The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1865-08-26

1AS vi kAt NffNA Ftffl"i" @A
improAing the fertility Of an impovI
crushed sos.. or OF renosaiing a harrer'
one. i by flow ing urdcr seine hind ~
rrsn crop. MARINERS have relied che
N, on rea clover or tisis purpose, ms
..rs are thousands q acres oi so'
-~.a,arally uuyrodoetiEo. that nay
,.n br night 70 Al excellent stats
,rr,:llty IS applying eypHo.n Z" ~
lever crop. and turning q unner ~
.,c.n ..srurv. Indian corn, buck
e,est. and come other plants are en-
,:c,,d lor tho ssmc purpose. as are
,sacra.roiat peas, sownthich in drills
stvcen rows Of early sweet corn, A.
"a ~ Tie corn is cultivated and hoed
, last time. Then, as soon as the
ara are gathered, every thing is tnrn'
III nrs.cr. hy picwing crcsswise oi the
~. In those districts where broom
~ i raised. the portion thatremains
,,,sr The hrusl has been gathered, i
rscally rlcwcd in to enrich me so"'
Tie same thing is practised, IN some
\. etsnces hv farmers on our Western
,,airi,s. Sometimes tall weeds tase
:..r.os, entire possession OF = Aeio'
vhich. when they are plowed TO-. iuI'
..:sh much vegetable matter icrimpro'
w the fertility Of the coil
The usual means employed Tor turn
:nr under such materials consists y a
chain. or large tarred rope. hav
4 10 end attached to the outer eid
The whitic treecf the ofsside horse
Ma the other end hifchec around u
feam 81 the plow, the sIandar"0
ls.e chain should always he only lon
.fough TO draw the tops OF whaiese'
y being plowcd in. along in the ivr
rsw. iust in time to allow the Iurr""
slice VIXEN turning to fall on 70 ~ !
NJ, chain Is 4 few inches too long. ~
throw slice will fall upon il. and 2
broken. aud displaced, Is the cha
crave ont. Take a "rollin. hiicH
around the beam Of the plow- AZ
tf.n adinst the length OF the chain ~
IA the hight Of il Will remain - W.
farming inrrow slice. only two or th'e'
inches forward Of the point where
ones to rest. This will draw III
tops of weeds, grass. Canada hist'e-
and cornstalks completely ocpeith u
falling earth: whereas without such
continuance. the tops would exten
above ground. and ii not already ma
fured. would continue to grow. s,in'
times ouite as well as ii they hai ~
lecn pIowed in. Sometimes ",'q
and cornstalks are fret moved CT
IL the ground. and hauled into thcfn'
rows. as the blowing Is in progress
l;nt in this ~practice the green Dnte''
i, not distributed rs evenly as y
wien plowed in without being m"s
A piece Of half-inch round iron hel
IN the form al a letter Z is used u
s'ead Of a chain. for drawing IN
red clover. or other crops- But. -
chain il more flexible than an n.
bow, il has been found more c"nvri
lent. When the plow j. drawn by p
IN. the chain is attached to a site
about 90 inches long. bolted 70 then
t.er side Of the beam. ii hliched
rse forward end Of the pillow beam. y
rhain will not always run lar enouA
rs the right side Of the throw Z" dfa
II the tups Of all the stalks. How,
.r. ii the chain is adjusted correctly
NJ length. the work can he performs
ruite satisfactorily
Some pl"wmen have consid erred
essential to pass a heavy roller. al
sometimes a harrow over corn stall
And weeds But we have alwa
found this unnecessary, rs the part
he team thar travels on the unplow
rronnd. will always tread il down
,ast a. it is plowed in; and they "
.sways bend il over in the right
rcction. We have plowed ia gre
s.,rn stake, the average hight Of VIII
gas eight feet over the entire fe
zitnout using . roller, or harrow
.ay il down. as the nearside horse q
~hifie tree brake it down in the IN
desirable manner.
Plowmer experience some differ
IN keeping the blight Of the chain b
Sn its proper place on the turning
row slice. For this reason, they
not able to draw every thing under
slices, . desirable. To obviate
iificulty. j. "a. Kilmer. Barnerv