, 1869-04-14

tbs purpose.
lnconader1ng rotation Of erops tals tact mus
te taken iaso consideration, II We woaId succeed
We vii take Quarter section ds praiae and com
tnence Oh It the 1ss Of March. The necesssz.
buildings are np md Nc want to mste tina m OF
out Of the Eand Two Spans ofharsea, one tre,ve
Inch breaking p1ow, one tweayetnch old Rroun.
plow, one harrow. one iron roller and planter, tv
suiSJ Or Wslt1n8 t~o-hosse 1nluyaioss will Ia "a
Qulycd
The dist year We will put In crop Of fcorn--tns
H. III that It Is possible to DO With the teama n
amount VIII depend mach On the season. On,
acre and half day for the pIowtng Is about nj
that will be accomplished Ho may cut tho 70,
fnFrow saJ t"o Or Two snd halt Inches deep; nj
thicker than via turn over good, inform farrp~
for In this tntf tus1ow depth Is no onject-au n,
want ts to make thin. uniform, weil-turue1Y sur
row. The old land plow II 70 arranged tnat 1, vii
follow In the zane furrow, cutting shout three
Inches deep 4 short mold board ot the old dis
Inond pattern ls the best for this purpose, Al
least We don't want any of the so-caled :sp1ors o
all xoss, but simply q plow for this special work
and short mold-hMza VIII b faunt( tne nos
practicable The two farrows should not exeeed
SIX inches IN depth. and I'VE would Butt nc better
All tho land that caa be broken mp besofe the nss
at Of May, which ought TO be sixty acres u .eaa,
forthe harroH, and should be thoroughly narrowed
rolled and planted Thls VAL hn up the time to tht
middle OF May. Alter that until the nrs,
Of June. the h2TnWtnK plaattn9 and rolling should
promptly fellow the pio ring; and II tha weaste,
faTorsblc another twenty aeres may b added
This Htn put one-nah Of the farm in crop tae
ofst year. This should he worked the 8aua Is old
land and as good crop may he anticipated !
know this Is not the orthodox mode OF suhduiaz
wild psatrte; but also know, from several ycals,
experience, that II Ia the best wsy to obtain rood
j round hFpcee1s the Qtst rcar
| - sEcoSD TxAR.
! The next year Ne shall haTe less hard work. I,r
after tho corn. stA1fs a1e broken down, faked and
burned, II Is ready Tor Bprtng wheat, harley Or
{ oats The hest preparation Il to 60 over II With q
nne-tooth 6o1ky calttvAsor, auw, harrow mud rcll
Plo"lns N tha case Is wosso Than useless, for the
reasons Stated n the letter sluded-to. ore team
I viii prepare SIX acres day for sowing; another
! team Will harrow And roll the same
| IN thls case the coEn crop bos prepared the
SOL Tot the wheat, oa.s OF barley and We can SOM
TO one OF Ill OF these, or part nr each. Asa vsn-
t1al thing should prefer tho wheat, with, peraans
| small rart IN barley. This Will OCCUPY ,he
! teams for only b tew days, and those few Gays
often bcfore It would do to commence breaking.
1ne remaining portion Of tho spring cAn he cecu-
pied N preparing pxzt OF The rcrualntnk prairie for
corn. If some meadow er prairie u desirable,
seed down With wheat OF barley, but not With
oats a tie dense foliage Of tho pata Is ups larpr-
able TO the y1uug g1ass plants,
81 soon al the crop IL hafrEsted the stuhble
shocl. bc turned unlcr without dclay rpr two
reaSons-one to ALLOW the etubble to rot mad The
Other TO exFose the soil II atmospheric tnnnence
We are noN through with the second rear aud for
the
1mHn YKlR
afe !e3d9 &nr cbtu, Oats, nAI Or root crona I
ahouid have said that the second year Is The best
for rota.oes and thls year the next best espec.iy
II a Small amount Of MANURE l. put On the crop By
way OF q top-d.tss1nX. II nc plant corn xe mar
follow With tTrinR wheat and seed down to- clover
and Timothy grass, Ct repent the corn crop.
The value Of the rotation Of crops only rests On
the Preparation that one crop mzks fpr he Other,
more than on tho ingredients thak the crop takes
up from the soil, or dra~s from the asmosnhcre
Great sreas Is laid on the rauc Of the rotation Of
the wheat crop w5in those Of others, especially
with corn Line and the phosphates arr much
talked about In tala CONNECTION, but tneru ts lt3la
difference between tho ash Of wheat and that Of
coTn- 1t hhs been hho M that some of the {est
wheat ianda Of Earopt con.atn ouly trace ~of
time, and that on some Of these lands dresslns
Of Line - OF no sslnc, Nhi1e on lands cnutaluiua
several per ceut OF llmc, dreas1ng Of time u pf
great value. 1t l., therefore, evident that the
theory 1hat rlants assor part Q! thelr food through
the!s toot, ad PIT through their leaves, Is only
E1e IN IaI When We ges It the truc reason. for
ayu:ailou Of crops We sall have no dlInep>,y in
tho premlsea.
We nor IRON experiences .nas wnesA
barley, oats, 1.1, tarnlps and re
do vel st1el III the -hoea crops: that alt tie
hoed crops do weu Alter the smnll Rr,lns. snd are
improved 1t this TINE BY tho addition Of manure
and th1s the hoed cruFA except CON after corn.
do not DO u vel s1eer hoed crops, unless NTH !
good dressing OF bafnJasd maQurrs Thts il the
best e1enplioed IN garden Vegetables tns, 80
gFoNn, fzpn necessity, On the same land year a,ter
year, bas n3ost h1rd adft8tny Of manure ANNUALLY
Why corn OF tusn1tH do not succeed 80 well altar
potatoes Il not easy TO tetcTEesne, II chemistry
has not - Jet reached taat point. Oats are morn
Liable to lodge On potaso or turu!p land than IN
toat cf ether hoed crops. Land from which TIM
ber haa beea sAkea VIII prodace the quail Rrath,
for a long pestod-Izonatly due to the mechanical
et1ecs OF The decsytng ROOFS IN the texture Of the
eoa. BY Thlcn water, .ir aud heat
Art enabled 70 penetrate With more freedom than
when Ia c3ose, compact eooditson. Nheu pfxt-
lie land has been cleared Of nurseTy trees b. the
spade. The same reanls ia sppareut
We can thus see th1t the stI. eight or twrlse-
year rotsnons. u ase generally presented, possess
4sUe or rsA Fa@ee. for oods at them ase bzssd On
sound philosophical rules
1he Ere1x EAlne Of the meadow Or r,astnrs Ia IN
dasoare II 1t we're the sol. nlAfnx Is r,p1e frs
bic, while constant cropping tends to ,on It into
knAl Pellets Heavy clay soua are much benefit
CO y this method It h not that the soil has rs.
eesFeA = 2a1Ea STOCK Of elements pf ntsnsfoct
but t put IN better condition TO absorb niant-food
horn The atmosphere, and retain molstu,a We
nave, therefore, to give more attention TO the me-
chanfcsl condition Of the soil. and less to supply
Win Hch e1Saalc manutea, though tho latter,
when well diluted With ralu water, And carried
into the soil ase not "a be oFeriooked
We might compare manure 70 tho pepper and
salt Of our food, thas aids tn the tormato1 Of uu
G3tton- While We need nore thorough t1lAse wr
need Al the m1uurcs to I'D thA& tllaxe And to
bkinR o1F uoFs up 70 taks high 8tsalagd that our
toil and climate arc entitled 10.
We may have two, three, four, OF = hundred-
year rotation on the basis laid down, rfo>tded
that tho market demand viii warrant IL When
Nbeat either spring OF Winter. Il The teadinz CROP
OF, rs$heE, pa3s best, we may make that the lead
Ing fentnre and put It IN alternate years with the
hoed c7ole, OF the ErasseA Fot IN fact this Is pat
&sFo-yttS cotation between the small K1atu hocd
efopt or the grasseB.
Deep tuase aad r,auure have doubled the
wheat crop pr sere IN England, &nd the want OF
them here hAs had IN h*e1se effect
Wecding and hoe ny vheat has the eject, IN part
Of the summer iallow md must come Into practice
with 1s II no distant day; not With hand labor
bet *ta horse laeac, ou the Sane plan thss some
OF our p:A1t-STuwen now wpfk ha1f dozen rows
os forest nee seedlings II ono opetatiou
Fssnefs consider clover ~ one OF the R.1ss.s,
though botar3sts do not. Both afo forage plants,
used for the Eanb p1ITose. Clover "a biennial
pant, and u II has deep roots supplies in9 soil
win huraus b. the decay Of these rooss md 1ins !
The seA with ns many sma1 holes ns there arr DE- |
c4Jtng rooi& These holes 6dtuit Eatts and III, nnt
hence The soil haA the opportunity Of absorbing the
gzses from the water End Ar- TniA Emple I
fact shown ns the yA1ne Of deep
And thorough dnsge, 70 enable the sol u elsbor-
rate or to hold paant-food We have learned dts- I
stchtng the soil when. In fact, no such Eystcm u
capable ut enrtcainx The sail II wc III the cells es
sponge with c1ay It vii not hold wafer; 70, II We
abstract OF allow reSctaae dbre Ia the soil t, de-
cay, without adding neT supplies The pores OF sne
sol are lost md HateY and a4f CARLO; enter.
It l. high time taai we had = s5sssEa u eaaca-
tion for the Jouus farmer that shoR1d teach HIN !
some practical truths; bat we Can only wat1 |
ih7pczA The long ycars to CONC fos tals resall |
Iowa Is caaS1n2 so1ne progress, whereas cur own
State Ehou1d take the icad.
Ipof OF ZOE ku1IoCs wKxpa
The tzlgo SuoUnt Of new oas2 bailey, wheat
aat other Agricultural seeslA coming from Caua4ts
New Tori. md poinis East, Is wr1l Is some fran |
Europe, should audure esu1tan n The Planting, a
We my saw chsslock, tzs4teS Caas.1x
fhlsaes and other no11ons Weela Some
sears Eince ssaeked two or three acres with
Ehfse dsisies that came IN barrel OF winter ne
Nom Long Island. And inree yea1s dnce Iksd
mo patches Of Canada thtst1ez, the result uf m
PACKING sxo oo1es from New YORK. We have
reaH Of "eesia nattve to the country, without
sGHlns AnJ new ones, aud a little cs1e my eaye
CD no ssnan aonoyaace II ia eooi rule to use
smaa aae'e viii aeT gratns like oa.s, wheat OF
caey. and thus gcskad otf1he small seeds that NAV
e u toesa This E1s give us au oppotuultr to
e3&Es.ae nsao, and TO tzke out the tout see.ts
EMAIL 11ax borzxx
= enAtetzea roa roller docs the bea work.
faFe one tSeusJ-tro lnehes In tl!a1aetcr with ar