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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1882
Page
7
Mr W A Armstrong of Elmira New York shares practical advice on cutting and curing green oats for fodder and on field plowing to create flat beds. He notes higher value for cows when fed with oats along with hay and observes benefits for horses.
A historical correspondent argues salt as soil treatment harms land, but advocates its use as a fertilizer and insect control. The piece extols salt’s effects on grain strength and maturity, root nutrient uptake, and pest suppression, citing a farmer in Illinois with a barrel per two acres showing bigger, earlier crops.
The author details a plowing plan adaptable to sulky plows. Start by furrowing across each end at specific distances from fences or field edge to leave a five step strip. Then run a back furrow fifteen or sixteen steps to finish efficiently.
A historical article advises farmers on acre measurement using a 67 foot rope circuit with a red rag indicator. It explains the four rod length and two and a half rod width for an acre, and details tar soaking to prevent shrinkage. It emphasizes knowing field size to apportion seed and manure and plan plowing tasks.
H Talcott reports from the Cincinnati Grange Bulletin that alternating drill depths and dual application of seed and phosphate yields 54 to 63 bushels of oats per acre. He warns against deep sowing for wheat and extols Hop Bitters as a “truth and honor” cure-all in another column.
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