Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1906 — In View of Wheat Seeding. [ARTICLE]

In View of Wheat Seeding.

It I could have my choice of ground to sow on, I would choose a field where a heavy clover sod or where cowpeas had been plowed down and petal toes raised the present year, using at least 1,500 pounds high gtade fertilizer on the potatoes, says a Rural New Yorker writer. The potatoes having been kept clean and dug in good time, 1 would not plow for the wheat, but harrow at least four or five times and then drill tn the wheat, drilling fertilizer, with at least 3 per cent of quickly available nitrogen, 8 per cent phosphoric acid and 0 per cent potash. Then in the<Bpring, if it did not start to grow promptly, I would sow ibroadcast 150 pounds nitrate of soda per acre. A heavy dressing of stable manure will make a large stand of straw which will not fill well unless one ft> sure the ground contains plenty of phosphoric acid and potash. Riddles. What mostly resembles a cat’s tall? A kitten’s tail. When is a baby not a baby? When it’s a little bare. Why is an egg like a colt? Because it isn’t fit for use till It’s broken. What pain do we make light of? Window pane. When is It a good thing to lose your temper? When It’s a bad one.