The Osceola times., 1878-06-29
How Rich Land should Re.

This is a common question, and IL
means much more than is usually sup-
posed. The answer is clear: Land shou d
be Just rich enough to grow the best
crops What is over this is loss in the
interest and in the manurial properties
that escape, as nitrogen, the best OF
them, will. There may therefore be too
much fertility. But 81 me crops require
more than others, like corn, the grasses,
and forage crops in general. Nots with
the grains, which may be too stout, 30
| as to lodge or grow, As they are apt 10,
more straw in proportion than berry.
Yet the grains (wheat in particular will
bear considerable enrichment-nuch
more than they get. After learning, by
test, what kind OF manure the land
wants, and the manure of the farm usually y
answers the purps,-the application be
comes only a matter OF quantity, and
the gauge may be maintained by a proper
rotation, using, il enough can be made
(which can with proper management, },
only isrmyard manure, and what the
farm furnishes in sod, green crops, etc
IL thus becomes an easy matter to push
the crops as desired. The question q sIises,
to what extent they shall be pushed, and
not leave to large a surplus IN the land.
As | said before, just enough 10 grow
the best crops, as land may be too ricn
or too poor to realize profits. This always
leaves portion in the soil, enough to
q We the necessary balance and texture.
This il not a very large amount. For
instance. a poor soil that barely pays
expenses, given good coat OF manure,
properly applied, 40 that the top ground
where the roots are gets the benefit Of II,
aill pay all expenses, including the
manure, with something over besides,
depending on how cheap the manure was
obtained, while the land has still some
lett of the application, which is the
commencement OF the improvement,
making, with the same amount OF man
ure in the second crop, a better yield,
with still further improvement IN the
land. Here is profit IRON the crop, and
increased value OF the land. AT this
rate it does not take many years to bring
up the land to q high state OF ertihty.
But is this advisable Evidently not, NJ
it leaves tGo much unused enrichment in
the soil. The course is TO manure
enough to grow the most Profitable
crops, and no mere. This is &c c.nomy
IL still ke ps the soil in good mechani-
cal condition, with small waste OF the
nitraies, the crop taking up what is
needed, leaving to the soil its share,
kept up, not exceeded. by what excess
in spplirstion is demanded to supply the
waste. In this way lees manure and
more benefit will result.
1t is fine way of farming, bringing
up the land with comparatively little
outlay, and at the same time realizing
large yields with increased profit through
the economical uss of the manure. The
poorest land thus becomts an object OF
interest. 1t is the true means OF reno
vating our New England farms, with
their admirable markets for all kinds OF
produce, and adapted to mixed husband
ry. With the advantage derived from
keeping manure at the urface, 50 as to
get it's full benefit before it disappears
in the depth OF the soil, and get it at
once, realizing thus an additional saving,
with corresponding reduction in the
expense OF manure (amOunt) Of manure
ohi bhC iaoOi III q hVW Ci n III
farming has dawned which Is slowly but
surely ievoiutionizing the old wasteiul
method of burying beyond resurrection.
Itnow only needs care in saving and
properly applying. But much indeed
sll-is depending upon the manner in
which this is done To put the manure
in heaps, and leave it there for time, is
a twoiold loss-a loss of labor and the
strength OF the msnure-and il left for
long time, the loss of manure will be
great. and its strength will be uneveHly
distributed, some places, where the
heaps were getting too much, the rest
not enough. Let 1t be remembered that
it is manure. the coarse material of the
farin, on which the profit OF the farm de
pends, and that it accordingly requires
careful management, so as to avoid
waste, not only in the stable and around
The barn (using sbsorbents and protec.
tion). but on the field, in he application
and the amount given.-Cowtry Gentle
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