The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-18
FARMERS BEADING.
REMEDY FOR THE WORKOUT LANDS
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| REMEDY FOR THE WORKOUT LANDS
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The cultivator of the river bottoms
and of the prairies, where corn has
been grown for fifty years In, sucees-
sion, may smile at the idea of ex-
hausted lands, and yet they are to be
found in this region, if not in his inn
mediate vicinity. There is, much land
bottoms, that will not yield, this year,
more than thirty or forty bushels of
corn to the. acre--lands that when
they they were first cleared were good
for seventy or eighty bushels They
are not SO. much exhausted as the
New England hill-sides, where moth
ing but Mullen and Johnswort,
Penny Royal and Five fingers will
grow, yet much of their fertility has
gone, and they yield small profit to
the owners. The land that produces
only half a crop is what we call worn
out or exhausted. A large part Of the
cultivated farms in the older West
ern States, is alreadyin this condition.
1t has been brought about bycens
slant cropping with grain, and return
ing no manure. Corn, wheat, oats,
and grass have followed each, other
in constant succession, and nothing
has been done to improve, the soil.
/ The whole management has been with
reference to imme diate profit, and the
expectation 6f Soon selling the farm.
! fhe remedy for this is permanent
occupation and a course Of hus bandry
that looks to the increasing produc-
tiveness of the soil. WeScommend to
the careful study of this class of
farmers, the rotation of crops follow
ed in Pennsylvania; and noticed in
cur August Issue. II For5 the kind of
farming pursued in the grain districts
of the West, we. know of nothing ,bet-l
ter, and we would Only change it in
introducing barn cellars orsheds, for
the. saving and composing of manpres.
"a Lime comes in as part of this ro-
tation, and in many parts of the West
lime rock is quite as abundant as in
Pennsylvania, and it can be mahufac-
Itured quite as 'echeaply, The same
kind of lime rock exists along the line
of the railroads i'm Ohio, where cut
tings had been made,s and more than
half the State of Indiana is underiaid
by lime. Coal, too, tabonuds, often in
The same DISTRICTS and where 10 does
not, wood is plenty, and often burned
in immense piles to get it out of the
way. As we have shown ia our Sep
.tkmber issue, the burning of lime is a
very simple process. and any one who
can manufacture charcoal, can NAM
age.a lime stack, This article is need
ed upon these partially worn soils,
and would work Very beneficial
changes, In connection with this. lor
without it, If lime cannot, be had,
clover should be used as a part of the
course. We were surprised to see so
few clover fields in the West. The
value of the plant as a renovator of
the soil is not, at all understood in,
that region For the class of lands
indicated, it is the most remunerativ.
crop that can be sown. = IT. makes
good fodder. The seed brings good
price in market. Above all, it is
most valuable renovator of the soil,
whether, it be fed off or turned under
with a pillow. More clover means
more wheat, more corn, more cattle;
and more cattle means more manure
and richer land, if the farmer will see
to it, Any one who can estimate the
difference between thirty and seventy
bushels of corn to the acre. can tell
whether this kind of farming will
pay.-Am 4gr;culturist. --,,. ~. q g..
Iaiioo SAVING MANUREs.
In Flanders, where manures are APP
piled and animals wellfed, the urine
of single cowsis reckoned at an rav-.
erage of ten dollars per aHnum, and
the solid parts. are estimated at one
half to three quarters of this sum.
Taking the usual, price of guanoiaat
$50 rper ton as the standard, the ma
uure of single cow, saved in the
best manner, would be worth about
SO This is. however, higher than
manure is generally sold, and by the
common management more than half
is lost. en- eE1 + "a (
p. We believe that if COW is properly
bedded with muck, and the manure.
and urine are kept: from waste and
leaking, the.compost thus made would
be worth fully the amount named !;
but generally three-fourths of its
value goes into 2 the atmosphere or
nearest streams.-Southern Cuttivd-
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