The Red Cloud chief., 1878-12-05

money out III " tHtu NJ nots' fa'lUG' |
The wisdom shown by Mr.. Hunsaker In
not permitting horse racing Ia conflict
with his farm duties u commendable.
Lnesboro (N.) Gasctte.
Bs~lpisG sh~ Apple free.
From fifteen To thirty bushels Of APP
pies added to the growth Of a good sized
apple tree II q good deal Ia take from a |
piece 81 ground thirty-two or forty fee,
square. and unless something beside the
leaves Is given back. exhaustion II soil
and consequent depreciation 81 fruit
will ensuo. The editor II the German |
town Telegraph speaks thus Of manur-
ing trees:
A top dressing Of almost anything APP.
piled In the spring or fall, works won
dcrs. For spring, fine dressing should
be- applied. either III ashes, woodpile or
road scrapiDgs, washing from bitches.
pulycrized muck or commercial fcrtil.
izcrs. In the fall compost or barn-ysrd
manurcs are Ia be preferred. Farmers
who hesit ate Ia cnricn their orchards
should inform themselves on the subject
from successful fruit growers. rot only
~ I - the mode of maturing their orch.
NTIS, Uut IL w tHt UtSt NtTtfNifN w
apples for the locality. ~ some yaric-
ties will do much better in one locality
than another, though the distance may
he only u few miles.
Tall lsl0wiaw.
Many farmars pillow land In the fall
for spring wheat and barley, and some
time oats. but for corn they defer II ill
spring. We believe that on heavy clay
soils the corn crop Is greatly benefited
by having the land plowed in the fall.
One principal cause u poor crops Of
this grain Is blowing the land We, in
the spring. and thus locking mp it, fer.
Utility, by blowing in the fall any troub-
L. from this source il removed. Such
LAID, IL plowcd properly, need not be
| plowed in the spring; the weeds that
started up n b. easily destroyed by
the harrow while putting the land In
order. the evils of late planting are
removed by fall blowing, for IL the land
= ready there u not one season In TWEEN
" that the corn ann b" put In as 1901
as II Is safe. Land "A be narrowed
without injury when I, would not do to
piow deep. and II can be plowed wetter
In the fall than In the spriug, as the
frosts III winter correct the injury that
would otherwise occur. In the case Of
corn stubble fall blowing Is not so Sd-
visable or essential, and In most cases
q so practicable. but for everything
else. In tough clay soil. we should try
Ia pillow In the fall; the spring-tooth
harrow. recently introduced. Is said Ia
be- q good implement for loosening up
fall.plowed land In the spring, as IL can
be set 10 any depth. and stirs the ground
evenly and thoroughly. A common
surface borrow or n c%ultivator should
90 after tai thoroughly cover up the
weeds Ohio Farmer.
Odessa " h~ms.
II some of your many readers. or
Yourself. will inform mann II Us Kan
farmers wha, they know about
Odessa wheat its probable adaptable.
ity to our climate, where We can get IL,
etc. yoI will much oblige ;, T.. Kan
sas. IL is too dry, so far. to make any
Roadway. in fall seeding. and we ask
what YOU know. etc. of the Odessa.
FULLERTON, kAs. {. T.. Is.
II is impossible tn form a correct
opinion upon the adaptability Of any
/ CEpH> w t'Itaiu itNaAiht> t>N'tN WI
general principles. Odessa wheat Is a
native 81 Southern Europe. Upon its
introduction into the west. some years
ago, IL Was highly spoken of by many.
and particularly 81 by Mr.. Dslrymple,
of Minnesota, the most prominent wheat
grower Of that State. He said. As pub
hshed In the Prairie Farmer of April
II. 1873. that he could not afford Ia
|, raise Fife as against Odessa. except Al
an advance In price over Odessa. Of Is
| tai ~ elt per bushel, and that the
Odessa brought in Milwaukee the high,
est market price; that the wheat stood
: up well under protrseted storms, and
that its weight over Fife and the other
varieties raised by him WAS from two to
three per bushel more. Since then Ia
: claims have been divided With other
varieties. We should like the expert
' ence Of those farmers who have tried /,
. In successive years. In the meantime
we advise our correspondent 10 test tn,
matter for himself-the only true plar
anywhere. The seed NAV be had Ger
tainly of Messrs. LAndreth. Philadel
phia. Pa. There would seem To be NJ
good reason Why this wheat should no
be valuable in Kansas. since the climAt.
swhere IL originated Is In some respects