The sun., 1892-11-24
THE FARM AND HOME.
WHY SHOULD FARM LAWNS BE
NEGLECTED?
improvements With Little 0utlay--Storiag
Away Maclin ary-Novel DE lor.I-
ing-Farm Notes and Home
Hints



places and the we'll kept lawns tastily
arranged walks and drives, fine dis.
play of shrubs aud flowers that adorn
the grounds of villages and towns.
people. The existence of such con.
ditions dwarf that natural taste for
the beautiful which would finally de-
veLop into a desire for improvements
of marked character In the right di-
rection.
1t is true that the care and cultiva-
tion of all that pertains to the
grounds of the village or city resi-
dent is often the result of abundant
means to crafty the TASTE or in
many cases. the need and desire
for muscular outdoor exercise for re-
creation and health Of those towns
people of sedentary habits. = The
farmer is abundantly blessed with all
the opportunities he needs for outdoor.
exercise. but is often limited in his
means for the qualification of taste
and sentiment hence, to great ex-
tent his grounds are allowed to wear
the aspect of neglect and disorder.
l do not design in this communica-
tion to wholly justify or excuse the
farmer for allowing these conditions
of neglect SO generally prevalent in
rural districts says the American
Cultivator but would like to have
more fully understood the disadvan-
tages under which the farmer labors
in attempting any important improve
ments. On the other hand. | wish to
hn fo 0t hof ho
disadvantages many rural homes
have been beautified and made more
desirable places of residence year af-
ter year under the adverse circum-
stances referred to.
These improvements have been
accomplished with little cash outlay,
or in labor expended other than
time taken at odd spells. when farm
work was not pressing. Success
attained under such environments
tends to endear one to the work
Again. the results are all the more
appreciated, requiring as they do
economy of time, perseverance and
energy. Advantages are often valued
by the Individual cost and effort in
securing them. Persons possessing
abundant means to acquire anything
which the fancy may demand have
not that keen sense of delight which
pertains to the efforts of those who
are more fully dependent upon their
own time and energy.
Rural improvements should COM
mence by removing the regulation
| fence that encloses the squa re pen Of
a yard exactly fronting many farm
dwellings. Next enlarge and grade
a lawn that will allow the planting of
several of the largest shade trees
such as the maple elm, linden, with
occasional shrubs promiscuously dis
tributed following nature as near as
may be. instead of planting in regu-
lar distinct lines.
Lawn grass seed can be purchased
ready mixed at any of the large seed
| stores. l have learned that a
mixture of white clover Kentucky
| blue grass and the common timothy.
will form a turf quite satisfactory in
! one season. Before me, as l write is
| portion of my lawn graded and
seeded anew last spring which COM
pares favorably with the older portion
adjoining it. Sow freely with the
timothy, and the June grass WILL in
a year or two. gradually take Its
place, as the frequent clippings of the
lawn mower tend to lessen the growth
Of the timothy, as we'll as the
| different varieties of weeds and other
| foul growth which infest so many
| home surroundings.
For perfection in this work the
| lawn mower is almost indispensable.
| 1t not only proves source of salts
| faction to those who use it. but is in
| every sense an educator suggestive
| Of the many finer points and qualities
requisite for lawn work and ornamen.
tation. 1t may perhaps be well TO
add that fowls should not be allowed
free range of the premises while the
work of grading and seeding the lawn
| is in progress.
1t can hardly be expected that this
work. especially with the farmer can
| be completed in a single year. As
| time passes improvements will sug-
| gest themselves. Ones interest will
continue to increase. and, as the re-
suit of his efforts begin to attract the
attention of an admiring public. q
|. sense Of satisfaction and pride will be
realized which, in this case, is quite
| cOmmendable. 1t will prompt one to
still greater efforts in ornamenting
and improving his home. Each mem
Der connected Herewith will in after
years remember as place of all 9TH
ers the home where happiness and
| perfect contentment was realized.
! How Thick to Sow Wheat.
The Illinois agricultural station has
been making some field experiments
with wheat. The following is brief
summary of recent bulletin, con.
corning time thickness and depth to
| SOW wheat:
Seeding at rate Of pecks an acre
gave yield OF 24.7 bu an acre. pecks
20 brb. SIX % bu.. eight 27.S bu. In
a series Of years seeding at the rate of
from to pecks an acre has given
the best results.
Wheat sown Sept. 2 gave yield of
20 bu; Sept. II, 28.5 bu.; Sept 20.
2S7 bu.; Oct s. 27.2 buL; Oct 13,
21.7 bu. The yield of straw steadily
decreased from earliest to latest SOW
ing. In trials for several years no
material difference has been found in
the yields of wheat sown any time In
September.
Little difference in yield was found
when the wheat was covered one inch
or three inches That covered five
inches yielded considerably less.
Applications of stable manures
bone meal and blood and meat fer
tilizers gave little or no increase in
yield of wheat
| Harvesting at different stages OF
ripeness showed a constant increase
in both yield and size of berry from
earliest up TO latest. At the latest
date the wheat was dead ripe.
The wheat was all something af-
fected with smut; none being greatly
injured by it. In some parts Of the