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UR Secretary, Mr. F. A. Pierson, while in
Kearney, the County Seat of Buffalo County,
Nebraska, last week, closed up two deals with the
County officials at that place for two new L. C. SMITH &
BROTHERS TYPEWRITERS, the same to be delivered
at once. This was in competition with nearly every machine
on the market and deals of this kind give us greater con
fidence in our leader, the L. C. Smith. It is a ball-bearing
machine, the easiest running and most durable on the
market. Ask us to have one of our salesmen call on you
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Modern Agriculture
III. Preparing tfhe Ground
By C. V. GREGORY,
Agricultural Di)ision, lotoa S'tatt College
Copyright, 1908. by American I'reji Association
SINCE tbo condition of tho soil
tins so much to do with the
readiness with which the plants
i an Kot food from It one of the
most Important problems that confront
tho farmer Is (ho proper preparation of
tho ground. Tho first work of prepara
tion usually consists of plowliig. Plow
ing the ground pulverizes It to some
oxtent and buries the weeds nud trash
that luny be on the surface.
Plowing should not bo ilono when tho
soil is too wet, or the first of these
objects will not be accomplished. In
stead of being pulverized, tho slice
turned up by the plow will bo packed
together inoro firmly than ever unil
will bake Into n hard clod. The 'fur
row slice will also turn up cloddy If
the soil Is too dry.
A good way to tell when n field Is In
proper condition to be plowed Is to
squeeze a ball of the dirt In your hand.
If It sticks together In n pasty mass
you had better let It dry n few days
longer. If It hangs loosely together lu
n mealy ball tho plow can be set to
work at once. Such soil will fall over
the edge of the moldboard in loose,
crumbly masses. Tho field will not ho
ridged like n washboard, as too many
fields are, but will aptly demonstrate!
the truth of tho old saying tlmt "a
field well plowed Is half harrowed."
In order to do n neat Job of plowing
a colter and a weed hook are necessn-
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ry attachments. By using them nil the
trash can be turned under completely.
This not only hastens the decay of
such matter, but also adds greatly to
the looks of the field. Too many farm
ers do not pay enough attention to
looks, a ragged looking field may
raise Just as large a crop as a smooth
one, It Is true, but tho farmer who is
careless In his plowing is likely to be
careless lu everything else.
If the plowing is done In the fall it
does not matter so much whether It
turns up cloddy or not. The hard
freezes of winter nre the best pulver
izers that ever tore u clod to pieces.
This Is one of tho advantages of fall
plowing. One of the disadvantages Is
that in an open winter the soil is lia
ble to wash badly. This can be pre
vented to somo extent, however, by
planting a catch crop, such as oats or
millet, on the field after plowing.
The depth of plowing will vary with
the conditions. A light, sandy soil
does not need to bo plowed as deeply
as a henvler one. If the ground is
plowed the same depth ecry year tbo
bottom of the furrow will become hard
and the roots will have dltllculty in
getting through it readily. A good plan
Is to begin at, say four inches, and
plow one-half iuch deeper each year
until a depth of seven or eight inches
is reached. Then go back to four
inches and begin over again. In this
way a little new soil is turned up
every season and the layer of surface
soil gradually deepened.
Spring plowing should be shallower
than thnt done in the fall. Tho soil is
full of tiry pores, its structure being
much tho same as that of light bread.
If you will put one corner of a slice
of bread In a dish of water you will
notice that It becomes wet for a con
siderable distance above the surface
of the water. This Is caused by the
moisture tlowlug upward through the
little holes in the bread. The force
that causes water to rise in a small
tube is called capillarity. It Is this
capillarity that makes the water rise
from tho subsoil up to the surface
where the roots can use It. The
smaller the capillary tubes the faster
and higher the water will rise.
When the ground Is plowed these
capillary tubes are broken up, and tho
rise of vater is checked. To start It
again the soil must be allowed to settle
for a long time or else be worked down
with the disk, harrow or roller, in the
fall the depth of plowing does not mat
ter, since tho furrow slice will have all
winter In which to settle. But In the
spilng this capillarity must bo restored
almost at once or tho surface layer
will become so dry that germluatlon
and later growth will be checked.
Ilence the Importance of shallow plow
ing, so a to reduce tho labor of disk
ing and harrowing. If the surface of
the ground Is crusted or If there is
much trash to be turned under the
field should be disked before It Is
plowed. This will provide for n layer
of fluo dirt In tho bottom of the fur
row, whh'h will pack down closely
and Mp to restore capillarity.
If the furrow turns up "shiny" or'
shows auy tendewy to hake Into clods,
It should be harrowed every half day,
or every day at least. This seems Ilko
a 'great deal of extra work, but If n
harrow Is kipt lu the field It (low not,
take Inug to ltltili on to it and go over'
tho newly plowed "strip Juat befvrei
quitting for noon or night. A fow
minutes spent in burrowing at such
times will pulverize the ground inoro
than hours of work nftcr It has be
come dry and baked.
The fall plowing will usually need to
be gone over with the disk to get it In
shape for planting. The superior con
dition obtained by double disking
that Is, letting the disk "lap half '-will
more than pny for the extrn labor.
There Is an additional advantage in
that tho surfaco Is left smooth. Disk
ing spring plowing is seldom neces
sary. In cases where improper plowing has
left a field cloddy the roller may often
be used to ndvantnge. A corrugated
roller Is better for this purpose than n
smooth one, ns It tends to crush tho
clods rather than to Blmply push them
down Into tho finer dirt- A home
made "planker" or clod crusher will
often answer the purpose as well as n
roller.
The roller packs the ground consid
erably and so quickens tho capillary
rise of water. If tho surfaco is left
smooth much Of tho moisture that
comes up will be lost by evaporation,
and later In the season the crop will
bo likely to suiter from drought. To
avoid this the roller should bo follow
ed Immediately by the harrow.
This loosens a thin layer of surface
soil. When the capillary water reach
es this loose lnyer its rise is checked,
and comparatively little Is lost by evap
oration. I-'or this same reason It Is
often well to harrow fall plowing ns
soon as It Is dry enough in tho spring,
cspci hilly If disking Is not to bo done
until late
After the ground Is plowed nnd disk
ed the harrow must be used to com
plete the preparation for planting.
There are many kinds of harrows, but
none that are better than the ordinary
spike tooth. These are made in all
styles and sizes. Tho harrow Is eco
nomical to use, since It gets over
ground so rapidly. The best time to
harrow lu order to pulverize the soli la
immediately after a light shower. Tho
little clods will then bo softened and
will be easily knocked to pieces. To
kill weeds, however, It is better to wait
until tho soil is a little drier, ns har
rowing a wot. field will transplant the
weeds rather than destroy them.
Do not be afraid to harrow too much.
No work that yon can put on a field
pays better. No other Implement will
kill as many weeds In so short a time,
and no other machine will (ear clods to
pieces so rapidly. A field well plowed
and disked and harrowed until It Is in
ns line tilth as it is possible to mako it
is an ideal seed bod. Seed planted in
such a soil will start under the most
favorable conditions. If the seed Itself
is strong and the after treatment what
It should be, a maximum crop may be
oxpected.
Not all fields need to bo plowed be
fore tho crop is put in. It is a general
practice In the corn belt to sow small
grain on stnlk fields without any pre
vious preparation. Experiments hnvo
shown that small grain does not yield
enough more on plowed corn stalk
ground to pay the cost of plowing.
Very frequently they do not yield as
much. Whore small grain follows
small grain, however, plowing Is nec
essary to kilt weeds nnd loosen the
surface soil. It does not need to bo
loosened ns deeply as for corn, how-ev-r,
since the small grain plants nre
hardier than corn and the roots nre
more aggressive in pushing through n
hard soil.
While plowing stnlk ground is un
necessary, it will usually be found
profitable to disk the land before seed
ing. This chops up the cornstalks
and provides a mellow layer of toll
for the seed to germinate In.
Where the oats are to be put In with
a drill the ground should be double
disked previously. If sown broadcast
riO. VI PltEPAniNO THK OlIOUND WITH A
lllhK I'WHT.
one disking before sowing and one
afterward will cover them bettor than
two after sowing. Tho drill is becom
ing moie popular for sowing oatx, and
Justly so. it places the seed at an
even depth and covers them all. It
saves seed because it places all of It
where it lias tin opportunity to grow.
After the oats are drilled or disked in
(at least two harrow lugs should be
lven. Kveii throe or four would not
be too iniuiy, since tills Is the last
chance to ciiltlvalu the crop.
In some liarta of the corn llt the
practice of luting ru ia followed.
This cousititu In throwing up a large
furrow and plantiuj; the com lu the
bottom of It. Iu this case there can
1 little pwvlyus preparation of the
ground unions It Is to go over It once
with the disk. Com In listed only on
very light soils, which do not puddle
or become cloddy easily. Such soils
uornl less preparation than the heavier
clays and loams.
Christian Science, the
Religion of the Bible
(Continued from page ftV
quenccs, we do not wish to be under
stood ns saying that all who get sick
aic sick as the rojult of any conscious
or willful wrong-doing. on their part,
for some of the best people in the
world seem to suffer most, some of the
most refined and sensitive natures seem
to succumb most rapidly to the ravages
of disease; but what wo do wish to bo
understood ns saying is, that wo aro all
suffering iu greater or less degrco as
tho result of long ages of wrong human
conditions or human error; long agc9
pf living too far nWny from God nnd
his divine lawjNong nges of too grca't
failure to study and understand nnd
apply the teachings of the Ilible, and
especially the teachings of the great
Founder of the Christian religion.
Hence the necessity of mnnkind 'uwak
cning to n higher and truer sense of
the causes and cure of sickness and
disease. Hence the need of the estab
lishment ot thnt church whose purpose
and mission are to "reinstate primitive
Christianity and its lost element of
heating." This is tho purpose of the
Christian Science church. This is the
single life-purpose of the Discoverer
and Founder and Leader of Christian
Science. To this great end she wrote
nud published and promulgated the
Christian Science text-book, "Science
nud Health with Key to the Scriptures."
To this gicat end she organized the
First Church of Christ, Scientist, in
Boston, Massachusetts, and all of its
branches. To this great end stie
caused to be established n Christian
Science literature, which is so rapidly
reaching out nnd leavening human
thought. To this great end she caused
to bo ordained ns the only Pastor of the
Christian Science church the Bible and
its Key, the Christian Science text
book. To tills great end the Lesson
sermons, selected from tho Biblo and
tho Christian Science text-book, are
read each Sabbath all over this land
and in other lands. To this great end
every legitimate means of spreading
this great Truth is resorted to, that tho
public may bo informed thereof, and
avail themselves of its blessings aud
benefits if they desire.
In thus endeavoring to obey the
teachings of Christ Jesus in all their
fullness and to establish' upon catth his
complete gospel, are Mrs. Eddy aud
her adherents doing rightly or wrongly?
Are they or aro they not entitled to
ttic good will and the good fellowship
of all who desire a full reign of Christ's
gospel in the earth, a complete re
demption of humanity from all its sins,
its sorrows, its griefs, tta woes, its
sicknesses and its deaths?
May we not fairly ask our friends of
alt Christian churches; If it is right to
do or to undertake to do a part of the
works which Jesus said must be done
bv those who believe on him. is it not
right in a greater measure to do, or to
undertake to do all of'such works? If,
on the other hand, it is wrong to do or
to undertake to do all of those works,
it is wrong in relative degree, to do or
undertake to do a part of those works.
How, then, can anyone claiming to be
a follower of the Christ consistently
disavow or denounce the teachings of
Christian Science nnd the glorious re
sults thereof?
Christian Scientists do not claim to
be able at this period to do all the
works that Jesus and soma of his dis
ciples did, but they do cincerelv claim
to be making an honest and united
effort in that direction.
And even thus far their labors have
been crowned willl such wondrous and
gratifying success that they may well
be encouraged to go on and on in the
Christ way, with the full hope and ex
portatioii and ki.ouledge that if they
are true to their snn"d trust, sooner
or laier, limit- shall bo accomplished
1 pie upon this earth ll "f the great
woik that Jusus did nud tsui-ht his
discipW to do, and which he command
ed them to hand down to all the ua
tions of the world, as we have clearly
shown. Not only so, but the greater
works of which he prophesied shall
also be accomplished-
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