The sun., 1891-06-11
RENpSv1LLr,

tions, Almost every farmer has
theory about farming that he
thinks is better than his neighbors;
also he has farm machinery that is !
superior TO all other machines: but |
am convinced that no one method |
OF farming is superior to all others;
or that is adapted to all seasons, or
TO all localities. There are some
general principles about farming
that are applicable TO all localities,
such as blowing and preparing the
land for the seed and doing the work
thoroughly; but the amount of seed
to the acre and the methCd OF sowing
are subjects on which there is a
difference of opinion. One man
sows or pecks of wheat to the acre
and another man sowS 9 OF I
peckS; in harvest time faImer No.
gets 90 bushels per, acre and No. 2
gets the same. Again farmer No. !
sows pecks to the acre and farmer
No. ? sows 6 peck; in harvest No. l
gets 25 bushels and No. 2 gets 10
bushels and this last case Is vice
versa.
This should be convinsing evidence
that the amount of seed sown on an
acre of ground does not alone give
! bountiful harvest. think the
theories of different men of thick or
thin seeding amounts to but very
little but much depends upon the
preparation and richness OF the soil,
the location, and the season. If the
land is rolling and the season dry, it
will require 6peck Of seed to the acre
to get Il reasonable yield; but if the
land is fiat and moist 4 peck will give
better yield than 8 pecks. What
is true in regard TO thick or thin
| seeding, is true i'll regard to the
machine used for seeding. at the
present time there is ii Drill craze
spreading over the northwest, and to
hear some men talk one would think
that they had just found the road to
a fortune when they got grain Drill.
Drill, they do good work; grain that
is drilled in will spring up and grow
and bring forth fruit and hundred
fold, provided the ground was
properly prepared fertilized, and
the season is favorable. And l
claim that the same is true with
grain soWn broad cast. Every one
knows that last season was very dry,
and it was supposed that drilled
grain would yield the most, but the
harvest proved the contrary. On
farms lying side by side broad cast
seeding produced as many bushels
and in many places more per acre
than drilled grain. This season was
very favorable early In the Spring
and early sown grain looks very
| promising. | never saw it more
promising this time in the season
than it is now; and the most promts
ing fields are sown broad cast.
But late sown grain is not good
except that which was drilled in.
Many fields of Iate sown grain that
were sown broad cast have not come
up and some farmers are thinking of
sowing flax on such fields, but the
rain of Saturday night will doubtless
cause the grain TO grow. The
prospect for Il crop of corn is not very
good, it has been too dry for corn 10
come up well, and if it should come
up after these rains the cut worms
are SO destructive this Spring that
corn will stand poor chance to grow.
Gardens are nearly all destroyed by
the cut worm. It is not too late tC
plant the garden for winter vege
tables, but farmers Will have tC
forgot the pleasure Of having early
vegetables. We in this vicinity have
just heard of a new remedy for cut
worms and all that have tried II
claim it to be Il sure remedy. 1t j:
to take matches and stick them II
the ground beside cabbage or tomato
: plants, or two or three in hill Of
, squashes and cucumbers, or any kline
of vines; stick then in with th'
lightning end up. VIII the readers
of THE Sun please try it and repor
, results.
Since the above was written hay,
been over my fields and find grail
just coming up that has been sowl
four weeks, and the same with corr
that has been planted three weeks