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Show FACTS FOR FArUYlERS. No other Instrument Is to well adapted adapt-ed to pulverizing small clods us tho plunk drag. A grout mail once raid that the most lniK)i'luiit secret of Miccess with crops In to remember to stir tho sol), Dieu half n doen sheep lire better than none, as they will keep down tho weeds and prevent the farm from being be-ing seeded with such posts. Feed up the corn fodder, millet nnd other cheap forage as closely ns may bo (ind save the timothy liny, which Is n, cash artiele, while the others arc not,' Not only must the boll contain food elements, hut they must be thoroughly mixed and Incorporated In the soil to become nvallnble ns plant food. Therefore, There-fore, let the ground 1m heavily manured nnd every square Inch for n foot in depth ucll pulverled. Fnrmeis who sowed crimson clover last fall will havo mi excellent fertilizing fertiliz-ing material for plowing under. No ultrogciioiiB fertilizers will le required where crimson clover has grown, but application of phosphates nnd potash will ho lKmeflchil. They cost hut a small sum, however, compared with the substances containing nitrogen. It is seldom that a fnrmcr can accumulate accu-mulate n Hiiflleleiit amount of wood ashes for a large field, hut on farms where wood Is used tlicro is a, limited supply, which enn bo put to good use on the grirden or on the young clover. Ashes are excellent nlBo on nil gross lauds nnd In orchnrds. They nre applied ap-plied brnadenst, in nny quantity 'desired, 'de-sired, ns many or 100 bushels per here having "Wen used on certain soils. Prairie Fnrmcr. |