Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-11-06

snn Of the late Edmund Rufin. formerly IF
Petersburg, Va. than whom none stnOd
higher in bis State. for his labor IN the
interests Of agriculture) advocates al indie
fnite repetition OF oats without alternating
other crops and saws the fertility Of the anil
"ortinnes To imprnve. How this can be.
am at a loss to understand. though am not
disposed tn doubt the fact All soils that
have ever come under my notice. do certainly
deteriprate under a succession Of white straw
crOps and oats have always considered one
nf the most exhausting At all events. uron
an iroIated instance of the kind, it would be
unsafe TO base general practice
The most generally al pied rotation in
| this section (SnuthPasterp PennSylvauia) IL
corn. oats. wheat seeded with grass (timothv
and clOver.) to remain two, three or even
| FIVE or SIX We ,ra. and then again plowed for
corn. Under this system. with an occasional
| application of lime, there IL progressive
improvement Of the soil Int then there are
'arge numbers Of catrle Fept and good
deal o. feed purchased over and above what
the farms produce. To me this course o.
cropping has long been unsatisfactOrv-not
more then about eight per cent. of the land
can be s0wp with wheat, and consequently.
only that amount laid down to grss
annually. The wheat requires nearly all
the menure that can be IN de on the farm.
Without 1t it would not re worth sowing
ut any rate il is verv unremunerafive
crop, hut we must raise il for the str W for
litter for our cattle, and 10 rpseed our fields
with grass n w. what is to be done under
these accumulatei fl 'ulties? 1t occurs To
me that less exhausting rotation wonld he
the hest remedy instead Of taking thee e1-
hsusting crops in succession. viz, corn,
oats ard wheat, introduce a renOvating crop
and for this purpose there is nothing bette r
than clO-er. The question then arises.
how to introduce it, Some advocate SOW
ing IL with the corn, after the last cultivat-
| 'ng. hut that is not satisfactory IL fire.
quentlv fails ir m a d, Efficiency of moisture
o sIrouf the Sc, d., and even when il does
grow. the fell presents the appearance OF a
| Iuxnrant crop Of weeds more than a crop Of
clover. The plan have adopted. and which
thus far has proved quite satisfactory, is TO
SO g clover either with oats OF barley Ir|
it'll oats, they must be thinIv sown. or tt ev
will smother the clover hut prefer TO SOW
tie clover sect with barley. especially if the
previous corn or. p had receive \ dressing of
stable manure. | say stable manure, be-
cause d"n't think it pays to purchase the
commercial manures; they are held at ton
high price and are generally too much
adulteratcd Trey might possibly have PAID
v hen farm produce wa- high. but they won't
pay now, except perhaps for market garden
I1e.
| Last spring. I sowed part of my corn
stubne with barley and part with oats,
sow No clover seed on both, immediately
,fter the last narrowing, following with the
/ roller. That snwn on the birley IL much bet
| ter than the clover sown with the wheat a ter
Il summer lallow, and that snwn with The uafs
! - qnite good that sown with the wheat.
; nee harvest the field has III ,de a nee run tor
Z 4 I ! L.
tbriven upon IL. \ xt spring | shall turn
thcm on it gain, bit will take them of in
/ time to let it grow up, 50 as To have a good
| crop ~ II ~ under tor what. This will
| lreve IN from the necessity of applying all my
| manure % the wheat crop, AMI allow 81 me-
! or the corn a. we'll. With this mtnage-
! nent. | tn very conf lent bbt1 crops vail nc
| better than under the oil 1 systen # r. ia: n
re land hv :1ree eT ,austnS crops N sue
ces-ion. and tlen applying All the manure [ j,
ne crop 10 bring II back to It's J revtUus
tate OF fertih y. Better keep the itu up
wnen y i up, an ounce OF prevention is bet
/ ter tn u = pound OF cure.
A d,fh ulty NAV here suggest itself tn the
m nds % somr OF your readers as |, clover
| = "a taking well s1wn On wheat ter
-..,ver as { would II sown on oats stuhb e.
I From tuIuier sxVerHucc / nm sal sized n
crOrou FL preparation OF 4 e land prevI ius
\ L HtedIug, ~hIcn IL should have at any rate,
Will ohvra-e at ohj-ction
The practice of s,wiug VIE after corn
has always np cared unaivts ,h cit IN
= llv,s 4 great deal Ut na-i wirS az v-ry
! busy ttm"-s-ts the whe N late, and the
/ q Id - always rough unless the corn roots
I e removed. which Should re aaIn = decay
! upnn tie grouuI. With my mude OF miro
/ dacIng a crop OF clover 10 pillow under tor
wheat, the proportion of grass land may be
MAINTAINED wIthpu- letting it lay un II the
grass begins To Accommodations rendering
| II OF little value AZ a renOv ting crop when
plowed again for corn. A good ward beioIe
[ the clover has run out l. d,ci iediy a better
preparation for corn than an old timothy
-ward, exhausted by repeated mowIngs
These remarks are APP hcable only 70 grass
lands intended tor mO8ing, and which a e
brought into cultivation IN the regular TO IA
thn. F IT pa-turIEe. an Old green grass
(P5d p dieEsis) sw4rd with a mixture OF
White Glove (IrfOii,Ul reDe1>) Is decided V
the hest-tlthuuLh u c weight o. grtss y. r
acre Is not A. great on recently seeded
field, its superior quality mush more than
cumpeusttes for the iefh tency.
My prac ice - u keep some o f my old
green grass fields exc usiv, ly tor pa>rurage,
not bringing them into the rottJIpn-hut
this is get Jog upon different subject, one
upon which | viii not now enter, - | tave
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