The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-09-22
FARMERS COLUMN.

ARE QUA SOILS DETERIoRATINe? PA
B. Arnold read paper on this subjec
before the Ithica Farmers Club at a lat
meeting. He said that the first settler
pursued the policy of taking from tht
soil all they could get, and returning az
little as, they could help This policy
hassbeen commenced at the East, and
was now vigorously prosecuted at the
West But the Eastern farmers, after
running their farms nearly out saw the
necessity of improving them, and went to
work TO that end. e This Improvement
also was going on from East, to West.
The question for us is, on which side of
that line of improvement are WEI By a
reference to the census-ta tables for 1916.
and those for 1865, Mr.. Arnold showed
that in every crop except oats there was
a gratifying advance IN the average
amount per acre yielding in 1865, as com
pared with 1916. The decrease IN, the
oat coop he attributed to heedryaess of
the census year 1864. So our soil IS ur-
doubtedly improving. There are two
sources Of improvements 1. Barnyard
manure 2. Green crops. III We can not
doubt that our improvement is due al.
most entirely to the latter, and mainly to.
clover. In order to keep up the fertility
of our soil, we need to return as much
as we take from it. Now, we do not re
turn, in barnyard manure, one quarter
of what the crops take off. But a rota-
ton in which clover holds . prominent
place has a wonderful power of improv-.
ing worn.out land. Various instances
were given in support of this theory.
Twenty years ago farm was. bought for
$12 per acre; it was gravelly, poor, and
thoroughly worn out. The owners now
get first rate crops from it, and would
not take 800 per acre for it now This
has been accomplished by clover. 10
ALs1KE CLOVER The Canada Farmer
says: II sf.a s.si ss. ga5 asod. IFS 3 81 s.
The quantity of seed required per acre
is FIVE pounds, when sown clear; and
about half that amount when soWn with
timothy aas.a - 5iL39as1 . Il sa ryts
It should be sown in the spring with
wheat or barley, IN precisely the same
manner as red clover. +. 5es M, a.9s.sI ,5afT
When allowed TO ripenI its seeds, it
cannot be cut more than once in season,
as it bears its seeds with the first blossom
in each year; but if it is grown fora hay
crop, it can be cut again in the fall, and
will yidld nice lot of fine hay for
calves and sheep Aoset@EG VLH Il
It's effect on the ground is nearly the
same as that of ordinary red clover, and
perhaps is still smole paralleled by the
small white clover.
The most prominent advantages of the
Alsike clover over the common red vari-
ETY., are that it does not heave out of the
ground in the spring with the frost, and
consequently it can be soWns on damp
ground with good results. "a It makes
finer and better hay, for the stalks are
not so thick and woody as those of red
clover. It yields, about one-third more
seed to the acre, and when thrashed the
hay makes excellent feed for calves and
sheep. Among its disadvantages may be
reckoned its rank growth, rendering it
liable to be lodged. tn
VALUABLE TESTIMONY ABOUT Hay
s. H. Farnsworth, of China, Me-, in an
article recently published in the New
England Farmer, states the following
facts: a ati. sss1bae a4.aa.i
s'Two years ago I put into bay TWEEN
ty-four by seventeen feet some eight tons
of hay that was cut in full bloom, with a
machine, after the dew was off; raked
and put up before the dew fell at night
opened the next day, and got in in the
afternoon. At the same time I had
about two tons chat had the sun only one
day, but as it looked like storm, put
it on top of the other, As there was no
storm, Immediately filled up the NOW
with well-made hay-some sixteen tons
in all. In September following pressed
it, commencing on the top with the later
cut hay. The bales weighed from $50 to
380pounds each. When came to the
hay that was put in green, the bales went
from $40 to 80, and the hay at the place
where the person stood who moved away
was turned to a very dark color and was
matted together. When came to the
early-cut thoroughly cured hay, the bales
went from $50 to 410 pounds.'1ab59 besH
DoN'T WHIP A FRIGHTENED HORSE. -
Never whip your horse for becoming
frightened at any object by the roadside,
for if he sees stump, a log, or a heap Of
tanbark in the road, and while he is eye.
ing it carefully, and about to pass it, you
strike him with the whip. it is the stump
or log, or pile of tanbark that is hurting
him, in his way of reasoning, and the
next time he will appear more frightened.
Give him time to examine and smell of
these objects, and use the war bride to
assist you in bringing him carefully to
these objects of fear. Bring all objects,
if possible, to his nose, and let him smell
of them and then you can commence to
gentle him with them.-Er.5 sCytgsC
Americans residing in the suburbs OF
Paris are advised to remain in their
houses and raise the national flag fol-