The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-08-21
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Unproat .ble Farming.

and think ~ - mSklhS la'orabi' HhptV
sion wherever its influence Is felt. Deeply
sensible that farm rs clnrOt afford to read
anyth,n. MT conducive to their interests,
may bs allowed briefly To intrude upon its
space. Farmers are by No means an exceP-
ton to the rule that thinking makes the
great man, and il is to be feared many are
fIllins iasO ths fatal tendency that while
they keep bright the plow, the mind, the
GOd-giyen director Of that instrument, with
ont whsh il useless is left comparatively
20 rust ia dLuse. Tie is the successful farmer
whose mind acts twice TO the plow's once.
The light OF theory may be thoughtlcssly
followei, yet this Is q dangerous path 50
Ear a. not fully established by practice. The
practical tendency of your paper Is its at
traction to me. The breezrs it has raised
in regard To mInures, cattle, ,Sc, have blown
the dust irUm our eyes on those questions
But II the experience and ob,eryation Of u
lils spent in stdiiel intimacy with mo her
earth, teach mo anything they ad,nonish
me that there Is no one erro. in farming gen
orally more productive of unproiIableness
than that leading to ruinous triromsS.-
Tue farm ON which they are prlcIicei, soOn
prcs,utS slckly appearances. rhe picture,
more or loss perfect, pains my eyes in al
most any dirsctiOn turn them. | will
sketch IL briefly. Whether the cause is
traccIblc to unconscious error or shame.
ful neglis sence. know not. The evil con-
sequences la either cause are the same, and
equ..lly deporlble. y field Is plowed, and
kept in cultivation until the 1lle-giying els
cmenp are almost exhausted When It fail
to produce almost any kind Of crop, II
sprlnkling OF grass seed is perhaps thrown
On TO WIther and die, as it often dOes when
the soil has Teen reduced to - feeble state.
On the other hand, when seeded with grass
after the grass is about all extinct, il is
plOwcd again Miserable crops Of course
for the mex, two or three years. Although Z
the primitive reason OF tins is ignorance, it /
may arise from tie high price of clover
seed. or the cultivation Of too much SOIL.
An cxc,,s Of acres is apt to occasion neglect.
Neglect is sure to incur dIsprofG-goOd lar
ming only will pay in the end.
Ii has always seemed strange to me that
farmers boy clover seed ~ sparnsly and
gIungingly, when clover has 80 justly est.b- I
llshcd Its claims as Ia icrtiliz T. is renoya. I
ting properties are rally astonishing |
am satisfied that farm can be made to pr
ducc good crops with no oth-r fertilizer.-
Ii is the surest and cheapest. Let INC ask
yoa, gentle larmer, whose siekly acres BE- /
speak tnis disease, is 1t prudent 10 hold fast
to u dollar, when Its yearly returns would
be i've? How absurd aud Yet how cOnsis
tent with the prlctic, OF too many The
manure made in yards aud stables meets the
demands oi the farm. When the insulIi- I
cheney Is not supplied by clover the farm
aud larmer equally suffer. What Is the ct /
fees OF tins necessity? Poor crops, neeess,'
rlly c1nsyq qucnt on poor sOil. It's prluciplg /
is to take, bat not tOgiye. Adeithly prin-
eiplo To the soil.
L.tme speak to that mIn who is turning
his sDh tn5 ifsh or sixth time in succession. /
Is your soil good, my friend? Naturally,
sir DoyOu expect to secure goOd crop
there Well, no, not very. Clover seed is
~ high | can't afford to buy it, aud have
10 do the beet can. In consequence my
meadows alsO are very poor, tor cant
br,ak them up Us soon as they should be-
Here is the point. Can tuiIOrd 10! Indeed,
sir, you cannot af,rd to dispense with it
Every thing Is ruiOnOusly out of order and
behind hand. Your once ie. tile soil preSen 5
sicAly aspect Tor "ant vi it. Cant aHOrd
it Miserable plea. The voice OF expert
ence silencos It everywhere. lt carries you
intO the extreme where you cultivate, and
also wherS you letrest the soil. Let me EN-
treat you To iOrsake this practice. Culu
yate, nor let your land he over three years
in Succession. IL requires rest, ana vice
versa. Such u cOurss wall ISSUE goJd returns
Thus by plOGshins before the grass bccomys
nearly oGIinsuIsIed. the rcnoydIing proper
ties ol the roots ana iibrcs are secured, there
by enric, Ing the sOil. Three gO.d crops Of
grain are nov u certainty, and the suil then
will De left ier,ne - that the srass sc,d
when sown is sure 10 catch, and the pruspe>tS
Of u god meadow ary not shadOwvd 0y an
Impoverished sal How often is clover seed
thrOSn aNay "a toto. by endea'oring To setd
a hsld that has been Impoverished BY five or
six uec,ssiye rnprOduAble crops. PrOhsIb 9
farming Is within the reach OF all. Success
is possible. We ought 20 make il sure. IL
what have said is In the least degree pro-
motive OF that end, my desire is accomplish
ed.--Coaniry GuiI,maH.