The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1866-08-11

r,ux.nA NASUsE.-l have long
..n irving. s.by precePt and exam .
"a ,os..n 10 e, the farmers q tae :
..,rv 10 believe that the clover
49,, s.;muIsfxd by gypsum 70 a.c
, Nth. is the most valuable
r- xhen We tlke into account
~ ro.s that can be hst. IA my 'e
80, W. The county q Ononcaga.
..rhe ac-irul.nrs ~ Oncncaga
--rn,v i based on tie clover plant,
- now repeat hat assertion
Ye,.csday a farmer living S1ta'n -
n,;l.s Of scracnse called on me- nna'
-b,le pa,s.n. over he isrni, re'nsrS-
sf,ls- NJ wor!a not draw manure
,r.m ,he city to h,- farm u \ was
len 70 Liln, pre.eTing 70 manure
9Th clover and plaster. This "ss
,hs opin,on Of q man who nae spen'
80, v..a-s az his lite IN earning a!
hsndsoms fortune rs working iarsi e.
and whosc knowledge q ~scier'inc
matter is quite . mitea--in saof', =
Nan who is governed entire os
prsctic n rcsrlts. He srowst ne S<'us
81 barn manure. for ne na- maze Ahi
nsed large quantities every year On
.ha farm where be now Ives and ass
lived for thirty wears. Notn'ng wac
sa;d nv me q draw ont ms o?.hioh.
,wss given unproIuFtvd. snd hayAng
,,ny s,nce learned - value the opiu-
ION ~ such men, ! WIS very nnach
.ro,;6 * a, hearing his views. WITHIN
80 ,ss, tour weeks have seen : hea,
vyrrop " clover plrwed under, en-
80 harrow and drill 70 SOW wheat q
once pnt into operation. The iarine'
@erpscts TO re, a good crop VITA Tn
single ploughing, aai e euTicn =
land for future crops. how consa ~
doso much for his land in anJ c'ne
way At 90 little cost He has PIT =
.ns crop Of hay. and from the miun'
of Juiy to the middle Of Septsm2s
the grass had 50 grown that = ~
hardly practible 70 eet = TOTO !. !,
row The crop Of Lsy las paid II
;~rte-eat on the value 81 ths aud w
u ten per cent. and the er,P
wheat viii probably pay still os''e
Now. what has this manuring 90
ID vour own figuring. Do any
yoa Eastern farmers n q nsa
liz - thisl They pay more mo-.
In, DO not manure ~ highiys =
IA look q, the future Of this land :
wheat will come of next spring -na
inc nut timothy grass seed on va
,he wheat was drilled in-the 5nt
the bundle Of wheat will, at harse
hs full 81 the tops Of the grasses.
little pasture will be had next TALL
the season Is dry. If it 10 vet .
varm the clover will blow out pei
frest. The following year corn,
perhaps barley, will be sown on
new clover and new timothy cod.
hsv NAV be cut that year y ~
ana Z crop Of clover seed taken On
September, and corn or barley,
next wear. If barley, wheat Will
sown on the stnbble, and = ike ro'
Of crops 10 be repeated T.
i thought a. | saw this mar !
under the clover last month, ma,
was ploughing in from n . :
"a two bnshels Of clover seed y
acre. that he had better cut and =
and put his land into barley
spring, following with wheat
fan. But he took his way, ana
doing a be did he has clover
that will Be coming up IN he 9
for years. y,
viii this manuring win q
,as;l / can only say that i has
swered Cor at least sixty -nve year
= Geld on my farm This feias
tory il known-it has been cE0|
constantly with hay, pasture, {
barley. cats, and wheat, manu-
with clover and plaster only
signs Of poverty yet, bnt on the
trary. increasing fertility. a
was harvested from u this se'
.ra l, "a row ia wheat.-Hon.