The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-02
FARM AND GARDEN.
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crops were piled away.
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went without him. lS a.
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common daylight sweet.
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Margaret n. Sangster In Golfers Weekly,
s5 Clipping the stnbble Fields. ,5..
a Nearly all grass or clover crops are now
started with the small grains, says the
Prairie Farmer. The most critical time
to these crops comes usually Just after
the grain CROPS are removed. The heavier
the grain efops the greater tie danger to
the young grass and clover. We always
want q good rain: directly after the grain
crops are harvested, then the hot sun in
stead of killing the young grass or. clover,
forces It in growth. The taller the grain
that should be left on the field This
should be out of the way entirely before a
hay crop is taken off the field the next
year. We have seen this stubble trans
pied down BY stock grazing the fields,
this is most ruinOus policy and Should
not be tolerated. Consequently the 5oaly
proper way to remove the stubble is by
clipping with the, mower. In no. case, If
the weather is. dry and hot should this
there is Il soak;hg rain By the time the
grain crops are removed, then the clipping
can be d6iie with safety I'd the YOUNG
grass and clover. We like to do this work
as, soon as possible to give the. voting
grasses the full benefit of the air and SUM
light. And the sooner; the ,stubble, is on
the ground, the sooner it will decay.4:If
the stubble is very heavy it makes an OK
-cellent mulch against dry weather,s or
left standing it is Of little value to pro-
tect the young plants from frost action.
DOubters as to the value of stubble mown
short as a.protectioh for clover against
= the f1ihohs effect Of hafd freezes, can
easily make test Of the matter. After
cutting the stubble, rake OF burn it off Of
small S plat ,ht lf1avint ths fats surrounded
bar and note. the effect when spring
comes. We doubt not that the stt,bble
to the clover. sueh has been cir ;efperi-
ence in this natter When the Clipping is
done soon after harvest it gives us d
chance to cut. the clever for haK, if the
growth shbil1, be sufficient To- make. it de-
sirable, aid the product Mill not Je in
jured by having .sthbble mixed with it.
rank, making sin9thefing probable, the
pings are ,aliaBst ceftaif to efadiGate ali
weeds that grow after harvest in stumble
fields. This clipping Of the stubble fields
is one step. in. the direction of cleaner
rneldS. Inc recent rams are forcing the
ragweed to a great growth. A late clip
ping to insure against any future growth,
within some cases-be a. difficult matter
ON account Of the hard woody nature of
the weeds. While an early and late clip
ping will take more time, the work viii
be complete and satisfactory, with LEGS
wear to the machinery. A greut many
farmers think there, L. much profit in
grazing the stubble fields: They depend
on them each year, and think the gr,wth
on these fields lost if they: are utilized in
the way of pasture. In nearly every case
these farmers would derive greater brne-
fit from these grasses starting in The
clover fields if they would clip instead of
pasturing. If. ragweeds have the start
Of the Young clover it is almost a neces-
sity that they be clipped early md the
talk about ragweedi being an advantage
as q shelter to the clover. A stubble field
well clipped after harvest, destroying
weeds aud cutting the. stubble closes;
means clean hay the following season,
provided the grass or clover stand is, 4
good ohp. keeping down ali weeds thai
are always ready to occupy waste places.