Richland beacon., 1875-06-19

wise have better opportunity for
changes, and a practical system Of
rotation. Lands soWn in wheat this
fall should also hc put in clover and
left to lie one wear ~ C'rrrr lrHjpW
paStrjay. This | know is grca,
SacriHcc to some farmers, and calls
for sclf-denial but the result viii he
ample reward from increase Of crops
of corn cotton or pchcH, after clover,
which should be piowed under in the
fail, (carly.D Wheat will not bring
"a much money 10 the acre as cotton,
but the profits, real gains, are better
owing TO less labor being required
and also, wheat lrssrns very much
the "supply bill'' To he paid out ot the
cotton crop. Oats, aS Il crop, pay as
well, if not better, than wheat, bur,
bv SoiEc, are considered cXhanStIng
to the soil, and clover and grasses do
not take well sown with oats. The
amount of weeds aud grasses, that
come up after oats, have been taken
of, if pIOwcd under early. before frost,
will give very good maturing to
the land aud it will make better crops
Of corn or cotton after the cats, than
if planted in corn or cotton.
Clover Is most valuable renovatOr,
and need, only 10 be dealt with
properly, to make ample returns tor
loss of active use of land Bat it is
worse than folly to expect Clov"r to
! ihrIve in this section under the hOOf-
aad nippcrs of cattle and horses. 1t
NAV be sown Oh land separately, or
( on wheat, either in fall or iii January
and February. | sow - To IA
pounds seed to the acre. When it
takes well, ample yield OF good hay
may be cut the first year ; first crop
cut your hay, second growth left for
shade, seed aud To enrich soil Where
it is designed to improve the land, as
sooD as tie second grotch has n,dturcd
seed, turn under the whole growth.
The seed come up, and the new seed
thus pIowed under keep up the
stand Of clover And by this pro-
cess of cutting the spring crop for
hay, and turning under the fall crop,
one restores the land aud gets COM
pensation for labor When desirable
wheat may be sown after the clover
is ploughcd in-sOw wheat and har-
row.
Attention is invited also to the
great Southern rcnovalIng crop-at
the same time Il most paving crop-a
crop that will give you double profits
ID crop that asks you IL do aS YOU
DO, scratch Your land and half work,
and it will grow and yield abundant
harvesls-s crop that acclimated in
more ways than one-acclimatcd be
cause ii grows in any Suil-acciimatcd
because it has got used TO the indolen,
"slip shod" farmers ways-does no,
ask deep tillagc nor rich soil. Cal
your attention to this crop, and ash
YOU seriously to consider its vas
. Importance as a paying investment
As one promising health and vigor t,
your poor, wasted lands-as promis
ing fatness 10 your starving stock--a
, the cheapest, best, surest renovato
of our iields-as one all can get, grow
, aud use. refer to the field or stocl
; pea. As fertilizer it has no superi
. or, for while it yields ample conpen
. sa,ion for labor and land rent, it doe
: double work of making aud applyin;
manure As forage crop. all kind
of stock eat 1t with avidity. Fo
3. forage plant on good land, in rows >
feet, drill peas. give one good work
Z ing. When peas mature gather lev
: for seed. and before frost, cut vine
and stack, or put in pens well covered
for stock. As a fertilizer | plan
h same way even on poorest land-be
r eore frost, after gathering mature peas
v turn under vines with good team an
i plonyh. Repeat the same year aite
=. wear until the land is as rich as dc
f. sired say, then, that in the pc
q we have the surest. cheapest fertillze
E in the world. And as crop fo
a rotation, IL VIII lolIOW any oihcr,
?. any other crop will do well after II.
4 1t will be observed we Eave here
; beginnng-two points in the neede
e reform-reSt and rotation BY hay
!. ing plenty Of hay and other s'ron
.S forage, less corn will be ne 'dcd-b
n having wheat and oats, you can ais
" have very good summer pastures
\. Tins, having less need for corn yo
II can, if 81 inclined, lessen your acrea :
y in corn, aud not rclrcnch in cotton
. though the reform needed and beln
% wrought out will lessen the acreag
:, of cotton in West Tennessee N. |
n BuND, before Bartlett Grange, Bartlett
,r Tenn.