The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-10

"E. y. NJ, tho editorial CORES
pondsnt Of the Cincinnati Gdsefte,
tells Mun6hhus0n story about our
6orniield' Yielding one hundred mud
eighty hashglA 6f)e6ru n fbn acre.
The Wabash valley, famed the world
over for big crops, never raised over
ono hundred and tw6nty five bushels
10 tho acre, aud w6 doubt If the Scotia
valley can raise one hundred. Some
ono has called on "E y. NJ. Z" for the
documents, and he says
There arc several statements Of an
acre producing over ono hundred and
fifty bushels which arc sHb well ats
thentioat6d MS any matter Of common
history. Premiums have been paid
on 6ne hundred md fortv;fge bushels
PR aere. We have not tho statement
on hand In reference 10 the one hun
bred and eighty bushels story, and it
may be mistake. But eau readily
MANFRED and tpaded, could be made
TO produce even that amount, The
vegetable production Of n single acre
Of ground, when thoroughly eultiva-
ted, Is beyond all common belief"
WHAT STOCK MOST ENHtGugs PAS
TuHEs.
IL Is generally accepted is gJfaet
that soil under pasture grows fertile.
When land is pl0wed and cropped,
and pasture forms part Of systema-
ito rotation, the soil under grass reou-
perates in power 10 grow grain. This
II due to several causes, prominent
among which In the thick turf formed
and pl0w6d under, thus supplying
daantityDf manure for the succeeding
crop If field we're left IN grass for
n long time, and all the growth allow
cd TO rot on the ground, we see no
reason why the soil would not In
crease In fertility so long MS this prae-
tioe was continued. But were the
grass removed in the form Of hay each
year, aud no compensation, made, no
practical farmer would contend that
tho soil grew richer when subjected to
such treatment for a long time. Land
in grass, then, becomes rich only in
proportion aa the growth of vegetable
matter from it-as roots, stems, leaves
aud seeds returned for manure.
Land Is enriched by pasturing for
the production Of grhns In two Ways
the formation Of a sod TO DO rotted
for manure, and tho deposition Of the
solid and liquid excrem6nts Of the
stock. II is important for the grain
farmer TO consider the kind Of stock
which feeding on his pastures, will
enrich them most. There is, perhaps,
not much practical difference in the
amount Of manure made by various
animals on the same pasture but the
form IN which it is deposited, and the
habits Of stock IN choosing their rest
ing places, ought 10 DO well consider
ed. Horses are the very worst fertil-
isera Of pasture, thoy are very close
feeders, and they delight to Craze the
gummits of knobs, aud all spots where
the heritage IL short and sweete On
such spots they are continually feed
ing, yet they manure them very lttAle.
The observer will find their 1roppinea
mostly in rich hollowa, aud places
where the heritage IL rank and coarse,
showing that the soil ID already fertile
above the average Of the field. In
this respect cattle have not The same
instinct as the horse, and they
are neither so elose0 nor 40
da nty feeders, but objection
holds against them, as tho horse,
fhat their manure is not scattered
sufficient for the good Of the land.
This is, indeed, the chief objection 10
employing horses or cattle to enrich
land by pasturing,. If the grass is
turned into hay Brd fed to Athom in
the yard or stable, the manure there.
from may all be saved and applied
iudieiously. But this course involves
much labor. IN the fold every OBJ
servant farmer knows that the drop
pings Of horses aud cattle seem to
iertilize the soil but little when their
bulk is considered, aud The best eff
fects are invariably seen not from the
solid but from tho liquid manures that
fall on the field la paaturing horses
and cattle we conclude that not more
than one part in hundred receives
any manure, while the ninety. nine
other parts are impoverished us much
as though the grass were cut and rd-
moved in tho form Of hay.
SELECTING WHEAT ron SEED.
No fact is reLevident than that
if wheat with which are mixed the
seeds of weeds chess, barley, rye or
other grains, is used for seed, the
crop harvested will not be good, clean
wheat II IL equally certain that
poorly developed, unripened or dis.
eased wheat kernels cannot be ex-
peoted 10 produce superior. wheat.
Yet many farmers, knowing these
things, pay little attention to select
ing wheat for seed No farmer should
ever SOW dirty" wheat under any
circumstances. fhi4 year there should
be special pains taken in many parts
of the country where the wheat crop
was almost entirely y failure. II will
be much better to procure seed from
q considerable distance and nj IN