Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1849-05-11
FrSH fhs Dollar Newspaper.
Ren0FatiBg W0FR-eut Lands,

As portion Of your very interesting paper is
devoted 10 the farming interest, have concluded
TO throw in what liule experimental knowledge
| have on The subject Of renovaiing or improving
worn-oul lands that have become so by a bad
system Of husbandry, for indeed think expert
mental knowledge Of great service 10 the agrl-
c1liunsI. Too much iheorising without pracli-
cal results, frequently tends only 10 darken coun.
Gil aud bewilder the plain practical man.
My intention is TO give my plan Of renovaung
or improving worn-oul lands, and in the first
place we viii suppose the land to be well drained
and sufficiently strong 10 produce clover. The
next thing is to lay off the arabic land IN three
equal paris, which we will designate as No. J.,
2 and 3, seeding il down with clover, and if the
ground is rolling, a third Of timothy seed will be
necessary to prevent the washing of the land.
The best plan Of setting down clover is on wheat,
rye, or oats, if on the former the best time TO
SOW is in February, when the ground is covered
with snow--if inthe latter, as early in the spring
as the ground will admit Of blowing. Alter
blowing in and narrowing your oats, SOW your
clover seed, running the brush over il to give
the seed slight covering. After It stands one
year, you may commence your rotation by brea-
king up LOT No. in the fall, after the clover is
killed by the frost. This LOT is TO be put in In
dian corn The ensuing spring. il will be obser-
we'd that this lot is not to be paslured later than
till the first Of August, so that you may have a
crop Of grass to turn under in the fall. And
now for few words on the subject of deep plow'
ing. AS il is evident that your soil will be just
as deep aud no deeper than you pow, the best
plan for deep blowing that have tried is what
is called double blowing, viz: have two plows
and teams, the one following the other in the
same iurrow--lhe first plow merely skimming
off the sod about two inches deep, the one fol-
lowing goingaboul four inches deeper, or as deep
as the team is able 10 60. In this way in few
years powing, by bringing 10 the surface the de-
composed clover you will have perfect soil to
the full depth that you plow. All you have now
TO do, after raising the first crop of corn is to
cut it up as early in the fall as ii is ripe, and break
up the ground and SOW 1t in small grain; or il
you wish TO raise crop Of oats let ii stand until
spring. In this way you never have to SOW clo'
yer bur once, the cultivation Of the corn crop al
ways bringing u sufficient quantity OF seed tc
the surface TO make your clover thick enough
After crop of small grain you will thus proceed
year after year till you get through your three
lots. By this time your lot No. is ready fol
corn again, going through the same rotation as
at the beginning. Thus you have regular ro
Iation of corn small grain and clover: or if you
do not wish corn you can cultivate in its stead
any of the root crops. commenced the above
rotation about ten years ago, on land that would
not produce more than twenty-five bushels pei
acre, owing TO a bad system of husbandry
which now produces on an average sevenly-iive
bushols per acre (shelled corn.)
The above plan believe will succeed in all
limestone countries, but where lime is deficient
it will have 10 be supplied. My object in not
turning under my clover ill after it is killed by
the frost is, that all the clover seed may become
perfectly ripe. Another reason | have for no!
turning under heavy green crop in warm wea'
ther that ii is apt to undergo fermentation, the
acid destroying the alllalies in the soil. Any
manure you may have, putt on the poorer points
in your lot you intend for corn. Just before
breaking up in the above system, you will always
have first rate fall pasture on your stubble field,
the clover generally being as high as the subbe
at harvest, if the season be favorable. J. b.