The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
FARM NOTES.

Old strawberry beds should not be given
up to weeds. 1t is better to pillow them UNI
der or hand-pick the grass and weeds from
the rows.
A poor tool on the farm imposes a tax on
the user every day it is employed, often
greater in a year than the whole price of a
good tool.
A soaking rain or two on hay and the
subsequent dryings will leave but little
else than indigestible woody fibre, about
IS nutritious as SO much fence rail or saw
dust.
Handle clover as little as possible. 1t
cures best in the cock. A good way is to
cut in the afternoon of one day, let it lie
and wilt till the afternoon of the next. then
cock up, doubling the cocks each day till
cured.
Working the cabbage should still be done
as the cabbage makes considerable growth
after the leaves fold and begin to head.
The crop delights in frequent cultivation.
and does not object to manure at all stages
of growth.
1t is said that the crop Of potatoes in
Colorado, Utah and other parts of the
West is simply enormous. Already the
Union Pacific road has contracted to
transport 800 car loads out of the two
sections named.
The potato field should not be allowed to
grow up in grass after the crop is of. To
allow weeds and grass to take possession
is simply allowing the field to be seeded
with such pests for next season, thereby
doubling the amount of work during the
busy period. Sow the potato field to some
kind of crop, rye being excellent for that
purpose.
The ten days Of dry weather we had
before the rain of the Sd made fact APP
parent worth remembering, especially by
farmers. The listed corn did not suffer
from the dry weather, while the corn
planted with the check rover was injured.
If rain had been five days later the listed
corn alone would have survived.-Manhdt-
tan Kan Nationalist.
A great many more men can succeed on
small than on large farms. In this latter
case it may be almost said there is no real
success, the money apparently made being
generally less than fair interest on the
capital invested. This is proved by the
fact that those who try to farm on a large
scale on borrowed capital are nearly sure
to fail. Men who try to farm moderately
are equally sure of moderate though SUBJ
stantial euccess.
The practice of giving final cultivation
to corn and then allowing the crop to re-
main until mstured, whether the field be
covered with grass or not, has injured
many promising crops. A field of corn
should be cultivated as often as may be
necessary without regard to its stage of
growth. 1t should be kept clean and the
soil always in a loose condition, and the
crop will thereby be larger and the plants
better enabled to endure drought.-E5-
change.
Creighton, Neb., special: Heavy rain
storms during the past week assure ar
abundant crop for this section. There is a
heavy stand of corn. and it is well ad-
vanced, but a south wind had produced
considerable damage and would have well
nigh ruined this crop, but for the timely
rainfall. Rye is thrashing out from
twenty five to thirty bushels to the acre.
Wheat and oats will make better show.
ing than for many years, while hay Is
nearly double last years crop.