The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-04-04
FARM TOPICS.

mt ia my first peas and potatoes on the
18th Of March, and had splendid crops
n both, but usually we can not do much
n the open soil before the first week ir.
April. As soon, however, as the frc Il
i out and the ground Is dry enough. 1
hall plant i'm my dryest and war.nest
soil some Little Gem and Laxtop's Al
mia peas. I shall open furrows three
inches deep for the Gems, and one foot
apart, and in these furrows scatter COM
most about an inch deep, draw a pointed
hoe through the furrow r. mingle the
manure with the soil, ard then SOW
,hickly--three peas TO Az inch. will
treat the Laxton's Alpha in the same
way, with the exception that the rows
will be two and a half feet apart. The
Little Gems grow only foot high, and
require no support. The Alphas re-
ou,re two and half feet brush. Two
weeks later shall plant for second crop
Little Gem, McI1csn's Advancer, and
Chsmpion Of England. have tried
great many kinds. and have come TO
the conclusion that the four kinds have
nsred are the richest favored and sufii-
GENTLY productive--in brief, all things
considered, the best. 1t is a pleasant
and inexpensive amusement to try fifty
other kinds ia small way. Since "Let
Us have peas " Is such a frequent and
emphatic remark at our dinner-table.
| shall plant literally every ten
days until the 4th Of July, burying the
seed deeper as the season advances, and
choosing shsdier and moister localities.
L. x.lI 80.
ed BY mildcw that were the vegetable
not such favorite, would not plant it
after the middle Of May. Deep plant
ing OF the seed late in the season in
sures longer bearing. prefer Cham
pion of England for the main crop, rs
tits by general consent regarded as the
flower Of the pea family. The short,
low-growing kinds like Little Gem will
be the better for any amount Of manure.
bat tall varieties like the Champion DO
not need fertilizers in the drill unless
the ground is poor. When gardens are
small add brush is not convenient, il
may be best to plant the dwarf kinds
only They can be sown on groEnd
designed for tomatoes, Lima beans,
melons, squash, etc, as they do not
shade the ground. and soon mature.
put them in such spaces almost Mto-
gether, and in rows three or four feet
apart, and plant the later vegetables
between them. As soon as the green
pods are picked, I have the vines dug
under, thus returning Et once To the
soil what was taken from it-H. n. 7
Roe tn HarTcr's Magcx,sc for 1prs
A CHEAP FENCE. -rhir king it would
be ca importance to tanners in general. \
but more particularly those Irving in
Southwestern Minnesota and Western
Iowa, Dakota, Nebraska, likewise other
prairie Territories. where the greatest
majority are with too limited means to
ience their pasture or farm, | evbmit
the following: know that 4 machine
can DC modelled and manufactured that
Will throw up ditch four feet wide and
four feet deep, and that the ditch can be
dug for six cents per rod around 40
acres Az six cents per rod The ditch
around 40 acres will amount 10 $40
The dirt should all be thrown on the
outside Of the pasture or field. When
this i done, then take 2xd scantlings
and saw them into pieces three feet
long, sharpen them at one end. drive
Them IN nearly two feet deep in thehank
q Dirt you have thrown up with the
utcher. Now take fence board and
nail It onto these scantlings. put the
board as high as you can II will take
l44v feet u scantling and 2 300 feet Of
iencing, In all 1000 feet. which can be
bought for sic per l.uD0 feet Of the
cheapest stun on the railroad. ,Eers
you have got 40 acres fenced, which
costs you SIS only, Plus the nails ,
used, and here YOU hsve got
enee that | will guarantee no COW
nor steer nor horse will jump from the !
inside. " ow that from experience !
! ny ditch should he four feet wide, so !,
mai no COW or steer can reach over and !,
'oox The dirt down or the other side, !.
'no u should be four feet deep SO that !
I, =, animal dare 70 go dswn in the ditch. !,
4 men the fence Is completed Is herein z
'esenbed, then take slips OF cottonwood Z
az willow xnd plant two or three rows !,
!. slips on the bank Of dirt. When the :,
ups are planted they ought TO be :.
nuched up little so as to keep rnoist- Z
" ~ the ground. This done, in three !,
ears you have live fence, and more :, !,
nan That, you have wi0dbreak all n
,ound you. Forty acres will pasture =
mix cows and from Is 10 l< big !.
w. This kind Of fencing will have 4 4
'naency to dry out the wet lands and Z,
axe them tillablc; butt will max The 4
n lands dry and the most productive. i.
VIII nave n tendency 10 dry The roads ~
- I. make them better. II will have =
auency to check somewhat the biz =.
rvs IN winter, because there will be -
'noer IN all directions " Olaus Kiliii- - -
3 spencer, Ioua, in Chicago Inier- y y,
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