The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-10-17
BEDDING FOR STOCK,
comments by Man Who Has Made
Farming Pay.

NO""cuCo W WAN VINO HRS N10u0
Farming Pay.
When see a neighbours stock stand
ing without bedding, I next take look
at his barnyard, and always find ma
nure two or three years old. It is
invariably true of the man who is too
improvident to furnish bedding for his
stock, in this country, where straw is
50 plenty, that he places very little
value on manure, or, as is usually the
case, he lives on a large farm, and be-
lieving that the manure, he makes
would cover but small portion of his
land. he neglects to draw and spread
it. have seen a farmer-who is Il
granger. who attends regularly all
grange meetings and picnics- leave his
manure until it filed his doorways and
rotted out his floors. just before win
ter set in he would draw out few
loads, so that they could get out and
in without too much trouble. l
have seen his horses standing
pitched forward with their hind
quarters on foot or two of ma
nure, and no straw in sight. l have
seen seven head of COWS and young
cattle dragged out for burial in one
spring. l have seen the poor brutes
search for water in a frozen mud-ho}e,
fall into it and die. l have seen tho
blasts of winter tearing through his
rickety barns, covering his hay and
grain with snow, and his poor, skinny
cattle bumped up in corners of the
fence, no doubt wishing death to end
their sufferings. / have seen twenty
or twenty-five bushels of wheat under
his barn, with pigs, chickens and ducks
running to it, and hundreds of bushels
of grain piled on his barn floor, with
two feet of mold, rottenness and sprout-
ed grain in the center, and his tools
ah! l have told enough. Ten years ago
l resolved to make specially of saw
ing and making manure Ihave never
regretted it. My crops arc growing
heavier every year. and also standing
drouth much better. There is no bet
ter way to make lots of manure than to
put an abundance of straw under the
stock. The assurance that horses and
cattle are in dry, warm quarters, stand
ing in straw up to their knees, causes
the thrifty farmer to doubly enjoy his
own warm hreside and cosy bed.-N.
J. Thompson, in Ohio Farmer.
HELPS FOR WHEAT GROWERS.
suggestions Based on the Results of Ex-
periinental Tests.
The following practical suggestions
are given out by Purdue University
based on results of their experience at
the station, and are Tered in the con-
tident hope that their application will
result advantageously on a very large
proportion of wheat farms:
/. Sow less wheat; grow more grass
and Better live stock.
2. Select hardy, prolific wheat,
adapted to your soil and stick to it.
Give it good treatment and it will not
''run OUT Sow not less than six
pecks of sound seed to the acre.
3. Plow wheat ground early, and
harrow Immediately after blowing.
You can thus more easily and more
thoroughly pulverize the soil.
4. II ground breaks up cloddy, use
heavy roll, alternating with some form
OF harrow or cultivator that will bring
clods to surface.
5. If manure or fertilizers are used,
mix thoroughly with soil in every case.
Use only rotted manure, if any, and
apply after blowing. Reserve the fresh
manure for the corn crop.
6. Before trying a fertilizer, get the
experience and advice of farmers whose
soils are similar to your own.
Z. Test the untried brands carefully,
in a small way. before deciding upon
their extensive use. This is the best
course for the reason that even the
highest grades often act very differ
emily on different soils.
8. Adopt a rotation of crops suited
to your soil and needs. 1t will (1) in
crease the yield and improve the
quality OF your crops; (2) enable you
to take better care of your live stock;
(3) prevent serious insect depredations
and fungous diseases; (4) improve
your soil and make it more lasting,
and (5) put money in your pocket.
8. Bear in mind that soils and eli.
mate vary greatly in different localities
and that these potent factors in crop
production will very materially affect
the results of your work. Therefore,
study your local conditions, and intelli-
gently apply the lessons Of this bulletin
pnli' so far rs they tnat be tied to