The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-08-07
f,cm The Amsriesn AsTicul,u'l't
Walks and Talks on tie Farm

rs You SUI oS'. ~ iaS' " W. wv
lieve we differ az all. lie has i"i
many years been an earliest advocate
for growing clover rs Il I, novafiug
crop. He thinks it by TAR the cheap
est manure that can be Obtained in
this section. agree with hini most
fully in all these particulars. lie
formed his opinion irom experience
and observation. ldvrved NINE from
the lso,hamstead experiments: And
the more | see Of practical tanning.
the more an | satisfied Of lheii truth.
Cove! 10 PROFESSIONALLY The great r,u.
ovating ciopof American asricul'n'e.
Acrop OF clover equal TO two tons 81
: hay, when plowed under will furnish
more ammonia TO the sol! than twenty
tons OF straw.maie manure. drawn
oct fresh and wet i'll the spring. or
than twelve tons of our ordinary
barn.yard manure. No wonder Mr..
Geddes and csher intelligent Farmers
recommt nd blowing under clover AS
manure. ] differ from them in no re-
spect except this: that i, is not ahso.
iutely essential TO plow clover under
in the green STATE in order 10 ret il
iertiizing effect; but, ii made into
hay, and this hay is ted TO animals
aud al! the manure carefully saved.
and returned 70 The land, there need
be comparatively little loss. The All
finals will seldom take out more than
five per cen. OF all nitrogen furnished
~ the food-and less still of mineral
matter. advocate growing all the
clover You possibly can-so ducs alt.
Geddes. lie says, pillow it under Tor
manure. 60 cay l-unless YOU cen
make more from feeding out the clio.
yer hay. than will pay you or waiting
year, and Tor cutting and curing the
clover and drawing back the manure
II yon pillow 1t under, You are sure Of
it. There is no loss. la ieedlug il
ont, you may lose more or lees IRON
teaching, and injurious fermentation,
But, OF course, yon need not lo-e
anything except the little that is re
tanned in the iiesh, or wool, or milk
OF tho animate. AS things are, on
many farms Including it may be my
own it is perhaps best TO plow under
the clover Tor manure ut once. AS
things ought to be, it is most waste
iul practice. II you know how to
feed out the hay 10 advantage, and
taEe pains to save the manure (and to
add to its value By feeding oil cake
with I'D il is Tar better TO NOV your
clover, once for hay, and once for seed
than to plow it under. Buy oil-cake
with the money got from the seed.
and growing clover seed will not in.
lure the land.
Some good wheat growers in this
county NOW their clover the first year
for hay and for seed. and the next
year pasture it till the middle OF An.
qua, or the 1t OF September, and then
plow it mp and COW wheat, without
ay previous cultivation, and little. if
any. narrowing. They say they get
better Mediterranean wheat in tins
way than it the land il the land was
plowed in June or July, and 'sum.
mer.fallowed.' The straw is stouter
and the grain yields better. Ii your
land is clear and in good heart, do
not dee why this is not an excellent
plan. Wheat requires firm ioolhold,
and have often thought that we not
nnirequently get surface soil, Oh light
land, too loose and mellow. The
time to clean and mellow the land Tor
wheat is when it is corn. two or three
years previous. The Norfolk or Four
Course System Of Rotation, almost
universal on the lighter soils of Eng
land is: lst. Turnipr; End. Barley
seeded with clovers; 3rd, clover. hay
or pastures; 4th, wheat. The labor
is nearly all spent in preparing til.
the land tor the turnip cr,p. Ii i,
frequently plowed four times, and cnl
tivnted. narrowed aud rolled repeated
sy. Barley is SOON as carly as th'
land can be plowed. ani got INTO gooc
working order. The clover, are sow
and narrowed in with hight narrow
and the roller is passed over the del,
when the barley is an incl, or 80 high
Wheat is sown on the clover III I'm
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