Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-29
Clover--How il Enriches the Land.

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WE are afraid of clover. We are afraid
to raise It largely /; afraid to. feed it ex-
tensively, especially rs Il main feed, and
afraid TO plow IL under. ''~ ''h -
This Is wrong, very wrong. We are /
constantly losing by not growing more
clover. Losing in many respects. Clover, |
if We could only impress the fact on the |
general farmer, is Z plant thst draws from
the atmosphere and enriches the idnd
Other plants do this but clover more. 1t /
has toido with, the most vital and impor
tant element in manure. nitrogen, the
very thing that is the rarest ana most diff |
ficplt to obtaih. 1t improves the soil by !,
its ro5ts al3ne, the ertp tiseh for other /.
purposes; this. even if seedoscrop rs I
! taken, How much more benefit, !
then, if whole crop is turned |
down; containing sb much nitrogen. And
Won have the manure Without working for
| it. The plant works for itself and for you.
We get its strength from free source,
| tie at,nosphhrey the great storehouse
which gathers from all sources, but most
from the negligent further
\ And ySu can mHke this plant work for
you on poor soil, and almost anywhere
| All il needs is start. a little manure
applied on the surface will do this and II ]
plentY of seea 10 sown. there will he a
| thick set. Then it needs but d chatiee
with the atmosphere, and plaster will aid
this greatly. There will, with warm
showers and winds, be growth almost
surprising. II will be dense, finer-stem-
med, and of fair length, depending some
what on the season Cut this when it be-
gins to iodgs, which will he about the
time when the blossoms APPEAR, and there
will be avoided all rot or mildew, conse-
qUeuf on long, coarse lodging, and the
yield will sdfP:.se soE--two and half or
three tons, and such hay as is no. made
from any other plant. And the second
crip viii be nearly or quite as good as the
first the past yitar I. wis hetter-a heavi-
er Weld, on account of the showers.
| @ Now we have known, and THAT in
goodly number of acres, where from six
to eight tons per acre were realized in two
cuttings, and heavy aftergrowth for
protection Aid this hay, fitie-s -stetnmed,
+ green and tender, with the fragrance of
its stalk and blossom unimpaired, rushing g
+ upon You as you open the hay, so green
: in winter, compared with other fodder
= and this put before cattle, calves horses,
sheepl Some will object to its use for the
horse; but we have tested this thing, and
seen it tested so much, that we know
whereof we speak. "But clover alone
4 that all the whiler' .Hi 800
: This Is the thought that always pre-
e -sents itself: Farmers are afraid to feed
e clover alone, or largely. Horsemen are
{ shy of it, which still further discourages
Besides, we have not carefully tested
with good clover hay, green and well
+ cured; we feed the nard stuff generally
= and that is worse than ripe timothy ol
# straw. Who has given green clover {
J. thorough test, cut in the full blush OF
|. fragrance, with all its substance availa
Bile, including its health-giying influence
who has done this and noted the effec
compared with other fodder, and for
g sufficient time, say for months, or al
= winter? Very few, indeed. Can any ont
IS who reads this bring to mind any cases
II There are such, however, and they neve
d go back to the old dead feed again. The,
o have learned to keep stock without grain
that expense is saved them. Now thei
l. stock is better, all things considered
/, than before; is stronger, nimbler, health
II ier, and there is more milk, and bette
v growth of young stock. 1t is like keep
d ing on pasture during the winter-bette
lie in some respects-there is less water
T. Bowels are perfect--in summer often to-
Y, free, reducing the animal. And durinI
D, the milking period, during the fall an
-e spring, no grain is fed, no fodder is cut
,r there is a full quantity of milk, and
is rich, making excellent cheese, an,
10 SSAl but lAOe ~ Ais' VI AOA 'eA'
h ter as Is wished This thing has beel
f. done, as we knoY-is done, and will b
ot done more abundantly. Why not nov
: engage in it--at least; test it fairly?
/, Begin by preparing yotir ground well
the better you prepare it the better vii
n be your crop; if made quite rich an
Iy deeply mellow, fit to grow any grain
he there viii be a corresponding yield, N
ID loss, and little or no risk. This is tn
d beauty of cloYer-you may rely upon il
s. unless you wish to raise seed; then yo
must understand your business, the dt
er tails of which we have no time here t
Id point out. But as a forage crop, you ar
st safe if you get start, good catch, an
~ with plaster, you will get good yield
ne not less than four tons per acre from th
two cuttings-there should always be tw
t, cuttings; indeed, it is imperative.to goo
n success, as this will give you the hay, Gu
N early, in its green, tender state, and leav
" the roots vigorous and pushing forward
with continuation of the growth for tn
ee third crop, the aftermath, which remain
y untouched for protection and a start i
the spring, this growth affording larg
d amount of fertiliZing material for tn
d next years growth.-Liee Stock Journal