Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-20
Az Anour TExAs conN.
How ~ should lie Cultivated and
Gntherrh--MecNlI nemehN.

Cnthercd--wecNii Remedy.
The following paper was read by Mr.
a. j. Ross at the Georgetown Farmers
Institute, August o.
II Is nm old adage that no who causes
two blades OF grass TO grow where bnt
one grew before is u public bcnofac,or
We may add that he who improves the
fertility OF the soil 80 rs to cause two
bushels OF corn 10 grow whore but one
grew bcfore Ia also public benriActor.
The most successful farmer IA the one
who thoroughly br,nks hts land for the
coming crop before the list OF January,
To insure a better Yield the land Hnould
be suhsuilcd. In drouihy years the deep
loosenng UP OF the soil causes the land
70 retain tho moisture much longer and
enable the roots to reach down to II,
which secures good yield, THIS dcpp
/ plowing enables tho water after eNces'
slvo rains, TO sink below the surface In
| time to prevent soalding On our fiat
lands. as Is often the case. In This Sec
tion OF our State corn should be planted
| from the 10th OF February to the 18th Cf
| March, owing TO the season n drilled,
| rows should be four feet apart, nveriEe
distance In the drin two feet, corn Is
goncraily left too thick here. n viii not
admit OF Us close planting az farther
| North, The depth covered should be
regulated by tho season IN the ground
| and the time OF planting, When planter
| In used, u roller should be attached pa-
| pooally II there IN light season In the
ground, This will often insure good
stand and leaves the soil near the c,rn
In better condition. Cultivation should
begin early, Should weeds and pluss
| start with tho corn n harrow ar brush
should be used. In fact this In good even
whom no weeds or grass appear 2 he
first plowlng should be dcop and close
. 40
| this, surface cultivation. frequent
stirring OF tho goil proyonH our black
land from cracking. thus retaining the
moisture and insuring better crop, less
| weeds and grass
There arc mCqy varieties OF corn.
very important it1m to success ia to no.
cure tho best varieties Of seed and zach
year great care should be used in the
selection Of seed, by pursuing this sourCo.
! the general crop may be improved anna
ally Tho Texas experimental station
planted In 1874 fifty-olght Varieties near
Mckinney. In Collin county ron test OF
! these upon the black lands, The hest
yield was gotten from tlr North TEXAS
yellow The seed were originally obtaiued
| from Pennsylvania. SiNty-one ynrlctira
| were planted at the Agricultural ana Me-
chanica college last year on hight sandy
soil, The best Yield was from Golden
| Dow Drop, Togaa purchases annually
| thousands Of bushels OF corn, every hushei
| of which should he grown at homo ana
| the money retained In the pockets OF tho
people The demand for corn 10 feed ia
/ increasing annually, This Is as II should
/ be, II VIII be u proud ora for Texas when
/ We reach the point whore We raise IN OF
/ our pork, lard. otu, aud fatteu Il on rcNaB
/ corn and other products Of our soil. The
| ylold NJ corn ~ increased by proper rutn.
| ton uf cfopH. Corn follows cotton HuocoHH.
! fully II ia said 10 do ever better to fol-
D Nsn al. .r4.N 10 ia
bother M effect upon the land uHd those
mako Inc has. We must Keen up the Ter.
tilify of our soil We should Improve %
each yoar There Is inuon going 20 waHtn
On many OF the farms OF foyaA that IL
used would help DO this ! rcffr to tho
atlblc ard oowpen manure thnt 10 nor
hut should be- spread on the garden and
farms. The rlohnr thu Holl tho better
Il pays To manure It.
The new method or saving corn In a
green atatc for ntook. called ihn EusiaRe
uystem is thought 10 DO treat luipruvu-
mont over the old man. when tho corn
| has passed the roasiluE.enr stage II " cut
| ut tho ground, then run through a cut,
tng-boN and packed In air-uEht rooms
T no closely nA to exclude the air. Iiy thia
process, Il rs stated, Il will be- preserved
| FOR three or four months during the FOIL
| and winter, Experienced mon nAy after
you are prepared for the work that II can
be- put up at a cost Of about 81 per ton,
| II lH said to bc very fine for mlloh cows
and young stock. also TO feed boeyos when
fatteulng.
wEEvIL.
How to Keep woeyil out OF corn IL nm
| important question to farmers No Of
fecual remedy wua found until FroiIch
oNperlmentora learned the use Of carbon
sulphido. This IN u nnuld material
which, when eyaporated the fumes set
| Ito 20 the bottom Of tho crib and the re-
suit Is that the ain Is forced out and sur
location results, These fumes arc said
| 10 10 highly lnflnmable, hence great caro-
should be taken IN using H. and Il should
be kept ~ safe distance from fire II
does not remuln long on anything but
oVaporates 40 rapidly that IL burns the
land something like ammonia. The dan.
gor after using d0ta not last longer than
twenty-four hours, Cribs or grnnarira
should be CLOSE, -Four 10 six ounec.L OF
this liquid In bottles or tin nana, hnylng
the mouths only partly stopped with
loose cotton, should he placed one foot
under the surface Of tho grain to be
treated, ana one can or bottle to every
one hundred square feet, This Nv for corn
In tho Hhuck. Ouo-half Of this amount
IN sufficient for WHEAT or HhHlel corn.
The cost OF tho material " about twelve
cents per pound, apothecaries weight. II
~ sometimes necessary 10 apply nhe treat
mont the second timo, ak weeks after
the first, II is authoritatlyoly stated
that grain treated with this remedy Is
not rendered unit for-use, nor Is It's
terminating qualities Injured except
whore an uHusual amount IL used. II
| " said that nearly all the wheat raised
In France IN treated with this remedy boz
foro It ia ground Into flour, II requires
but little more 10 trent n crib twenty
feet high than one ton feet high II this
proves an effeotual remedy, the dsoovorcr
Is certainly a public benofnetor TO Texas,
We have over four million acres IN corn.
by about l0o,OD1 acres and the best all
round crop periiapn ever Grown In dhe
state, Farmers no doubt see the noces-
sity OF preserving their corn until tnch
time as they can dispose OF the surplus
20 advantage,
THE DEPTHS on SPACE.