The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-03-30

VFc shoulsE mmIse More Clev err.


We shoula RnIse More CHever.
Tho following from Tire Maine Firmer
will doubtless interest our Agricultural
hiondH
Considerable experience in feeding out
forage, aud nOvo observation on the sub
ieot, have brought MS to the conclusion
chat we sbouidi rhtse more clover IN Maine
than we DO We Eso aware that we shall
be net with tho objection that II is a coarse
bulky hay crop-~that 10 oftentimcs lodges
and wastes. on the feid--Ehm - requires
moro barn room, ton for ton, than hay from
kne grasses, and that IL ia not 80 sUeable IN
tho markets. Grant ail this, and sill we
say ias weTno % fornge crop, mote
than countcrbalances oil the objections
alone raised, except the last II we
raised hay to sell, rather than feed out at
home, II would be better 20 raise other
kinds Of forage that would meet reader
sale. II may be observed bere, that clover,
is not q grass but legmoinous or food
bearing plant, and, therefore, it's habits OF
growth are more Of tho vine ordor-Amore
trailing aud spreading than tho grassos pro.
per-
This causes what il ca7led iodging WHOM
tho growth Ia luxuriant, aud In warm. wet
weather tliere is n tendency 10 fermentation
aud decay among the lower leaves, aud
smaller branches next the ground. This
may be IN great measure obviated by
sowing wore aoed, thus producing thicknr
growth with n smaller and less spreading
stalk Clover requires less work, less stir
ring and msnipwhting whom moved than
grasa docs, ia order to get il ready TO pnt
mto tho barn. Indeed, il tho same labor OF
spreading and stirring, bo spent upon IL,
there 10 upon grass, the thin, broad leaves
become driod through before tho thick sue.
culent stalk does, and they fall on, aud q so
we're loss Of good portion Of the crop 10
the result.
u is truo that II requires moro barn or
stack room, to storoiup u ton oft than 1t
does for fine forage but. as an offset to-
this, you got more nutriment in a ton, than
IA most other kinds OF forage. We will
onumorate sono Of the advantages OF IT.
All neat stock, aud also hogs viii eat It
in the hay or dried state, and thrive upon
70. Some suppose thst u slO,ild DO fed only
TO horses, becnuse, being conrser than the
grasses, they are better able to masticate Il
than neat stock n tho clover be cured
right oil kinds Of cattle cat it readily. We
have fol IL 60 calves, yearlings, and other
yoling stock 10 good advantage, and sheep
were not oally particularly fond Of il, but
wo found that they did better ON 10 that
they did on The best OF upland hay mado UP
ef herdsgrass aud red top. According to
tho carefully conducted experiments of Mr.
Lewis, tho celebrated English Agricultural
Ghemist, OF Rothampstead, there Ii another
advantage tn fscding cfoVcTe aad that
is, tho manure made from il by feeding
il out to cattle, isgreatly superior in fortiL-
izing properties to that mado from any 9TH
or hay. According TO his analysis. p;scing
tire worth Of ton Of manure derived from
tceding wheat straw, at 81 69, that made
from English hay was worth So 40, aud that
h0m clover was worth 30 81. These prices
10 DO guro, would'not bo obtained with us,
but tho proportional value will ho tho same.
Put the manure from wheat straw at what
price You please. that from clover will be
worth more than three times as much, aud
Efty per cent. more than that from good
English hay.
We have said that swine would ca, IL
readily. Our heighbor, John Kezor of
East Winthrop, when in the swine breeding
business, few years ago, used to make
eIoyor quite an item of winter dict chafE
ng il Mp by tlireshing 1t with fail, or any
other way, and giving II to them dry,
They were very fond Of il.
IS III hNb Oiten Deou reCCOntncNueu ~ an OK
eellcnt preparatory crop for wheat, and is
extensively used IN some wheat growing
districts, being plowed under ~ dressing
for that crop. II always proves beneficial
when used IN this way but il has been sug-
gested hy good authority, that much bet
ter mode is TO foeti ID out 10 stock, and ap-
ply tho manure thus made to tho crop,
You not only thus obtain growth or sus-
tcnanco for your stock, which you would
not from this source at least if plowed un-
dor, but you also obtain probably as much
fersilizing material by the manure.
Joacph Harris, Esq, editor of the Genes.
see Farmer, in an excellent article on stall
feeding cattle and sheep, published in the
last yepcyl VI the Commissioner OF the De.
Partment Of griculture--speaking OF some
el the crops essential 10 improving or fer
tilizing tho soil, says; Next 10 the turnip,
ned clover 10 the most enriohing crop; il ia
lar better suited TO our climate than the
tnrnip, in fact there is no country in the
world where red clover fourishes better
than throughout largo section Of the Uni
ted States. II is pre-eminently tho reno~at-
ing crop Of this country. 1t is almost i'm
pussible to grow too much Of il, provided
il is consumed on the farm. II makes the
best hay for sheep, aud as we before said !,
she manure from it is nearly as valuable as
that from corn far more valuable than that
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