W4 DR. CHASE'S RECIPES. 



Bait, which gave him twenty bushels to the acre of plump, fine berry, weigh- 

 ing 62 lbs. to the bushel, while another acre of the same field, without these 

 gave him only ten to the acre. Such facts as these tell the whole story. Qo 

 and do the same. 



"WTaeat-Qrowing Maxims, or, "Much in Little."— A maxim 

 being a condensation of a weU-established fact, somebody has taken the labor 

 of condensing several facts into short maxims upon the subject of raising 

 wheat, and although they have get " into print " without credit to the origina- 

 tor, still as they contain so much of real value in so few words, I deem it best 

 to give them a place : 



I. The best soil for wheat is a rich clay loam. 

 n. "Wheat likes a good, deep, soft bed. 

 HL Clover turned under makes just such a bed. 

 rV". The best seed is plump, heavy, oily and clean. 

 Vc About two inches is the best depth for sowing the seed, 

 VL The drill puts in the seed better and cheaper than broadcasting. 

 VIL From the middle of September to the last of October is the best 

 time for sowing. 



Vni. If drilled, one bush, of seed per acre ; if broadcasted, two bush. 

 IX One heavy rolling after sowing does much good. 

 X. For flour, cut when the grain begins to liarden ; for seed, not until 

 It is hardened. 



Com. Raising for Soiling, "Winter and Spring Feeding.— 

 In answer to inquines in the Detroit THbune as to raising corn-fodder, J. E. 

 Estes, of Commerce, Mich., gave liis plan from ten years' experience. He 

 says: 



"I plow my ground early in spring ; keep it well cultivated until the first 

 or middle of June, then I mark out with a marker thirty inches wide, sow 

 with a one-horse drill four bushels per acre, keep well cultivated. It will soon 

 cover the ground. Cut when the juice is sweet in the joints, with a common 

 com knife ; put in large stocks and let it stand until cold weather, then draw 

 as you want it to use. In this way it will cure green and nice. I have raised 

 from three to five acres for the last twelve years with good success." 



Remarks.— KW, so far as I know, agree that drillmg is the best plan, espe- 

 cially so if it is probable that weeds will be troublesome ; then, by frequent 

 cultivation they will be kept down ; but all do not, agree as to the amount of 

 seed per acre. In Western New York one claims that two bushels produce 

 stalks nearer the right size than any other amount of seed— the thicker it 

 stands the smaller the stalk. Ten acres of com, no doubt, are now sown for 

 fodder where one was ten years ago. 



2. Com For Summer, Fall, and Winter Feeding— Time to 

 So-w, Etc.— For soiling in early summer, sow as early as the middle of May, 

 in fair seasons. For later summer and fall feeding sow every two or three 

 weeks after the first. For winter, sowing from the middle to the last of June 

 is considered the best time tor sowing. In all cases of drilling, keeping well 

 cultivated is of the utmost importance ; and as soon as the ends of the leaves 



