Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-10-25

notice of by others. And that this failure OF TIT
wheat was not wholly oecasioned FROM dciicIen
cy cfthe clover roots, appears from hence that the
wheat crops IN general are hot 81 good after clovei
that has been moved for ha, the inst crop ana the
second crop tei off by cattle when the clover Is
twice moved which plainly shows that the land
is more improved by the cover ofthr SECOND crop
Iofelover Than 10y the dun ana urine Of the cattle
fed upon il.
This effect is not peculiar To clover, for the le-
gumenous plants in general, and tIwso that have
juicy leaves, a-e in.proscrs OF iaAa when coveted
10y them, such IT'S peas and tares, when jul crops
aud cabbages, as we shall see hereai,e;.
IL is no, probable that this Improvement ol the
land IS occaSieneli wholly from ITS beng covered
for that IN great measure eNcindes the sun aod
air, which do without duuht rnrirh land but IA
Their from the pcrsptrallon oil the paus enrlching
the soil and by stopping ana returning Ia title
icrtllizlng cxhnlatiooS that arise hon, the eartt,
Causing a tcrmen,atlon) which would otherwise
ascend, and enrich the atmosphere
Cattle are not generally fond oil clover nj first,
though they a-o we'll fed ani ttiened by 1t aiter
they have been usa.l 10 II. | have seen number
ofblae, cattle not used To 1t put INTO field of clover
when IN perfection, aud none of them would touch
II, for near week but fed upon the grass growins.
about the hedges ana among the clover, TIL at Last,
compelled by hanger they were obliged to eat the
clover
Clover is reekoned biennial pant and produ.
ccs the best crops the next Summer after the burrv
NJ other corn anon. which II was soWn. Some
farmers let teir clover con,luue another vcar OF
two but m,or oft dies IN Mat time, which leaves
room for the weeds 10 spring up aud makes the
land foul and lessons the succeeding crop Of wheat
aud therefore the n,bandfy is to cut IL fer hay,
feed II one summer ony.
There j, profit in saving the seed, but Il pre-.
curious one. Most Farmers save II from the Sc
conl crop for two reasons, because the itst NOV
| ing makes the " hole crop rise and rIpen together
and II ullers by cutting consequently, the second
crop produces more heads ard seed than the FIRST
This might answer II the first crop, cut ear
~ Butthe general practice is otherwise, IL is not
moved for hay till the heads are full blown, and
even TIL they are many OF them TUNED brown, he
cause the plants then grown dry ami shrink the
less in making 10 hay the farmers loo often having
more regard 10 the quantity than quality. This lalt
cutting makes the seed crop absolute IS frequently
total loss Of the crop and at hest produces seed
an inferior quality: and therefore such as are care
iul of sowing good seed prefer the r'cd saved from
the fl $, crop, called maiden seed, and which yici'
he best prce ut market The produce Of seed is
| from 1 To \ bushels
Clover is easily cultivated ,hrves upon all soil
proper for corn, particularly wheat, requires NJ
other culture Il What ought to be given To tn,
corn among which 1t is sowG, destroys weeds
produces valuable crops and what proves its ame
orains quality, 1t prepares land for wheat, and t,
yield good crops of it without manure unless wher,
the clover itself has failed is poor cop fox in
thut case the land requires TO be MANFRED for the
wheat These advantages render it peculiarly
useful in the common husbandry.
In mild winters it will succeed If sown in autumn
but generally is killed. And therefore tna proper
time to sow It's the spring among summer corn
or then SOW cd among wheat bfoa,. cast.
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