Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-02-17

Now first crop and leave the sec
ohd TO shade the ground moving,
the second year, the first crop and
leave the second crop stand and plow
for wheat, or for corn.
The first difficulty is TO get the
| clover. If fortunate enough TO Sc
cure "A set, NOW the first crop the first
/ year and let the second lie on the
ground. The second year, cut off
first crop and leave second. Then
plow for corn.
Sow, in connection with other
! grasses, timothy mainly. The first
year NOV the first crop and put no
for feed, and if the seed is good take
it off. The second ycar-looking TO
meadows--mow the first crop and
/ pasture some afterwards.
Now it the first year and let the
after crop remain on the ground, pas
turing lightly only. The second year
pasture, leaving the after crop on the
land. Then plow for wheat. or for
corn. Feed 10 sheep and cattle and
not sell clover, and feed at home,
even il the price was $4,000 a ton.
Pasture the first year, but not too
close. The second year NOW the first
crop and let second crop remain and
turn it under for wheat. Stubble
/ again and calculate 10 get good set
Of clover from second crop. To get
the greatest benefit from the one crop
feed it.
Now the first crop the first year.
The benefit Of a crop of clover is in
feeding cattle and getting manure.
/ Would not NOV the second crop. and
never did until this season when he
/ cut IL for seed. The second wear.
would NOW the first crop and sell the
bay, returning the amount in fertil.
izer, and SOW in fall on wheat.
The roots have much more strength
TO let 1t remain over second wear.
Never NOW close, and the second
crop, unless very rank, neither NOW
nor pasture. The shade and mulch
furnished are among the great bene-
fits Of clover, and another is the deep.
penetrating roots. The feeding Of
clover TO cattle is among the sources
OF profit in clover. Q. Is it worth
more TO let second crop remain on
ground than to feed il? a. Yes.
Pasture first crop light when in
head, and second crop would not pas
ture at all. The second year NOW
first crop and plow down the second.
Where he has followed this plan
good crop the second year has always
been the result, and it improved that
land more than manure. Q. What
would it cut 10 the acrel a. From
two 10 two and half tons per acre.
q. Didn't it smother out the second
year! a. No; it came up thicker the
next year.
What was the result in former days
OF plowing down green crops of Glow
cry n. The early results we're good.
For several years after lining, how
ever, in plowing down clover we in
variably lost our wheat crops. q. How
do you account for it? q. Too much
vegetable matter, which made too
luxuriant growth Of straw. Q. What
was the effect on the land ? a. Its
fertility was increasing all the time
after we commenced lining. NV
father turned down rank growth of
clover, so rank it had 10 be narrowed,
but got no crop; whilst his next
neighbor pastured as close as he
could get bite, and had a good crop.
Nov the first crops oil both years,
if clover hay was worth my thing
like $4,000 per ton, at which price it
would pay as well 10 sell as to feed.
Let second crop grow up, and turn
under for wheat or leave il for corn.
Would get ground then well seeded
from the two crops. Doesn't see
where, by feeding, you can make
$1,000 per ton from 1t. Q. At what
price can you afford to feed clover
hayg a. At any time when under
$500. Q. Would 1t pay 70 buy
cattle TO feed hay at $l2.00 per ton 7
a. That depends upon price of stock
cattle. Don't put as high a value on
clover hay as some people do. Find
cattle do much better ON fodder.
IL the American farmer would