The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-02-17
for the farmer.
SUGGESTIONS OF AND FOR TEE SEA
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| Manure. the KEY TO successful farming, over
/ the larger part of the country, demands atfen-
] tinn. Perhaps in no item of farm practice has
| there been greater change than in that OF the
management of manure. Formerly, II was
! Thought that manure shoald only he brought: To
the field Just as il is TO he used. Now IL l. Ia
| ken out when earting OF shedding is good, and
/ the hands and teams are not pressed with other
| work. by hanling il in winter. and placing IL
| in heaps near 10 where u .SiH bc needed IN
| spriug il gets the benefit of an extra turning,
/ AID If desirable, these heaps may be again
| turned before they arr spread. Of course some
| f,rcthonght must be taken tn put the manure III
the most convenient place for the after labor of
| distributing it. Whatever else is done with ma
nure, let il lie kept in compact heaps; To scatter
| over the whole barnyard that which sbOuld only
cover of only few square yards, is
wicked waste. After the winter rains have
washed ont the soluble matter from the scattered
n.anure (often it 10 the nearest ereek,)
what remains is Of little yalur. Il wOnld be far
better were the manure upon The field where its
| washings would be utilized. Oae fact has been
often repeated in these columns, but our CORES
pOndence shows that II is not every here under
stood, which is-the quality of the manure de
| ponds upon the quality of the food. The animal
| adds nothing to what is fed to it; it takes out
| something. but leaves the refuse, which it does
not want, but the soil does in an available form.
| The old adage, ''Out of nothing nothing comes"
| is commended to those who think they can make
a large quantity Of rich manure out of little
| poor food.
| FRUIT GARDEN.
If a new garden is to he made, or plants added
to the old one, the varieties and the number of
| each should be decided upon, and the order sent
to the nearest reliable nurseryman at once. Il
is best 10 select the bulk from we-tried kinds,
though the new sorts may be INDUCED ia some
what. The market and the home table have
both to be consulted in making the choice. If
the market is n distant one, then firm fruit that
will reach its destination in good OrleT must Ice
selected. The local market and the home table
demand different class of fruit. The claims of
| those having new varieties of Strawberries,
backberries, raspberries, currants etc. for sale,
are not TO be ignored, but good well-tested
/ sort is not an uncertainty. There is much work
| to be done in the fruit garden that may be pre-
| paratory to the busy time of spring. All such
work as the getting ready of the trellises and
| supports of grape vines, raspbcrries, etc, may
be done now with great advantage. For grape
vines in small vineyards we prefer the upright
| trellis. Posts are set : feet apart; a strip ,!
| inches wide is nailed on, foot from the ground,
and another ut the top of the posts, @ or feet
| above the lower one.) The arms of the vines
fastened to the lower strip, and perpendicular
wires from the upper to the lower strip allow
each ascending shoot to he securely tied. Prun-
ing that has been neglected should he attended
| to the weather will allow. Grape
vines shOuld be pruned long before the buds be-
| gin to start; the same holds true of the cur
| rants and gooseberries, in which vegetation be-
gins very early, hence should be among the first
things OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 4gricHltarist, for
| FbTHdrg l.