, 1874-04-04

| H. L. HULL1vANT
nau uslnonatfatca that Ito could prepare tht
elou1lus plant and oultfyato an aero of corn. or
nn T.. ni nayoraEo OF about ono day md ono-tonth bu
~ H. llah 10 mado no allowance for loBt time wllor
to tne aana vas not In condition for working, no,
1o[ [nouperlntontieco. blr. 8. bud worry good and
many thousand aores TINT lio planted annually,
I, anu tnaI no depended on hired labor to do tic
WORK. had urged him for many yoars to adops
the tonant-syatoln 10 ~ to giyo oacl, nun q ii.
Ioos ,nterost III working the crop; and tllB Hys.
| tho present tinlo o"o ~
ost not ~ f9n9he sn erieot system for the
eor;Hrop, rc mt wo arc slowly approaching It. It
ID VOL Known tint, whom old laitd, II of d cloepy
nature, ID powcd when wot ~o''
THE FEnTlLITY BECOMES LOCKED UP
1or tne boasof1, aud II muat undergo tho le;p-
teRratitg eGocts Of frost to bring It bnck to fts
norma! condition. Now, this ID q sorioua drnw
PACK OF time III many f,cnsous, waiting for tho
aau to eomo into suitable condition for owing
Time Tor work is lost In idlonesa Of lilo men md
tea'ns. This n1altcs the area plantod Of yorv mn,
equal amounts, and at bcnt malios a part OF il
lato planting in which the crop Ia endangered, -
.iist Dy nronght In germ. whom tho bndes aro
too small to bear up aga!nst adverse woather;
anu secondly. by oarly autumn froBts. Very
1ow farmers know Of d way out of this dilicultY.
and suppose they must submit to 1t, lot tic
MoathGr como ss Il will. Thus, for this spring,
Waiting for tho gonia weather TINT shail put tho,
land III good tllth for p1owing, aud It may bo two
or or throo weeks moro beforo work cut, begin,
Ihoso Tho 9, hayo meadow Or pasture-land to plant
ero oasy, 1t u truo; but thoao persons arc but
iilnltod; for Wo have boen In tho habit Of plant
ing corn OH tho Same la,,d year attor year, as
though thht was tho very best Bystem to be
pursued.
TT ,,fn a1I T., In
damaging it, why is 1t that wo can plov
BWAND-LAND
when In tue Rnme condition. The solution is
n1nsy easy enough; for tho wet clay land is packed
h,snrd-land, the immenso number OF roota pro-
vents this nction Of tho clay, aud tho soil Ia loft
In tno condition for tho crops. I lirst saw this
yrsl; yrsoa i; IN the nreIalag Up Of few acrcB Of
ticed 1t annually for tho past dozen yoars.
All farmers conccdo that meadow md pac-
snfo-lanu produces large crops Of corn, aud that
5le culture IL leBs thRn OH old land, the land
De1nE t comparatively free Of weeds. Hero, then,
tho culture Of the corn-crop. As soon as the
1fost ls out, in March, the meadow aud past1ra-
land ID rondy for the plow. Thero Ia no waiting
lor ftn ground to settle. Or the land to got into
llaG tlth Tor tue work s ready Tho plow runs
black, rich surface to the sun; tho water sottles
awayi mud, In q fow weeks, 1t Ia reatly for tie
harrow, that will pulyerize ts furrowa into fine
H;commnuted H. Hoil, ready for tho planting. All
cam pe t n tEa Eon Gd on long neiGo The toa
rum 1t to bo plowoa whom aodden with the spring
rains.
We will suppose TINT the farmer, with a Sin
go team, haa to put IN sixty acres of corn, and
1Iat one half OF this ia meadow or pasturo-land.
at times whom ho caunot prudontly 70 On tho
old land to plow. Whom Tie old land Is div. aud
IN condition for plowing, tho scotland mny DO
abandoned I for tho time being, and tho old land
takeu ~ hand; but, heavy rain falliug at any
tlmo, the sod-laud is again ready until the Other
Is again IN order. In this way, there are no idlo
teams or idle men waiting for tho water to set
tle away 80 that plowiug may DO resumed.
Ihero Is great complaint that tho old land
nEcoNEs FOUL WITH wEEDs
by long-continuod planting and culture without
hooing; and it ia often seeded to grass for tho
purpose of exterminating thom. hut thoro ia
another and bettor reason given to seed tho land
often to gEass and thst IL for tho purpose Of
comes lumpy, and is not in tho finely -commi-
nutcd condition OF that which has recently been
IN grass; aud thon tito docaying grass and clover
roots give tho soil more porous or draiuabo !
2onditson to admit Of the yapor OF ,sator, which
'VAtor must pass down through tue soil III orilor
hat it may pnrt with it's plnnt-food and the iu-
lnmorable small roots serve to make up this de-
31EAUlo condition..
Taking this view of tba R,,htaot. ,ya nuat no,t !
consider the nropretv of sn nyro,'c;nr onr cro,,u
hat corn and the small grains ma5 MI aItornnto
With grass The Britial, fapmsr nr;tos Ii,nsni5
With q rotation. nay Of fiyn or sevon yna1a i,
Which wheat oats iarov. tupnns 'o az y9A11. nrosa ~
aIo their turns. ami IN vh;cI, H. craaa as,a
10 most important mart. Hnra ,va have ri IL
oru IN nlaco Of trrn;ns and wbioi, uu ,n,,, 1ho o
onsidored tio leading stnnie 1ho for,nar vii III
ud it to lis ndyaufapo to 20 nrranra lila i,eiIa
Int one-hnlf Of bis corn-land or NJ, aran onmai 9
0 1t, 1nny bo seeded to grass annually. and = tra
uautity be brokon up oacl spring to be nlantai
i corn. This is '
THE Tpnn norArrou
, tha nanaeomant of ta cor, cro, y, .,,,. ,u..t
nr,, -yo,o ~ '4e va 1A'o :" 'u'e sione
Va INV mimi tbo mr., o,, +,,o ..,o~,-,ona
,llow With wincT.whcat hv sv aos;,n a,1aa' tha
,antl;nr corr md dri;',y 4 sa I.p
ns boob so,nawhat fn,ln,yad hrt ro1a mIce tnat
10 beat Or what ~ nnro W. cotpnon puon, y noe .
uthorn nart nf In atato 49, ~ aa,.. a. as sno
mor nIace tha alo"s +; 1870 Wv ~. eoiu ~ oeP
;,,tar.wEo"t rocti,, ~, - H. iomn, n.a 20" tno
Iior ta t,rn,,u - 2r ou wv Golnstupp!o anu
,ste a }omIeI f,oro H., tJ toia otu, ', onu1 nIr-
,ot;n - nan'Su H. tto slo nola. Iho only o.
,rn n.stall,R stnol In tho ahonF. . h1t ~ ~