Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-09-03
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and in conjunction with lime IL is great renovator
My preference has long peen given TO clover not
for the purpose of food for Stock but the best OF all
the grasses for the improvement OF The SOIL In the
words of distinguished farmer, speaking of the action
of clover up land, he says under the dense shade
of IFS foliage and in the moisture thus preserved at
the surface of the soil, subtle process 10
be conducted, some natural chemistry agricultural
alchemy. which do NOT thorouhy understand, but
which ensures fertility; we know however that clio"
YER has deep roots and draws some of its nutrment
from the depths OF the soil below ihe ploughs ranges
and that it from the atmosphere both carbon
and ammonia in larger quantities than other plants.
The mode OF turning in green crops after an appii-
cation of lime mari is much fesufted 10 by our
farmers, and the pea than any other crop used
especially the black and shinney pea; the mode adopt
ed is 10 faow their lands and sow the pea in the
month of May, and in the fall 10 plough them in The
land the green state, and this impart great
benefit TO the wheat we'll lasting benefit TO the
land. Another mode is TO the pea in their
fields, they working their corn the last time,
/ (say from the 25h June 10 18th Juiy0 the pea is
soon as the corn is worked, and cnliivaors
rakes follow, which both covers the pea and pre-
pares the land for the better growth of the corn
though this mode III measure sometimes fails 10 yield
good growth, owing TO the growth of corn and dry
spell of weather.
Green crops contains in their substance not only all
they have drawn from the soil, but great portion
they have drawn from the air plough in these living
plants and you necessarily add 10 the soil more than
they have from II. and of course you make it richer
in otganc matter. No subject claims the attention OF
the farmer of greater importance, than that OF turning
in green crops tor the improvement OF their lands,
pecally after application of lime. or mari. The
subject has already claimed the attention of the Essay
ist and all agricultural journals.
Experiments trHH L1me.-upon si$ acres OF land ac-
curatey measured there gathered in 1916, thirty
four bushels of In the summer Of 1S49, this
lot OF land dressed with fly bushels of lime 10 the
acre, applied top dressing, and the following
spring dressing of wood scrapings was added, thor
oughly ploughed in, and well cultivated in corn;
there was gathered in the fall of $780, one hundred
and twenty nine bushels Of corn the fall this lot
of land was seeded in wheat (the first time il had been
IN small gram tor the last twenty years. the wheat
grew Oft finely, and in the spring hourishing did
appear, was nduced to seed il in clover. The wheat
was go; out accurately measured and eighty bushels
the result. The clover has taken finely and with the
application OF plaster and bones, will make one of my
finest lots. 10
2d In field containing 15G acres of land upon
which there gathered in 1914 about 500 barrels
of corn, lined at the rate of fifty bushels to the
in August, 1848, and cultivated i'll in l840
although the suffered very greatly for rain there
gathered CAT barrels OF good merchaniable corn
| Sd. Upon field of $50 acres of land recently pur-
chased lime applied at the rate of fifty bushels
the acre, in the summer of $780, and well distributed
it in corn last year and by good Judges pro-
nounced the best crop that had been upon il for
ber of years. II is now in wheat, having had an ad.
ditona fallow OF peas, (peas having been sown last
| summer in the corn) | believe this old field which
contained the sorrel and poverty grass, and which
an eye sore" TO all good farmers. will this summer
present new aspect in the foliage OF good set of
| clover.
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