The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-06-27
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pound OF hafd 6S0p IN one gallon or
boiling water, and churning the mixture
through o folce pump with q rather
small nozzle until the whole forms q
creamy mass, which will thicken into a
jelly-like substance on cooling. Phe
kerosene is added, but, of course, must
not be near q fire.. The emulsion thus
made il to be diluted; before using,
with nine parts cold W1atef. Ibis su5:
STANCE. destroys q large, number Of i'll
sects, such as the chinch-bhg, cabbage.
worm, and white grub, and is a COM
naratively cheap and effective insecti-
cide.-Americdn Agriculturist.
Preparing the Soil,
John M. Stahl of Illinois, II. .ne
American Agricultural, says:
Leaving cut ef confederation the cues
plowed in the spring it is best done as
soon rs the ground is in good condition.
Sod ground can be plowed earlier than
fallow, stubble or corn-stalk ground,
and the sod will have non too long to
partially decompose before the corn is
planted.
A good pillow for stubble or fallow
land is ole that mbSeB the furrow slice
with considerable force breaking it Up;
but such q pillow is not o fit one for sod
ground, for it will leave parts of the
furrow-slice lying with the grass up,
II other parts standing on edge. The
harrow will then leave many pieces with
the grass up, to grow again. The best
pillow fbt SID is one that tHtns the fut-
row-slice completely Upside down, and
no more, without breaking it. Then the
plowed ground can be fined without
bringing grass to tho sutface to grow
For the first work on the bio*ed
ground, the Acme, Getaway, or n disc
harrow is the best. With one of these
harrows the ground can be better cut up,
and with much less labor Of man and
beast than with the straight-tooth har-
row; and on sod ground the smoothing
harrow is used only to put on the
finishing touches before the corn is
planted:
Sod tediiEes moro Work than stubble
to put In good condition for the seed,
and the loss from planting on sod not
we'll prepared is greater than ON stub
BILE. Unless the ground is thoroughly
worked, there will be cfe3ices among
and beneath the sods, which will aggra:
vate the effects Of both drought ant
flood. The pieces of sod Will CONSTANT.
Interfere Will CULTIVATION, uuu IL Ouo y.
these pieces is beneath a hill, the corr
will likely he torn up by the cultivator
Neither will the sod be SO well decom
posed and feed the crop.
Another reason for careful preparation
of the soil is that it is often infested
with cutwofms and other Wor1hs. Tn
more the ground is stirred the more q
these will be destroyed; md planting
may safely be deferred until the cut
worms have passed their voraciout
period, and will do little damage. Quit
frequently sod ground, and especial,
clover-sod ground, contains SO man.
cutworms that it 1s not advisable tt
plant it until quite late. Only a poo,
stand will fe1nain. Last spring I al
lpwsd o ferty-acte clotet-sod field to lii
q month afte1 it was almost ready TO.
the planter. One of my employees be,
came very impatient, and thought I wal
wrong not to plant at once ms some O.
my neighbors had done. But much o.
their corn was cut off by the worms, ant
they had only q poor stand, with som
hills q month behind the others. Whe1
lplanted I had a most excellent stand
and the field averaged eighty bushels
shelled, per acre. On sod GROUND
thoroughly prepared corn grows SO fns
that it ia safe to defer planting unit
quite late, and this ground is not so ap
to be hardened by rains as is othe
ground.