The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-08-06

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Two salt. Rat Ills alt the same the,
oyo acres Is cultivated with all
100 attendant expenses, IL must
the remembered that this II ga Iall-
broks land, which IL the nuost cohui'
ton IL could DO In for planting, bui ~
[. lar from true that all the lanu IA
tended for corn - fall broken For
many farmers fail, from one cause of
another, 90 break their land In mo iall,
aud instead of taking lime ana using
the necessary means 10 reduce the
clods and pulveriz1 the sol, they hurry
tho seed Into the ground among Tue
ClOds aad secure acOut one-thlru oi
stand, Most IL tho farmers under
stand this, hut they take no Thought
of the loss ,hey incur by cultivating
such II largo extentot land for so small
| n crop. This 100 acre field demands It's
| full quota of cultivation when thefo
| l. seldom over % 10 % acres uI corn on
il, often not more than 80. Is IL posi-
| Die that any people can endure this
supeTtluity OF labor and succeeuE
True tho labsr bestowed is OF a cheap
| Indifferent kind, and tho gram OF
poor quality, but II has 10 DO PAID ior'
all the same. But the farmers are sat
islloh, live well, and boast OF pro@per-
ibe seasons, which could be, IN a
"rea, measure, obvistet by
proper aud seasoaablo entity q
| lion aud ths prices wDlph
could be greatly improved by botter
quality ofgrain. But they are psn
| Die who 40 not consider. rhcro ~
scarcely n hundred acre Nod ~ cora
| In North Texas but could be conVo'
niently put on 90 10 % acres, with am
Pile distance between rows ana Stalks.
| Most OF the farmers know mss pu,
they arc not u paiDstaking Poop a. auu
having gone over tho GROUND anu avs,
/ iouted tho seed they THINK " chenpeF
10 cultivate IL IN the form that ~ H.
Land in abundant and labor IL cheap
and they do not stop to calculate the
cost of cultivating - acres unneces'
snrily, or the profits that might DO re-
allied from that smount OF lanu III
some other crop. These are not, how
ever. the only profits that could be re.
alIZsd from careful seeding ana
proper cultivation OF corn on this rich
and generous soil of Texas. the SOIL
Is anlong the most fertile ofthe worln
tbs nos equai, from some cause, 10
some countries for the production OF
corn; but IL is conceded that io phsn,
els TO tho acre, in lair seasons, are
raised under tho state of cultivation
above described, which Is equal TO 6O
or 20 when the stand is considered.
But, let us look q moment 10 h)gh'
ar state of cultivation, such a. most
persons, engaged in raising corn, are
cnmpelled 10 bestow upon the crop In
order 10 secure good yield and grain
OF fine quality. There are few soils
that respond so readily and fully 70
thorough blowing az the black waxy
lands OF Texas They retain moisture,
In a deeply plowed well pulverized
state, almost To defy the brazen aspect
of a summer sky that ferbids thought
of rain or cloud or even cooling breeze
IL is not fit to put in corn unless 1t Is
broken IN the fall and broken deep
The winter rains and frosts then re-
duce IL tn the consistency OF an ash
bank. Bythis means perfect stsno
: NAV he secured by the exercise o.
some good Judgment es to the time o.
putting in the seed which should be a
early as the earth is warm enough Il
bring them up. The grain may sprou
AID still perish with cold, but this DO
, pends upon the exercise of nice Judg
inent. The great desideratum IL fuli
complete stand. This secured, rapid
deep and thorough pIowint
, keeping the crop clean-ihe lane
entirely free from grass anc
weeds. Such is the case witt
which crops are tended in many Of tn
older States and large yields and hnt
, quality of grain ia the result.
BY such cultivation from 80 to u
acres may be made to produce VIVA
100 produces, and OF much better quai
ity. But no toll gives q better return
for q little compost or barL-yard ma
nure, and with such addition 20 thu
soil tor certain desired quantity o
corn much less land may DO put IN ant
much less labor employed.