The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-07-04
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How Rich land should be

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This isa common question aud IT
'means much more than is usually sup
pose. The answer is clear; Land
should be just rich enough to grow the
best crops What is over this Is a loss
III the interest aud in the manurial proN
nerties that escape. ms nitrogen, the
best Of them. will There may there
fore be too ln',oh fertility. But some
crops require inufo than others, like
corn, the grasses, aud forage crops in
general Not so with the grains, which
may be too stout, 50 as to lodge or
grow as they are apt to, more atfaw IN
proportion than berry. Yet the grain3
\ (wheat in Particular will bear cousid-
erablc enrichment more Hhah
they get. After learning, by test. what
kind Of manure the lard waiiia, Flid the
manure Of the farm usually answers
the purpose--the application becomes
may he maintained by proper rota-
tiuu, using, if enough cnn be made
(Which can with proper management
only farmyard manu- G, and what tho
farm furnishes in sod, green crops, etc.
1t thus becomes an easy matter to push
the crops as desired. Tue question
arises, to what extent they shall be
pushed, and not leave too large a sur-
plus in the land As | have said, be
fore, just enough to grow the best
crops, as laud may be too rich or too
poor to realize the profits. This al
ways leaves in the soil, enough to give
the necessary balance and texture.
This is not very large amount. For
instance, poor soil, that barely pays
expenses, given good coat Of manure,
properly applied, 50 that the top ground
where the roots are, gets the benefit of
it, will pay all expenses, including the
manure, with something over besides,
depending on how cheap the manure
WAS obtained, while tho Iaud has still!
some left of the application, which is
the commencement oi the Improvement,
making with the same amount Of ma
nuro i'll the second crop better yield,
with still further improvement i'll tho
land. Here Is profit from the crop,
and increased value of The land. At
this rate it does not take mauy years tor
bring np the laid to a high state of
fertility. BAT is tfff4&l lyisable? Evi.
lently not, as it lea 50 a. much un-
used enrichment ID the soil. The
course is 10 manure enough to grow the
most profitable crops, .sARd no more.
I9ns is economy. 1t VA keeps the
Fsoil IN good lechanieai condition,
with small waste of the nitrates, the
crop taking up what is needed leaving
to the soil its share, kept up, NOT ex-.
ceeded. by what excess in applicatiS "
is demanded to supply the waste; In
this way less manure aud more benefit
will result.
1t is a fine way of farming, bringing
up tho land with comparativ ly little
outlay and at the same tino realizing
large yields with increased profit
through the economical uso Of the mas
nure. The poorest land thus becomes
an object OF interest. 1t is the true
obi act OF reuovaiing our new England
farms, with their admirable markets for
all kinds of produce, and adapted TO
husbandry With the advantage de-
rlyed from keeping manure at tue sur
tfaco so as to get Its full benefit before
it disappears in the depth of the soil,
and get it at once, realizing thus an adj
ditiona saving, with = corresponding
reduction in the expense Of manure
(amountl of manure and the labor III
handling it; newera i'll farming has
dawncd which Is s'owy but snrely rev
outionizing the old wasteful method Of
burying beyond resurre ;tion. 1t now
only needs IRE in saying and properly
applying. Bat much indeed all-is do
pending upon the mannerin which is
| done To put the manure in heaps,
| and leava it there fora time, is a two!
fold ioss-a loss of labor and the
strength of the III tnure--and il left for
long timA, the loss of manure, VIII
be great, and its strength will be un~
evenly distributed, some places, where
the heaps were getting too mucli,' the
rest not enough. Let it be remembered
that it is manure, the coarse material
of the farm, ON which the'protit of the
farm depends, and that it accordingly
requires careful management, SO as to
avoid waste, not only in the stable and
around the barn (using absorbents and
protection) but on the field, in the ap-
plication and the amount given.
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