Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-08-21
FARM NOTES.

In preparing the ground for wheat
keep the best soil and fertilizer near
the surface, to insure a good crop.
One of the principal causes in failing
to secure a good even stand of grass is
that sufficient seed is not used in seed
ing. Sow plenty of seed and then dis
tribute as evenly as possible over the
surface.
Farm machinery and implements are
the most costly items of farming, ano
quite u saving can be made by cleaning
up, oiling and painting well, and stor.
ing under shelter when their work Is
finished up.
What about that flock of barnyard
iowls? Many fiocks hardly keep the
farmers table supplied with eggs an0
broilers. A good breed will, under
proper management, yield far more in
profits than does common stock. Thcy
eat no more.
Big potatoes stories are slow about
coming in, but as q starter we mention
that tubcr, of the Cuyahoga variety,
weighing one pound and thirteen
ounces, was dug from one of the ex-
perimental plats at the college. July %
Manhattan (Kan.) Nationalist
Quite a number of farmers are stack
ing their wheat and will hold for a sea-
son. Others are building granaries and
some are marketing. Those who can.
will likely hold for better prices, and
thus our wheat will 60 out more grad
ually than was at first anticipated
Anthony Kan Journal.
As soon as grain is harvested look
carefully to the clover seeding. If it
has failed no time should be lost in
blowing the field and trying another
grain crop, this time sowing some
timothy seed in fall so as to be sure OF
a catch of some kind Often, however,
it will be found if the grain is stout that
the clover is not killed, but merely held
in check.
One of our Kansas farmers had o
field of nearly one hundred acres OF
wheat which he has thrcshed out, and
finds the yield to be forty-fou bushels
per acre. Northern Shawnee will pro-
duce thousands of bushels of peaches
this season. Some farmers expect to
pick from 100 to 500 bushels. Such a
crop of peaches was never before raised
in the statc.-Topeka Mail.
For soiling rye is one of the best
crops that can be used 1t can be sOwn
in the summer or early fall after the
crops have matured. and will make
sufficient growth to be plowed under in
the spring in time to plant to corn. 1t
will grow in thin land. 1t makes its
growth when, to q great extent. the
land Is idle, and if plowed under in
good season is q valuable fertilizer.
Notes.
A good rye patch is Of special value
10 the brood sows and growing pigs
during the winter. So far as it is pos
sible, growing pigs should have green
food and they will keep healthier and
thrive better if this is supplied. Dur
ing the winter rye will furnish this
more economically than anything else.
It is of no advantage to keep stock
that will not make sufficient growth
or gain to return fair profit for the
feed given. Breeding stock must OF
course, be kept for the increase, but if
properly managed they can really be
made profitable.
All surplus maturcd chickens should
DC sold now. Prices will generally
keep down until severe cold weather.
and the sooner they are marketed the
better.
In cutting green fodder to feed the
horses feed it fresh. If let stand it Is
liable to sour.
It il not the breed that thrives with
little care, but the one that receives
caro- that pays.
Much millet and Hungarian is often
injured for hay by allowing it to get
too ripe before cutting.
Store up plenty Of hay; it makes one
Of the best Of cattle feeds in winter.
For soiling. rye il one Of the best
CROPS that can be sown. 1t starts tc
grow very early in the spring and viii
usually be ready TO cut OF earlier than
anything else. In many cases this will
~ found quite IN advantage.
A good cement for stopping ur
cracks and leaks = made BY mixing
two quarts Of freshly slacked lime
with one pint Of cement woisten with
bkim milk TO the consistency Of
mortar.
It h impoetant to give laying hem
good attention. While they can be
givea. full range. thsy should b.
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