Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1836-03-11
GLOVER ANDITS FERTILIZING
PROPER TIES.

Ia q recent conversation with Mr..
Robert Sinclair senior, upon this sub
ieci, we observed 10 him, :hat in eros.
sing clover field few days previous
ly, we were more convinced than ev-
er, Of its capacity for restoring worn
out lands, by lho immense vegetable
.deposiles we saw in a state Of rapid
decomposition: that no matter how
carefully crop Of clover might be
cut, the return 10 the soil would be
very greal: upon which he related to
the following fact illustrative of our
remarks.
Some years back he purchased .
farm on Stones Falls, called Poplar
Hill, on which there was a lot Of 8
acres, which. from .lhs sKhausff
course of culture 10 wlieh As4 beeh
subjected, was almost liteV Fpri-
we'd ofits vitality. 1t was nFe-
nient for him to apply eithss lime,
ashes or suitable manure, aud so i'm
poverished was the lot, that the gene
raj opinion Of the neighbors was, that
it would not bring more than six bush
els Of wheat to the acre. This opin-
ion was based as we'll on the result Of
former years productions, as on the
then present appearance. 10 this dis
coursging aspect Of affairs, being un-
willing to let il remain idle, he sowed
il down 10 clover, snd pushed its
growth by plaster. The clover ihrove
tolerabIy we'll, was plOughed 10 next
fall, and wheat sowed on the clover
lay; The produce Of the eight acres, 10
the great aslonishmeht of Mr.. Sinclair
and his neighbOrs, was two hundred
bushels Of good heavy wheat being
an average Of IS bushels 10 the acre
This result. as we have before premi-
sed, was effected without the spplica
tion Of any thing in the form OF ma
nures, save the clover aOd plaster, and
to those agents alone is the great mel
! ioration in the condition Of the soil OF
Mr.. Sinclair's lot TO be ascribed; and
| we hold it, that it is matter OF per-
feet indifference whether The effect was
produced by the clover acting as a
manure, or the plaster as the stimulan'
whether from the affi nity of the latter
10 attract moisture. or by the combl'
ned operation Of both--we say, be The
modus operandi what it may, the
effect was most salulsry and whole
some, in converting a worn out held
| into state of fertility.-The success:
of the experiment for it was but an ex
pertinent at the period together with
the thousand Of other encouraging re-
suits, which have subsequently, iaker
place, should make every one whG
has q poor field SOW il down in grass
whelher his object be the attainment
of a good crop Of nutritious hay for
! his stock, or luxursnt clover lay Il
turn in 10 Gcrtilizs his soil, and wheth
er his object be one or the other' n'
should not sow less than three gallon
of seed, if sown alone. 10 our view
a great fault is most generally CON
milted 10 not sowing enough OF seed
| If intended for hay, primary Oblec
with every farmer should be, to hav.
that hay as clean and free from t0eed
as possible, and the only way to eiiec
tuate that, is by filling the entire sur
face with grass, inasmuch as isavin
unUccupied spaces in clover heI'
only serves to encourage the growth
noxious weeds, exhaust the strength
the soil, render the hay fOulI aud uIt
, mately to supPlant The clover by u
4 wholesome grasses and weeds. The
i Il is another mistake, which many Tara