Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-05-29
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field. with se'er ttc, ~ follow Ing crt p |
etiwhFaAa ! rs a SUI jest wprslsg.lpJ ,ths
Inost ehrsbal Hxpetln[nt ',tldIIte rclosest
observation 'tt tI,e. tlfe1hista ntE.s "a clouds
rug, and tih y ~ bear upon ash pe iisu5
lsrlcsss. IL Is The, NarissionI IN tlIese /
which pro- a1iyss,cGouIfts. lorstte femarkE
able difference s"F oplnI7 u j; he observer (
eaielessy endttits thttn. or pcthaps over
looking them. a,id c"nthitTg his attention
10 the resul,ii fact "xc,uslvel So Ian ge R
Sp0I.lUn OF The wheat grpasl s profits \
depend upon Ahs right7 manrgement sotl
his elOWs' held, tt.Ht L. sISz ell worth Ibis (
most ss rluus at.rnlun. III az convtrsa- \
tl"n NJ a s"thetlus .eeenliy OF some Of
Ihe best tam Flfg una: Nv hicil we 1
lind noted in the Soatt,t rn Planter. air. \
DHlauty. oi l. ,udun coupsy. stated that /
ia an tx. eiltnynt mate ny hIs lather,, he |!
found tue Land from wtsichitiie clover had |
h~' u cur.ht to y'eit tsrG,ty per csft. more
Than that %tlicb had Ucet. -;raZed. 9th |
ers gave tttt4r testIn,"ny tnIst enlraticai.1
y IN las"r OF very ct"se grxzing 81 whilsl
others again. ~ uutd nelthers snlvw noflt
yEHzc. sg- ~ s7tA .AtF E'at
Mr.. -Douhat. Of Chairs City Co,
works upon The Iout silt rotation, follow
ing hi cnvtrheld Tor wheat. On q field |
'I"In 10 10 l2O HcIts he grAZes forty
Head Ut cattle. twenty n,uI,s and Fly
shespr: III"Gs> tue crops. and had doL-
led his cIUp vi y heat in one rotation.
he has lined hin land hberally.- MIR.
srlurn, OF HeatovrE. gt"zes closely as
pOsAible. Turns his cattle on, AS soon as
they can get bite: viii make no wheat
IL he does NOT. Mr.. TayIrr vi Breno, who
~s web 40 Mr.. ovId.u .oOk The ) ociely's
honorary lee,tmunr.l as one vi the Twelve
best farmers vi Virginia, also erazes Il, Sc.
lt. The tnnnures, however. every foot of
1T. Ian: during The rulaIi Il. IRON The re-
s"u'ceN,Vt h's tHrm and ppplies the ma
Luis HI nsti.er 10 clover. Mr.. Dulaney,
Onathe other hand, pterers cutting Oft his
crop To- Hr'X'ng. aud rerAteS the expert
ment OF his father above mentioned; says
that the farmers oI Clarke will not gaze
~ all, but does not say they NOW The
crop, kI.d tha. Que Ut them said he
Eouiu ''stnner haze forty devi!s'' than
IUrty head 1. cattle ON his field. The late
hr. FieluimG Lewis. it was likewise
stated. would have his clover cut on
shares sooner Ihan Craze il or leave il
on the land. Mr.. Lewis A. Harvie, of
Amelia. did not Craze at all for sixteen
Jeals, and we iner. though it is not sta,
ted that he old not NOV; says his land
VAS more productive IN corn. tobacco
and oats. bul less VrOdcotl' 9 in wheat !;
Of late grRzes extensively and makes Moro
wheat. r...s ....s.. aa h5sa.
The practice Of some ofthe best wheat
growers in Mary land which has come I'M
dGTiOur observation, il not what can be
called ctute gr6zing. nor do they approve
81 moving. We believe it is universally
.I-aired 10 have the field as closely graz
I'D as it can be before ploughing for wheat,
bus very few We think turn on sufficient,
~ early or in sufficient force to keep down.
the FIRST growth. The aim is rather to al
low the crop TO approach maturity, or at
any rate 10 be pIetty well in bloom, and
then put on stock enough to over run, and
tread it closely TO the ground. II tllowed
20 stand without grazing the stems be-
come dry and stickey. and deccmro g
less reaolly. When .trampled down, it
covers ami shaues the ground finely, w.
ing near the ground. the moisture causes
rapid decay, and the seconds crop spring-
ing through early with its acknowledgements
ture. helps the process. A field well
managed in this way. will befonud niue b
more clear Ot tiI'h than ght"be suppos-
ed IRON so large a mass utyegetable mat
ter. and the surface will have had the
benefit Of very euriching mulch. The af.
ter growth OF clover is pretty well grazed,
the clost r the better for the wheat crop.
Between close gr. zing from, the start.
or rs soon as they cm yet a 'gbite, land
moving. we should greatly prefer the lat
ter, independent of the experiment made
by Mr.. Dulaney. An incidental advan-
tage OF moving. and very important one
in some sections. il that it etTectually pre-
vents all weeds from seeding Sometime s
their name is legion. and many of them
very perniciouS. But it must be likewise
born IN mind. that to get the full benefit
of a crop OF clover it is important to have
full development of the roots ms well as
Of the stems and leaves. and these are de-
"eloped mainly P0ri PQSs9 with the
growth above the ground. II is said that
the growth under ground will be of equal
weight with that above ground. 1.-THE
growth above ground is checked by close
grazing. it will be equally so underneath,
and not only ls the amount of vegetable
matter Iessened 10 that degree. but the
advantage of the deeply penetrating roots
which DIP down into the Sub-soil and
open the whole stratum Of soil and sub.
soil to the action of the atmosphere, is al.
so lost. On the other hand ii left undis>
turhed ,till the crop blooms, the roots, will
have attained full growth. and when the
crop is cut they are in condition TO push
forward the after crop. increasing their
own bulk ut the same time. On light
soil there may be great advantage 10 The