Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1898 — FACTS FOR FARMERS. [ARTICLE]

FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Don’t forget to cut the weeds along the roadside before they mature their seed. Planting beans —the navy—in corn, says a subscriber, gives a double crop on the land. The wet spring and early summer In many localities should cause you to value drainage. Agriculture has reason to be proud of the vnrious exhibits it makes nt the Omaha exposition. It is the time of year when man anl heust should be shielded from the hot sun ns much as possible. Clover should be cut, an experienced grower says, before hardly any of the heads begin to turn brown. It is claimed that lime fully slacked, sprinkled on cabbage while the dew is on will kill cabbage worms. If o tree is dyiijg or vines failing never rest until you find the cause. The trouble will often be found in the roots. Hold your grain as long ns you can. Let the man who must sell do so and don’t compete with him if you can help It. We bought seed corn this spring, and although planted and replanted, only a quarter of it grew.-a fnct that ought to teach the value of testing seeds.—Western Plowman.