Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-03-31

coming down 10 hoed crops, there are
many men in this house who will tell you
that of corn or potatoes, planted side
by side, one row with n shovelful of barn
yard manure in the hill and the other
with a spoonful of properly made phos.
phate, the difference is often in favor Of
the concentrated manure
In raising corn, always break up my
land late in the fall, and spread upon it
the composted manure, made by drawing
muck into my yards the fall previous,
covering it slightly with rotted turf up
on which my cattle are kept during the
pleasant weather in winter, and the
nights during the next summer. This
system is much cheaper, and better for
the land than manuring in the hill, and
the freezing and thawing of winter and
spring, carry the strength of the manure
into the sods, just deep enough for the
corn the next summer. In springtime /
put large spoonful of superphosphate
into the hill, and | have never failed to
raise good corn. The saving of expense in
handling over manure in busy spring
time, will almost pay the expense of the
superphosphate and / have always
raised better corn, with my manure
spread in the fall, then if spread in the
spring, when it is often dried too much
to be of value to the corn, if not for all
the future, by the hot sunshine and dry
ing winds of June and July.
never plant but one year, and on the
corn bills the ensuing spring, | spread
my green manure from the heaps, imme-
diately plow it under, and sow grain,
which is generally barley. / am unde-
cided in my own mind whether this is
the proper way to apply green manure,
or whether should receive more value
from it by mixing it in my yards with
more muck, and applying it the ensuing
autumn in its composted condition.
l am afraid some Of my brothers, who
have so kindly given me their attention,
will say that am young, visionary and
had better farm than most Others have.
In reply will say that / have all my
lifetime followed the occupation of
farmer laboring to the extent OF my pow
ers with my hands, honestly claiming
that have won my bread with the sweat
Of my own brow, and that in following
this system, | have made it remunera-
ting.
True | had good farm, with low
land well adapted to herds grass, and
upland mostly witch grass still claim
that only good land should be cultivated.
l do not view wi h terror or even sor-
row the fact that the census shows the
iessening of our population, for do not
think one half of our state should be
cultivated; being better fitted for graz
ing or the growth of wood, though l
know this would be hazardous remark
for politician to make. Land should
never be cultivated that will not pay for
cultivation, and l know whole towns in
New Hampshire can be named, whose
lands are worthless, and no man there ever
made enough from their cultivation TO
make even comfortable home for him.
self, his wife, and his little ones. The
homes, the lands, the fences and the ap-
pearanee OF the inhabitants themselves,
Indicate that tbe people simply stay
there, without enjoying any privileges
themselves, and where they cannot rea-
sonably look forward to any for their
children.
Thrifty villages it is true may spring
up around their water ia Is, but those
who cannot find employment there,
should come into sections more favored
in soil by nature, where good land though
commanding high prices is alway cheap
at that, and where the farms are now too
large to be properly cultivated. On sec.
tions of land like this, educated labor
will always be fairly remunerated. Then
| say, make all the manure that you pos
sibly can, upon your farms, and apply it
so as to obtain the best possible results.
Do not let single cartful of rich mat
ter perhaps the accumulation of ages,
remain where it is valueless, but draw il
where it will enrich you and your fields |
Purchase all the barnyard manure the |
price and cost of applying will allow
you to, for you can get nothing better
Then. in addition, if you spend some of |
your earnings for some standard fertilizer
of known value, you will find it profit
able investment. Profit by the expert.
lnents and experience of others, as we'll |
as by your own.
Raise crops that you can afford to
raise, and none other. If you are satis-
fed you can purchase Western corn
cheaper than you can raise it here, buy
{; and let others laugh, while you win.
Time and necessity will regulate the