The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-27
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS or INTEREST TO
AoRIcULTURIsTs.
some Up-t0-Date Hint. About cui-
tivation 81 the soil aud Yields
Thereof Horticuiturs. yiflr=sssse and
Horticulture.


last harvest. owing 10 the wet wealth
sr. a certain fat In one Of my fields
was so wet as 20 measurably drown the
oats which were sown upon Il. There
were more or less oats. however. all
through n. and a huge crop o. sour
grass and various sorts % weeds, ]
cut and stacked u. Today the stock
prefer Il 70 bright. threshed timothy.
! had sown the fat to timothy and elo-
yer and wanted the land clean. which
was the chief reason for moving the
mixed oats. feeds and sour grass.
shall never despair again Of getting
some good out OF even a frst-class
stand Of weeds.
The blanket Of snow has prevented
the ground from freezing 10 any ex-
tent. Hence fence posts can be driven
With less labor than In the fall. The
cracks through the fields made by the
drouth ! see are closed. and the ground
Is damp a foot down or more. This is
cheering. Tor the cracks prevented the
nov on water 10 the reservoirs.
In my opinion the wide-awake farm
er VIII keep over a few hundred bush
els Of corn. az least until be Is reason
ably sure q another sufficient crop.
Also. be will save a feE tons o. hay.
There has been a slaughter o. rab-
bits this winter beyond amy other sea-
son within my knowledge. The taste
for fried bunny Is on the Increase
among the people am glad Of 10. Il
viii save blackberry gardens and young
fruit trees. for singular as % seems
many farmers neglect the ounce o. pre-
yentlye 80 long 10 such matters that
they are compelled 10 use the pCGr1 d
cure. The only objection any faFmei
can have 20 gunners hunting rabbits %
bis fields Is. be don't want them 70 XII
bis qualls. and be wants them 20 b
careful about shooting towards stock
A nelghbor had two valuable Angor'
goats killed this winter BY careies
gunners
In an adjacent neighborhood ! an
eredlbly Informed that some sort Of
pest Is killing on the rabbits; tia
many dead ones are daily found.
may be they are mistaken. The dea
rabbits are perhaps those which hay
been wounded and escaped, and after
wards died. The geighborhood. hoT
ever. says no 10 this suggestion.
Renters seem determined no, 20 pa
cash for land. They are willing {
give a larger share OF grain than hlth
erto. Some are now willing 70 Civ
half the crop. The rule hitherto 70
some years has been two-hfths In n
} bushel and crib and half the hay. Tha
Is what have rented for number
, years past. have made careful est
mates and End that. one year With az
. other. have done as well. and sons
J times better. than those ~ho hay
rented their land for cash. have ha
. one renter seven years. and be has don
b as well by his portion Of the farm 4
) ! myself would have done. The gre.
: trouble with many renters Is they he
the land over. II runs down under the
hands The fences. the house. n
barn aud the door-yard and orchaI
look as II very poor widow lived the
q and had no help whatever. This klr
. OF farming makes the owner harder
4 his demands than be would be II Il
renter took a little pride In keepir
i the place In good condition. have /
use for = slovenly renter.
EDWARD d. HEAToN