The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-15
FOR THE FARMER TOIKNOW.
FLOWING IN SUMMER AND AUTUMN.
Protecting the Weeds = American Sisal
Irvine - COddIine Worms Your
Farm-Among the PouItry-Hints For
the Housewife and Farm Notes.

More protection is given thu weed crop
land also the insects) than nav be sup
posed owing to improper seasons of pre-
pairing the land for crops. As the wheat
crop will be ready to cut in six or eight
weeks, the point next to he considered is
how 20 treat the land afterthe crop is off.
the field next year, and tie value of the
crop TO be taken off, is largely influenced
by this years treatment OF the field. IL
the farmer could prevent weeds from
springing up mis- item of LABOR would be
greatly reduced, and it is natter that not
only deserves consideration but must be
considered in time to put some method in
practice by which weeds can be partially
prevented and less labor eataiIed. The
regulation OF the weed crop should be I'M
der the control of the farmer, but to do
this some system is required, and the
weeds must not be overlooked IN order to
give the regular crops all the labor.
1t is not customary to pillow in the sum-
mer, Just at the busiest time of harvesting,
but when the farmer is busy then is the
weeds opportunity. They takepossession
and grow They will not grow as we'll
when the seed is uncovered aswhen COW
cred, and the opportunity of the farmer
should be to induce them to grow. In
stead of leaving the stubble land idle for
the weeds to grow on, with the uncovered
seeds remaining TO be plowed under for a
spring crop, the stubble land should be
plowed as soon as the wheat crop is off. 1t
should not be turned under deeper than
one or two inches if possible, and If the
soil is light the cultiYatOr may serve to
break it up. The seeds of the weeds will
then terminate Jas also the seeds OF any
grain that NAV be on the ground), and
when the plants are we'll up the land
should be plowed a little deeper, thus
turning under the weeds as green manure
and giving any remaining seeds an oppor-
tunity to sprout and come up. The land
should then be left until late in the fall
unless the weeds are nearly matured, as
they should never be allowed to seed.
Late fall blowing turns up the insects
that have buried themselves and exposes
them to the cold. Should any more weed
seeds remain, from being deep in the soil.
they will also be brought to the surface,
sprout in the spring, and be caught by the
spring blowing. Farmers may complain
that this method entails three or four
plOWings, and costs too much. Consider
alton will convince them that there will,
however, be less work to do fighting weeds
the next season, and that the succeeding
year will find fewer plowings necessary
and the number of weeds greatly reduced.
With the method practiced OF leaving the
stubble land unplowed until fall or spring
the weeds and insects are protected, more
labor required, and the following crops
robbed OF moisture and plant food.
American-Made sisaI Twine.
A correspondent writes to the Prairie
Farmer; Il have read, with deep inter
est. the different articles in regard to the
Irvine trust, and am glad TO see that the
farmers are awakening and taking hold of
it in earnest This is only one of the
many trusts that are organized, and, OF
course, come the heaviest on the farmer.
To commence with, they bought all the
raw material, and, when they had accom-
plished that, not being satisfied, they went
TO work and bought next years crop OF
MANILA. So this is not only for this year,
but also for next. As it takes $4,000 tons
of Irvine to harvest our wheat and oats
should we use trust Irvine, we will pay
about S6,OO0,000 or s., 100000 profit to this
band of pirates.
Farmers, don't you think you had bet
ter wake up and knock down the Irvine
trust This course will show far more
courage than stacking grain loose in order
TO spite it. The MANILA corner has not
been able to gobble up American-made
hemp and sisal Irvine, which is now 5
cents a pound cheaper than that con-
trOlled by the trust. Let us use this
Irvine, and let the trust keep their Irvine
70 twist into ropes to hang themselves
with.
Protection Against Coddling Worms
Arsenical poisons paris green and Ion
don purple) were used the past season for
protection against curculio on plums and
the coddling worm on apples To effect
ually make the plum and apple culture
profitable the fruit-growers in each neigh
borhood should act in concert. The OBJ
ject should be to prevent the maturity of
a single insect, if possible, in order to les
sen the work another season. 1t is be-
lieved that by united work these pests
may in time be subdued or exterminated,
hut it cannot be accomplished by the eff
forts of single individuals.
own Your Farm.
Never rent farm if you can own one.
The man who rents a farm must neces-
he cannot derive any benefit. If he at
tempts to crop a rented farm without do
ing Justice to the land he will suffer loss
as well as the owner. There are many
improvements of the soil from which the
owner receives the benefit, in the course
of time at the expense of the renter. All
farms should be rented by mutual agree
ment, and all conditions plainly stipu-
lated
Among the Poultry.
Just at night is the best time to set hens.
sulphur is not good TO give the young chick
ems.
Kerosene and lard make good ointment for
scaly legs
After the chickens are two or three weeks
old they can be fed on cracked wheat
If the eggs are to be Matched keep drake
for every five ducks in order TO be
Never keep slop hole where the poultry
can help themselves if you expect to maintain