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VOL. XXVIII. INDIANAPOLIS. IND. APRIL 22, 1893. NO. 16. They Will Raise Cane. Kditors Indiana Farmkr: My advertisement brought me a lot of customers for seed from Ohio, Michigan and other States, as well as Indiana, I have seen several of the farmers who say they will raise cane enough to get the Indiana Farmeb, according to my offer. Editors Indiana Farmer: You wanted to know what the readers of your valuable paper think of J. C. C's com- , ? monsense, or ideal farm. I would like to ', know how ho can feed so many hogs and i keep his other stock, and at the'same time ^ sell so much of his corn and oats. But the j most difficult thing to understand is, where -; is he going to get his garden, truck patch I and orchard? He has got all of his big 80 * acre farm taken up without them. And I '■_ would like to know where his house, barn and feed lots are going to come in on a farm that is already taken up? R. R B. Bragg, Ind. Thrashing Millet. Editors Indiana Farmer: In answer to J. G. A., of Clay county, whose query I saw in the Parmkk, 1 will say that I have thrashed millet; not in this State but in Nebraska. You can thrash it with any thrashing machine, only changing the riddles. One-half . bushel to the acre is enough to sow. If it is cnt to thrash it should be ripe before it is cut. I cut and bind it the same as wheat. On good ground it makes from 25 to 40 bushels to the acre. J. L. Vestal. Madison Co. Trapping Coons. *K->ITO„3 _._____'_____? —-.. A gentleman from Arkansas informs me of a novel method which the people of that region have of trapping coons. They take an inch auger and bore holes, four or five inches deep, in stumps or logs wherever the coons abound and drop a bright button into them. They then drive sharp nails so they project into the holes, like'a barb. The coon can get his paw in but when he goes to pull it out the sharp nails hold him. D. M. . —This is a cruel joke on the poor coon and we hope our boy readers will be above taking such a mean advantage of the unsuspecting, playful animal.—Eds. «_♦_» . Willows and Artichokes. Editors Indiana Farmkr: I see in your issue of April 8th an article recommending the planting of basket willows. We have tried it on swamp land, but it was not a success. There was a small black bug that every two or three years would get on the ends of the young shoots and destroy the buds, which would cause them to branch and become worthless, when they would have to be cut to get a crop next year, and itmade them too much expense. Besides, it seemed hard to find a market for them until peeled and dried, and the peeling comes just at a busy time for farmers, and in the country it is hard to get boys to do such work. If the bugs can be kept off and help can be got at peeling time they will pay well. I see several writing concerning artichokes. My experience is that they are rightly named, especially the "choke" part, as we have some ground where it seems impossible to get rid of them, and it is next to impossible to raise anything else there. They have been in the ground for years, and it has been hogged considerably; but they are on the increase. If they are all like these I would not like to advise anyone to plant them. I have raised mangels for hogs with success, and am going to try it more extensively this year. H. L. Nowlin. Dearborn Co. A Boy's Ideal Farm. Editors Indiana Farmer: Being a constant reader of your valuable paper, I have noticed and read with interest the various opinions of an "Ideal Farm," and beg leave to give mine. I am but 16 years of age, but have always lived on a farm and ought to have a fair conception of what a good farm is. My ideal farm exists not only in my mind, it. is a real farm, and there are many farms in Indiana that are just as good, but differently arranged. It contains 200 acres of good, rich land, well drained and tiled, situated on a gentle southern slope, and has a moderate Bized gravel bottomed creek running through it to the south, thus affording a splendid outlet to all the draining the owner wishes to have done. It is divided into 150 acres of tillable land, with good meadow, and fields of 25 or 30 acres each, 20 acres of nice woods, pasture near the house, 15 acres of pasture situated near the barn yard, 5 acres of orchard of apple, peach, plum and other trees; 1J_ acres is devoted to small fruits, and the remainder is divided into truck patches, lots, garden, etc. The dwelling is situated back from the road about 20 rods, and has A clean level lawn, dotted with ilowers and trees, stretching before it. The barn and other out buildings are set at a proper distance back of the dwelling, with plenty of shade trees scattered about, here and there. The barn yard is connected with the highway, which runs through the farm east and west, by a neat gravel drive on one side of the lawn. The fences are all made of wire and slat, plank and woven wire, with a neat iron fence skirting the iawn, and all are looked after and well attended to by the farmer. A good lot of stock, but not too much is kept and is well fed and cared for. The cows are mostly of the Shorthorn and Jersey breeds. A flock of good sheep are kept, which receive good attention, and a great deal more than pay for the expense of keeping them. - Mules are kept for the farm work, on account of their Ht-elng -more easily kept and standing more hard work than the average horse, while three or four head of horses are kept for driving purposes, and for light work when an extra team is needed. A good roomy brick dairy house is situated in a convenient position to the dwelling. A good set of tools and a work bench grace the workshop of the farmer. His tools are all safely stowed away in dry sheds, as soon as he is done using them, thus saving nearly one half the expensaof new tools. A good poultry house and lot well stocked, well repays the'.thrlfty house wife for the little expense of sustaining them. The above farm is situated about two miles from a thriving town, with good grain markets for the farmer and with a manager who is thrifty, temperate and industrious, who by his honesty and fair dealing has won the esteem of all who know him. He reads the Indiana Farmer, and is Indeed a happy man. Hoping the editor will oblige me by publishing the above, I remain New Richmond. A Farmer's Sos. Planting- and Cultivating Sorgum. Editors Indiana Farmer: . Select a loose, sandy soil if possible,-or a piece that has been manured the year be. fore; plow and pulverize well, the same as you would for corn. Clover sod is the best, as you will not be bothered so much with weeds. Most farmers plant in their corn fields and tend it the same, with the exception of thinning and hoeing, if nee essary. It should be planted in hills, same as corn. Soak the seed from three to 12 hours in warm water, with a tablespoonful of saltpeter dissolved in water and seed for one-half acre. Mix the seed with land plaster, and drop 10 to 12 seeds in a hill and cover with your foot or a hoe, one-half to one inch deep, and you will be surprised to see how quick it will come up and get a start of the weeds. Cultivate deep as soon as possible after the cane is up, but after the cane is knee high cultivate shallow. If you hear the roots crack when you plow close to them you will spoil your <-ane patch, as I have known several farmers to do, and then blame the manufacturer for not making more molasses for them. The cane should be thinned out to seven or eight stalks in a hill when three or four inches high, and hoe if weedy. With a favorable season you should get from 100 to 150 gallons of molasses per acre with the Amber cane. If drilled in rows or hills 18 inches apart, of five or six stalks in a hill, on good ground, it should make 200 gallons per acre. I have raised 252 gallons of Orange per acre in hills, the same as corn, marked out three feet and eight inches each way, and 185 gallons of Amber cane, but it was a rich, black, sandy loam, clover sod. Miami Co. A. P. Cleland. Shallow vs. Deep Culture. Editors Indiana Farmer: Shallow and deep culture for. corn is being discussed throughout the corn region of the West, and both sides have their champions. After some experience and a great deal of observation I have come to the conclusion that shallow culture for all kinds of grain is the best method, especially corn. The ground should be stirred shallow so as not to tear the roots off and weaken the corn plant so it will not ear near so well. We know that it has been argued that to cnt the Burface roots strengthens the main, or tap root, but after investigating this theory we have come to the conclusion that the tap root is not a feeder at all, but a stay root, and that the surface roots are the true feeders to the corn plant, and they are not over 'three inches below the surface, and if cut off by deep culture the crop is cut short from one-third to one-half. One of my neighbors put in a crop adjoining mine on the same quality of soil, and planted about the same time that I planted. He was very careful to set his cultivator shallow, and each time he went through his corn he set them shallower. The fourth and last time merely Btirred the surface an inch or so deep. I then advocated deep culture and told my boys to plow deep as the cultivator would run, and I even }oked my neighbor about his hen scratching, as I called_ it. Pretty soon dry weather set in and my corn wilted and came to a stand still. His never rolled up, and the consequence was he had about as much again per acre as I had, and it ripened much earlier. T find it poor policy to plow ground deep for wheat or oats unless the soil is broken very early, say in June for wheat, and in the fall for oats. Under these circumstances plow deep. But where ground is plowed approximately to seeding time it should be plowed shallow—just deep enough to get dirt to cover. Wheat will not heave up by frost near so bad; besides It seems to be the nature of the plant to spread out on the ground only when the roots penetrate the hard, unbroken ground underneath. If it is possible to break the soil not over an inch and a half deep, and then pulverize to a dust, then drill down in the hard earth below this blanket of comminuted soil. By planting this way the frost has but little effect and the wheat will be become a perfect mat before winter, which is essential to a good crop. D. Moffitt. —We trust that some of onr successful corn growing readers will either endorse or refute Mr. Moffitt's theory. What is wanted is the facts from experience. Mr. M. gives these from one or two trials. Let us have more. If he is correct it is important to know it. We think much depends upon the soil we cultivate. If it is naturally mellow and loose, shallow cultivation may be the right plan, but if it is clayey and firm, we would say go deep the first plowing at least. In giving experiences in manner of cultivating, please be careful to speak of the kind of soil you work—Eds. of spending much of their time on the road to or going from town, and in the town, with correspondingly less time given to the affairs of the farm. This is so with most every member of the family, if not all of them. In the more remote sections of the county the situation is different; they are not so much in touch with the surface customs or out side show made by certain classes of people about every town of any considerable importance, .consequently they are less inclined to personal consplcu- ousness, and are more industrious. In the "out townships" will be found the best working men and women, and a correspondingly better showing for the labor, by an increase in the yield of crops produced and the improved condition of the farm. Miello. Grant Co. The Best Farms—Where and Why. Editors Indiana Farmer: Apropos the discussion of the model farm will be a good time to make mention of one fact that I have thought of referring to for a long time, and that is the close observer when traveling through the country may gather »n object lesson, namely that as a rule the best cultivated farms and the most successful farmers are to be seen and met with from three to 10 miles from the county^ seat orpiincipal villages, to be found in their respective counties. In the majority of cases it will not be a difficult matter to give the principal reasons why such instances occur, considering the advantages and disadvantages that apparently exist. In the various trips tbat I have made throughout the different sections of this ■and adjoininfj State** I became very much impressed with the differences existing and believe the evidence is proof positive of the too often existing conditions of many farms and the surroundings. People living near town in the last 25 years have become accustomed to the habit Washington Letter. From onr Re**Tilar Correspondent. Ex-Premier Mercier, of Quebec, and several other prominent Canadians are in town, they say, merely on a pleasure tour. Speaking of annexation Mr. Mercier said: "There is a strong sentiment in Quebec for annexation, under the proper circumstances and conditions. That is, We wish to become an independent nation, so that we can negotiate for annexation upon terms that will be advantageous for Canada, and not for Great Britain, as would be the case if the negotiations were carried on from London, as they would necessarily have to be under present conditions." Being asked if there was any probability that Canada would be peaceably allowed to become an independent nation, Mr. Mercier replied: "Independence may, in my opinion, be had by Canada for the asking. During my recent visit to England I talked with many prominent Englishmen on the subject, and found the liberals all favorably inclined, and also many of the conservatives. Air. Gladstone is on record as favoring the independence of Canada, and I believe we shall get it in the near future; also that we shall eventually come into the United States." It was expected that the Senate would have adjourned this week, but when a committee waited upon President Cleveland to learn his pleasure, he told them that he would not be able to send in all the nominations he wished acted upon before the last of this or the first of next week. %\xs 'gtxxm, Postal Card Correspondence. INDIANA. Henry Co., April 13.—Wheat never looked finer. The average of oats is the largest in many years. LaPorte Co., April 15.—Cold this morning; 32° and water frozen in pails and tubs, etc.; wind north; thunder storm night of llth and 12th; since then cool and wheat starting very slow; oats being sown at a lively 'rate; a few gardens planted; not much growing; even grass is not starting yet; stock is being fed yet; fruit buds all right so far. Mrs. B. A. Davis. Owen Co., April, 14.—Spring coming slowly; farmers tired of continuing their six months feed; April has been favorable for growth of grass and wheat, much of latter very poor and promises but fraction of crop, where fertilized looks better. Meadows badly killed out by drouth and grub worms; fruit crop so far promising; stock needing grass after their long diet of dry stuff; much loss among lambs, also some sheep; clover seed very high in price, and many farmers who ought to be employing the clover root to lift fertility into their fields did not sow. A.'B. M. Warren Co., April 8.—Wheat frozen out badly and a great deal of it plowed up and sowed to oats. Clover badly frozen out except in favored places. Spring is forward and work is progressing nicely. J. L. O. It has been calculated that 22 acres of land are needed to sustain a man on fresh meat, while, if the same amount be planted in wheat, it will feed 42 people; under oats, 88 people; under Indian corn, rice and potatoes, 17G people, and under the plantain or bread fruit it will feed over 6,000 people.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1893, v. 28, no. 16 (Apr. 22) |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Transcript | VOL. XXVIII. INDIANAPOLIS. IND. APRIL 22, 1893. NO. 16. They Will Raise Cane. Kditors Indiana Farmkr: My advertisement brought me a lot of customers for seed from Ohio, Michigan and other States, as well as Indiana, I have seen several of the farmers who say they will raise cane enough to get the Indiana Farmeb, according to my offer. Editors Indiana Farmer: You wanted to know what the readers of your valuable paper think of J. C. C's com- , ? monsense, or ideal farm. I would like to ', know how ho can feed so many hogs and i keep his other stock, and at the'same time ^ sell so much of his corn and oats. But the j most difficult thing to understand is, where -; is he going to get his garden, truck patch I and orchard? He has got all of his big 80 * acre farm taken up without them. And I '■_ would like to know where his house, barn and feed lots are going to come in on a farm that is already taken up? R. R B. Bragg, Ind. Thrashing Millet. Editors Indiana Farmer: In answer to J. G. A., of Clay county, whose query I saw in the Parmkk, 1 will say that I have thrashed millet; not in this State but in Nebraska. You can thrash it with any thrashing machine, only changing the riddles. One-half . bushel to the acre is enough to sow. If it is cnt to thrash it should be ripe before it is cut. I cut and bind it the same as wheat. On good ground it makes from 25 to 40 bushels to the acre. J. L. Vestal. Madison Co. Trapping Coons. *K->ITO„3 _._____'_____? —-.. A gentleman from Arkansas informs me of a novel method which the people of that region have of trapping coons. They take an inch auger and bore holes, four or five inches deep, in stumps or logs wherever the coons abound and drop a bright button into them. They then drive sharp nails so they project into the holes, like'a barb. The coon can get his paw in but when he goes to pull it out the sharp nails hold him. D. M. . —This is a cruel joke on the poor coon and we hope our boy readers will be above taking such a mean advantage of the unsuspecting, playful animal.—Eds. «_♦_» . Willows and Artichokes. Editors Indiana Farmkr: I see in your issue of April 8th an article recommending the planting of basket willows. We have tried it on swamp land, but it was not a success. There was a small black bug that every two or three years would get on the ends of the young shoots and destroy the buds, which would cause them to branch and become worthless, when they would have to be cut to get a crop next year, and itmade them too much expense. Besides, it seemed hard to find a market for them until peeled and dried, and the peeling comes just at a busy time for farmers, and in the country it is hard to get boys to do such work. If the bugs can be kept off and help can be got at peeling time they will pay well. I see several writing concerning artichokes. My experience is that they are rightly named, especially the "choke" part, as we have some ground where it seems impossible to get rid of them, and it is next to impossible to raise anything else there. They have been in the ground for years, and it has been hogged considerably; but they are on the increase. If they are all like these I would not like to advise anyone to plant them. I have raised mangels for hogs with success, and am going to try it more extensively this year. H. L. Nowlin. Dearborn Co. A Boy's Ideal Farm. Editors Indiana Farmer: Being a constant reader of your valuable paper, I have noticed and read with interest the various opinions of an "Ideal Farm," and beg leave to give mine. I am but 16 years of age, but have always lived on a farm and ought to have a fair conception of what a good farm is. My ideal farm exists not only in my mind, it. is a real farm, and there are many farms in Indiana that are just as good, but differently arranged. It contains 200 acres of good, rich land, well drained and tiled, situated on a gentle southern slope, and has a moderate Bized gravel bottomed creek running through it to the south, thus affording a splendid outlet to all the draining the owner wishes to have done. It is divided into 150 acres of tillable land, with good meadow, and fields of 25 or 30 acres each, 20 acres of nice woods, pasture near the house, 15 acres of pasture situated near the barn yard, 5 acres of orchard of apple, peach, plum and other trees; 1J_ acres is devoted to small fruits, and the remainder is divided into truck patches, lots, garden, etc. The dwelling is situated back from the road about 20 rods, and has A clean level lawn, dotted with ilowers and trees, stretching before it. The barn and other out buildings are set at a proper distance back of the dwelling, with plenty of shade trees scattered about, here and there. The barn yard is connected with the highway, which runs through the farm east and west, by a neat gravel drive on one side of the lawn. The fences are all made of wire and slat, plank and woven wire, with a neat iron fence skirting the iawn, and all are looked after and well attended to by the farmer. A good lot of stock, but not too much is kept and is well fed and cared for. The cows are mostly of the Shorthorn and Jersey breeds. A flock of good sheep are kept, which receive good attention, and a great deal more than pay for the expense of keeping them. - Mules are kept for the farm work, on account of their Ht-elng -more easily kept and standing more hard work than the average horse, while three or four head of horses are kept for driving purposes, and for light work when an extra team is needed. A good roomy brick dairy house is situated in a convenient position to the dwelling. A good set of tools and a work bench grace the workshop of the farmer. His tools are all safely stowed away in dry sheds, as soon as he is done using them, thus saving nearly one half the expensaof new tools. A good poultry house and lot well stocked, well repays the'.thrlfty house wife for the little expense of sustaining them. The above farm is situated about two miles from a thriving town, with good grain markets for the farmer and with a manager who is thrifty, temperate and industrious, who by his honesty and fair dealing has won the esteem of all who know him. He reads the Indiana Farmer, and is Indeed a happy man. Hoping the editor will oblige me by publishing the above, I remain New Richmond. A Farmer's Sos. Planting- and Cultivating Sorgum. Editors Indiana Farmer: . Select a loose, sandy soil if possible,-or a piece that has been manured the year be. fore; plow and pulverize well, the same as you would for corn. Clover sod is the best, as you will not be bothered so much with weeds. Most farmers plant in their corn fields and tend it the same, with the exception of thinning and hoeing, if nee essary. It should be planted in hills, same as corn. Soak the seed from three to 12 hours in warm water, with a tablespoonful of saltpeter dissolved in water and seed for one-half acre. Mix the seed with land plaster, and drop 10 to 12 seeds in a hill and cover with your foot or a hoe, one-half to one inch deep, and you will be surprised to see how quick it will come up and get a start of the weeds. Cultivate deep as soon as possible after the cane is up, but after the cane is knee high cultivate shallow. If you hear the roots crack when you plow close to them you will spoil your <-ane patch, as I have known several farmers to do, and then blame the manufacturer for not making more molasses for them. The cane should be thinned out to seven or eight stalks in a hill when three or four inches high, and hoe if weedy. With a favorable season you should get from 100 to 150 gallons of molasses per acre with the Amber cane. If drilled in rows or hills 18 inches apart, of five or six stalks in a hill, on good ground, it should make 200 gallons per acre. I have raised 252 gallons of Orange per acre in hills, the same as corn, marked out three feet and eight inches each way, and 185 gallons of Amber cane, but it was a rich, black, sandy loam, clover sod. Miami Co. A. P. Cleland. Shallow vs. Deep Culture. Editors Indiana Farmer: Shallow and deep culture for. corn is being discussed throughout the corn region of the West, and both sides have their champions. After some experience and a great deal of observation I have come to the conclusion that shallow culture for all kinds of grain is the best method, especially corn. The ground should be stirred shallow so as not to tear the roots off and weaken the corn plant so it will not ear near so well. We know that it has been argued that to cnt the Burface roots strengthens the main, or tap root, but after investigating this theory we have come to the conclusion that the tap root is not a feeder at all, but a stay root, and that the surface roots are the true feeders to the corn plant, and they are not over 'three inches below the surface, and if cut off by deep culture the crop is cut short from one-third to one-half. One of my neighbors put in a crop adjoining mine on the same quality of soil, and planted about the same time that I planted. He was very careful to set his cultivator shallow, and each time he went through his corn he set them shallower. The fourth and last time merely Btirred the surface an inch or so deep. I then advocated deep culture and told my boys to plow deep as the cultivator would run, and I even }oked my neighbor about his hen scratching, as I called_ it. Pretty soon dry weather set in and my corn wilted and came to a stand still. His never rolled up, and the consequence was he had about as much again per acre as I had, and it ripened much earlier. T find it poor policy to plow ground deep for wheat or oats unless the soil is broken very early, say in June for wheat, and in the fall for oats. Under these circumstances plow deep. But where ground is plowed approximately to seeding time it should be plowed shallow—just deep enough to get dirt to cover. Wheat will not heave up by frost near so bad; besides It seems to be the nature of the plant to spread out on the ground only when the roots penetrate the hard, unbroken ground underneath. If it is possible to break the soil not over an inch and a half deep, and then pulverize to a dust, then drill down in the hard earth below this blanket of comminuted soil. By planting this way the frost has but little effect and the wheat will be become a perfect mat before winter, which is essential to a good crop. D. Moffitt. —We trust that some of onr successful corn growing readers will either endorse or refute Mr. Moffitt's theory. What is wanted is the facts from experience. Mr. M. gives these from one or two trials. Let us have more. If he is correct it is important to know it. We think much depends upon the soil we cultivate. If it is naturally mellow and loose, shallow cultivation may be the right plan, but if it is clayey and firm, we would say go deep the first plowing at least. In giving experiences in manner of cultivating, please be careful to speak of the kind of soil you work—Eds. of spending much of their time on the road to or going from town, and in the town, with correspondingly less time given to the affairs of the farm. This is so with most every member of the family, if not all of them. In the more remote sections of the county the situation is different; they are not so much in touch with the surface customs or out side show made by certain classes of people about every town of any considerable importance, .consequently they are less inclined to personal consplcu- ousness, and are more industrious. In the "out townships" will be found the best working men and women, and a correspondingly better showing for the labor, by an increase in the yield of crops produced and the improved condition of the farm. Miello. Grant Co. The Best Farms—Where and Why. Editors Indiana Farmer: Apropos the discussion of the model farm will be a good time to make mention of one fact that I have thought of referring to for a long time, and that is the close observer when traveling through the country may gather »n object lesson, namely that as a rule the best cultivated farms and the most successful farmers are to be seen and met with from three to 10 miles from the county^ seat orpiincipal villages, to be found in their respective counties. In the majority of cases it will not be a difficult matter to give the principal reasons why such instances occur, considering the advantages and disadvantages that apparently exist. In the various trips tbat I have made throughout the different sections of this ■and adjoininfj State** I became very much impressed with the differences existing and believe the evidence is proof positive of the too often existing conditions of many farms and the surroundings. People living near town in the last 25 years have become accustomed to the habit Washington Letter. From onr Re**Tilar Correspondent. Ex-Premier Mercier, of Quebec, and several other prominent Canadians are in town, they say, merely on a pleasure tour. Speaking of annexation Mr. Mercier said: "There is a strong sentiment in Quebec for annexation, under the proper circumstances and conditions. That is, We wish to become an independent nation, so that we can negotiate for annexation upon terms that will be advantageous for Canada, and not for Great Britain, as would be the case if the negotiations were carried on from London, as they would necessarily have to be under present conditions." Being asked if there was any probability that Canada would be peaceably allowed to become an independent nation, Mr. Mercier replied: "Independence may, in my opinion, be had by Canada for the asking. During my recent visit to England I talked with many prominent Englishmen on the subject, and found the liberals all favorably inclined, and also many of the conservatives. Air. Gladstone is on record as favoring the independence of Canada, and I believe we shall get it in the near future; also that we shall eventually come into the United States." It was expected that the Senate would have adjourned this week, but when a committee waited upon President Cleveland to learn his pleasure, he told them that he would not be able to send in all the nominations he wished acted upon before the last of this or the first of next week. %\xs 'gtxxm, Postal Card Correspondence. INDIANA. Henry Co., April 13.—Wheat never looked finer. The average of oats is the largest in many years. LaPorte Co., April 15.—Cold this morning; 32° and water frozen in pails and tubs, etc.; wind north; thunder storm night of llth and 12th; since then cool and wheat starting very slow; oats being sown at a lively 'rate; a few gardens planted; not much growing; even grass is not starting yet; stock is being fed yet; fruit buds all right so far. Mrs. B. A. Davis. Owen Co., April, 14.—Spring coming slowly; farmers tired of continuing their six months feed; April has been favorable for growth of grass and wheat, much of latter very poor and promises but fraction of crop, where fertilized looks better. Meadows badly killed out by drouth and grub worms; fruit crop so far promising; stock needing grass after their long diet of dry stuff; much loss among lambs, also some sheep; clover seed very high in price, and many farmers who ought to be employing the clover root to lift fertility into their fields did not sow. A.'B. M. Warren Co., April 8.—Wheat frozen out badly and a great deal of it plowed up and sowed to oats. Clover badly frozen out except in favored places. Spring is forward and work is progressing nicely. J. L. O. It has been calculated that 22 acres of land are needed to sustain a man on fresh meat, while, if the same amount be planted in wheat, it will feed 42 people; under oats, 88 people; under Indian corn, rice and potatoes, 17G people, and under the plantain or bread fruit it will feed over 6,000 people. |
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