The Red Cloud chief., 1895-02-22

and south. the surface being mad
rough east and wet helps to protect
the grain and prevent blowing out.
II we plant to corn our method is Il
plant about three or four inches deep
follow the planter with the harrow
and give surface cultivation, running
the cultivator teeth just deep enough
70 destroy the weeds asd break up
the surface Of the soil. We endtavoI
TO cultivate the corn just - soon aftel
esch rain - the condition Of The
ground will permit. II the raio be Z
heavy n and the soil is firmly hacked
IL 10 Of the almost importance that the
crust be broken . loon o. possible in
order 10 retain the moisture 10 the
soil, the loose surface soil acting % q
mulch to prevent evaporation.
During the past exceedingly dry
season, u nursery stock--psrtisu.
larry n field containing 5000 Duo sp.
pie trees-was cultivated once .
week. w used . spring tooth cult.
vater merely string the surface, and
as . result Of this method Of cultiva.
ton there was no time during the en-.
tire season when the earth would not
ball In the Land under slight pressure
at a depth Of three inches below the
surface. This condition was brought
about by having . deep suIsoil reser-
voi' to store up the surplus moisture
which fell during the early part Of the
season, aud retained BY frequently
stirring the surface to prevent evapo.
ration.
VIZ find II not necessary to subsoil
each season, but that once in three
years will answer all practical pur.
poses. If . field ia subsoiled and
planted 10 corn the first, or first and
second year, then followed by wheat,
or oats, the result will be satisfactory,
though q slight fall of will be noticed
the third crop after ~subsoiling. For
instance: A field that was subsoiled
in the fall Of 1891 aud cropped 10
corn seasons Of '92 and '93, was plant.
cd to oats in ths spring Of "a snd
produced . yield Of 394 bushels per
acre: while on another portion Of the
same field which had been subsoiled
10 the fall Of '32 and raised . crop Of
corn the season Of '93, the yield Of
oats was ~ bushels per acre, show.
inc a difference Of s bushels per acre
in favor Of the land which had raised
but q crop since subsoil,ng.
Now We will compare tina results on
land on the same farm not s~ubsoilcd. !
Land subsoil plowed in the fall Of '92
aud planted to corn in the spring Of
'93. yielded IS bushels per acre;
while corn on land not sub. o oiled, but
otherwise treated in ideniically the
manner, yielded but 36 bushels
per acre. Land subsoiled and planted
potatoes in the spring Of 1893
l25 bush,Is PER acre, while
The potato crop on laod not subseiled
practically q failure. This season
the yield Of potatoes on sub.
soiled land al So bushels per acre.
The potatoes we're planted on the 18th
Of May, aud on June 23d We had the
last heavy rain of tho season. From
June % to August l6 We had 4O-lOO
inch OF rainfall, less than ! inch in
ifty.four days, and still We raised a
lair crop Of potatoes. Rye on sub
'oiled land yielded 3Ot bushels per
,cre; on land not ~subsoiled, q BUSH
sls. Oats sown on land which had
raised q crop Of corn since subsoil-
ing, yielded 49, bushels per acre; on
|sud which had raised two crops Of
corn since ~subsoiling, 39t bushels per
acre; on land not subsoiled, II bushels
per scre.
The corn on subsoiled land this
season was, by an error, planted too
thick. The planter had been used to
drill corn for fodder. and when We
commenced TO plant the field corn the
were not changed. This error
caused Us the loss Of u corn crop this
season, there being as many as five to
seven stalks in each hill. TIE corn
the drouth and hot winds with
Dut 1, iurv m tho tussoIa ood wharayar