Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-10-31
Facts for Our Farmers.
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receive a little milk from cash quar-.
ter ot the uddor OF single COW and
! thcp rCSCaled, An were brought to
the stGtiOn and upon examination, the
Odor was found only in the milk Of one
COW, The owner rejected her milk
and heard no further complaint from
the dealer Of bad smells THIS was
the practical point; and IL was thus
easily and simply gained New York
Experiment Station.
Ensilsge Lengths,
In common practice, ensiage is
cut in lengths varying from oue.halt
inch 10 one inch, Could il be cut into
lengths OF about thrrcuuartcrs 0f an
inch it would meet the requirements.
Where onsilagc is cut loug there is
considerable waste, because cattle do
not relish the coarse butt cudS Ot tho
stalks. Whore cut in short places
! there is almost no waste, but cattle
will cl1an up practically the whole
feed
Beans on Soil,
Beans ave not necessarily an cr
hauStivc crop upon the soil, one
thousand pounds of bean straw will
remove from the land about the fol.
( lowing quantities OF plant food Nitro.
gen IL n phosphorio acid H.;
potash, ism, One thousand pounds Of
beans will remove the following
amounts OF plant food. Nitrogon. 20
, III, phosphoric acid l2 III; potash.
l2lh, If the bean straw Is used for
| feeding purposes or Is returned Ia the
! land as manure. the only plant food
removed from the soil is that taken
| away by the beans themselves, It
has come 20 he the recognized practice
Of bean growers In western New York
TO follow beans with wheat or rye
without blowing the land. This
practice can be adopted whore the
beans have been kept thoroughly free
from weeds and grass, but ir the bean
Held has been neglected and allowed
{" become overgrown with trash, Il
becomes almost a necessity to pillow
the land before seeding with wheat.
Those who understand the prlucl,
! pies OF wheat culture know that wheat
does best on land IN which the sub.
| surface soil has been Compactcd and
that they have best success whore the
land has been plowed some little time
| before drilling In the wheat The
| farmers throughout the middle west
who follow corn with wheat have
! adopted the practice OF simply harrow.
| In the land after the corn aud then
| drilling N their wheat. Better 10,
suits are secured than by blowing the
| land after the corn. This of course.
takes for granted that the land has
been kept fairly free from weeds and
grass
We know of one man who this yenr
plowed Immediately after removing
| the oat crop and drilled In bucltwheat
The buckwhcat IL to be plowed under
directly before drilling In wheat
This man VIII certainly be disappoint
| ed as to the results, for tho blowing
Of the land, and the turning under OF
! the buckwhcat just before drilling IN
! the wheat, viii not prove satisfactory.
The land should have been plowod
directly after removing the oats and
! then should have been given Frequent
! tlllago with the harrow or cultlvator
until time for wheat seeding The old
J practice Of allowing the land to lie
Idle during the entire summer OF
summer following MS II was called
Is very largely n thing of the past,
for ii has been found that we can nov
remove a crop, pillow the land. and
secure as good n crop OF wheat as We
would secure 10y leaving the land idle
during this entire summer.
The manure which has accumulate
around the barn cannot be used tr
better advantage than as top dress
ing for the wheat ground 1t Is caI
better applied as top dressing after
the land is plowcd than applied befor,
plowing. The principle which under
lies the practice Is that the soluble
plant food on which the wheat is II
feed IN the fall should be near the
surface Of the ground This will
cause the wheat roots TO grow ncll
the surface SO that when hcaylng N
the ground takes place. as it almost
always docs In the early spring, the
wheat plants will rise and fall and
the roots will not be broken off
In the spring the roots viii 70
deeply into the soil for their plant
food because they have removed from
near the surface the plant food which
was most soluble. Thus It Will be
seen why in following beans with
wheat II is best not TO pillow the
ground, because without blowing W
have the conditions almost ideal for
successful wheat growing The
practice Is not shabby" farming. but
II is farming according to scientific
principles even though the farmer him
self does not know the principles IN
yolved.
Sore Teats.
Sore teats is rather vague, # may
mean anything, as reference 10 the
definition OF sore In n dictionary will