Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-07-04
Work for July.
American AgricuIturist.

American Agricuiturist
y July finds the farmers of the whole
country where grass grows, in the
midst of haying and harvesting.
Nevertheless the corn and other hoed
crops should not be neglected. AT
the East we can almost always buy
corn cheaper than we canraise it, I'M
less we take into account the value
of the crop as the best one to put
upon sod ground, and its use as a
wedding crop. If, therefore, we neg
lect to keep corn-feld clean, we
lose a great part of its advantage to
us. The cultivatOr should be kept
running until the corn is solarge that
it is impossible. Clean culture is the
result to strive after. The old rota-
ton OF corn, roots, grain, clover,
wheat, and grass, where barn-yard
manure, with its myriads of weed
seeds, is used, is certaidly good. In
this, two crops, each requiring thor
ough weed-killing tillage, come to-
gether, and after them we should
have comparatively clean land for
several years. In travelling in any
direction at this season, and later,
one sees how little attention is paid
to this business of weed-killing-
next month we shall be able to recog-
nize a potato field by the ragweed
which will, in more than half the
fields, overtop everything. When
the corn is cut in September, this and
other weeds, particularly beggar-
ticks, will cover the whole face of the
earth and have from that time on
uninterrupted possession of both soil
and sunlight, to ripen their seeds.
When the ground is well covered
with clover, grass and grain, the
weeds make little show, but on any
bare spot they will assert themselves,
and on old farms more or less neg
lected, the manure will be full of
seeds of white daisies, smartweed,
ragweed, ETC., which come from
plants which make small show, but
still are present.
Top-dressing Of land is most effec-
tice, when applied as soon as posi-
bic after the hay is off. The same is
true Of land newly seeded to grass.
If we have dry July and August, a
well seeded field often burns out I'M
der the scorching sun, but light and
even dressing Of finemanure, or muck
and manure compost, will save it
and give a fine crOpof hay next year.
Successive paintings of fodder corn
are in order all through July, and
Golden Millet will make fine crop
of hay on good land-but do not let ii
get overripe, whenever sown. Look
well to the pastures.
The water supply may fail, greatly
to the falling off of milk, and where
mares and foals are at pasture, the
foals may get a back-set which they
will never get over. Insect parasites
upon live stock have now the heyday
Of their lives. Tar upon Sleeps
noses defend them from their eStrlts.
Carbolic or tar soap, rubbed upon the
backs Of neat Gale, repels the fly that
lays the egg, that matches the grub,
that grows in the back of kline, and is
called "warble." The same applica-
tons are more or less effective in pre-
venting the bot fly from laying her
yellow eggs upon the hairs Of the
horse. Some means ought to be dis
covered for easily removing these
eggs-some solvent which will loosen
their hold and enable us to wipe
them off. We know of nothing bet
ter than warm soap and water, and a
knife. Ruta-baga turnips may be
sown up to the middle Of the month,
and even later, and always in drills,
Absence from Church.