The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-05-25

shadows or at the passing vehicles. They
| are tired and sober from blowing and
narrowing the brown soils, and drawing
fertilizer and stable manure. No, their
days of dancing are over. When night
comes and they are allowed to take their
places in the stalls, it is with deep drawn
breaths of comfort. But how they are
changing the looks of the farms.
At the present writing it seems as
though some men were not satisfied with
what the poor animals have done. The
tobacco plants have got to be so large
that silver dollars will not cover them,
and the setting season is here. Some
will commence to set out the young
plants early this week Others are a lit
tie later. Carload after carload OF man.
ure and fertilizers are arriving every day
and the cars must be unloaded to be re-
turned for further loads And it takes
a multitude of them to supply the wants
of the farmers. To pay for these various
carloads of fertilizers causes the ex-
change of great many dollars about
$70O per car. But as one great institu-
tion has remarked, "To make money one
must spend money" So keep up cour-
age and strain every muscle to accom-
plish the end and purpose you had in
view at the commencement Set the
standard high. Aim to hit the bullseye,
Not only has the time arrived for trans
planting the tobacco plants, but the 9TH
er farm crops must be attended to in
season, and, allowing for the shortage of
labor, one must brace against the wheel
little stronger in order to accomplish
the purpose. 1t means that the farmer
must either add few more minutes to
his days work, or he must invest in such
machinery as will allow him to accom-
plish the allotted amount of work in the
minimum time. In doing this, he should,
if no other course is open, join with one
or more neighbors to buy tools.
In hoeing, do try to give up some of
the fads and fancies of our fathers. Do
not try to hoe tobacco by cultivating
slightly, and then with the hoe haul
away soil on this and that side of the
plants, and then draw up fresh earth
from the center of the rows. But rather
cultivate in thorough manner than put
in horse hoe, and when you set yourself
or men to follow with the hand hoes, just
say to them, 81 expect you to hoe an
acre today" and see that they do it.
"Skitter" over it, and be ready TO go over
it again In the same manner. You will
get enough fresh dirt around your plants
IN this way. Each time over try to raise
the soil of the row little higher than
the time before. You must give up the
"way of your daddy" You have done so
already SO far as concerns ploWing, har
rowing and cultivating. SO now try to
give up so much useless work with the
hoe I don't know but it would be bet
ter for yourself if you would take two
hoes, and leave one at the end of the
field where you begin hoeing. Straight
en- up the end plants, then 60 on, using
your hands to uncover leaves that have
soil upon them, and leave the second hoe
at the opposite end of the field. You ask,
"What about the weeds?" Ii the horse
hoe does not cut or cover them, adjust it
so that it will. Some men with hoe
| uncover more weeds than they cut or
kill; for if you begin to use the hand hoe
there is little use for the horse hoe. |
| would rather leave some men out OF the
| field than to arm them with hand hoe
| to follow horse hoe.-Cultivator