Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-05-21
IRON the Maine F.rme.
CIorer az n Fertilizer.

+ f. Psrkhurst wants to know If the
farmers Of Maine can probably iertiiize
their lands with clover and on this mat
Ter I thought would give NY experience
For a period of6fty years or more, have
lad experience with clover as a fertilizer,
aud Il IL is properly managed, It Is the
cheapest way our land can be manured.
II you had an endless pile Of manure that
YOU could 20 to and haul four loads day,
the same labor would plough and re-seed
but by - doing you have got TO have your
land fenced into small fields. Every acre
of pasture in Maine ought to carry one
sheep. two lambs and one COW at least II
We should plow our old messy pastures
and seed them TO clover without any grain,
in two seedlings they would be as good as
they were when the land was first cleared
Now if any one disputes this they will
6nd me at Hampden ready to show them
that II l. 30.
have sowed two acres OF winter wheat
and am going 10 SOW spring wheat enough
TO DO my part TO stop the importation OF
-four into the State, and other crops enough
to pay for my corn, and keep as many cat
tie on the other part of my pasture a. any
one in town on the same number OF acres.
BesidesI will say to-" Reader that | have
sown clover and fenced it in, but nave
found that il Is better TO use 1t FOR feed TO
make into beef, mutton, wool and milk.
Since | have been writing this have
seen some Of my neighbors and told them
that | should call on them next simmer
when the crop was growing and show them
that these things are so. | shall call on j
+ Triboro, j A. Ware, |. y Mayo. ii.
Wood, d. Brown, ). Rogers, A Nealey,
and others. and show them that there Is
enough 10 our Maine sol 10 til it and grow
better without any fertilizer whatever |
will Show Them land that have renovated
with clover, and feeding and the extra feed
paid all the expense OF blowing, seeding
fencing aud draining. Now all you have
got 10 10 when you want TO SOW n piece Is
to take you team and pillow SOW your seed,
aud the laDd Is all fenced in. drained and
MANFRED. | know there are objections to
this, but you 20 there and you will at once
see how 1t is done The clover roots run
down deep into the subsoil, and if you
would Just notice how they will grow in a
dry time; the roots rot in the ground and
the cattle ana sheep drop the manure and
urine on the land. You At once get a sward
al there is TO do then is to turn it over,
and when you turn one sward under there
Is another turned up | will show you
land that | managed in this way and
snapped II tor run out land, and the run
out land Is now better than that which
exchanged | would like 10 have you tell
me where you are going to get the manure
10 bring up your old run out land? Just
take your pencil aud see how many cords
Of manure IL would take more than YOU
make. \. YOU have 20, to DO when you
get piece o, new land into grass is to take
i, for feed, and keep two COWS where YOU
now keep three, and take the income Of
four. Can't you see you do not have to
cut the hay?
l have never heard Of any one manag.
in IN the way [ have laid down except
ny father and myself If you have never
tired It now do you know it is not 50 ?
1t seems TO me when you can fnd one
who has had experience Of more than fifty
years and will 90 with you on to the
ground and show YOU the crops growing,
and then show you the difference of your
old fields, 1t ought to have some effect in
changing the minds Of farmers. Tell ne
what you could do to 90 intosyOu old
fields and sow wheat without manure