Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-03-19
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SfIfFyoolas 81 sss NOT No soa Seed abaa
your scheat fstdssty ou9mayf do sos atI1ang
period dun lug che eYtreht fnSnsIf Bqt 4
NE had; our chsice as TO- The precise lime
aahen NE would do so, we sh6uldgwaitl uhZ
til, the frost ! Wds entitely out of The
ground, and The soil. become sufficiently
frm MOTTO be injured by the deets ofythe,
: horses, 81 would then 90 Y Q Or clover
eed.dharrow,ih be seed u lto in Sewlths d
a heavy roller. ESPECIALLY would (; We
subject the ground 70 thesesaperatio nas lit
the wheat crop ssho wed any yeSide hces of
having been lPhsayed By sthe conttA Ssihs
and expanding pp VERSO OF cold and heat;,
tained Of puillng wheat plants out .ef HE
ground by The tee it'll ofthe ,harrow.s s1In,E
, this horror. however, We ore 'lfee ID cons
fess that we do mol, ildGls &C., The hhttor
we admit will pul!up many plants in the
process of narrowing but then most of
these viii be returned by the pressure Of
the roller. The roller will not only re-
. turn the greater ppttio9 OF the roots to
the earth that may, be pulled up BY the
harrow, but will also harry many of the
joints of the plants, the most Of, which
will Lake root add groWintos Wheats- 6earri
ing plants, and thus by encouraging till>I
erlug, will more than ,conPepsavs FOX any
plants Killed BY the operation of harroW>
ing. We believe that for every plant
pulled up b. the Aurrotg, the roller, By
burying Of the joints, will Cause TWO other
plantsto tiller and grow. This lis not'sl
TheShqrrow destroys grass and weeds,
,opens The soil to the genial influences Of
the atmosphere, scts as "a cultivation to
? thew heat Ilants. and gives a fresh i'm
pulse TO their growth. These are not
ideal results-not mere thsory-but are
justified by actual experience and prao-
lice, the surest guides By which the agri-
cultural MUD can be enlightened. r-.al
Let us irlplore you, whether you har.
row and roll your clover seed in, or not.
do not omit to SOW the seed on your land
in wheat, as clover, in conjunction with
lime, mari or ashes, forms the only sure
basis upon which the solid improvement
ofland rests NoW,if you should be afraid
to AarroV and roll1your clover seed on,
do not, on any account, fail to roll it in,
~. 1 connection with the sowing of clover
seed, We would remark hat the presence
of calcareous matter. in SONS form in
any soil in which clover may be grorp,
lis absolutely necessary to its vigorous
growth. and go also is plaster. -.1.9'HlntE
QUANTITY OF SEED PER AoRE.-A bush
eel of clover seed should be sownJGoYer s
acres Of land, that is l2 pounds to the
acres. a:il .r..,s-...a.., ...e s.
4eGss ..rr zrj-.1zu OATS. .-nI.Fi -r- avs
.@ As,our journal circulates over many
thousands OF miles in extent, embT aching
many degrees of latitude and longitude,
and presenting various climates, il is time
to say something about getting in the oat
crop. Now, oats is most noble and ne
csssary grain |; but We fear Is ia 800 often
put in under cilcumataIees which forbid
every hope of profit. Generally it. is
,sown upon some GexhausssG field whose
fertility had been " asted man T. years be-
FORE. in. whose ungeBlsI soil it finds nei-l
ther bread nor meat. or il there be-
any, they exist in such, nlintues ,suoh in I
finite small portions. AS to be utterly in.
sufficient for lts,support. Now. such pIsc-I
tice sh5nid not be- The t6aE stop under
favorable cifcH mssaneys of soil and eal.,
tuEe may be, made highly lucrative one.
;.GtSe ,the plants rherewith to feed uPont
-and,iH " IlreturR yopfits 80. 40, go so
bushels Of grain to the acre. Instances
of much larger yield than either Of the
figures named have been@Tealized from
an acre in oats and, as what has, been
done, may be coEs again, provided that
similar means be- used 10. produce the
same favorable results. In our day We
have seen e.40o Bushels garnered from .
40 acre field. This FIELD had been ma.
nured, soWn to wheat upon which clover
seed was soWn, the clover seed took well
but was over run with Carolina pink, the
succeeding year, the fed was PloTed up
deeply, narrowed in to 6ne tilth aud soWt
ed to oats ; the rssalt We hayszbstore sEa!
ted, which result proves, that oats only
needs a fair chance to be highly rema.
nerative. - I'd " i.l-.... ID. ~ .r.. * =,
-,. However much We may appreciate the
wheat crop. and We do appreciate it very
ghighly-we would advise not 10 SOW oats
at all, unless the soil in which you place
the seed is such as 70 justify she hope OF
"a remuneratiVe return !; ior it IL futile for
a farmer to toll without the prospect of
reward. ..-ass~... l......y~ 30 -.I.r..,..,r. (
" Protesting as we do.,a2ainst cultivating
oals on lands where there is nothing 20
feed the plants, it mar become US to pre-
scribe some formula. not costly, but of
easy, procurement, by which remunera>
ting crops may be secured, and which
We here attempt. promising thatsthe
quantities named Of each number, il for
an acre oflaud. s5r, g 10 - Lsa.4slr
10, -No.4l. Ten loads OF stable OF barb
yard manure. bushel of plaster. and
bushels of salt. The manure to he plows
ed in, The plaster and salt to be Gown
broad cast and narrowed in