The Red Cloud chief., 1879-11-13
FiHN tories.


With ~r~-T~~; - un1~-lr5air-. III
farmer ma.s hrst & al - c~,utlu-~'
ths; h. Abd n~~i. L. Thi. In Svu~gA,
BE- = not is-r-1-ssi - h~Nstr. n j. -rrs,
"a - dr., 2ad =; ;h- s~srfAre r u.uAly
- But upon -,AmInAfssn i - fant
that the wsisr hns : otlea bat a h:t.e
b-lpw. and hat Il drop. very .k~iy.
tai M ueAriv q - h.Ir sa~pn 81 - W.
1ut IL ths tllAb5r ~sl. ~ s-21 Wrh a
very A-V T,rsiS-ssn & land. especially
clay. Nh-H pbFs ne s8rh lard, a.
tbDnsh i uay -~u DRY. H sill an~a
turn up Wei. and especially 81 sprns
AMI -. knns toe effect af~~t clay sh~a
drszi ~ thu sun II = taxed bard. AM
in this condition iAk- = b1n. ;inl~ g.
rrlur. Il q" : iuAhis sta's. When
plDW-i in III. fAN lAss. a. 4 shuall ~
to prevent sra- and N-szi. from start
M a 4, usually .;iil mpTv ~e;, and The
rains and SNOW. Will pax q. ant iu th~
sPung L Mil ~ ~, AMI tough, and =
If ali dn will - hard. and late "a tGs
sca~In t-apr, Il gan h. WORKED
Now their : murh land ~ 'hi. J--
~,rptuu- l. = u1t uaiy talrG.t q"
manage. hui .~mpo>~lb., - 81 ga god
condition ia some >-A~tu. Hsuge,
light crops. ami. 81 80; -A-ru,, n fad
ur"- 4 iryUih harden, and rack, j. a.
the surface. Winter grain is life! v.,
in the .p-ug clover the -am,. AMI 1r
gra>, - some extent. !, - uuIi irr
corn and for barley, and wl!l oHly pro
duce oat- aud bu,kw h-Ai aud ulhrr
coarse crops. and lhs--, a. a rule. net
prDttably. Even IN thc b,>t & -A-li..
Ike tn" two lat, superior crop, can Uut
b. expected And from Year Ia year
th!, .uc, on. such land, therefore, j. a
damage. Farms wholly composed Il t
would not pay and ~ -,m"tjnIc, met
with such, usually changing ownership
taking from each without i-n,ht-
InC the land. but uu thu contrary r-s!ug-
Iny Il, ~ u j. in such i condition that
the more IL !, worked the worse u b--
come.
Now. it has been proved, and i, cpn-
~iautly shown, Iha, - undrnirain thu
soil j. - curr u. II viii not "uly i-cn~-
fit II, but completely change it, and
make "a highly profitable ~il ou, uf it
one that viii work easily. and that can
b. worked al almost any time AMI De-
mellow, With no more excess II wafer
or frost la annoy. Only ihu>. who have
Ind"rlrainri such land know how much
in the spring it a he worked,
and a. this ! =" every spring, II = there
a constant benefit. The land J. not
only worked several weeks earlier, hut
It works mellow a. left mellow hy the
If ialLplowrd). the spring rain,
which follow having lost their effect Il
hardening the ground, with little dan
ger uf rutIIng the seed. This last j.
another great point. ~ in tn" fan the
land can hc pl"wci late without harm.
ia the average season. There Vii be- No.
>priug-hcaying To- fear. The grasses
now Ice CROWN Ia advantage. The
heritage will br sweet and nutritious.
aud with manure, eau hr made luNurr
ant. especially timothy, which rcv'l. Va
a drained ciav. Wheat now al~u iiud>
a home here, from which il Wa, excluded
hy the wet. with little L. fear from the
weather. Indeed there are few If any
soils equal to "A well drained clay. If not
heavy. Ii i a -uil that l. lasting,
and takes mlnure better than ~ Other
holding il better and from IT, semi
c|nmpactne>> rctarling the sinking Of
the ~nitratc>, ~ tina, manure i'm such >oil
i Increased in value. There j. also fer
tilitv. heretofore locked up. that now
becomes liberated through the action II
the warm rains and air that penetrate
the whole mas.
We. therefore, have "A grca, adyau-
if we choose. IL i - great that il
becomes the leading one, changing ia"
land nj once and increasing IT, product
50 that it will pay the expense in
two or three years. Two hay crops
in one season have done this. and with
care in management can Ice made To-
do ii in all or nearly all eases. Clover
will do it still more readily. Winter
" wheat not ~infrcquyutiy does II in Il sin
gle crop, and never exceeds twp If fair
treatment bc given. There i nuw no
heaving> out, and the WELD j. much
with u Plumpcr berry AMI a
straw. BY putting spring grain
IN early, which may now hc done and
with less danger from bad weather, Sue
crops will he. the rule. And A.
la fruit trees. grapevincs and the gar
den. there i an equally good result. II
i more especially So with grapcyinc>
and orchards. II i unwi>c Ia st an
orchard in the common undraincd clay.
~ i evidenced bv the general complaint
we hear, have heard and shall
continue To hear till the soil i deprived
the excess of water which keeps it
sour and cold. molding and rotting the
and affecting the tree, the fruit
being les>encd in quality and quantity.
With all the i'll effects If an under
drained soil. the cause i unsupported by
MANY. and by most l. not comprehend
ed in it, full extent. This ignorance i
the great obstruction in the way for the
excuse about the cost has no real force,
A. the work can be- So arranged that
land NAV he drained every year
till the whole i completed. The farm
or himself in the fall and often in the
can do much IF the work. II he
has BOYS Ia help him there i no excuse
for not pushing on the work rapidly, A.
they are better employed than idle, and
especially in work If 50 much import
ance A. This. underlying all the opera
tions If the farm, and the basis If sure
The first thing Ia do toward the cor
Of this great evil, i to convince
the owner that his land needs draining.
The simple test l. the one Of digging a
poSt-hole. If that contains water ordi-
narily the land needs Ia be drained.
By testing il will often be- found that
exists where il was not suspected.
in apparently dry ground, and even in
a dry season. unless the drouth j. So
we're and IF hong continuance, in which
ease. a. before stated. the ground will
become hard and crack open. II the test
shows that the soil needs ditching. ron
suit a man qualified 10 give directions,
and carry out implicitly his instructions.
Do not attempt it yourself without such
aid, as it requires experience, and in
cases considerable knowledge, 10
do the work right: and if not rightly
done. serious difficulty will result. 4
cloCged drain Is no drain nj all; and if
laid deep enough general fault
with inexperienced hand-there j. lit
tie improvement. and none At al for
deep-rootinC plants. Avery little deep
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