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"Wheat Maxims in Small Compass — The folldwing information about 

 wheat growing has been condensed: 1. The best soil for wheat is rich clay 



loam; 2. Wheat likes a good, 

 deep, soft bed; 3. Clover 

 turned under makes juSt 

 such a bed; 4. The best seed 

 is oily, heavy, plump, and 

 clean; 5. About two inchefi 

 is the best depth for sowing 

 the seed; 6. The drill puts 

 in the seed better and 

 cheaper than broadcasting; 

 7. From the middle of Sep- 

 tember to the last of Octo- 

 ber is the best time for sow- 

 ing; 8. Drilled, one bushel 

 of seed per acre; if sown 

 broadcast, two bushels per 

 acre; 9. One heavy rolling 

 after sowing does much 

 good; 10. For flour, cut 

 when the grain begins to 

 harden; for seed, not until 

 yjg J it has hardened. 



An Ohio Com. Crib — 



We give an illustration (Fig. 1) of a very convenient and substantial double 

 corn crib, with a wagon shed between. Such a crib can be built any size, 

 and filled with grain, without the least sign of weakness. One is a brace for 

 the other, and the more grain you have in it the firmer it will be. It is use- 

 less to explain how the tim- 

 bers should be put together, 

 and where every door should 

 be cut out, when one glance 

 at the illustration will an- 

 swer. Fig. 2 represents the 

 double doors made to corre- 

 spond with the entrajice of 

 the shed. The doors, when 

 shut, are fastened to a piece 

 of scantUng, standing per- 

 pendicular — one entering 

 the beam, the other enter- 

 ing a block put in the 

 ground. The foundation 

 can be of wood or stone, as 

 suits best. This is what wo 

 call the "Ohio Dutch Yan- 

 kee com crib." 



Hilling Injurious to 

 Corn. — Careful experi- 

 ments have proved that com which is lulled will blow down more readily 

 than that which has level culture. This can bo accounted for by the fact 



no. 2. 



