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Show wmmmmmmmmm MifiM' JHiiyiliillqiiy-.vVS Prepare the Land Well, Every year we see farmers hero and there obtaining yields of crops far above the average for tho country or for their community There aro vieVlout catiaot for this, ono of tho most common being the better con dltlon In which theae cropt aro put Into tho ground An excuse that la very often given for the practice, of tllpshop methods In seeding It that the land It In such ahtpe that a good Job cannot be done Thero are rometlmes condition! of weather that Justify such exoueet but In tho main they nro not well founded. The seed bed could bo put In good ahopo and tho seed put In good condition condi-tion If cnouRh work wcro put Into the opcratic With much of lbs ground iinillrrwl and tho balance In a poorly pulverized condition, much of the seed left on top of tho ground, Is It any wonder that wo havo a low vlcld of crops In many caacsl It goea without aaylng that more work lo a given amount ot ground Is required to put tho crop In In good ahnpo than lo do tho acodlng In a sllp-thod manner, but It doet not re-qulro re-qulro any moro work In proportion to tho amount of crop tccurod. On now landt and In favorablo acatont fairly good rctultt may bo obtained by spreading tho operation! out over a large area, but In Iho older landt, ttocked with weed accd and mbro or less denuded of their vegctablo matter mat-ter thorough work It what counts. Tho moro worn and dcplotcd, through neglect, tho land becomes the moro work will be nccctttry to develop de-velop a good teed bed and tho moro itacntlal a good seed bed bocomca. fho ncllon of tho vegctablo mailer In egulatlng tbo tempcraturo, molaturo condition!, and rendering aoluble mineral plant food In a good toll, mutt bo replaced largely by more efficient cultivation In tho poorer tollt. Tho man who atyled cultivation at tho poor mnn'a manuro wat not to far wrong For while It cannot tako tho place, entirely, of tlili essential factor fac-tor of a rich aoll It may bo raado to lessen materially tho ovll effects u( lis absence Tbo thoroughly prepared seed bed has several advantages over tbo one poorly prepared Tho scod can bo welt covered so that all will get a good strong start. It will provldo a warm cr condition of toll and better molaturo mola-turo conditions that will push tho crops along moro rapidly Tho plant food will bo dissolved and roady tor Iho mo of tho plants at an earlier data by icason of the better condition ot tbe 'soil. This Is I especially true of Iho nitrogenous portion, at tho mtraici win not bo formed at all until un-til certain favorablo condition! ot temperature, tem-perature, molaturo and aeration bare bcn reached. Tho Importance of having tho plant food ready at an early date will bo moro fully appreciated If wo will keep In mind tho fact that moat of tho mineral min-eral food It taken up by tho plant during dur-ing tho early Mncet of growth, and It n liberal supply It not avallabto at thlt tlma the crop will tuffcr. In the case of the small grain crops thrco-fourtht thrco-fourtht of the mineral plant food It taken up during tho flrtl fifty dayt of growth and nearly all of It by tho lime tho crop head a out J. J i:dger-ton i:dger-ton In Karmera' llevlew. Planting Early Potatoea. For early potatoes wo plow tho land nt aoou aa tho froat It out, then mark out rowt about threo ftct apart with Iho plow making llm furrow about toven Inches di-cp Whin tho potatoes pota-toes are dropped wo again tako the plow nnd toter them by throwing up a Inrgu ridge similar to a iwvit pota to ridge In nhout 3 or 4 weeks after planting wv run over It with a lover harrow, with tho teeth down, tbut ninklng It level and In this way tbe ground It not nt llablo to wash Pu tatoei planted this way aro secure against tho freetea which aro llablo In come In the last of March and oarly April The ridges can bo leveled off after Iho frcvtltig season hat pasted Wo generally plant about the II rat of March It II Kline, Johnson County, Mo Dried or Wet Muck, Compoat the imick with manure be-foro be-foro It has had time lo dry In tbo sun. as In tho process uf drying It loses ammonia Th time to dig Iho ditch through tho muck awamp Is In tbe fall before tho ground freeies and not In tbo spring, If tho piles of muck aro thrown up to aerate. In tho spring, the hot weather will causa a drying out and a loss of nbout 20 per cent In ammonia. In the fall Iho piles aro exposed ex-posed to tho air. but tho frosta of win tcr prevent evaporation of much molaturo mola-turo and consequent loei ot nitrogen. The frottt id on tho muck to advantage ad-vantage Darren Stalks of Corn. Ileaton for barrenness In corn stalks la not really known It has been as turned that somo corn seed had In It the tendency to produce stalks with out oars, but that has been a guess We havo yet to be convinced that It Is a good guess, One farmer tells us thlt a certain corn field boro a very largo per rent of stalks ono year when growth conditions were not good, while the next year tbo tame Hold planted to seed from the crop of tho preceding year bore almost all fertllo stalks The second season was a good growing sciton |