Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-07-07

BIT THOMAS CALLAHAN.
Flow, n possible. for al sprine osops
late in the fall or esrly In, shs winssr.-
This has been fsund 10 b . great nd
vantage In the North and it = . nocos-
sity here. The object Of fall plowipg 10
70 aid the rain and ftost In palvssixing
the coil. and - the frose = nes %
strong here a. 10 - fArshes North. is
needs more help to do ias work. fns
insects have become accnstomod % the
ways Of the country, and wheo they
get five or six inches into the Rround.
they feel AL safb until the next speinR.
Ges after them late iu the lAIl, ana 1e
will suon appear that the salno and
frcsts are..puiverizng the ell. inslnding
the bugs. 80 ~ clf'sl70
Do not permit any ssock to run IN
the plowed ground during the Water.
and you need mot plow II again In the
spring. Harrow lt, or run . culsivnooe
over it. The ground Will draia sooner.
and thus can be planted earlier.
II any one y afraid 70 try thee
things. let him try little at lint.
Let-him thoroughly plov and bull
tongue his garden ia the fhll. II he
wants 20 plant . patch Of early potn-
toes, let him completely break that up
i'm the fall, and Thoroughly manure
both Ii and his garden, and n,
he has q lot which he wishes % - IN
vines or fruit trees lse him 70 I'm his
level best on that.
Thin 10 not mere talk. The growth
Of plants, ss well - men esd animals,
is q question Of food supply. The rot
lets Of plants and trees 60 TO the bottom
Of the loose soil: Any man can - that
ny Avx<l IT, -
four inches deep, IL will fnd more In
twelve. Thus Its growth viii be in-
creased, it will bear drouth and mois-
ture better, aud more sesd can be sown
or planted on IN acre. Besides ali this,
when a man buys or rents . lot Of
ground, he buys or rests the land al
the way through. II he has but twen-
ty acres, does he not own the next
twenty right under it, just as well -
the surface? II he wishes to work
twenty acres more land than he has
occupied hitherto, instead Of buying
twenty acres on some place bestde him,
let him go for the twenty lying right
below him. swiil find it bought and
paid for. cleared, and fenced, and NO
more tax than he had to pay before.
He will save his legs and his shoes, for
he II working forty acres while he only
walks over twenty. r So
By n judicious systsm ef suhsoiling
one third of the land each year, thsso
need be no dimcuity IN very few years
in obtaining . good working soil eigh-
ieen inches deep. This would mako
his twenty acres equal sixty 10 st pres-
ent cultivated, and the yield win - In
In order % do this, 20 may
be necessary to divide farms and ssll .
part: but tie writer 10 Of the opinion
that it would be bstter fbr the county,
in the long run for FORMERS 10 select the
best portions Of their lands. Of ssch az
tent that they can cultivate them thor
Oughly, and leave the remainder 70
grow up In timber.
You mny depend upon it that " Q
stranger in passing over yeur ceustry
In the month Of June can zee In tvo or
three townships forty patchss OF nd
Ia all one hundred scrss
lin full bloom and hip high % . man,
Or ON the same territory two hundrssf
acres Of corn shoulder high and % gresn
that IL looks almost blue, the sight
would do more 20 recommend the
country than all the manifestoss Of land
speculators, railroad penny-a-iiusrs, or
State boards Of immigra ton.
In addition TO this, there Win b .
iirect ssnent In other ways. The cli-
mate Of your country is Just what you
make IL. You will not y able % In
iuce organic disease in the lawn that
govern climate, bat you can produes
functional dsrangement, resulting In
very serious ooDsequspoeo % your
selves. In proportion - the percent
age Of timber 10 increased, o climate
becomes moro evenly, the extrUaDeo %
heat and cold are mot - great. In
this latitude there will b moro snow
in winter, and sumner droughts WI
be shortened. And. In the last plans.
there will be provision against . great
and coming need IN this eountry-a
dearth Of timber. The reckIsssnsss dis-
played In the destruction o5 timber &C
present going on In 60uthsest Aiseou-
II Is highly astonishing. Exhaustion
Ii not Development. ts