The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1863-08-01

as tue chief source Of income, demands
such : system and course Of culture us
will iusnre its succcss, having due re-
gard always 10 the preservation OF the
fertility OF the soil. Under poor cnl
tivation it is one Of tie most uncer-
tain and profitlcss, but > very sure
and profitable crop under that high
culture which includes thorough pre-
paration and ample manuring.
There are two courses Of culture for
the grain farm. having each its advo
Gates. One after moving or grazing
and tra,rn,ing down the clover field,
makes a fa.low OF it in August for
wheat, the wheat is followed by a
growth of weeds; corn succeeds. and
this e followed again by wheat or oats
with clover seeds. Tie other system
puts corn upon the clover or grass
sod; the corn is followed by oats, and
a fallow is made Of the oats and stub
BILE for wheat, giving il at the same
time all the farm yard manure; clover
is sown with the wheat, and other
grass seeds if hay or pasturagc le|
wanted. aE
Looking solely to the wheat crop,
the former might be considered as
the better system for q few years, as
It receives the full benefit ofthe clover
lay and the farm-yard manure as well.
But we are met here at once with tie
objection that the very mean taken
to ensure a full crop OF wheat, ensures
likewise a heavy growth OF rag weed,
which exhausts the ground, harbors
destructive insects and affords food to
neither man nor beast. To this fol-
lows the crop Of corn, wanting the
first element Of success, . good sod
underneath il. Next comes corn-Iand
wheat, q most uncertain crop, or oats,
with clover seed-throwing the clover,
the great means Of Improvement to
the grain farm, farthest away from
the manure.
With the other system, instead Of
breaking up a sod in midsummer Tor
wheat, we preserve it till winter or
early spring for corn, and insure not
only q heavier crop under favorable
circumstances, but an almost certain
one under the most adverse state OF
the weather. With q good sod well
turned and properly cultivated, this
valuable crop may defy the severest
drought. The soil, in the meantime,
gets the beneSt Of six months, delay
in breaking the sod, not to mention
the advantage vr nil pasturage this
delay affords. As the corr is not to
be seeded in grain in the fall, . very
considerable crop Of pumpkins, tur-
nips, &C., may occupy the ground at
very small icost, which making Their
growth after the corr natures, will
not materially interfere with that crop.
The fodder is better saved likewise,
and both corn and fodder leisurely
taken from the field, and the hurried
labor Of sowing over q large surface
avoided.
After this comes the crop Of oats,
with . fair chance Of profit on the re-
mains Of the sod occupied by the corn,
This crop makes the system objection
able to many, but it need not be an
inseparable one. If they must have
wheat, they have a better chance OF q
crop after corn upon . sod than il
that crop followed wheat. They may
SOW wheat.and fallow the stubJle fol
wheat again, 10 be highly MANFRED ~
this system provides. This suggestion
is not in accordance with received
principles, but We would checrfully
risk any disad vantages it may bring
for the manifest advantages resulting
from the rotation. III any portion Of
all Of the field may need extra means
Of Improvement, q crop of field pea
sown the middle Of May may take thu
place OF the oats with very great I'D
antage to crop and land)
The next step is the fsllow 70
wheat in summer. Thestubble plough
ing is much less laborious and les
dependent on the uncertain summer
rains. 1t may therefore be preparet
earlier and more Thoroughly. All th.
available resources of the farm yard
and al the commercial fertilizers VI
may deem necessary is applied to thi'