Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-01
Farmers Club.
Restoring Lands.

The regular meeting of tht
Farmers Club was held in this
place on Saturday last, Presideni
Stone in the chair.
Mr.. W. II. Rees, who was ap
pointed at tie last regular meet
ing to present the best method of
restoring lands, says that clover
is the most effective mode that he
has found. The place he own;
when he first got it was a poor
place one of his fields, a bottom
field, some 50 years ago was worn
He cultivated one eyearein corn,
then In small grain, then in clio
yer. By thus rotating the crops.
he has made it capable of produc
ing Is barrels to the acre. The
land becomes lively. Breaks il
deep the first year, cross plows
well; when land is properly rota'
ted it is more easily prepared for
cultivation. He had jocularly re-
marked that he had more corn
than any man on Mulberry His
lands had been much worn by the
of cotton before lie got
the farm. He always has one or
more clover fields /; never cult
Yates stalk field. He sends his
children to school-they do not
work very hard. Rotation in
crops makes farming easy. The
first year of clovering is the profit
able one for pasture, he never cul-
tivates in corn any land except
clover land. He generally com
breaking up the land about
Christmas, seldom before. There
are other methods of improving
lands besides clovering, but Mr.,
r. said he had found clovering
the best. He hauls out manure,
and sees It's good effect Oh the soil.
Land that washes-requires much
care to preserve it. He circles
hillsides to prevent this. Much
pains must be taken, in circling
lands or the water will break over
and wash gullies. There must be
gradual grade in the furrow. He
wears out and gets rid of weeds
and grass by clover. He has i'm
proved his lands every year. He
had rs soon be without corn as
clover. The trampliug of land
BY stock he thought an advantage
TO it. Glover makes good hay,
md he cuts it about wheat har-
vest, or perhaps a little before. 1t
should be well ripe before cutting,
and he sometimes pastures it to
throw it back, SO that it will not
with wheat harvest. We
must have some. corn, some wheat
and some grass. He cultivates
,ne-third of his tillable land each
year. He thought if land could
De kept in clover for two, three,
our or more successive years, it
would, of course, improve more
rapidly. Mr.. Rtsaid he had been
asked why he doesn't SOW some
If his bottom lands in blue grass,
Ind replied that he could not af.
ord to because it takes too long to
get the land set, and some other
part of the farm would be suffer-
ng. He would like to have the
yrass, but he can't afford it. The
fertilizers used may be good, but.
ne has doubted the propriety of
Using them on lands that do not
wash. Lands are like human be-
ngs-they require rest. Grass
frequent clover lands, and
10 do cut worms. He does not
.hink that breaking. early will pre-
rent the cut worm. Clovering
and makes its cultivation easier.
Flowing can be done sooner after
rain than if stubble or stalk land.
When land is rich and improving,
fit gets wet it does not stay so.
Tor does it get dry so'quick. The
,ftener land is put in clover, the
harder it is to get a stand.
DR.. Noblitt asked why, after
years had elapsed, crop of clover
you'd spring up?
NJ RaoOo ronIiod fbot no