The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-06-28
fnr the farmer.
Hinss for work 4. June. &.

From the Ameicaa 4grienffiiris, for June, we
eohdense the following notes: Z IL ls
Plant everything possible, early this month:
until this middle Of the month, with certainty Of
fipening as soon as late sorts planted earlier, or
1t may be planted closer for fodder.
FoppER-CoRN is one of the most valuable
crops, especially for dairymsn. By and BY we
shall probably preserve corn-fodder in pits and
trenches, just as brewers grains are now kept
by many American dairymen, or as carn.fooder
10 preserved by many foreign farmers. Inc pro-
cess, known rs eHsilage, was fully described, win
Illustrations, in the american Agricsifur'sf for
June, 1875. 1t would be well to refer to or pro-
cure this number, and study the process. Fod-
dercorn may be planted in rows ~ feet apart,
with seed dropped two inches apart In the row.
Cultivate with horse hoe as soon as the corn is
above ground.
BEANS are becoming q more profitable crop,
now that additional attention il given to them.
When planted in rows q feet apart, or beans
may BE- dropped every foot. By planting with
the Albany planter, the beans may be dropped
in a continuous row, inches apart. The seed
should 90 into light land, at least inches deep
In the moist soil.
PorAroEs will need very close attention. It
10 not at sll improbable that many careless farm
ers will lose their crop through inattention, and
that the price will again be high in the Fall.
The Colorado beetle may be kept down by care
and Paris Green, as has been frequently explain
cd. See page ZUf.l l-fOLatO Ie6ls," new
book, sent post paid from this Office for so cents,
will be very valuable
RUTA-BAGAs should be sown this month. Two
pounds of seed per acre shonld be sown, and it
will be better to cow in drills, either with hand
or horse planter. The rows may be made "a to
peTphosphate, drilled with the seed, will force
The crop ahead of the fly. II the fly attacks
them use finely slaked lime, dry sifted coal ash
g. or SCOT, freely sifted over them.
PREPARING FOR HARvEsT.-No time should be
lost in getting ready for harvest. 1t would pay
il money has to be borrowed for the purpose,
where ten acres Of hay have to be made. In
choosing machines, durability and ease of work
ing should be looked to first; low price is q Sec
ondsSy confederation, When scythes are nsed,
the rhomboidal scythe-sharpener will be found
racks, barns and stack bottoms, and any other
needed facilities, should all be ready for work
without delay.
CLovRR-HAY 10 worth much more when cut
early, than when cut late. Prof. Atwater has
given the readers of the american AqricnIturist
some very valuable hints in this respect, which
should be well studied and remembered. We
prefer to rake up clover before it is completely
dried, and cure 1t in the cock for at least TWEEN
ty-four hours. This method considerably in
crsases the value of the hay.
THE DAIRY.-Cows are now in their prime,
and justice should be done them, by using care
and skin in the dairy. June butter is the best
of the season, and may be packed, SO as to keep
perfectly for . year. Use only the best quality
of salt, the price of which is really no object
considering that only one ounce of it goes to a
pound Of butter, and the difference in the quail
81 of the salt may easily make or 10 cents O
pound variation in the value of the butter.
PIas.-A piece Of pasture should by all means
be provided fer the swine, especially for young
pigs. This insures health and healthful growth
An acre or two of orchard seeded to clover, with
an open shed for shelter during storms, would
be found very valuable. Keep only grade pigs
for o good breed, and feed literally; this is the
secret of cheap pork. A mixture of salt, sulphur
and charcoal, given occasionally, will be useful
4 ounces of each will be enough for a weeks
supply for twelve full-grown pigs. PuEe water
should be given plentifully.
PAsrURE.-Do not overstock the pasture.
Keep good growth by feeding little dry feed
or grain in the evening, and bringing up the
stock early. A dressing Of GO pounds of salt OF
of nitrate of soda per acre will be useful to the
soda is used, it should be spread during show
Of rain, that it is at once dissolved and car
risd into the soil,
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-Ewes and lambs will
thrive all the better for little extra feed. The
lambs should be fed in place by themselves, to
ure, known as q tgamb-crecp," will be found
useful. This is fence with openings, through
which the lambs can pass, but the sheep can
not. Pure water should DO provided for both
ewes and lambs, where they can have constant
access to it.
now q tender, quick growing sprout, will, in
October be o strong woody branch, and perhaps
branch Just where it is not wanted, and which
must be removed by the use of the saw or the
strong knife. At the right time the shoot could
have been rubbed off, and not only the trouble
of fha hrop ha avoidad INIT ho
less growth would have been directed to parts
where it was needed. Some one has called this
"ANrcIrATIvE PRUNING" and it is really
that. If one has q careful eye after his young
trees, he can, by rubbing off bud or shoot here,
and pinching shoot there, 80 direct the growth
that BY the time the trees come into bearing,
they will be Of proper form, and very little work
will be required of the pruning saw and chisel
PRUNINe.-If large limbs are to he removed
from neglected trees, this month or next (accor-
ding to locality-at any rate, when the Spring
growth is made and the leaves have attained
full size and substance) is by many preferred for
the work, Is wounds now heal rapidly. Cut all
large wounds smooth with drawing knife, and
cover with shellac yarnish, melted graftingw wax,
or thick paint.
CURCUIIos.-There is but one way with them
thus far known. After hundreds of experiments
application and botheration, nothing but catch
ing and killing is Of the slightest use. Some Of
them may be caught by smoothing the ground
around the trees, and placing pieces Of board
here and there; those that hide under these
boards may be caught and killed Still, many
will go upon the trees, and these must be Jared
of early in the morning, caught on cloth and
killed.
BoRRRs do not breed in the tree, as some sup
pose. Every borer in the tree went in. The pa
rent, winged insect, laid the egg the bark, the
little horer hatcbed out, ut once bored its way
into the tree and there it will stay until it comes
out as perfect insect or is cut out or is punch
ed to death in the hole. But please observe, no
patent stpff that is to be laid in the crotch OF
the tree, no stnff that You may paint on the
trunk, no "invigorator," or anything that you
apply to the soil to be taken up by the roots,
and thus poison the borer, will be of any earthly
use. While you are fussing with such treat
ment, the borer is quietly at work, perhaps stop
ping, now and then, to laugh at the folly of the
performance. Cut with knife and punch with
wire.
THE SLUG, 30 called, but which is really . cat
srpillar, will appear, especially on the pear and
cherry leaves, and, unless checked, often make
sad work. Il ia q dark-green, leech-ike crea-
ture, that leaves o Shiny trail. Slaked lime,
busted from a coaras bag, at the end Of . pole,
will soon end it In dry time, fine dust from
the road may be thrown into the trees, with
good effect.
THERE is hasdlx more valuable plant in the
garden than sage. 1t is easily raised. The
plants should be set about eighteen inches apart
in rows three feet distant. Sage will grow on
almost any land we have in the West, and If