, 1875-06-21
menss. Tho Colorado pcat has no longer tstrors

to potato growers
Wo notice th.t Dr.. ,fcatnr.ris. Chemist Of sl,o
nen.t to lost wlletlnt pliuse would taxs up
l'atiA. ercc,, to nu ,nju,l6us dttenl; antl ',as
found no trace OF tho poiAon in plants
from, soil 10 hatnratod With tho mrorht tI,at
known 10 scientific men ooforo; but we arc Rlsa
the tcat haa boon ulado to Hntisfy those who
may hxvo believed what certain class OF so,,-
Hattonai journals hhye stated. TO tho effect that
.,.e s eo:o sn aDs o: sS ssi!ls mi a. .'tif sGa .oi
may ts1atdd bhcon1 'hjnllots 10 rdnt- -E;tsbwth-
nothing moro-if II receives tiha poison to tho
e1tent Vt nbout 1.0oo ruundn ror aero; but ,vo
e. net ,H,p ,aHnpssilcna that o'a'osrowers will in
Tho laat fot,r tlry seasons havo been excellent
lielrs y tho killing Of wecds; wo hnso found II
iht cultivation Of our katdc.l-cropa. 1lioHe who
hasc got tlle.n under need mol horeattor be So
serety troubled rith Those pe.'a. II ttdt ise the
seaaons have s+o tendtd. Ii great measure. to o
anlel'orato and to bring our prairio.soiH into
celent mechanical condition.
Why? The. soil, e1coFt III costalp localitios.
his not brhn ID wdt an IN become injured by
plovius.. The wise farmer ahnn|d profit By this
Ienson Of NAsuro and hereafter neter p!ow his
land whon 80 wet that i wtll not bsrak in fra
bic condition frohl tho tdold-board OF tho plow.
NEVER Pl.uN l.ANp WHEN WET.
Wo beloyo one cause OF tho succcsa OF an
crade i1hp'sments ot culsnte SdnniEt not nos S'ioW
Of blowing Tho sol except when IN fTiablo
, state, and eon.odusntly IL codo'tion: dioresu t
We have always bblso.est. havo repeatedly
SO sAtcd. and havo tatisinfl onraoltcH by ia
practice. that. III our virgin Westo.n ao!s, being
pess4baT ptes4besT G.5 a9 1s ss5s III; IaS. g;ssf s
drawback to fertility than lack Of manure not
that wo ui,Ioroatintstc tlo vauo Of niannrc, but
hcrs again manure acts bath mechanically, aB q
diviuor Of Tho SOL, al veil III chemically.
h5n Snt R ] s.ts ~ 5Gsaass sfs aa ff w.
tha wator, admits iii, hnd ptevents contraction
mud expansion iacilant to freezing aud shawng
and THO alternatlatia Of s7et and dry coadl-
tlou. Nopeated ptrringa when ont Of condition,
Of p,owin9 Buch ehllh whom ,tat, ca,,eas thom,fo
become like vast mottar-beds, md run together,
and. drying aeain:, they acquire the, aolit'ity
nonriy OF bricks. Sucn roita, stirred when wot,
combine into snallor Jumps; and. onco in thss
state, nothing but tho continued action Of frost
can over bring thom again Into condition. Suci,
soils hlHo becoine hote OF less inttiislcd. when
In good condition. after rains. 1nl require tint
this crust be broken as soon a. tho lard IL ,sui-
ciontly dry, to roach the Lost results in kitlaGe
ROTATION AND FALtrL6wfSd.
Thoae farmers who ara In tho habit uf kecping
mp strict rotation OF cropA arc tcldunt troubled
With Iurnpy SOILS. or Iaud hndiy out Of tot,-
1ition; for The judgment necessary to keep tho
rotation intact nearly ns poBeihlo enabion tlem
70 see tho consequences attending tho working Of
tho notl when Tot and TIE Part of the farm Kept
htnto somewhat sisnitae to What II was when in
iln natural htate, bofore IL was touched by tho
plowshare. or tho furiow tsodoen by tho fcok Of
tcRfns.
one Of tho bost means to keep heavy .oil. 10
condition, ID fall.plo~iug and wc hold Il to bo
bottet to i'Ant any crop on this fall-p1owlrg
wiehots rnplowing, than to touch II "hc'i wet in
the spring. Land is always gut Of condition for
Tie hAnd. II dbo6 not readily crutiibio aglln, hut
retains the form given tt BY thh iiud.
II land Is to be again ploncd In tho spriug. We
should adVso ploWsng as noon, after harvest as
weeds spring up and ire destroyed by 1l1e, ffost
and tho sul also His ho benefit Of tho ttft' add
a.t. and de".to anol'orato II during The Autdnaa.
rnA1DrE.aoILa ARE NJunEp,
not 80 much BY THAR wearing out IA by thoir
changod mechanical condition, fnci1ont to bid
ptowfng, and tbrkiug ths tolls wi1su wet. We
have already stated tho peculiar struothto Of onr
ros when IN tr # nst1s 1, sssts IT, aod hoT t1G
condition. N al Pow countries, fertile soils
condition, wh,ch onab1cs tho tnltiya-
TOT to prod1ce tho5e eropt natural
comparatively uniform succeas,. but with tho
expenditure Of q minimum amount OF labor.
so,f for aorits Of yoAts, whsat-that great
stapld Of new countries aud Of virgin eoila-is
! rroduced With certainty On land not tocr to
draining. As. the eeaaoms p0ss, the crop be-
| cornea cxnoacd to vnesoua contingencies which
tcud to rodnce tuth tho quantiey and tho Quatfty
This is principally due to tie nlccban.
fesl n!tarAtian Of tho soil. II eauses
winter; killing, ha,aving and lifting. Of tho
CROP, blight, ruat, mtdev, ETC., lUpod soils
sAud 10 that they Nill not rum togdthor under
tho combined action 6f moisture and working.
and therefbre not l'Ahle, TO bo acractod By me-
produced tudeau,te.Y. thts proyes thtt tho
failure of crops is not due to ths wearing out ct
the soil, but to IT'S changed rntchstcal cohdl-
tion; for our strong ioalns mrtkn, and clafs.
than shese s&udy soils. ~ +.