The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-07-02


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THE tcR0Ps
Farme1sare. requested, to- be careful
! / how hey5speak Of the crop sprospec =.
They aresin danger Just now ofs doing
what : the cr6akers cal ZZ.'exsgg eratingl'
This cliinat nd this soil need Ton fIllo
down, and we ought ,ttos Be careful not
IS say anythings toI stiinulate them nm:
duly or to raise pectations Sin them
(which cannot be realized. of exam.
pie, 'it is not true that they can prod uc,,e
a hundred bushels Of wheat to thea acre.
From as80EItoe5O, is all that anybboltddy
omght;toIexpect, and they ought NOT to
be: enco uraged now to such extraordin.
airy effort as will injure their constitu-
1tion permanently. They can no more
keep up such binary effort than
4 henlcan 60 on, laying double, eggs the
! year .round.:t A&friend told insHrecently
that one Of his hens tunderto this
|(pr0bably under the stimulussof tile ac-
counts Of Zig eggs given in the Ap!.
VANCE, ,andzthat she. died before tie
season was half over. Let us there
fore be careful how we talk about our
soil, our climate, our hens, and other
things likely to be affected by: ''exagg;e-
ration. = But to come down. to t '''hard
pam" as,.ar:, J. ::;.4 E.s:::.,s.. :,,.,,,>,<.7
- 1t is very generally conceded that
there never was d better prospect Of a
bountiful harvest than there is now
Even the croakcrs are putting some
color into their talk about the prospect
and are in danger of doing that of
which they have a most profounds hor-
ror, viz: ''exaggerating.' .1~.S:>
During the week, we again visited
some of the farms in this neighbor-:
hood. The Qcheeda Farm of Miller,
Humiston e Co., under the manage
ment Of Mr.. Al. Wilcox,i is probably,
all things considered, ahead of any
thing in the county. At least, Mr.. VIII
cox does not hesitate to challenge the
county on wheat, barley and flax. The
lax is III full blossom, the barley is in
head ana Will De ready to- ut in ten days
or a fortnight, Whlle the wheat, especial
~ the Call1tornla, gives wonderful prom
lse. Mr.: Wilcox has farmed in Iowa
ana says he>neyer saw finer crops or a
better prospect there at this season Of
the year. His farm is remarkably
|"clean" and there is not a ''poor" crop
l'of anything on it. This farm will es-
tabllsh one thing this year beyond any
question, viz: thatgood, thorough farm
ing in Southwestern Minnesota will
produce as good crops as it will in Iowa
or any where else.
Mr.. 3. r. Prince, whose farm lies
three miles west; of town; on the Lu
Verne road, has also an excellent pros
pect of a good crop His wheat is clean
and the stand is beautiful. He called
|>our attention to a line which; tile eye
can easily: draw, across the field, the
wheat on one side overlapping that on
the other side of the line. The taller
wheat was sown in arch, almost
''muddled' in, while the rest was not
sown till in April, Farmers will re.
member that about seeding time we
published the experience of Col. Stew
ems in wheat growing; and that he
accommodates sowing. Wheat sown
early, even if it is 'tmuddled' in, IS al:
most sure to come in ahead OH the. 'home
stretch"'a and win the race. MI. Prince
has beautiful field of timothy, speci:
mems of which, about three feet high,
can be seen at this office. Mr.. P. thinks
he can challenge the county on timothy
One fact connected with his timothy
crop is Important. In this field, as in
the other, ne called our attention to a
difference in the size and stand Of the
crop the one side rising above the other
as distinctly as one step above another
III stair. The shorter timothynwas
sown with oats and the larger with flax.
MIR. Ames, who has probably the hest
arranged farm in the county, has also a