| Show I S An In a recent Issue ot the Successful Farmer published In Philadelphia M I IJ MJ J O 0 Q Cragun of Minnesota says lIas Ever Eor since I began farming I 1 have hlo been trying to get the greatest possible returns with the least labor and this Is the way I have lune done We raise nearl nearly everything Wo we need neel that our soil will Produce We use Ue the wr very best seed we can enn get have bae somethIng the wilt will want end nt never r sell anything that thal thatIs I Is not first class Wo We plant crops so sons ns as to dt do the greater Ineater part ot of the work a team We III plant ant our Inches apart each eRch vay a same canto nil as corn cut potatoes to one and two eyes ees and put lut two Pieces In a hill hili cover coverIng lag Ing them Ihorn three Inches deep deop In good soft mellow soil Soot as the tart start real weli 11 wo we thoroughly reo re In about ten days Soon as ac the toss can be seen lIeen we e go co In with the tite cultivator an anti stir the ground vell every week cek III as long os no con can get et through thu tho ines Ine but never when the ground Is wet or dow on the tho vines Ines I Iona ona cn and hare hae raised m per acre ot of chol choice o potatoes Some raise ralso from SO to bushels on good land but the they drill their potatoes ant and cpu not stir eUr tIme the ground between the plant where It becomes hard and w weeds s have haver r Ii Mood good chance Jo fo grow corn successfully here reo re quires more care than In some flomo ot of the States further south Bouth on account ot of our shorter RhoMer seasons We check our corn inches apart Mch WU way two and three grains In a hill hili two We e give he the tite land two geo liar har before the corn tOmes cornea up then soon as 05 we con cnn see lec the rows Wit we start tho the cultivator and work every wk week un Until til II the corn com Is three feet teel high bor or orleon seven leon years our corn conI has hili averaged GO bushels per acre Last year WI we hall had Ca going as high as Mi LI her Iler acre Our land is II very er rich wo we haul out all manure that II accumulates t ill On seven lIeen seventeen teen square roll rods ot of ground wo 0 grow grew quarts of oC strawberries sold ItO 00 worth and had enough for Cor ourselves besides |
