The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-10-28
From the American Asricul'nris''l
Walks and Talks ON the FARM

M
.wh,t will l do with the land where
thc clover has missed?" The barley
land I win plow up and sow to winterI
>xLeat and seed down in the spring.
,rhc weat land would serve the same
>yay II II was rich enough. l have not
rct given ND all hope that the clover has
not entirely missed. once had my
,.heat smbble at harvest look almost
destitute of clover, but we had good
,.,;r soon afterwards and the clover came
I'm and proved 10 be quite thick enough.
What | propose to do is this: have a
good pile of well-rottcd manure IN the
Vard. and / will put fifteen loads per
,cre on The wheat stubble and harrow II
two or three times with the smoothing
harrow. If the clover is there, this Will
helm II 70 grow. will let it lie until
uext spring, and II there is clover enough
I shall either pasture it or NOW it for
Law ana afterwards for seed. But 1t not,
! will plow it up and plant corn. why
not sow it to barley and seed it DOWN.
Eor this reason: After much labor /
have succeed in making this field clean.
But on dirty farm like mine the ma,
nure still contains quantities OF weeu
seeds, and if should spread II on the
land for wheat or barley the weeds
would grow and l should have no OPP
portunity of destroying them before they
went to seed. The land would become
as foul as before, and l should never
succeed in getting the farm clean. Ihis
spring / sowed two acres OF Anautka
sprin9 wheat, and wishing to give It a
rood chance put on liberal dressing
of manure and plowed it in. The land
was quite clean, but the weeds came up
by the million and almost choked Out
the wheat. What wheat there is, how
ever, is splendid.
It is no use spending time and labor
in cleaning land if we SOW weed seeds
ON II in the manure, and then let the
weeds grow and go to seed. AS long az
orr manure is full of foul seeds we must
apply it as top-dlessing on the grass
land. am inclined to think the best
way is, to put it on n one or two,year-olc
clover sod early in the fall, and pasture
the field the next summer. The seeds
will eerminate and the young plant:
will be eaten and kept from going te
seed. Then the next spring plow up i
desired, and plant to corn. Cultivate
Thoroughly and the weed will be de
stroyed on nearly all the light soils.
Clover and grass are almost our only
renovating crops Should we not make
tia point to increase their CROWN a
much rs possible? Ifby the application
of manure to wheat we double the crop
we sell the wheat and that, with TIN
exception of the extra straw, is the en'
Of the benefit. But five apply the ma
nure to grass or clover and double tn
crop, we have double the hay to fee
out, and double the pasture; a manur
heap at least twice as large, and in tn
end double wheat and other grain crop
also. To get the full benefit, however
of the sytem of manuring our grass an
clover, we must learn to make aprof
out of the animals consuming it. An
to do this we must pay more attentio
to breeding cattle and sheep that WI
grow rapidly Cd nutritious food. w
must raise cattle and sheep to which "
can afford to feed our oil-cakc at HON
instead Of sending it to England.