Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-01-10

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Journal, with a request to publish the
same
:. All Oranges in this Tobacco Dis
trict were requested to join and coop
arate with us in this Council.
The Council adjourned to meet on
Tuesday, the 18th day of January. at
10 o'clock, An. sfi. es.3 =
1. MI. NORTHAMPTON, Pres.
J. H. MARABLE, JR-. Sec'y.
An Address Delivered before Mont
gomery Grange, Jan. Q, 1874, by
II. C. Dawson, and Published by
Request Of the Grange.
PATRONS OF HUsBANDRY: You
have conferred upon me the honor of
addressing you on this occasion upon.
the subject of Improvement of the
Sofia subjeet'of vast importance to
each of us, and upon which the means
of comfort and happiness of genera
tons to come depend. A subject so
full of thought, and embracing the
whole system of managing the farm
skillfully, we can not hope to do it the
justice it merits at our hands. If /
can advance one new and practical
thought that will enable you to i'm
prove your soil, 1 will have accom-
plished a work that is worthy of life
time study. Its effect is good, not only
for the present, but for all time to come.
1t is like the example of good and
wise man: his influence is felt as long
as time lasts. The examples of the
Apostles are active as the day in which
they lived. The example of Washing
ton, in government, affects the nations
of the world at the present day. Web
ster's study of the English language
affects our words and writings. He
that improves his soil leaves as an in
heritance, the means of comfortable
support aud happiness to his family
He that suffers his soil washed into
the streams and basins leaves as an in
heritance toll, sorrow and despair. The
child has seen the soil disappear and
knows not why, nor how to restore it,
for want of proper instruction and ex-
ample, and often the inheritance is To-
Gated in the far west or among the
frost laden hills of the northwest, and
the sprightly and promising youth lost
to society and his family. Energy will
seek a return for effort put forth or
cease to exist
First in importance as an improver
of the soil, is the fallow pillow. Our
worthy Patrons consider it of so much
Importance as to have it embossed upon
the Pouch of our Order, that it may
be before our eyes all the time. By
the use of it we are enabled to cause
or soil to yield the rich harvest of its
latent capacity, to furnish sustenance
to man and beast, and not only enables
us to reap paying crop, but by proper
management enables us to improve our
soil. 1t is also of Importance to keep
our soil. My observation proves
to me that we lose more soil from wash.
ing and evaporation than from nurtur-
ing the plant To fallow prof tably,
we must consider the depth of the soil.
Have we on level land q inches of
soil? Fallow 3 inches and subsoil 3
inches; if 3 inches, fallow 3! inches
and subsoil 3! inches; if 4 inches, fal.
low Al inches and subsoil 3! or 4 inch
es. | think from 3 to 4 inches enough
to subsoil for all practical purposes
To fallow without the subsoil, gauge
the fallow pillow from to 10 inches.
Less than 8 will not be profitable for
the soil. All hillsides should be sub
soiled and fallowed to the depth of
from Z to 8 inches, and from 10 to l2
better to prevent washing. This is to
be done by increasing the depth of the
subsoil. By observing these rules you
will be able to reap profitable crop.
The theory of blowing up and down
hill to drain your land wont do in this
sOil-eyery furrow is drain that will
carry off the soil to the stream or ba-
sin. The idea that simply following
deep will make your land rich and pay
largely the first year is a mistaken no
ton, and those that think so will be
disappointed unless they have depth of
soil to justify the idea. If you turn
up aa excess of clay te the surface, 1t
holds the plant sustaining principle of
the soil in latent condition and needs
manure or some FERTILIZER to bring into
action the plant producing principle of
the soil. Stable manure, lime, ashes,
wheat straw, leaves and tobacco stalks,
all are good for land in this condition;
also the suns rays, the air and freezing
of winter help to restore fertility to
this soil. To improve your land, fall
low in November and December, so as
to get the benefit of freezias in winter.
Never fallow when the soil will run
and leech as lye from the hopper. The
Improved d. o. Avery is very good
fallow pillow. The subsoil l use is
made by Whitfield, Bates & Co., Clarks-
vile, Tenn. Wheat straw fallowed in
helps to keep land from washing, also
all dry grasses. They act as the hair
to the plaster, aud hold the soft mud
untilthe water passes off by drainage,
evaporation and absorption. Clover,
for improving the soil, is probably the
best grass we have. It's leaves are
broad and shade The gsouna early,
grows the second crop as the first de-
Gays, shades the ground nearly all the
year, and when cut for hay makes ex-
cellent food. Timothy is hardly infe-
rior to clover as an improver of the
soil and more valuable in money value
and yield of pounds of hay per acre.
Orchard grass improves the soil, supe-
rior grazing, excellent hay and profta-