Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-02

ward manure stands at the head Of the
list; bat its supply is necessarily limited.
Aside from the unreliability Of some com
mercial fertilizers, their use 10 large guam
titles is too expensive for average farm.
ers. The cheapest method available 10 all
is the practice of green manuring. Ihaye
usually resorted to clover as the best crop
10 raise for this purpose. OF late, howev-
er, clover growing has been rather uncer-
tain, leading me to Investigate the results
Of other green crops for use in similar
way.
My success has been very gratifying in
sowing corn, oats, buckwheat or rye, for
plowing under, instead of clover. For
this purpose | use one or the other OF the
crops, according to the time Of the year,
for sowing, and taking into the oalcula-
tion the length of time the crop should oc-
eupy the land. All these crops, however,
could be grown and plowed under within
the time required for growing the one crop
of clover In this consists the main ad-
vantage OF their use over clover as a reno
waiting crop.
OF the crops above mentioned / SOW
corn or buckwheat for summer growth,
resorting to them only occasionally, as by
reason of the failure of some regular farm
crop in its course. Rye or oats can often
be sOwn in August or September, after the
harvesting of regular crop, with ample
time for growing a heavy crop for green
manuring the land before the latter is
wanted for the next regular farm crop.
For this purpose, Immediately after har-
vest, l take all the stubble-ground that is
not seeded to clover, cutivating it so as
to SOW rye or oats; the former il 1t is not
TO be plowed under until the following
spring, the latter if only a fall growth is
desired. For late sowing, oats will make
u much heavier and quicker growth than
any other grain, the cool, moist fall wealth
or appearing to favor il. After harvesting
any piece OF early corn or potatoes, re-
SOW the ground again as soon as possible,
with some crop for green manuring With
my regular field crop l often SOW rye, at
the last time Of cultiyating the corn, the
rye often growing so rank after the corn is
taken of, as to need fall pasturing to keep
it down properly. u, H..
Such seeding as Is recommended above
will cost but a trife, since the waste Of
any stubble-lot is half enough to re-seed
II. After potato digging, especially, the
ground will need very little more tillage.
In the case OF the corn-feld, there only re-
mains the expense Of seed and sowing rye.
In all these operations the extra tillage re-
quired is more than repaid by dressing the
land OF all weeds and thistles at time Of
the year when they will die readily. Again,
the soil is put in a light and porous condi-
tion for receiving and being benefited by
the fall rains. Finally, the growing Of
any Of these crops in the manner described
more than repays the light attendant ex-
pense, though the preoccupation OF the
land with clean, luXuriant growth, in
stead Of permitting it to lie bare or ooou-
pied with some foul growth, which can on
ly be a damage TO the lands. need not
add-that which will be admitted by all
intelligent farmers-the plowtng under Of
heavy Vegetable growth from any Of
these crops will DO Of great benefit 10 the
Lands thus treated.
IMPROVE THE FARM.-If the farmer i'm
proves his farm he improves his financial
condition. The more valuable he makes
II, the more his capital stock is increased;
the larger will be his returns, and when
he dies, the larger will be the palrimony
he leaves his family, Fix up the old home
then, Clean out the fence corners. De-
stroy the noxlous weeds. Grub ont the
hazel and thistle. Burn out the stumps.
Clean off the logs and stones. Make a
paradise on earth of your farm, for are you
not to live on IL while you remain on earth,
and will not your family lYe on it when
you lie in yonder graveyard? Plant out
young orchards, so that your family may
enjoy the good fruit that you had the fore
sight and energy to provide for them.
A Maine farmer gives the following
opinion as TO the best position TO plant an
orchard; "Were to plant an orchard
and had two loealions-one in valley
surrounded by hills, excepl on the south
side, and The other on high elevation ex-
posed 10 high winds--I would choose the
latter IN preference to the former The
same holds good in regard TO peach orch
ards. great object is TO keep back the
bloom AZ long us possible, aud this can
best be done IN northern exposures with
out shelter" a.