The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-04-21
for the farmer.
PRACTICAL HINTS FOR APRIL.

prnsabe for this crop Old barley growers know
AL about this, but many want TO grow barley
heeause IL is a profitable crop when successful.
Il will succeed in any good, Wellprepared soil,
but a mellow clay loan which can lie brought to
good filth is 10 be preferred. But good crops of
bright grain may Ice grown on lighter loans If in
good heart IL may lie made an excellent s"iiins
crnp to follow ciover, and rs change from oats.
We prefer TO SOW thckly' say y bushels pr
acre, but opinions vary IN tins respect, and nom
II to u bushels IS the range.
ONIs.-Early sown oats in our hot climate arc,
rs a rule, better than the late sown. Oar climate
il not favorable for oats as the cooler northern
and northeastern ones. There oats are heavy
and plump. and seed from Canada, Nova Scotia
aud New Brunswick viii prodnee well for two
or three years. BY using seed from these north
ern localities, oats may he grown IN the Middle
States weighing from 3 to - pounds per bnshel
coRx-This is one of those crops which require
n warm soil and which suffer from late frost.
But III. ground may lie prepared in season 10 help
on the planting afterwarI. A good crop may be
grown stubble on sod If the right method
is followed aud this IL simply to give Sufficient
manure and thorough cultivation. One hundred
bushels per acre may I've produced, and this means
double or treble pay for the same labor. far
larger crops than this have been grown, and oil
late years, thanks to the general diffusion OF
scientific knowledge through the best OF agil-
cultural journals, the average yield OF tins gram
has been double A yield OF 30 or 80 bushels Is
now secured where ~ or 20 bushels used TO sat,
isfy farmers Inc use OF iertillzers ana COCA
nethods OF elI.l' a'iph nay eneS'sI 'nIs' pn'
the same means may DC ans a'aiIaole 70! ~.
anu 1n. s LII saa! 81
The time of planting Of course varies with the
Ialituue, anu t mn app! WIG" WIN
Piah'inS 10 ih 'o"'"-
Cows.-Garget and abortion trouble the dairy
| may surely he prevented by due care As soon
As The udder contains milk il should be relieved
| by drawing off part of it, if there is any ten
| dency 10 hardness These diseases are often the
| consequence of weakness A fat animal NAV he
| weak for want of food When a cows time ap-
| proaches and the feed is suddenly reduced, dis
| turbance of the system is caused Circulation
| becomes irregular and congestion occurs in the
| most susceptible organs The udder is the prin-
cinaI one of these at this period, and an attack
| of garpet is yery sure to occur This may not
| always be so. but long experience and Observa-
| ton convinces us that it generally is. The
| remedy is Obvious
| Su,xr Cor, ia biob Inn, so il freight but rs
| so9 ,io,,,,d 81 cor, ma ha .arr;ed in n nork
I.rriiI ~ - auestion If IL will NOT nav 10 feed
20 ~, aor,, 80 csnt MOS Fer bpshcI of corn
| fed relieves the market Of a surplus and makes
| the remainder more salable This is to be con-
| sidered Also the fact that there is kind of pig
| that NAV lie fed the most proiitably and that one
| kind is The one to discover and choose Hereafter
| farmers will save their profts in all probability
lust as is done in other manufacturing business.
| Animals are living farm machines.
| o,cu,pn,xn Srpsrpy -wbo.vcr SETS ont an
orchard Of conrse does If with the expectation of
-, =; So, " on. niants corn or moi atoss
| w;tbont t;rst cons;dsrinT Il the land will give
~, - ;s a., sa;i (; NO, in the nronar cn1d;.
| tinn he tnoy-s tbat he INNS. ,,ake II 70 or Ios.
| - 80 anJ H. iaI,or Wnci ie.s tban corn and
| nntatoas CIV, frn;t trees m,ta a cron an nothing
TTba trses viii str,aaie aiang do the hest tbey
en- h,t sn.h orcbsSjs 10 nor nav and slrnn on,;,
eoriv JTpIss tbe land il sutticientIy fertile for
| an orliror,, Earn, cron II sbopId he mad, "a. ma
soiI too VET far sucb rrons will answer for fruit
trees, which, to succeed, need well drained land.
| The blowing should be as deep as the character
of the soil will allow, and the snb-soil pillow may
| generally follow the other with benefit. 1t il
| assumed that trees were ordered some time
| ago: they should be at hand ready for planting
Ii is the custom at nurseries to take up and heel
in large stock of the kinds of trees most called
for; this retarls the growth, and allows them To
| fill late ORDERS If there is a nursery near at
hand, it will pay to make a bargain, if possible,
to help dig the trees Yourself and thus secure a
larger share of the roots that belong TO them. II
| trees in long journeys become dry and shrveled,
| bury them, root and branch in mellow earth for
] a few DAYS when they become plump again. In
| unpacking the trees, look to the labels, rs some
| NAV become detached and would otherwise be lost
| Everybody wishes to get all he can for the
| money. and the nurserymen send much larger
| tops TO the trees than the pruned roots in their
| new positions can support 1t is safe to shorten
the branches one-thir,i or one-half but il should
| be done with Judgment and reference to the
| condition of the roots At the same time mare
| smooth apy broken or manrled roots In setting
| a tree. take time TO do il properly; spread the
roots evenly anal To their fnIl lenpth and 50 work
| in the soil among them that there will be no
| hollow places among them Use water to carry the
| soil among the roots-not dashed in by the pail
| full but showered from watering pot Do not