Morning journal and courier., 1880-09-04
SonrnaI allO Gmuier.
Saturday Morning, Sept. 4. 1880.
Local News.
ror other Local News see Second r.se.l
The Farmers Club.

Discussion the Rotation of Crops
 Other Matters Incidentally Considered.
 The New Haven County Farmers Club held their regular monthly meeting yesterday afternoon in Sheffield Hall President J. J. Webb was in the chair and the secretary, c. B. Foote was in his accustomed place. The attendance of farmers was very small, owing, no doubt, to the busy season of harvesting, which keeps the members at home. After this month the attendance will be larger, as the harvesting will have been completed and the .tiIlers of the soil" will be more at leisure.
 The subject under discussion yesterday was ''The Rotation of Crops" President Webb introduced the subject by reading ex- tracts from different writers, who had con sidered the matter of rotating crops. Con- tinuing, Mir. Webb said that corn did theb best on inverted sod. After grass he would make the second crop corn and then follow with rye or>oats, and with proper rotation he be- lieved that wheat could be raised. Until re- gently spring wheat was better crop than winter wheat. He thought bar ley was also 8 very valuable crop for farmers to raise. When follow corn with green crop like beets and man. gels, find the cornstalks and stubble give me great deal of trouble therefore I fol- low my green crops with corn, and the year following seed down with oats and barley or spring wheat. A question has been raised whether corn will do well after turnips l think if we use plenty of plaster and follow up with nitrogenous manure we can success fully follow the turnips with corn. The speakers idea was to change the rotation so as to have the corn crop not interfere with the rotation.
 Marvin OImstead inquired what the aver age yield of oats per acre was in this vicin- ity.
 MT. Webb replied that he had heard of forty bushels per acre being raised, but he had never succeeded in raising SO many. He thought thirty bushels per acre was good average crop.
 In reply to a question, MT. Webb said that potatoes could follow corn successfully, and vice versa.
 Mr. Street, of East Haven, said that so far as rotation of crops was concerned he had not been able to follow the system, as he de- sired to plant largely of potatoes. He had followed potatoes with potatoes, and turnips with turnips, and had experienced no special difficulty.
 Mir Webb said that two things were essen tial in rotation one of which was manure and the other labor.
 MT. Street said he had heard it said that Massachusetts was fifty years in advance of Connecticut in agriculture. E MT. Webb said this was not so unless they had advanced fifty years within the last three years He said the average in Connecticut would bear favorable comparison with Mas sachusetts Of course that part of Massa- chusetts lying in the Connecticut valley was very fertile, but this was not fair compari son for the entire State.
 c. B. Foote said he knew but little about rotation. He knew an old farmer who plant ed potatoes, then seeded down and followed with turnips sown broadcast. Mir Webb continued the discussion of TO- tation of crops, urging the advantages to be derived from such course. By a system the manufacturer was successful in business, and by 8 system the farmer can be success ful.
 The next meeting of the club will be held on the first Monday in October.