The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-05-06
;.s,a he Sew Ihssand FAin.sr.l
Preparing soil for ~ Grass crop

In making up = ha'iie" - MAJ
Unconscious at the late Meeting OF the 'eT,
srs,r,. state Board OF Agriculture, ut WI,
1-.wis,on. VIC were compelled to omit att
,1nr,.on OF the many excellent; Opinions s sSs
l,,.n, and facts gwen. 1he discussio" Of
~, thc yyac: crop. on the last day Oh me =,
sss:ion' was long and earnest, us that IL
an. 81 the leading crops OF the STATE
Nr. secretary loopALE dcsires. 10 near
-,,orc about the preparation OF land ior
.,r,ss Tie ordinary way iGNoiVes u
.,rnst amount OF labor III planting 70
s'ar,, or other crops. and aiterwarc SOW
;,,,, ,o Grain AMI seeding down he wish,i
..I,n know il there is 4 way 10 seco
dnv,., directly. using the sod Tor enrich-
iu, AS well a. other mannrcs'/
Plaster and ashes are beQehclai on
many lands on Others, they gre o' n'.'yi
use. \ crop % clover viii leave the sahu
Ia richer coA,iit.on FOR grass >Io.:..i
lay Is an excellent nlan'lrial crop. o"' !.
The liquid portion ot me manure i no'
prcscrve,i a great part OF rs Na'uc = 'os,.
Glover is not grass, thouEa e!''>S'" 49,
). hv farmers. I. has the power OF eA-
800. ;nw from the ground and air many
f..,cn,ents chat grasses are not able ~ op-
tniu thouuh they need them. ana mus
,.;,,g clover as Il manure has an excel
lent effect upon the grass crop. /
tIayer plonghed III green, as manure
,.s hcen Successful in some instances !
~ ,thers. when turned under III 4 green /
.on.l;,i,n i'm hot weather II has ncen IN
;,.;ous ~ the land Therefore II Is best
~ ,Ionqh clover la after il has somewhat
inr G ,Rcs,.ox. Of Lewiston. is in iuil
nroctice of his profession, but found op'l
,,ortun;tv to attend three or four sessions
~ in, conventions aud took an active
mn, in them. Born and brought up on
= farm. and having had the care OF one
during all his manhood, his early parti-
ulitv Tor it had found no abatement III
the pursuit of his profession ~ ph!,i-
cian. On the contrary. he turned 10 ''lc
farm with renewed zeal ana pleasure a.
the passing years Went over 'i'i'.
~, ho,, made many experiments in re-
.,a;m;no lands from the forests. rom
swomns and barren sands. and believed
tha, tic most obstinate of them could DC
nrotitably brought into state OF h,gf
ter,iiitv. He took run out farm' on
orc that had sufficient vitality iell &c
grow Young pines and birches. ines.
,rare cur off. and the stulnps extracted
The farm WAS of a clay soil, as Is most Q
the land III Lewiston.
After the land was cleared OF inc rup
h;sh !, vas ploughed. and literally ma
nurcd with twenty ox-cart loads OF ma
nnre 70 the acre. which was spread broad
cast and worked in with Share harro"
Then spead 100 bushels leached a:hc
per acre. and narrowed with NishwHz
harrow. After this preparation the ian
was planted with potatoes ana produce
n crop answering admirably 10 ,he "oI
which had been done upon the iana' al
the liberal dressing it had received. !.
Aftor Tho potatoes were taken 0!
,,ouabea again MANFRED broadcast
the spring, ploughed asash hn, -" ;,
With barley. Two bushels Of seed TO u
acre. and twelve pounds Of clover see
aud one peck OF herdsgrass. The cre
Of barley was tifty-four bushels per acr
The next year the first crop OF grass s
wns ON the first OF July. and gave "
tons per acre the second cutting was
The middle Of August, and gave one ~
n half tons per acre. llis iahhs w
generally treated in this way. ana l
results. he said. were satisfactory. 4
object was 10 make grass. or q III
farm. By this thorough WORKING
fields were smooth enough to use
machine upon when the flrst CROP
grass was ready to be cut. lie ADMIT !,
the importance Of stable manure,
was of opinion that inc Iarhie's VI -
iston could do better than to pay 81
as cord for it. and haul it. as some
six miles. 4 cheaper and better con
Is bv the use of ashes. salt, leaves, mu
master. and the use of clover. we sp'
$40 or $50 for stable manure, when
can fertilize the soil more by turning
der clover. and filing it with veegeta
matter. lie was satisfied that Glove
one of our cheapest and best manure
DR.. Garcclon stated that, under
treatment above described. he had !
Of clover which was so heavy that II
came suddenly lodged and required
time Of good mower for several
10 cut single acre.
The DR.. said his land was rocky.
fifty to seventy-ive acres OF NOV
land his father had used tons OF p!a
mon the farm, and plaster. lime
leachcd ashes are still used; has q
thrce-fourths of mile long, which
$1,000.
THE ESLIsn SPARROW AND CuRcU
in reply to the opinion OF CORES
-. - 9 tl,o prairio Enrmpr that