The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-23
OUR FARMERS CLUBS,
What our Farmers are Doing and How
the Work of Organizing is Progressing.
TRINITY CLUB, June II, 1886.
Subject &C Clean FIelds-Gean Seed
Ass. ing" a

w. w. Andrews.-Fields are clear
ed of noXious weeds in two ways.
First, by turning stock upon them
This is not complete for two reasons
Many seeds eaten by animals will
terminate afterward and make weeds
again and some weeds will be re-
jected by the animals and go to seed.
If animals are turned in for this OBJ
iect it is best to have three or four
kinds in the same field Second, by
thorough cultivation. This seems to
be the only way to clean field
properly, of weeds and grass. The
plow is the best implement, the
turning plow-not one that will edge
it up, but one that will turn the soil
over fiat. If there is any one thing
| know positively it is that the soil
should not be turned deep. Deep
plowing is an absolute necessity, but
not with turn plow. To clean
field start yourturn plow in March,
follow in same firrOw with Il subsOil
plow as often as you think best In
about ten days there will be a crop
of weeds and grass started. Turn
again for every ten days until frost
or seed time. An old philosopher
has said "The best time to stop a
pig out of the field is just before it
gets in The best time to kill the
seeds of weeds is .juss before they
seed. Ifthere are stumps and rocks
in the field hoe around them. Now
the hedge or fence corners, and
make your neighbor NOW his. if you
have to shake your fist right under
his nose. By the summer following
you have not only killed the weeds,
but your lands have become friabe
and much improved in fertility. God
helps those that help themselves.
Fertile elements are always passing
over our fields, and will be absorbed
by them if we have them in proper
condition to receive those elements.
They are free gift, you don't have
to mortgage your farm for them.
Now that you have got your field
clean sow wheat and none Of it will
turn to cheat. ..... ...
A. Parker.-It may be an easy
matter to keep a farm clean if you
begin in the forest and clear away
the timber yourself; but to take an
old farm that is thoroughly seeded
with noxious weeds and clean it is
no insignificant job. ST. Paul said,
"Let us walk worthy Of our voca-
ton" Our trade is our vocation.
Good citizens do all the good they
can. Let farmer do all his work
cleanly. The sloven that suffers noX-
ious weeds and tares in his grain
damages his neighbor, the miller and
the one whose grist follows his.
Churchmen who are guilty of such
ought to have charges preferred
against them, for they know they do
their neighbor wrong. If you are
beset with thistles all around it is
hard to keep them down. When
society is educated up to a right
standard we will have statute to
punish such offences.
d. NJ. Payne e.-Cleanliness is di-
vine law The beasts for sacrifice
were required to be clean and Da-
vid in lamenting his great sin against
Uriah asks God to give him clean
heart. Sin is uncleanness. Where
filth abounds the laws Of God and
man are winked at. A meaner act
is seldom done than the devil did
when he sowed tares among the
good mans wheat while he was
asleep How can a man be good,
clean man when hedged about with
filth ? Filth is prolific; not subject
to smut, rust or any Of the bights.
1t consists in multitude of things
sprouts, briars, weeds, cookie, spelt,
cheat, and lastly, and greater than
all, garlic or wild onion, the great
arch enemy of the grist and the oven.
Garlic almost defes hail storms, tor
nadoes, cyclones, floods and freezes.
While you are destroying the seed
On one end the other in the ground