The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31
Brother Farmer,

sent some iiafs iiuW tile farmers III
/ Howard county have 10 work IL pro
dmce IT, Iou ought to know that
money or wealth. must he dug out
tile ground: sometimes II i slow work
10 get il worked. STEPPED down 80 II
can he iist.d ~ Il medium ofesehanga.
| In wears passed by. this was II wheat
producing country. hut since temper
ance and prohibition took possession
Of it, chinch bugs and bugs Of other
names. hot weather. drouths, etc.
made the raising Of wheat future
| for money or any other fun. and corn
becomes king. don't intend to com
mend YOU to do a. tell you. | do
not think know it all or half. Ina.
be Il scrub farmer. hut have raised
good crops now and then. Now TO
the corn; start at the bottom Of Il good
piece of dry land. fert ilize by pasture
or lnanure prefer TO have it plough
ed in the fall. II sod. turn it over
clean. say four inches deep, smooth:
if stubble ground turn it much deep
err if the soil allows. clay and gravel
sub soil SHOULD not be turned over i'll
to big depths at one time. never turn
up more than below the old ploughing
in the spring of the year. for. turning
up new soil early in the fall is the
| time to do it. or sunmer-fallow, The
rays Of the sun and the frost Of winter
causes subsoil to give new life. have
experimental on deep plougling III
the month of Oct. Turned over a
piece in a twenty acre lot. say about
two acres, hitched two teams on one
plough and Went about fourteen
| inches deep. (ccrn was the crop put
on the land was run twenty four years
without rest Soil was neither clay
or gravel, dark muck, bu. dry land,
in early days. halle brush. Result:
First year it was marked out to the
furrow. corn was short. sickly looking:
second year it showed the other way.
crops looked much better. heavier, it
marked itself out, for six years follow
ing. crops was better. | made III eN-
/ pertinent on land that was run sixteen
wears without rest or manure; soil
similar to one described. This was in
a forty acre lot. half Of it was turned
well below the old ploughing, the
other half three inches below the old.
run a wheel and rolling Golfer Oh
pillow. ploughing was done the way
the water run off. This was III the
month Of August the result was Il
paying one: il also lasted about five
years. Land does not need to be
turned over that deep every year,
every fourth is enough. turn a piece
over deep every year. As regards
ploughing under manure it should
only be about three to four inches
deep, but let me tell you right here,
seed down your old land with clover
and grasses, then put manure Oh top.
when done go over it with IL drag,
know you will never plough manure
under again. one load this way can
be stretched us far as two ploughed
under with better results.
Now to the corn after your land is
in good condition by working il, the
distribution OF the seed becomes the
main point, that IL If planted on IL
square. never saw machine yet.
nor do believe there will ever he one
made. that will drop corn on Il square
as it ought to be. to have it right it
wants good seed. four grains in a hill,
no less than three. prefer the four.
raised many times IS bushels shelled
corn, once 50 bushels per acre, no
no guess work about Ii. Cultivation
is next, weather. heat and water III.
the other main points in growing pro
cess. but we have no more control o
them than we have of the farmers
new for this part. There is a grea
deal Of planting to be done yet il
I Howard county. say plant you
corn if it takes to the 18th Of June I,
do it. On June 18th 1866, Mr.. Wit
y planted ten acres of yellow dent o.
the old Gallihan farm in Me-
!. Oregon. The season was late an
wet that year. it got ripe. was rs goo
as eyer / saw here. The time is con
ing fast when corn will all be plante
one way only. as soon as successf,
tools for working are introduced. til
shovel and riding plows Of all kind
: have seen their days. am Statistic
the roots should not be disturbed an
believe in surface cultivation. Woul
like some of our thoroughbred SUI
e cessful fArmers togive us their opi,lio
in raising corn. Jos. ScHAFER.