, 1879-06-21
THE FARM AND GARDEN.

Rowing suckwhs.t-v.iuabto Cows-Ths
Month Of Jane.
From Orr Ohm cnrrtspond<na
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, June 19.-Tho noxt three or
four weeks must, In a measure, determine tile
quality Of each farmers crop ol corn; md Of It
ho Is the maln architect II is truo that drought,
storms, and curly frosts are circumstances to
be taken into considerations; but. as n rule. "a
the farmer hnA planted and cultivated, 80 will
be rcap. In Contral Illinois the season has
heen exceedingly favorable for all crops, except
grass IN meadows, and oats. No ono could COLI
afsteutly hnyo asked for t5uer weather during
the cotn.ulanting acason. Yet there has been
m unusual complaint Of socl-corn not gortni.
mating. We arc 1T loss to account for this. Ours
came up we'll; but thu man from whom wo pnr-
chased 1t Inns Ind to rep1ant atl his corn twice,
und soma Of 1t three times. This shows, at
least, tint the fault was not iu the quality OF
the seed, but perhaps was the. fault Of tic
planter,-eltler having been put In too dccp or
too shallow.
Tie farmer who t,ow has cornncid In which
there aro few missing hills, and who has kept
the weeds Killed. has a good prospect for
heavv yield, md may congratulate himself. But
tho farn1tr whose field las not more than half
stand, even II we'll tended, haa CAUSE for re-
ggots. 1t costa Just as n,ucs, to keep half
stand clean as 1t does full stand, while the re-
turn is only half. II weeds have become too
large for The cultivators to cover, another
source ot loss appears. Who're time permits, q
hoo should be used to tako out tho weeds. It
may not do the present crop much good, but 1t
will tic next one. Thorough cultivation should
bo the motto Of every farmer. We arc all too
prone to promise to do better ncxt year, but wo
seldom carry out our good Intentions, Now Is
the time to act. II The field Is too largo to be
stcccssfulIy handled with tic force nynitnblc.
hottor ,et a nortton ~ II m cnt,relv md tond
w. 49, ~, ' a. y. ~ IN, ,a."s ~ ~ a'u tsna
''e phla"ce "c'l' 'neta VIII W !css apheo 70 70
over whom the crop is harvested. Better turn
tho SURPLUS acres into a summcr-fa1low shan to
cultivate It only that 1t mar produce a prolific
crop Of weed.sced.
h.o, o~nr,r,o ~ ,,,,r ,,ot -, ~ .,,,r -.
~, a1 ~ n ~ ~ ~ mo~ ., w. 70 ao et
h,rrs ,..ssa3 ~ ~, H., 'aa+ ~ 9r
IN ro,tsd"s ndsss1 t,nt ,i'n a1. o
hrrs muss r,,, Saase ssP, ~ 10 ~ s a e1eSe.
~, 1,,,Is uu1 -, l.t situ" ~ ni s ~
to sooaa ~ r.a H. tr ,a ~ oai aSF
therr Il rcoiiv no ncee.stty for t;o " iaw n;
.e1e ~, e fSa.t3 .p "tsessaty lor he law. p1t
.tt.; .hE hus - e.T ns .SIs @ uay oe cofEreu VI
comnn1 thc nvnnr ri In, la,n1 ~ cTtcr',atn
them. There would b. YcrY fow burrs In the
highways II It were not for The seed being scat
tered b. animals which haye first got tl.en ut
some nd]oining farm. When our Lawmakers
attempt to lcgislatc for the benefit OF AEricuit-
turo they generally pass some euc!l law as the
- Cockla-D Burr Bill ,'s which, from It's title, is
supposed to PC intended to b. OF some value,
but turns out to be good for nothing. But,
wien IT cutncs TO passing 1nws whereby lftiCa-
appear to be fully compctent 10 fiji Mi rcnmIrc-
uaepts,
nar,,ss ux,v,,,,r,,.
a
OF money Is that pata for crupstattstfcs and
monthly rpporte Of CROPS by tie ntoto Bnnr,i NJ
AsrlcS9tnro. Bosh srs nucaed f9r, and neither
nnncared tntir xvhcf, n,,rnoT,c =, nivn tI,o
nercane ~ - H., ~ RiHe @ l,e
lor the years 1878 mud u. Tint OF the former
year Is Doubtless taken from thc Assessors re-
turns, but that for 1879 can only be guessed at:
1,o,r, ~ tst ~ e ~. nuas VI AeIes seL
lint h. lnc,r I'm d",,v nn,ySuo"rs "ss ,nh1t.s
crop.reports On tier own account. uften ~ weaks
tIc nmbijc n 1,tIiy aGrfseI W. r"s,arG r. NJ a
nnrh ,,scl"ss eincniitnre ri IN ,.o,n3a,s ~
money: vet Tic rnere fnrt nj tha Tn1is;ntnro
having established tho aSstom of atatstra w.
beralilrtl "a Sometime tint ,ynx ~ wrn"sip hnn"
It the farmer. TTo t,iy rar IN syhin, IL afr,@ta
him ia In ti,s increosc ~ bfe tn|as so - "aee's
nrnr,, w., 49,, ,.o.,.,.,.
u.4'et'N' o04fs3'isss
TO = prematnrc!y haston the ripenfng Of the fruit
Is one of TIC new thiilEs In horticulture. The
experiment Vas tried at tie Massachusetts Ag-
ricultural College Inst year, Rnd Is said to havn
produced some remarkable results, both in tl,c
quantity Of irutt and the period OF dcyclop-
Hacnt. The Amherst tA1Rss.) Transcript snys:
nh. v,,o. ,v.-, ,,-d,,,, .h,,,, ~. t..
August, when tho FREQ acld Of tho Concord rrnna
bay renclea its highest state. and the grapo-sgar
ilaa oeeon TO increase. Expcrlncnss woro made
Ma ,su Mnu!o vInea Inu VIE 1eahenes. Two 1ncs'
nycr" f1o,, ao oats ana eat1ginm
In With ind ta ssh,tcnco III rnn,, y. r. ~ Jn
The fr1it on the eirtIed vines 1an,urca iujy two
weeks In advances qf tue ungitiicd vines. 1,rnf.
Goesaman picked fully.nuttlFed fruit from III.
died vine at bis rcxtdcnce fully thron wenke /,
advance Of fruit on unEifdied branches Of ths sane
vine. Tho vines that wcro glrdied year ngo were
Instances fully healed over, tho rtrdng sren,e 10
produce the s4me effect on tie fruit m tnn frst
year. "~ A'AS
oHrF1No READY IN TINE.
We have frequently called nttentfnn in fhese
letters 10 the wnato Of tfma thnt ia inrnrra,l IN
running In The hInckamfthahnn I,,rtn.. th ia. -.
.n~ ~ ~ h1nkan -, hf.s s.!si t'io pHsJ
VI, ~ sok Gen ~ ua!herf REPAIRED, or ~
I I y. ~ c1tsA oolt W ttie piaco oI one ofoRen. a
nal!-oaY lsat during Aaqil's nn1 harvesting by
the sudden giving way Of a portion Of the ina.
chfncry usRy bc quito expensive, All far,n.tnn.
chtncsr should be carefully examipei n frw
wceka hefnrn ii IL wnntri f,,r uso H. nrda thnt