Daily Republican., 1884-09-15
AGRICU 1T u r A l.
PREPARING For WHEAT.

PREPARING FOR WHEAT.
In preparing the land for sowing
winter wheat, the importance Of thor
ough tillage can hardly be too strongly
urged. One Of our most successful far
mers in past years, before the present
efficient harrows were invented, was
ridiculed by his slip. sbod neiehbors for
the repeated and continued narrowing
he gave his land. In the directions toI
his hired men he said Harrow the
ground at least four times ~ much a.
you think necessary, and then It will be
narrowed inst half enough" His uni
formiy heavy crops prove the wisdom
of his treatment. 1t may be we'll To-
refer to the statemsnts given by Waldo
r. Brown, Of Ohio, in the Country
Gentleman, in 1881, showing the value
Of thorough preparation OF the ground
for wheat.
He stated In substance, that q young
farmer who lived near, had such poor
crops that he was about to give up
wheat raising. but concluded that he
would put In two acres as Anal trial,
but with Q thorough preparation. He
accordingly began early and plOwsd,
and narrowed, and rolled, until his
wheat patch WAS like q garden. The
result was that he obtained fifty eight
| bushels OF excellent wheat from his
two acres, although the season was not
q favorable one. Seven acres were
alike prepared tho next year, then
twelve, then twenty and thirty,
and the result has been that no crop In
any year has averaged les than twenty
Ave bushels an acre, the thorough
treatment not being at any time re-
taxed.
MIR. Brown pursued the same course
with uniform SUCCESS, aud his rule Is to
others "Un mock the fertility of your
soil by thorough pulverization. !"
Another Of our correspondents, when
speaking Of thorough preparation by
going several times over the ground,
remarked THE farmer will find that
thorough cultivation Is manure, and
that each OF his teams will earn ten
dollars day while thus employed. "
lC. q. Andrews, in his Special Report
ON the Needs of Wheat Culture, says
that in many OF the countries in
Europe one will see fields which have
been prepared for wheat as clean and
finely pulverized as garden beds, and
that this is undoubtedly one eau Sc why
u larger yield is obtained In Europe
than in the United States.
Some Interesting practical informa
ton could be easily obtained by any
|doubting farmer, by leaving a por
ton of his wheat field with q common
superficial cloddy preparation, and pre-
lparing the remainder in most thor
ough manner, cutting the two portiont
and threshing and measuring then
separately. The improved harrow
made of late years have greatly facili
tated such treatment.
OIL FOR WAGON WHEELS
A practical man saNs: 81 have
wagon, of which six years ago the FOL
loes shrank 30 that the tires bee am
loose. l gave it good coat of hot Of
and every year since it'has had a cos
OF oil or paint, sometimes both. III
tires are tight yet, and they have M
: been set for eight or nine years. Man
farmers think that, as soon ~ Wagon
felloss begin to shrink they must go .
once to the blacksmith shop and get th
tire set. Instead of doing that (whic
! !, Is often damage to the wheels, causin
them to dish) If they would get son
:, linseed oil, and heat 1t boiling hot, an
> give the felloeS all they Can tako,
will fill them up to their usual size, ar
y Tighten them to keep them from shrinl
ling, and also 10 keep out the water.
II you do not wish to go to the troub
Of Wixin1 Int, you can beat the oil
I anfnr /. ~ to stick and swab thel
" owe - ,Hg az they ill take oil.
J. b. uo,rss more convenient TO use; but
,Isvab will answer if you do not wish
q I'm hruah II Ia anita saving
70 time and money to look after the woo
work of farm machinery. Alterna
l. wetting and drying Injuries and caus
le the wood TO decay and lose its strengt
er unless kept we'll painted. 1t pays
keep little oil on hand to oil for
% handles, rakes, neck-yokes. whipI
q trees, and any of the small tools on I
or farm that are more or less exposed"