given this
aD}ses men Tarn at99p!io a;9 says IN recent letter:
mong the native plums for tho coming plumH
.nu farmer near Galona writes that tic Miner
an 90 grown IN tint part of tho State for 25
ens ea1nol but ho is no doubt little too
aroe treea in Q yard whore they huyo been vol
ared for; and it Is not probable tint orchard.
lturo Will produce the sama result.
Mr. Goorgo I. Kasaon, OF Woodstock, MoTon-
Gounty' ~, writes mo that 1e Inns small
,ock OF very fino troos Of tho Mink plum for
no as oU cents eacl,,--no Charge for packing,
AN AEnpH-pAY,
NJ, op,n xnL1ow I.s GREER, ILL.,. Srnrch 81, 1874.
antlng Of trocs aong the road-side, on tho lawn.
wonen GTs gh ss eyote asf e y thc
anting q Flowers, Will you not give It your uanc.
Oh, mud thus have tho good work establiailed?
MAs. II. 7. 4.
Nature las gtvcn us many Arbor-Days. sho
ogins at Cairo tue last OF February, mnhos tho
r genial and swolls tho buds, to remind us of
Thcn sho begins her march, 10
u miles day, starting tho dormant h,,ls as
70 marches, bringing Aocks Of robins blue
rds, aud hundred other kinds will. hor; aud
leSo begin to build their nests in all mannor Of
aces, and Of many forms. Tho prairies aro
'achcd at the south nido Of tho great basin that
az once tho shore Of n vast fresl-wator lake,
hen tho cold winds arc sont from tho north.
ID the garden and tho orchards no longer 1ia
ader tho shutter Of tho "Gfand Ohain." bnt
Q this sido, aud tie Arbor-Daya aro filled with
llliness, with. however. ronforcomo1,t Of
'phy1s, born OF the tropics. the march is ro-
lmed; but sho ia moro chan month in reach
6 tho northern limits OF our State. We cau,
erofore set no ono Arbor-Day, for now the
ayes begin to- put forth at tho southern
rt of Tho State, whilo at tho north
:, is too copl for all to engage
this desirable business Every town OF vii
90, every farmor and gardener, every land or
E.oWner, should have one or moro Arbor-Days,