American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . crop of Wiscon-sin might be doubled. They recommend, more-over, the expenditure of the price of the seedsaved in giving the land a more thorough har-rowing. In this they arc wise; there is nothing 4:08 AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. [November, to which wheat so quickly responds as thor-ough tillage, aud it may be a question whetherthis should be done previous to sowing or afterthe grain is up. There are other interestingsubjects for investigation before any one canspeak with authority. The exact amount ofseed per acre, though depending in a
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . crop of Wiscon-sin might be doubled. They recommend, more-over, the expenditure of the price of the seedsaved in giving the land a more thorough har-rowing. In this they arc wise; there is nothing 4:08 AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. [November, to which wheat so quickly responds as thor-ough tillage, aud it may be a question whetherthis should be done previous to sowing or afterthe grain is up. There are other interestingsubjects for investigation before any one canspeak with authority. The exact amount ofseed per acre, though depending in a measureupon the kind of wheat and the character ofthe soil, may be nearly approximated. Thedistance apart of the drills is another subjectfor experiment; 20 inches has been recommend-ed. It is difficult to cultivate between thosewhicli are much nearer, and no doubt the rootswill fill the ground between them at this —.— ?!» i ? Shelter for Manure. The difference in value between sheltered andunsheltered manure is sometimes immense, and. Fig. 1.—DIAGRAM SnOWING MANURE PIT. sometimes not very great. That which is suf-fered to become dry, very rapidly deteriorates,while that which is constantly moist or wet,(yet is never washed), and frequently receivingadditions upon its surface, loses but a little, ifany, part of its value. It is, in fact, under , there is always a surface portion liable tobecome dry after fermentation and decay havetaken place and ammonia is formed, in whichcase it would deteriorate. It is not alone to pre-serve animal manure that agriculturists advisethat it be kept in cellars or under cover in someway. It rots faster, its decay is more easilyregulated, and it is more easily composted andmixed with vegetable matter, and the fermen-tation which it induces in the mass is muchmore uniform. Besides, it becomes the breed-ing place and food of fewer maggots, bams all over the country maybe seen disfigured by the dark (
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