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INDIANA FARMER. Vol. VII.] INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SEPT., 1858. [No. VI. Terms of Subscription: 1 Copy 1 year, $1,00 6 Copies 1 year....... 5,00 13 Copies 1 year......... 10,00 20 Copies 1 year, 15,00 50 Copies 1 year, 35,00 100 Copies 1 year, 67,00 Terms oi* Advertising: 1 Square 1 insertion, $2,00 2 " 1 " 3,00 3 " 1 - " 4,00 4 " 1 " 5,00 1 Column 1 insertion, 7,00 2 "1 " 10,00 12 insertions .....50 percent discount. 6 " 33J " " 3 " 25 " " SEPTEMBER. Practical Suggestions. r'At first view it seems unnatural to associate the septimus of the year, the culmination of vegetation, and frost carrier of winter, with the idea of seed time. Yet such is its true character. And if vre note well the economy of nature, we shall find that the seed of the vegetable kingdom is generally planted as the flower fades and the leaf grows sear. By this uniform rule in her economy, Nature forcibly propounds to our minds tho question—-Do we not err in our common habit of planting and sowing, as far as we can, in the spring of the year? Should we not reverse this rule, and plant everything in the fall, which may as well be planted then ? If there is no other advantage to be derived from the change, than a relief from that concentration of half the work of the cropping season into the first month of spring, which compels us to slight our work, it will amply pay us for the time and expense requisite to determine how far this VOL. VII.—12. change may be carried. The question is an important one, and merits the most thorough investigation. Is it not true that grass sown on ground well prepared, late in the fall, and well mixed with the soil by the harrow and the roller, stands the best possible chance to make a good set? In other words—May we not attribute our bad luck in fall sowing of grasses, to the fact that we sow too soon, in the face of a burning sun and withering drouths, and to the slovenly way in which we do our work? Are there not some means by which>the cultivation of spring wheat may be superceded by the more valuable and enduring winter wheat? We firmly believe that if winter wheat were drilled, one foot apart, three or four inches deep, with a drill that would leave a furrow two or three inches deep, the spewing up, and drying out effects of winter would be obviated. By this means, the furrowi would retain moisture in dry weather, and when freezing weather would spew up the wheat, it would spew off the banks of the furrows also, thus keeping dirt about the roots. The ordinary drill, which leaves a furrow only about one inch deep, is well known to be a partial remedy for the evil of winter killing. These, however, do not afford a thorough test of the remedy. The shews must be twice as wide as they are to leave a furrow three inches deep; and if the furrows are three inches deep, they must be ten or twelve inches apart, from center to center. The weight of common sense alone, in favor of this theory, should induce farmers to subject it to a more thorough and practical test. The Irish and the Sweet Potato also— is it not true that the large quantity of water which they contain, as an elementary principle, in connection with other
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1858, v. 07, no. 06 (Sept.) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA0706 |
Date of Original | 1858 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or not-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Date Digitized | 2010-10-04 |
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Description
Title | Page 161 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Digitization Information | Orignal scanned at 300 ppi on a Bookeye 3 scanner using internal software. Display images generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
Transcript | INDIANA FARMER. Vol. VII.] INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SEPT., 1858. [No. VI. Terms of Subscription: 1 Copy 1 year, $1,00 6 Copies 1 year....... 5,00 13 Copies 1 year......... 10,00 20 Copies 1 year, 15,00 50 Copies 1 year, 35,00 100 Copies 1 year, 67,00 Terms oi* Advertising: 1 Square 1 insertion, $2,00 2 " 1 " 3,00 3 " 1 - " 4,00 4 " 1 " 5,00 1 Column 1 insertion, 7,00 2 "1 " 10,00 12 insertions .....50 percent discount. 6 " 33J " " 3 " 25 " " SEPTEMBER. Practical Suggestions. r'At first view it seems unnatural to associate the septimus of the year, the culmination of vegetation, and frost carrier of winter, with the idea of seed time. Yet such is its true character. And if vre note well the economy of nature, we shall find that the seed of the vegetable kingdom is generally planted as the flower fades and the leaf grows sear. By this uniform rule in her economy, Nature forcibly propounds to our minds tho question—-Do we not err in our common habit of planting and sowing, as far as we can, in the spring of the year? Should we not reverse this rule, and plant everything in the fall, which may as well be planted then ? If there is no other advantage to be derived from the change, than a relief from that concentration of half the work of the cropping season into the first month of spring, which compels us to slight our work, it will amply pay us for the time and expense requisite to determine how far this VOL. VII.—12. change may be carried. The question is an important one, and merits the most thorough investigation. Is it not true that grass sown on ground well prepared, late in the fall, and well mixed with the soil by the harrow and the roller, stands the best possible chance to make a good set? In other words—May we not attribute our bad luck in fall sowing of grasses, to the fact that we sow too soon, in the face of a burning sun and withering drouths, and to the slovenly way in which we do our work? Are there not some means by which>the cultivation of spring wheat may be superceded by the more valuable and enduring winter wheat? We firmly believe that if winter wheat were drilled, one foot apart, three or four inches deep, with a drill that would leave a furrow two or three inches deep, the spewing up, and drying out effects of winter would be obviated. By this means, the furrowi would retain moisture in dry weather, and when freezing weather would spew up the wheat, it would spew off the banks of the furrows also, thus keeping dirt about the roots. The ordinary drill, which leaves a furrow only about one inch deep, is well known to be a partial remedy for the evil of winter killing. These, however, do not afford a thorough test of the remedy. The shews must be twice as wide as they are to leave a furrow three inches deep; and if the furrows are three inches deep, they must be ten or twelve inches apart, from center to center. The weight of common sense alone, in favor of this theory, should induce farmers to subject it to a more thorough and practical test. The Irish and the Sweet Potato also— is it not true that the large quantity of water which they contain, as an elementary principle, in connection with other |
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