Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-09-28
HoW 10 Improve Worn-Out or Barreu
SOiI---Red Clover.


Liebig IN an excess Of agricultural enthusiasm
tells us that, matter how exhausted soil NAV
be Of organic matter, if the inorganic or mineral
elsmsnts Of plants-sb0Ut three Ter cent Of their
weight, sand ncludei-js contained or is plsced in
the SOIL the other niuet yseye per cent Of the Or
IRnised plants grown said soil viii be amply sun
piled by the wafer, carbonc acid and ammonia from
the atmosphere.
But the experience and COZ iinued experiment OF
every farmer have proved that without the all OF
cErb0naeeous OF vegetable msjter, OF the salts Of
ammonia, 10 such eZhsusta d s.El the yield will be
snail indeed. Experiment has also shown that a
soil IN which the mineral ents-potash. soda,
lime, phosphstes, Gc.-are nJt deficient, Peruvian
Rusno, 30 rich IB ammonia f.ii, after few years.
consecutive application, with out The aid of vegeia-
Die matter, 20 produce good crops Hence it is
found that NatureH plan of naEaring by decaying
" decayed vegetable matter the only true means
OF keeping soil perpetusy FERTILE.
The next consideration is How can the farmer
supply ms fields with vegetable refuse at the least
expense AZ the West, where the gourd seed or
large dent corn is grown the large suckerless ine
Die stalks supply the soil with matter which is eu-
x1ched o. the practice ci turning the cattle and
hogs into the corn ia late a and early winter after
fhe largest ears only removed from the great in
cumbent crop hsd heard much said about the
perpetual coTn-beeTiDr fertility. without manure of
che Ree-Ree bottoms OF The Sciots; but when came
90 see the Enormous quantity Of huge stake and
hog and cattle eXcremeBts Tint encumbrred q fftv-
acre corn field in Miami bottom in The month OF
april the mystery Of tae eZhaUstess fertility was
solved, and the charm WIS gone forever
But in New England and New York, where every
corn stalk as removed with its suckers for winter
fodder, and the manure from the same ia in part
scattered and wasted on the highways recourse
must be had to green crops Of leguminous plants TO
supply the arateu soil with vegetable manure as
such crops, instead Of exhauslng the soil Of its nj
@fogen, as the cereal grasses DO, collect ammonia
and csrbonic acid from the atmosphere by the aid
Of their ramlhed branches and broad leaves which
collect aud organize this plaza. food into vegetable
structure.
Red clover is undoubtedly the greatest boon of all
the legummase, 1t moi as pasture OF hay for cattle
ana sheep, ITS greater value As a mauuring crop
makes mp ten fold Tor s deficiency as forage plant.
and, when carly aud well cured clover hav. rich as
II IS IN nitrogen, Is az least only second 10 we'll
cured timothy aud roi top, which yields so mue
Jess to the acre.
But TO show how much more clover will grovz and
iced on The rich night dews Of dry sumner than
either timothy req top, have patches Of zsd clo
Yer now two feet high, list September second crop
while other patches ui Timothy and red top cut st
Ahe same Tine ie not SIX inches higher on the came
"eH-eondIilonea soil And iG this plot should he
nov ploughed and the grass turned in for manure
10 feed cereal crop, only think of the difference
not only ln the green mass turned in but in the
Weslih Of The soil the diserepance between the tin
othy With ITS delicate dubious roofs and ihe covsr
win ats long large tap root redolent Of the psy 81
aooa they have drawl from the deep subson hsJ -,
Here We see how invaluable The clover plant Nv,
only for The plant food It's expansive fcg 40 Ho'
Eanizes, from above but also Tor the ~ So
Doth organic sui inorganic that its roots - 80
below hence, no wonder mat q son Of . - -, a
30 rich IN phosprorc acid ana pot ash -. y =
aAinlng when dry, more nitrogen t. 80.
ordinary iarmyard manure i}ul = ,tart 80 -
hsusted and lonE-abu-ed soil will ny -
clover plant, and such land ~ 90, r.ooiao -
-ncb ''.-',. 3 can b grown on it After
said tbst H. 80 ~ gained, and it is
Holhng OF hay crop, .nd dgef No, mnab sybaus tba
pol IL cut before 'ae s. ed az rIne