Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-03
THE FARM AND HOME.
DESTROYING WEEDS BY lnI
METHOD OF SOILlNG.
n.n.at. Of smothering Weed'-To rec"
or to Sell: That Is the Qnest'o"
-Bean,-Farm Notes ana
Domestic Dots.
DestrOvIng Weeds.

Destroying Weeds.
It is in part at least because OF
their smothering tendencies mat SOIL
inc crops have been found helpiul IN
DESTROYING weeds They are usually
thicklv sown and on land so far en-
riched that it produces an exceiien'
growth. When good crop OF OATS
peas and vetches are grown upon a
piece OF land in best form it Is OF much
service in checking weeds. and II au-
tumn cultivation follows the dement's
are intensified. :,
All classes OF weeds are not equally
hindered by crops grown to smothet
them. even though they may rlpeh az
the same period. AS rule these
crops are more serviceable in destroy
ing perennials than ANIMALS or oleh,
malls. Although they should succeed
in keeping in check one crop OF an
nuals, we may look for another the
following season. When a crop OF
pereunials is destroyed it puts stop
to one mode in which they multiply.
viz: by root development. and hence
the benefits extend over several years.
Because OF this. more attention should
be given to the destruction OF peren-
malls by smothering crops than OF
other classes OF weeds Annuais
especially can be more effectively de-
stroyed through some system OF cultl-
walton. which will encourage them 10
terminate that they may be destroyed.
When two food crops can be grown
in a single season on the same piece
of land, the effects upon weed destruc-
ton are very wholesome. This can
frequently be done through good man.
agement We can often get two crops
here in Ontario, writes Thomas Shaw,
with our rigorous winters. How much
more easily then may this be done in
the warmer ATTITUDES where many OF
the readers of the Ohio Farmer live.
In the effort to get two crops in this
northern cline, rye is generally relied
on as the first one. The ground for
this crop should be plowed by Septem-
Der 1st This operation scourges the
weeds, for. taking it all in all. August
is the best month in the year for de-
stroying weeds. Then the rye is cut
when coming into ear. for hay. or at
later stage for the silo. The ground
Is then plowed in the early part OF June
before any weed seeds have matured,
when the whole generation OF weeds
then growing is left and buried where
the crop coming after will fatten upon
its decay.
The rye may be followed by any one
Of a number Of crops as may be desir-
ed. Turnips may be grown. but not
20 successfully as on lands worked ear
lier in the season. Millet will grow
in good form after the rye. The same
holds true in regard to buckwheat
where the climate is suitable to its
proper development But the best
crop to follow rye, take it all in all, in
this country, is rape. When the rye
is cut we have tho whole month Of
June to get our land ready for the
rape.
Then again. two crops may be
grown in one year where one is a soil.
ing crop. But this can only be done
to limited extent, as usually a small
acreage of soiling crop is grown
Where oats, peas and vetches form
the first crop. the second may consis
of barley. peas, or a combination o
these, also grown as sOiling crop
or it may consist Of rape in some lati
tudes which may be grown for pas
ture.
It should be borne In mind that
am dealing more with general prin
ciples than with detailed descriptions
The crops that should be grown 70
smothering purposes, as we'll as 70
the crop ITSELF will vary with the eli
mate and soil and necessities of eacl
locality. In warmer ATTITUDES it ma
be possible to get two crops. both O
which mature their seeds, and with
out going southwark into climes wher
the orange and the citron bloom.
At all events. the more the land
kept judiciously employed the les
: chance will there be for weeds I
,, multiply.
Bean Culture.
Beans require rich soil. but if tn
. bean fodder is carefully saved and fe
! with refuse beans to sheep the crop
not nearly SO exhaustive as man
, others. Only the grain is sold. an
= thirty bushels Of beans per acre wi
not remove more plant food than ca
, be replaced by two hundred weigh
: each Of phosphate and nitrate of soda
Years ago. in war times. beans sue
a denly advanced in price to 81 and eve
= Is per bushel. Nothing in grain farm
. ing compares with beans for raisin
money quickly and with moderat
! amount Of labor. Many farms we,
bought and mainly paid for with tn
proceeds Of the bean crop. Bear
. took their place in the rotation.
: crop yielding twenty-five to thir,
= bushels per acre sold often for &c
i per acre or as much as the origin