The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-05-16

"N*'Ft4t'i|9 ~ 3 e 'AHz9 y Ati.AA s*t*~.,
- he 1sa.S' & she 10th instant We
ssp.sd from ono Il our exchanges lhe
following pafsssaph
CAS- Is ereen nanafinn. Of all The plants
nDaa & % be compared % {
clover This every extensive wheat grower
knafz tad uses We have kneNRbnck wheat,
(which for blowing undef "a oextto clover IN
its good effects, various other grasses, and
even maize two OK three feet high, q 30
turned under bal .lhe latter, Is every ono
might suppose, sonred tha land and rendered
Il unrrodneilvc until q good coat Of lime had
siine % show It's effects. z
A worthy and intelligent farmer Of our
county. who does not believe IN the prac.
tice recommended ID this article, sends Us
the following Is his eideasN on the sub
jeei but mot for publication, for fear be
might be thought insane We know bis
modesiy - well a. his worth, and would
ssy that II there is any breach Of conf
denee IN publishing bis views, We shall
have y take the consequences, feeling sare
that our readers will stand b. to defend rs
from all blanle ii the matter. The writer
quotes aud then comments
sAs to green manaring. Of all the plants
recommended none Is % be compared 70
clover This every extensive wheat grower
knows and uses
Every wheat grower 10 America, il
should have said Every wheat grower in
England knows no such thing and pFac-
tees no such thing, and l believe it Is
admitted that more wheat, % tho acre, is
grown 10 that country than in any other.)
He knows be can get very good wheat
after clover under any and Ill circumstan-
ces, even when the clover has been closely
grazed, still hetter wheat when the clover
has been moved once for hay and grazed
the rest Of the summer. He also knows
be can get still better wheat swhen the
clover has been moved twice for hay.
But be knows he can get the rry best II
AZ when the clover hus stood for seed, and
the whole years prpduee taken Oh the land
No wheat grower IN that country ever
fhiuks Of blowing in clover, not that he
thinks i would hurt his following wheat
crop, but that il would kiu1 his pocket,
and Art his clover stack, and ksf his
manure heap, made Ii that yard where his
clover stack would be consumed, or used
for bedding, if the clover stood for seed.
ave have known buckwheai (Which for
blowing under IS next TO clover 10 its good
ellectl--f
can readily believe good crop Of
wheat could be grown after buckwhcat
But would that be 80 from the blowing
under, or because the cereal pkcai delights
in following, broad-eased plant. All
the cereals or narrow-leased grasses, such
as corn, wheat, rye, barley, oats and timo-
thy, grow luxuriantly after broad-leayed
plants, such as clover, buckwheat, peas,
beans. rape, tuFnip, tobacco and many
Others. pretend NOS to explain, or even
know, why this Is 50, but practice and OBJ
sersation confirm it on every hand. If,
sir, you would take the trouble to walk
along Port Tobacco Valley from the Ware
house to the Min Of Dir. Cox, where the
land is uniformly good, you would see
several fields now in wheat, every one Of
which, last summer, was part tobacco and
part corn. The wheat growing on the
corn land looks only tolerable, while that
on the tobacco land really splendid. At 4
Cedar Hill there Is now the finest piece
Of wheat | ever saw in any country, and It
is after twoscrops Of tobacco IN immediate
succession And yet all these heavy
crops Of tobacco were Immediately taken
OF the land, at least / never heard Of any
Of them being ''turned under
Various other grass, and even maize two
or three feet high, 10 DC turned Under; but
the latter, as every one might suppose, soured
the land and rendered i unprodnctiye.n
Rendered il unprodactiye, certainly
Of cereals, but not Of broad-leayed plants.
|, for one, could not suppose that the
blowing 10 Of maize would '.sourr the land,
whatever that may mean. II has always
been said that the stalk and leaf Of maize
contain sugar, and sugar Is thought to be
an antidcte 20 sourness, especially Ia goose
berry pie, what it may be in land il is
hard to say. But should | ever become
convert to burying valuable crops, which
| certainly shall not, corn would be the
very thing | should employ tor that
purpose, seeing that four times the weight
could be produced in one quarter Of the
time.
What better proof could there Be ofthe
delusion Of blowing in green crops than
this failure, and the lame attempt to ex-
plain il By sourness, a term, when applied
to land, that no one can really understand
The fact is, ailer cereal, cereal docs not |
delight % grow, but after broad-leaf plants |
cereals flourish to the full extent Of the
goodness OF the land aud the goodness Of
the farming, and rice rersa.
Ifany farmer having piece Of clover, |
uniform, both in clover aud quality. Of
land, will NOV piece twice aud by the |
side Of il pillow in the whole summers
grouth--if he shows the best wheat on the
latter, il would. in part. contradict my as
sertions. But / am sure shall never see
any such thing Port 1obacco Times.