The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1895-02-08

Several new names were added to the
list of members, also some to the mem
bership Of the state Reading Circle.
Supt. Aldrich expects new supply of
Reading Circle books this week. All
teachers are invited to join the county
association and are urged to be present
at lts meetings, which are held on the
first Saturday of each month.
Experience OF IL Successful Farm cr
One OF our business men hands us
copy of letter from an Jld customer,
who received Il fine crop in 1894. notwith-
standing the dry season, and winch ne
claims IS wholly due to his method OF
handling his land, and proves it by com
pairing his yield with that OF his neigh
bors.
He says: My average yield OF the
different kinds of grain tor 1894 we're as
follows; Flax II bu. wheat 17Ibu.,
oats Al bu.. corn 30 bushels. On
small piece of 6 acres raised at the rate
of Is bu, Of fax per acre, the balance
went 10 bu +, that being on the poorest
land / had.
| do my plowing for the different kinds
OF grain at the following seasons: For
corn IN spring, for wheat, oats and flax
in fall. If have any spring plowing
| to do outside of corn sow it TO oats.
I plow from 8 TO lOlnches deep in August
and September If done rs late rs
October would not advise to turn up
more than from = to in. of new soil,
as if more is turned up at such late
keep my land up principally by rotation
of crops, find that flax is as good as
corn for renewing the land for crop OF
wheat or oats; Of course manure is the
best, but we have not enough to go
around, use what | have for corn
spread it on the stubbe and plow IN
deep, and plant the corn from the 1st to
the 9Th Of May.
Coming back TO the question OF keep
ing up your land, think that early and
deep p!oWing is the most important.
Some say that it is hard on horses to
plow deep and that it cannot be done
with gang plow | admit both, but
| first use only IA inch walking pillow,
and find that 3 large horses have all
that they can do to handle it plowing at
the depth that do, and we call it
good days work to plow from IL to 2
acres per day in the above way. My
ground is all plowed in Jumps OF various
sizes, from those OF at. to half
busbel measure. Some would ask; how
do you get your stubhle turned under?
| don't care for the stubb!e, rather II
would be- On top than at the bottom. 1t
will act as mulch.
/ do not think it good plan to turn
the ground bottom siue up. Plow with
a small plow, and deep enough to set
the burrows on edge. Turning the ground
clear over, thus getting the s'ubble at
the bottom, does not allow it to pack as
we'll, and it will dry out quicker.
/ believe that the main thing in farm
ing is in the powing, both for wet and
dry seasons.
There is nothing that the farmer can
raise at better profit than corn, il cared
for properly; by cutting the fodder as
soon as the corn commences to dent,
you have first class feed for cattle and
horses; you then have both corn and
hay We feed nothing but corn fodder
to our cows, and are making 20 lbs Of
butter a week nov.
] am feeding 81 head Of stock from 80
acres Of corn, and have enough to las,
until about March 1st. My ID horses
am feeding cat straw, and tho quarts Of
ground feed per day-the feed being
mixed 4 corn and cob and p oats, and
they are doing we'll.
For feeding straw as great care should
be taken in stacking rs you would with