Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-09

no food, but annually strip off what
irult they are able under these circum-
stances TO give us, and scold about its
being small and tasteless. | know
push mat Is more happily situated. 1t
mas az least hve feet square of good soil
All TO itseli-no large trees or plant
oeing near enough to cut off light or 10
sena roots into ITS bed of soil. Every
autumn shovelful of good manure is
scattered over these twenty-five square
feet, and every spring a mulching of
clippings OF grass, or similar litter is
put on thick enough to suppress weeds
and retain moisture. 1t has several
stems. Grass Is prevented from grow
ing up between them by pads of rhu-
barb leaves OF. brown paper, or the like
pushed down between them. some
pleasant leisure day of winter the
pruning shears are taken out, and the
whole exterior is thinned so that each
shoot is at least six inches from any
other, i'll order that its leaves may be
able to expand in full light, unshaded by
others. Besides this, sprouts from the
collar are pinched as they issue, except
ing any that have full room, and helle-
bore is used early i'll May. This bush
yields bucketful of currants, every
year, and such currants, for size, brilii-
ance and excellence of flavor as many
have never seen.-C Country Gentleman.
On PLowlNG.-Always have your
plow sharp. Never go to the field with
an instrument which is not in condition
TO do good work. A good workman
may be thwarted by bad tools, and dull
tools are good indication of lazy
iarmer. Remember that 10 pillow well
does not mean to turn over Il clean fur
row. to do that may be well, but that
Is not all. Good plowing is the thorough
pulverzation of the soil, and he who
can dissolve an acre ofground into the
finest particles is the best plowman: for
he exposes the most surface to the seed
which shall be sown, Tle ground can
not be too finely ground up Here lies
the secret of fine crops, so far as me-
chanical agency is concerned. Plow an
inch or 80 deeper each Year, and thus
deepen your seed bed and bring the
subsoil III contact with light and air for
chemical operations. You can never
go too deep provided yol go slowly.
Never he in II hurry ut shis kind Of
work. II you have not the time to do
your work right, just make the time.
One acre Well plowed is worth two acres
half way done. Look out for those
hard places where the instrument
tries 70 jump out. Stop; here is an
enemy that must be conquered; you
must not neglect it. These spots de-
termine the real from the artificial
workman. Try it over again. If n
rock, or II root, or any other obstruction
is III your way, stop and get rid of it en-
tirely. Fit is u rock, put it into sink
hole. Never let it bother you again.
dispose Of it at once. Do not ride on
your pillow handles. Your team has
draught enough to overcome without
your laainess adding fifty pounds. Rid
ing on the pillow handles never does
good work. Stand square between the
pillow handles, arms SO stiff that you
must be lifted off your feet before the
slow can veer from its course. Then
lit little on the handles, and you will
do better work and tighten the draught
by twenty-five or fifty pounds. Keep
your eye ahead of your team and turn
every inch. A bad workman covers,
and gram is lost When done, take
your pillow and clean it well and put it
under cover out Of the way of wet
moisture, which, like rot, soon destroy
Il valuable instrument.