Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-01-13
A C lou l. TU r AL.
On TURNING IN CLOVER FOR WHEAT
GUANO, CORN AND WHEAT-DRILL
HUSBANDRY, SC.

HUSBANDRY, SC.
To the Editor Of the american Farmer
SIR - read in the last January number
Of the Farmer communication from Mai.
Jones, Of Delaware, on the subject of pIow-
ing in luxurient crop of clover for wheat,
with the plan Of which was much pleased.
The result Of the experiment, has not been
made known, at least IN the American Far
mer. write this communication for the
purpose Of requesting Major Jones TO furnish
for publication the yield of wheat, and
whether he considers the plan of blowing
IN clover a good one for the production of
wheat
desire to make an experiment somewhat
similar TO his, next year, but am undeter-
mined whether to pasture the land any or
not. Did the Major pasture any Of his /?
expect TO apply about 200 lbs. Guano
per acre to nv field of 25 acres, not doubt
ing, from The experience of the present year,
tina, ! shall be fully repaid.
II should pasture any Of my clover field.
it would be done from belief that the
wheat crop would be benefited by it. |, is
an unsettled question:, and the ligh. which
the Major may throws on the subject
may 60 far towards determining it. At all
events, hope he will not hide his light I'M
der d bnshel. A YOUNG FARMER.
Harford county, Nd, .Nov. Is, lS47.
The above was received too late for our
last No.; we forwarded it to Major Jones'
however, and he has, with his usual prompt
ness, returned the following answer to the
queries propounded:
Sir in compliance with the request of
your correspondent, "a Young Farmer"
would stale, that from the practice of many
Of the most successful farmers of Delaware,
together with my own experience, believe
that young clover, upon land that had been
previously lined, is the quickest, most per-
manen, aud economical mode Of improving
wha, is called our old WORKOUT lands, or
Of giving body to lands more recently
cleared
The field referred to by your correspon-
dent, was of the former class, and had not
yielded over Is bushels Of wheat to the
acre, previous 10 the past year. This field,
as was stated on some former occasion, had
received dressing of abou, 40 bushels of
lime to the acre in 1888, and previously to
the last crop, had two light crops of clover
turned under. In 1916 turned under a
heavier crop than | ever had done before,
and sowed IS l-2 bushels wheat with
Pennock's Drill, on eighty acres from which
gathered 1920 bushels, or about an ave-
rage of twenty-four bushels to the acre.
This sold in August, for $3.50 per
bushel, amounting TO thirly-one dollars
and twenty cents per acre, which according
to the usual manner of renting land in this
country, of one-hall, pays rent equal to The
interest on two hundred and fifty dollars per
annum. mention this in connection with
the above, to show the intrinsic value of
Eastern Shore land A part of the field is
south of Mason and Dixon's lne-lhe va
lue of which land has never been duly ap-
preciated, considering the ease with which
II can be renovated, together with the facili-
ties of getting our produce to market, and Of
obtaining the ferilizing manures for the i'm
provement of the land. " a..
keep no cattle or Other stock running al
large, other Than horses enough to work
the farm and sufficient number of cows to
keep the farm plenlluIy supplied with milk,
cream, and butter. M entire stock of cat
tie now number seven Of all ages-nor do
cut any clover except few tons for milk
giring co1cs in winter. In consequence Of
my keeping so few cattle, but few acres are
required for their paslurage, for which Dur-
pose have small field of orchard grass
and timothy Of about fifteen acres, which,
by occasional top dressing, affords good
pasture, and constitutes my principal pas
lure land. seldom let my stock run on
any other field than the one designed for the
rovt corn fold On M occ,s;o, .rrb, sto.l.