Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-06-25

a Hnx. Here Is hint Tor farn..
Last fall : man ct Clyde, N. Y. bss
number 81 atumps which he wished !,
remove. &c bored holes in them !,
serted sAlipesre. tilled up with vs.s.
and then plugged the holes. Abon.
month ego be took out the nm.'
poured IN kerosene and set FIRE ~
stumps have smouldered away wi,hos.
blazing, and now there is NOTHING =
Of them but ashes.
TREArarnNT or RUE-oUT GRAss I,xn
-. l. r. Nyack, N. we hava
piece Of grass land eli run ont and hs,.
not enough manure to bring tim.
fast a. We like. It was plowed -.
years ago and allowed to grow to veal.
wild roses, etc. II this is plowed nos
and sowed to oats and clover, and 4.
clover Is plowed down in the fall ana
sowed to rye and seeded, and in n.
spring fertilized, would it be reasonahl.
10 expect favorable resultsp Answa,.
The trouble with this course would /.
that what oats were grown would lesv.
the land 30 much poorer and the Glow,
would not be large enough this fall i
amount to anything as manure II hs
land Is quite poor, pillow thoroughly and
apply hundred pounds of q good e.,
tilixer per acre and SOW two bushels =
Western corn per acre in drills twelve
inches apart; the last OF August .,
when full-grown, pillow this in, using
chain II necessary; SOW to rye. appv.
ing two hundred pounds Of fertlipe,
and IL wanted for meadow seed to Tim.
othy, seeding to clover the followins
spring. This will give satisfactory :.
suits. It would be better, however n
withhold the Timothy seed this fall and
seed with pure clover next spring. LAT
this grow up and fall down that wear
and the next year cut IL for hay, and i.
the second crop grow up and pillow tia.
In, when full grown, again sowing h
rye with fertilizers, and then seed io
meadow e. before described. -Rural
NesO Yorker.
DESTRUCTION OF WEEDS. III farmers
would be more observing and make
practical application Of the facts which
come to their knowledge, 1t would b
greatly to their advantage. In planting
many small seeds OF the vegetable class
who Is there that has not noticed that
the termination was very much has.
tened, and ia fact insured, If, after the
soil has been prepared and the seed
placed therein, it is compacted Or
pressed together by the passage Of 4
q roller over the surface or by means Of
o board. Herein lies a principle that
can be successfully applied in the de.
struction or prevention Of weeds. Weeds
are at ell times the pest Of the farmer
and any means Of relief from their IL.
iurious effects will be hailed with joy
In ell cases where the soil is continually
stirred and kept loose weeds are seldom
found, for the reason that the conditions
are unfavorable to their termination Of
growth. In case Of the germination.
because the soil Is not compacted about
the seed 1t does not spring into life, and
If by any chance il has attained to that
condition, loose soil is not as favorable
TO its growth as one in which it is more
compact. Farmers can but have noticed
that weeds spring up and grow more
readily where tracks have been made
than where the soil has been left IN.
trodden upon; SO, II q shower falls upon
the earth and the loose soil is beaten
down, the conditions are most favorable
TO the growth or termination Of weeds
Then what is necessary to countersd
this effect? It is to stir up and loosen
the soil Is soon after q shower as pos.
sible. This, Of course, involves labor i
practiced, II the field, but in the garden
should be attended to il the best results
are desired and freedom from weeds d
sought. Germantown Telegraph.