New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-22

an ,ho ho, T CO. &, ,bat Oh TntJ looks badly. From
Corning TO Blossburg, Pa, there an "n! suah patches
Of wheat which look Wi, IleygIo" ".S' we ius;
You may guess q e cause OF their Coz" alicaiahce' 1
guessed that what Mature had fd 1000 I ia giving
soil ada, It'd 10 tie g~OEng OF whclt J.. S lue
owners had made m 4 ON he lafnymds. in Livingston
Comfy the soil bsuc nanrpl nda to wheat induced
the frnes to mako it the leading crop natuiay, anl
without proper reflection, they have followed ssen h
FIST right enough long after he time Los come 10 atopt
mixed hnsbandy. In my own immecla'e helsn1olIoou
the wheat averages better than in Lifngsioh Ie,nap'
this is because we long were forced mo lAeu nus
bandy, because of the failure OF the wheat crop bIt
having adopted good rotation OF crop, mannrng WIN
clover and plaster found that so much Oh our anu do
fell to tho wheas proportion could be MADE 10 give US a.
good crops, with less labor as got thirty years $50
We only Summerfallow piece OF hand to XII igul
stuff Most of wheat is sOwn in barley or oat stupD
a clover sod plowed only The usual rotapn
OF crops Is clover sod pOHCd once Tor lndlan corn VIC
next year barley Oashe stubtle being p.owed shao"
the barley oats be got of the gToun1
then narrowed. BY this the grain that has been o
on the ground is made 20 grow, and deep thorough
blowing, about the 10Th 18th Of September, turns OIL
under and If the has been favorable much ioul
stuff such weeds and what is called queck grass may
be cxterminated. Then SOW the wheat with dr, pui
ting on, say, oueifh Of bushe If Timothy grass seed
The next April oneourih Of bushe Ct clover seed 70
the aero. Now have meadow for the fourth year.
which having had say tgo bushels If Onondaca gypsum
al Of the wheat early in May, or soon after
the wheat taken OF in the Summer should give about
much hay be cured tie ground, by the Isl OF
June FOR this fourth crop Soon as this hay is oil The
ground another dressing Of gypsum and thon TOT cop OF
clover seed in the Fall The fh year. this land should be
pastured ID this completes the roailonfand the lana II
ready for crop By this rotation the ground Is
filled with clover and Timothy grass clover
seed is cut high large amount Of clover VIII be ft ABOVE
the surface Of the ground All this being killed by the pow
ing decays and becomes food for plants. This rotation Is
only applicable to land in good condition. If oar lands
have been too severely cropped TO ustfy 'nis n'e
sxcrop course get crop ofcoyer TO grow as large ~
can Tlow under and then put II into the SOIL taxing
single crop of Of wheat, something else and SOW 10
clover and repeat the process unth the lana Is IN con-
hat ufaal on
by allowing the clover To get good start IN the Apfng
then pasurng reasonably till about the lst OF September
then plcwing and sufficient narrowing made a ready
for the % fcw year, since twenty acre field treated
in this way gave yield of 30 bushels 10 tho aero for the
whole field That wheat cost but little by the burhe Tor
but little work required 90 produce H. sat down
simply 10 say 70 YOU that prospect Il the next crop Of
wheat promising, and have been ied on Tar ara
wide the wheat question, but NOT farther ihah most OF
our agricultural discussions. You may read and burn
Never Sir there is much good sense IN that letter 10
be burned II read and needed by any wheatgrowor IN
America, II VIII be worm more 10 MN ''hh al! cioP ,
grew. II details the only system 81 manurhS Ina
can over be practccd to advantage IN TINS country We
have often sld of all concentrated mInues ever ei Tor
field crops clover seed is cheapest and best Instead 81
carng 100 wagonloads of 10 distant field, the
farmer carry the whole amount in peek measure
Tho only difference H. he must give it one year TO grow
Growing manure upon the land ~ more economical iM
carng II. Some Of our readers will reoolect what We
have stated successful jersey farmer Who
with COO in cultivation, has every year OWN clover
That is 10 say he never allows any portion OF tc id 10
rcran whole year without clover At the last working
of corn clover seed is When the poiaes are dn5
the ground Is narrowed and next Gay sown to Clover
heat oats and barley are never without clover
seed II is his great secret II sneces- IN farming inc
always be obtained wherever clover vi"
grow. on,
Dairy Economy-A dairy-woman, writing TO 1he
Counfru GcHtcuGn recommends baieTmakers To strain
buttermik through sieve. The remainder is calico esc
uter II is A. GOOD A. true butter for shortening Ifhe
diry is large and the accumations larger han needed
foe immediate use put into kettle, simmer slowly pour
of the topwhich is oil, and as valuable a. '"'' if
cookery