Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-04-24
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS or INTEREST TO
AORicuLTURIsTS.
,ms up-ta-Dats Hints About cait's@-
tion OF the soil aud Yields Thereof
Horticulture. xitiealture aud kisrieai-
taro.
rhs Merk y the llarrew.

lubFE Us no tdsM WI tA@AN ~ $500 1
4 larger place In the work u the farm
han does the harrow, It's popularity
aas grown as agricultural knowledge
aas increased. Ii Is now used ottensE
Aaa In more places than ever before.
4 generation ago each farmer thought
one harrow sufficient for an bis needs
9at now the scientific agr.euitlrist
feels that he can lnyeat n ssyegal N5ta
pr0dt. obtaining thus tools THAI Nlls
10 perfect work under almost aay eot4r
Iltlans likely to arise oil tia faEm and
lu any soils.
Year bY ysaF the farmer u eonins
To- understand bester faat be mass
make war ID tae elol the pi4& eFe'
ltes ii. Gao hsffpR alone e4a destroy
IL lu il q t0eEsa Up sne aiapa lo3a
g6at 4H5aid tsaEe j pa5l q his fefe-
a4s, lac eja4 GEsts g4s g4o.s of titF
gi4aaa aad taay r4n aE4ana Il y II
lies I'D tup at tic sgDIa1 il discs 9as
aaa sas u4Mas I'll i y ie5tsayea IL
gAq e4EeAt Qf its pGpQGgge 70 aeaA
w hetasg ii gas soil ot a8nte il. tho
ated. l.tzs 4 sgoas aocaplea vsiaan4s
room Ii !, lies above sha sFoana II
stats Cu ltgat tgaa the a4il un4ef
! 1T ii ii is Ia tAa soll il lsss - thai
( part (aeag us suEGseel 9ae . re foosa
i muat aeeara for the aetrl0pmeat "
s9lEs on heavy aail Gloss pftga oc-
cugy a very large percentage or me
/ sr9Qnd. hoth On tAe surface Ald under
III THIS Is equivalent % putting tA4t
amount ii ground one " cultivation.
wasah means. Id gufn. pgogostlonata
deeFeass u tho crop
Taefe II only oas way u gwtttnE
ril II ghess clods AMI thai Is ~ uSs
0t sbs harrow By tais lGlplamens sas
atq4s Ars pulHgrsed On the auFtae"
ana sur twa 81 three Inches IN sas
ground. The freIiuB AFea II truss ill.,
creased. ana the ground brought iaIo
condition where Il et5 ~ uspd a .
starting bed tpf tie tender shoots nFsg
saut OUT BY the seeds Insufficient bar
sya ing II Often the eause 81 great loss
Ia the crops Where The ground -
Igcltued to ~ lampy aal the ARsfuw
Ing has Dysu only lmpaftestly daas, the
air ID admitted TO the ground 10 al
directions and through spaces 50 large
gaat tas moisture ID dried out ~ .
considerable portion Of tee soil, This
, drying out renders Il exceedingly dita
. tlcait tug the assda % sst tontaatloa
! IN which 10 develop their sh9uEs Many
. instances Ut this Kind might ~ egtsA
. Ia one casa In the mind Of tho writes
. a sod had been turned over Tor corn.
} Tho narrowing was 80 imperteetly
done that whole guGr0wa Of the saraad
I sod were separated from tha kuusaA
: 70 an extent that permitted the alt "
> move through aud under tasta and dr.
ont the earth The aeasou was dry
/ Or rains might have washed down
. enough soil to fii up tbs open spaces
4 - Il WINS. the corn crop proved to b.
: failure. except where the ksrnsls d
corn fell into the hottomp u tha fur
!, rows. Elsewhere. the kernels spFuutrc
. and sent up teebla stalks. whieh nsvet
4 obtained enough moisture to react
d maturity or form ears. by aufticisn
9 narrowing the soil woald have bees
Q pulverizod sufficiently to establish Ia,
4 action Of capillary water thraaEhou
. and tho whole corn crop would havt
Q been fed Doubtless the farmer IN III,
instance mentioned ioat enough none,
= on this one crop to have purchased
good mauy harross,
The harrow h the enemy Of weed
and the most potent factor in destroy
Ing them. Before even tho Top " III
tiny weed gets to the aurface Of IN
ground the harrow goes over them.
the narrower Is on the alert. and the
are destroyed Their tender ruOsIeti
which were Just getting nxed In III
soil. are l9oseHed. and. being near Ia
surface. are dried out before they ca
re-establlsh themselves. The form 4
Il harrow that we call a ''weedsre vii
h often be found OF immense value /
Ia the destruction Of weeds. as Il can b
r used when the corn crop or potat
crop Is well up. and In such case
e, viii keep down the weeds without ii
a, turihg the crop that Is being grow,
ir This is because It's teeth 90 FAR euong
into the soil to turn out the newt
II. started weeds. but do not go down /
ia the roots Of the potato or corn plant.
he some Of our best orchardIats AZ va
i. rs our general farmers. are using wee,
hs era extensively. The writer was in II
To peach orchard of Mr.. Morrill, OF he,
re- ton harbor. Mich. and waa forcibI
IN struck with the extensive use beir
made Of weeders there. These impl
m ments we're being so extensively use
X that the ground throughout ali Il
an peach orchard was az bare OF wee,
w as floor. Mr.. Morrill, said to a PAR
b. OF friends present. Here ia q 10,
he place for some OF you TO mako none
In 20 through my orchard and pull ,
fly and bring to me every weed you fin,
.ly ] viii give you dollar apiece I,
al. them" That was what the use Of Ii
ma weeder accomplished there. The moi
,ly ture and the plant food in that a
ed chard were not used for the feadlI
In. OF weeds, but for the development
Inn peaches.
ha Every form OF harrow has It's pla
NJ. on the farm and ~ f.r,....