The Red Cloud chief., 1879-02-06

~ Ntu tEhtrh IS " srtsrA lERCN We
block. where yUa ~Ans The ys,.t. q,
stand. and stake them down n eAch rusi
wiih shouidrr,stskrs Mustass the pa.ts
As fa past. zndrAil isne~. in>vst tAs
rails. pip the I0p rails ihr.a.h thr p-sts
and Oh. fcncs - crtnpicte II cAa ~
taken apart and mosvi ~ lad awAV uIl
needed. and - handy Coz i~cncang .tsss
or sny temporary parPsse fur Hill
sides plArv a stoac or hlock II pfst.r
siss under iosvr end ~ tho biesk. 81
make ,hs notch lnelinc 10 ,u.t the
grvand
Experiments ~ ~ h~as ~sN~sst,s.
stsa.
Experiments have tcen made ia Mich
gan In cultivstihg wheat. anil the ~
suln are not only s~aii.fAc,ot, bat ~.
touishing. A committee was appoint.
ed to oversee the experiments and
make the report SIXTY. cigh, puund.
II seed per Acrv were suwn Ii drills 10
inches apart. and ~ pounds y-r acre
were drilled In the usual wAy thAt in
10 inch drills VA cultivated With a
horse wheat hoe once la the fall aud
twice IN the spring, the other ~ courSo
vas a. cultivated after sowing In.
rvpor, says that the idinch lot aid not,
Lodge or crinkle. while tho : inch ~,
did 81 badly the sVcray. yIcid Wa 6gl
per cent greater In the 10 inch dnlis
than In the : inch drills The Agresi.
isrIsf remarks lit i, ~ reasonable Ia
believe the' grain crops should 10 ben.
Gifted by cultivation ~ that IL po,aioes,
corn, cabhag,s and other - should
be. HOoing whoa, In Europe Is not an
uncommon practice. and farmers In
this country have begun IL with marked
success"
Importance oSsh~ tors Crop.
Ne. rpfs shippins lie,
tn. Importance II the country's corn
crop 10 hardly understood b, Oh. gen.
crsl run II readers. since they DO rot
know what n Wide basis 81 prosperity
II constitutes. II IL the basis oi an an.
nual pork crop, comprising nj least
l0,ooO.O on head ~ hogs; H.. consump.
ton as human food is very large and
increasing In both hcmi.phcrcs, IL L.
more universally fed 10 stock u all
kinds than any other cereal. and Is. In
n word. n III the most valuable Of AZ
r%icultural products. The acreage ~
las, year In corn reaches 80, 36y. 600.
and the yield probably no, less than
l,5o0,0oc.oD bushels. The expectation
81 corn has increased from n little over
100000 bushels per annum ten years
ago to nearly 100000 ~ nj the present
time. Al this rst. II increase corn
promises la become the king ~ com.
mercc. In this connection II ~ inter.
esting Ia know that the production II
grain Ut all kinds la the United states
Is forty bushels per capita against only
sixteen bushcls Tor al Europe.
0ras ~ . s'sssilss~r.
rrsetiosl rsnast
One 81 q correspondents. Mr.. Kern.
Of Lehigh County. Pa. tried bran as =
fertilizer for potatoes las, year. and rc-
ported Ia Us that l, Increased the yield
one third. Another experiment on corn
IN recorded, where II produced marked
results, the ows on which the bran
was used soon being six inches taller
thar the other rows. A. seed will no,
g%.rminate in dry bran. II would be- we'll
Ia compost IL bcfor. using H. Mix II
with two or three times its bulk 81 rich
mould from the woods. sprinkle enough
,uanu's ~s.t :" mane " neat snh
mn sno,si W over uhu thoroughly
nI'so' y ,his u done Two or thiee
weeks before using u VIII partially do
! .ha' 70 coneN' wtth ia,
ssou u would not in)nfe " We ROAD
I'm, 'opacoo gro"efso 'he' ohhecilcu
'aiiey use bran Va large, quantities
,mPortihg u from Iowa m minnesota
,ot ms purpose mere Is men held
.o1 ehprr,'nsh' IN home-maae ierhnh
.rs. Nnioh farmer. should WORK up.
in',e y 'a.s'ha,on IN tne wor. %
s~oniucuhR ines. experiments when
pay 'he trouble itseii, besides the
'uI% oosainon' How man.
~, ou, r'aaers "iI 'est 'he pfan 1ue''
a"n tn' coming Year,
ss'ssr Else Jcrs~y Cattle.
c'S,:a AZ
.,nu "e nemocr., rs',n '''ri'
Vut"'" ,oSA' ,ne o'h'' "a. w
VIZ W see v cooioe co,'scuon % Ger
81 a"a VIZ DO, al'spPo,h''a.pu.
rnr,t. nu. 80 !" w. %
PuIcnase. our was hrs' d.
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