The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-09-24

land can never be made to produce pay
ing crops Of wheat or barley unless a
heavy dressing of clay lie spread oyer
the land and afterward thoroughly
incorporated with the soil, which
would be an outlay that the re-
turns would not warrant. On sttch
land the proprietor should study adapta-
ton. If the soil consists largely of
heavy loan, or is composed of several
kinds OF soil, with a large portion cal
carcous clay, grain of all sorts may be
raised with profit. Or grass, stock and
some grain may be produced at the same
time. Heavy land may be used as grass
land quite as protitably and often more
SO than light land. The error consists in
attempting to produce certain crops on
light land which can be raised with sat
isfactory profit only on heavy soils.
Hence it will be perceived that an excel
lent rotation of crops for one farm and
for one section of country would not be
properly adapted to other sections where
the character of the soil is different. 1t
will require critical observation on the
part of an intelligent tillcr of the soil for
several successive seasons before he will
be able to determine with satisfactory
certainty what crops are we'll adapted to
his land and what crops cannot bc raised
with profit.
Certain writer's have asserted that
wherever abundant crops of red clover
will grow wheat and barley and other
cereals will grow" Wheat, rye and bar
ley will grow, it is true, where rcd clover
will flourish. But the product will not
always be paying crop. Every farmer,
by exercising his good judgment in
this regard, may soon determine whether
he is cultivating such crops as arc most
congenial to his particular soil.
The most successful farmers of our
country feel satisfied that mixed hus-
bandry constitutes the most profitable
farm management, especially where the
soil is considered rather light for pro-
ducing fair crops of grain. The question
then arises, shall sheep be kept in con
ncction with the cultivation of grain TO a
limited extent? Or will the land be bet
ter adapted to dairying? There is great
profit in raising sheep and in producing
wool; and SO there is satisfactory profit
in keeping cows, whether the milk is en-
ploycd for making butter or cheese or
sold to dealers in milk. If one chooses
to keep either cows or sheep on light
land it will be necessary to pillow the
ground occasionally for the purpose of
developing the fertility, cxtcrminating
weeds and rcsceding. Hence it will bc
advisable to raise grain of some sort. If
land will produce abundant crops of
good grass, Indian corn, oats and flax
may be raised with profit. In numerous
instances the oats or corn raised on one
acre will be worth more than the guam
tity of wheat that could be produced on
t1vn IF t1o 1,sr,I nf
If a man is a .judicious manager, and his
soil is of light, mucky and peaty char
actcr, sheep of the right sort, in conncc-
ton with some corn and oats, will be
found the most profitable system of hus::
bandry that can be adoptcd.-Neo York
Observer.
To KEEP AWAY BEDBUGs.-Dilute oil
of sassafras with water, sprinkle the
sheets with it and the bugs will leave in
Il hurry. Oil of pcnnyroyal is also excel