Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-08-24
SOME FARM TOPICS
INTERESTING SUBJECTS FOR TIL
LERS OF THE SOIL.
How to Increase the Yield OF Or"ps
For Pulling POsts-Best way !"
Set a Hen-Level Culture Tor TO
tatoes-POultry Notes.

WAYS one of vital Importance 10 the
farmer. Where the yield per acre c''u
be increased by improved methods ana
without too much outlay, II WIN "
wise to study the plans that are ilkeiy
TO secure such an end, so far as at an
nracticable 10 adopt them. The extra
bushel or two per acre may brlhs a
nrofit where without it there wouiu NC
no nrotit. and where the yield can De
run up several bushels per acre neS oii'i
the cost of production, the proht then
becomes a substantial one,
Various methods may be adopted 70
increase the average yields per acre
Some of these relate to rotation, others
If them relate To cleanliness. anu ~
others To live stock keeping In one OF
Tho other of its branches. In fact, tueS
ora various. and we shall now ann "
show how they cOnduce To tue emu
sought. ,,,,,,,,
varied rotation does not draw upon
one particular element, or upon wv" y,
three Of these, as the case may ia. %
mnch as a narrow rotation. rms arlses
from the fact that some plants uraW
more largely ON one kind OF plaht lvou
than others; hence, when plants vary
ing somewhat in their necessities are
grown, they draw more regularly on
the varied elements in the soil a va,
ried rotation has the effect also u
keeping lands cleaner, and cleanliness
has II favorable influence on proaltuse
ness, since the fewer the weeds ~ tue
soil the less do they consume OF tle
plant food which Is present in the soil
FOR the sustenance OF the crops
The growing OF hoed or cultivated
crops has n favorable influence ON pro
ductiyeness This is owing. first, %
the cleanliness which il brings to the
soil: second to the liberation II plant
food In the same, induced by the cul'
tiyatlon given 10 II In conjunction with
weatherlng influences; and. third. 70
the greater moistness which II brings
TO the land. The added mOistness may
not always be beneficial, but In the
case of light lands II Is beneficial "
should be remembered. however. that
hoed crops generally take a good deal
of fertility out Of the soil; hence when
they are much grown, II must be fed.
w lltu ETdNHFEs ana AAtAN tFtf' AAAAAF
cloyers. are introduced frequently into
the rotation, the yield Of cereals Is
pretty certain To be increased. These
crops aid the land very much. They
aid all kinds Of land They help 10
bind light lands and to hold them TO
gether. They help to loosen up still
lands and bring them into a better
state Of cultivation, and they bring
vegetable matter to all kinds OF soil,
which has the effect II furnishing food
for the crops. and Of holding moisture.
Leguminous crops grown on land
bring nitrogen To II. and therefore rem.
der II more productive. whether these
are plowed under or not, as these crops
usually have a salutary Influence on
the texture OF the land; and az they
are nearly all tirst-Class foods for live
stock, the aim should be to grow them
as frequently as possible. The best
OF these crops for , actical uses Is
clover, either the common red or the
Mammoth. according to the ends
sought In growing them, and according
TO the adaptability " the land.
Flowing land In the fall tends 10 In.
crease the yield Of cereal crops. This
IS true Of all. or nearly MI. kinds of
and and il is more especially true ~
SUN soils. The reasons. or AT least
some Of them, grow out Of the liberia.
.lon Of plant food that goes on In IN.
ate fall, and in the spring. through
watering influences, and out of III.
'driy warming Of the surface Of the
'oll as soon rs winter has gone
but more than anything else. proba.
by, the keeping of live stock tends IN
Increase the average yields Of f1rm
produce When the produce which a
alsed on farm is fed on II, and when
eeuihlhous crops are freely grown ~
ne same time, the Improvement In f,.r.
MY, ana, therefore. i'm ability la nr,,
luce' goes on quickly; and. IL some
ood Sums are purchased ana fal ~
ne same time, the fertility Of tho I.,nJ
sun further increased.
one more way Of increasing f.r,itf,,.
equifes to be mentioned. We rafc. =.
ne purchase Of Artificial fertiIiz,.s.,
u some sections this will nav n 4,
Llclously done; in other sections II ,,,iit
.ot pay. These fertilizers ranuiro ~.
Itlle knowledge to enable ne Ia handle
helh aright. Sometime an anpIira,fnr
some fertilizer. as. for instanrn al
la ~, OF soda, applied at the right linz
,ll erect great good: whereas. n H.
oranily applied, it would probable Ie
'st-Live Stock AMI Farm Journal
hirSt Two Years OF CoItbood.
we VIII suppose that the time has
rived when the mare ana coI, o,a
= tha IN out on grass, and that period
!, = , Wv W. IRE has begun when he il ,
{ speeeeu 70 40 nothing but grow. and /
a,,i ldoot ~ ms future greatness do. /
,ta,.9a W the nrst two years of his OK !
,o,i y we VIII briefly consider lila i
go -" E 8 during that time. lf tho
~ al 80 1" soIu mixer so much the bet.
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