The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-04-08
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PRACTICAL HINTS FOR APRIL

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PRACTICAL HINTS FOR APRIL,
DAhxxf-A lns condition Of The col
y indispensable for this crop. Old bar
ley growers know I'll about this, bal
many want to grow barley because It il
profitable crop when successfhl. II
win succeed in any good, well prepared
sod, but . mellow clay loan which en-
be brought to good tilth, IL to be pre-.
ferred. But good crops Of bright grain
may be grown on lighter feams II In
good heart. Il may be made an exces.
lent soiling crop to follow clover, and
- . change from oats. We prefer to
SOW thickly, say l.2 bushels per acre,
but opinions vary m THE respect. and
from l IL to IL bushels d the range.
OATs.-Early sown oats in our hot
climate arc - . rule, better than the
late sown. Our climate IL not 90 favor
able for oats ~ the cooler northern and
northeastern ones. These oats are
heavy and plump, and seed from Cana
ID, Nova Scotia, and Few Brunsvick
WIN produce wen for two or three years.
By using seed from these northern To-
calities, oats may be grown in the mid
die States, weighing from IS 10 a.
pounds per bushel.
CoRx.-This IL one Of those crops
which require warm coil and which
sul1er from . late frost. But the ground
may be prepared in season to help on
the planting Afterwards. A good .
crop may be grown on stubble - ON cod
II tho right method is followed; and
this is simply to give sufficient manure
and thorough cultivation. One hundred
bushcls per sore may be produced, and
this means double or treble pay for the
same labor. Far larger crops than this
have been grown, and Of late years,
thanks to the general diffusion Of scien-
tic knowledge through the best Of the
agricultural journals, the average yield
Of this grain has been doubled. A yisla
Of IS or 90 bushels il now secured wAespJ
80 or 70 bushels used 10 satiSlS iAs~>
The use Of fsetillaeVa aad sss' .,.er.'
Of cultivation have eiIse' = mc'nod'
same means may ." '"s' ou' inc
evan ,..-.... .e made available for
=. .,.~ yields. and one should new.
/. satisfed with y large crop, but
Try for still greater ones. The time Of
planting Of course varies with the lati.
tude, and these remarks apply when
corn planting 10 in season.
Cows.-Garget and abortion trouble
the dairymen. We believe in proven.
ton. The former may surely be pre-.
vented BY due care. A. soon - the nd.
der contain milk, It should be relieved
by drawing Of part Of II, II there is
any tendency 10 hardness. These dis
eases are often oonseqscnce of weak
ness. A ist animal may be weak for
want Of food. When . cows time ap.
proaches and feed y suddenly reduced,
disturbance Of the system 10 caused.
Circulation basnnes irregular. ane con-
gestion occurs in 10 most susceptible
organs. The udder is the principal one
Of these At this time, and an attack Of
garget il very sure to occur. This may
not always be so, but long experience
and observati ON convinces US that Il
generally is. The remedy is obvious.
SwINE.-.Corn is high, but 80 is freight
and as 900 pounds Of corn may be car
ried in a pork barrel, it is question if
will not pay to feed 80 cent corn to four
cent pigs. Every bushel of corn fed re.
lieves the market of surplus, aud
makes the remainder more salsable.
This IL to be considered. Also the fac,
that there is kind Of pig that may be
fed the most probably and that one
kind is the one to discover and choose,
Hereafter, farmers will save t. cir prof.
its, in all probability, just ~ is done in
other manufacturing businr IS. Animals
are living farm mxchincs..
ORCHARD AND y,URsERy.
Whosoever sets o. 1t an orchard OF
course does SO with the expectation of q
return in fruit. No one plants corn or
potatoes without first considsring if the
land will give BIN a crop; if the soil is
not in the proper condition he knows
that he must rake it 90, or lose his seed
and his labor. Much less than corn and
potatoes con fruit trees make crop on
nothing. The trees win struggle slong,
do the best they can, but such orchards
do not pay, and "ruu out" early. I'm
less tho land is sufficiently fertile for an
ordinary farm crop, it should be made
90 no soil too wet for such crops will
answer for fruit treca, which, to succeed
need well drained mad. Tho blowing
should be rs deep a. the cha racter of the
soil will allow, and the sub-soil plow
may gcnerally follow tho other with
beueiit.
The TxEEs.-It IL assumed that trees
were ordered some time ago; they
should be 1t hand ready for planting.
It is the custom ct nurseries to take up
and heel-in large stock Of the kind Of
the kind Of tres most called for. this
retsrds the g.owth and allows them to
al late orders. II there ia . nursery
near at hand it win pay TO make . bar
gain, II possible, to help dig the trses
yourself, and thus secure larger share
Of the roots that belong to them. II
trees, in slong journey, become dry and
struggled, bury them, root and branch,
In mellow earth for . few days, when
they become plump again. In unpack-
Eng the trees, look 70 the labels, - some
may become detached and would other
wise DO lost.
PREPARIxo.- Everybody wishes to
get I'll be can for the money, and the
nurserymsn send much larger tops to
the trees than the pruned roots In their
new positions can support. It 10 safeto
shorten the branches one-third Or one
half, but It should be done with judg-