Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-02-08
FLOWING.

v a Il
-, ont Of The ground and besides allowing II TO extract
s=ssi from the soil The deep piowinr VIII also
II .s-n and will make Il ready for early spring panh.
. .oauas,. In the plowins Inns not been done In
rtvr .houLi happen heavy soil pillow as carly
o. svaai will do handi" without s'icsin. Tor the f"l
hal p!ou,I while the weather Ia cool viii rialn the
asr ihaa II will IL piow-d during warm weather.
s .OoHcr weeds encouraged So grow the more
l 4sH. the PREPARATION Of the seed bed before planting
w. zurh lrrr TO allow III. land settle much
bFa. t-foEr preparation Of the seed i-- that II
% tarle thus nsurinE b,,-r nnd quicker ecrsnna'ion
than two Inches of new land IN the spring. bu'
kas nin~ inches deep without doing this, us" sub
y Eca ploSins and planting Is too short To allow the
arpz.hy arEa'-, aud mciow-j and much new land
70 sisfc seriously in securing good stand OF hcrs
! 10 ns sroE we'll
.stsol pipw follow behind the fr-, plowins. which
ssi ivn s;X crh, inches b-ow the pillow furrow nni
dsTsisas fer the t-v; plant s way down into the
'"' rca'c the very deep aud cFo.'wisc
r. 'sE Flowing under nn- iccs. soil In
a7g suFfacc the land VIII settle uniformly and
E 'sia Whcn full Of holes and air near the pio"
Tcl hti mus; h. narrowed better. nnat'i the same
WEI aSi then the ground left 1t Is until 1t is time To
'Hv ~ preparation Of the seed i-rd.
d way 10 irrisa,c for the seed bcd of sprus piowci
- ~ s-.nnl rs will po..ihlc. To achieve this -
- 'uraCT. which shond D. prepared by narrowing
& "sai''y Crosswisc and icnrthwisc. As soon ns the
v 81 that 1t can easily bc moved lcyclcr should H. used
-'4 '''u hish PLACES AMI drop 1t in The lower ones.
" hr L"h Valley have constructed special tool for
= saUn by either three horses and differs In
1' '' this lcNCcr can be- in office AMI for
'Na''al Every person build !, n, home as II 10
| ~ hhi that II does excellent work in the Held.
= w" t~rt crop IL j. To- remove
% '' a. 10 permit of easy aud profitable drilling and
=" not do" however 10 piow the stalks under. a. IL
y '' The 'u'ntor knives bringing them back 6" the
-, ~ III" 'am" time dragging alonE with them nicrr
"ItanS The i-si way for cleaning the field FROM thc
"a @ Ho'd l.arI from ,hc piow This viii enable you
turning the cuTn stalks under. Then gather them
= r'''' and after burning many possible haul "n
""rk viii h. found necessary where sugar cane
aai a. few dead furrow. n. POSSIBLE should h. left In
- Completed. they interfere very much with the
~, VI "' ahd Flowing around. which means starting
' Flowing in circles towards the center Of the
a.. -. As Il Is not favorable for irrigation since the
" ""'''I"hS which lntcrfrrcs with the How of the
'O
h. r'"c' shallow Immediately after the harvest two
o tc,t " prevent the weeds from going to seed Then
ss.t '",' spread your mnntirr evenly rs possible
.'' Pow the land before the frost sets in {"
Wv inches, covering the manure thoroughly.
PREPARATION OF SEED BED.
gau r""' must hr narrowed and icvcici as soon as
ht-, a " ahd the soil Is dry enough not TO tc
W"s'urc In the soil and increasing the gcriuina.
W
ssss,r , r'la'" the seed bed. To good crop
ss i,Fr A a the weeds in tile ground before seeding
. ----~--- ana IL weeds allowed Go get start
Stse "" involve much unnecessary and expensive
10 r------n . good seed bed. advise working the
'ashut,, ., P with pnlvcrizcr better with corn
ait IA % "' one" cFosswisc. making 10 miss any
tsn bs,, W! :" loosen any weeds that may have nj
~ krB,v ~ i'ng'hwisr and crosswisc level the soil
viii nm weeds After this pack the top soil two or
~ ani ti N"'cr use plank float, ioacd ground Is
ta ill., .n ,'o''urc viii besides. Increase blowing aud
Ut An the g.y ?-,S- .hs Ms-9- are s.!..:, ,n' tn O ns
9 70 gs. ~, '""N" work must bc performed NJ thh'
" hu, ,u.Nns condition tha, s no, too damp the
gruin,, Wy avoided. AS beet seed requires con
= sd duir would also he great loss TO the beet
abr Or IN ' PREPARATION OF the seed bed to DIR! out
s~ay. l, average season the field must be prepared
mai eng the only way in which moisture can I've
T. "'' IN crop raising and especially in hee'
Is 5 nlsHstrous 10 small beet plants tour cN-
-~-.a Tho best MACK TgiIoin land will blow. if