The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-04-08
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For Che NrHn.
Rotation Of Crops.

h0GauOn OF Crops
"Clodhopper" well says, 1--WE may be
held responsible for the impoverishment Of
the soil" Without discussing the punish
mont meetsd out to the trausgrossor in the
great hereafter, we may apply the doctrine
Of Univsrsalism in its brOadsst sense, to
this Hiu, or rather TO its punishment, as We
90 along through this world, however
avsrse We may be TO It's general application,
as q hell generator 10 punish oil our sins aH
We go RlOng, thereby doing away with the
credit system Of puni6hmsnt in the great
hereafter. But the rotation Of cropB
recommended, will as surely bring the 80
much dreaded poverty to the soil and itH
posBsssor, as It i5 persisted in. Talk Of
enc crop Of clover, one Of corn, and one Of
wheat, keeping up the fertility Of the Ssil.
We need not 60 into any chemical analy-
sis Of the clover stalks and rOOts in one
crop, and q large per cent. Of that taken OF
the ground, either by moving or PAsturing,
balancing against 76 or 80 bushels Of corn
per acre, aud from 10 10 80 bushels Of
wheat, which are moderate crops for No.
land. II you would leave every blade Of
clover that can grow on the ground, to be
plOwod undsr, you will gradually impOv-
oriSh your land until you can scarcely cot
clover on 1t at all.
can sit on my Veranda now, and look
over old fields that were once fertile, that
to-day won't pay for tending without pay,
ing taxes and interest on Investment. One
of my nsighbors has farmed on that prinoi-
pie for twenty years. He left some time
since for the West, probably from one tC
two thousand dollars worse than when be
commenced, and the old farm worth ten
dollars per acre less than it was twenty
years ago, caused by eternal scratching.
Save ne from such an agricultural pordi
ton as that as / 60 along. We would say
TO the farmers Of our county olOUsTj and
never under any circumstances plow th'
crop under two years and leave it stand av,
or six IL you can. Don't pasture il to th,
earth with the cattle and sheep and then
turn in the geese to pict out the roots. Lei
it seed the hrst year. II you cut it for seed
there viii be plenty shattoF Of to seed Il
for years. Put on plenty Of timothy seed
It helps to hold tho clover to the ground
aud prevents freezing out. Don't get dis
oouragad II you have q poor stand, OF 4
freezes out badly, as is the Osss this winter
Let your ground lie two years, It win bring
something, and pay all the better wheI
you do break Il.
Remember under the old Jewish dispsn.
aation tho land every seventh year had
Jubilee, as well as the servant aud bis mas
ter. Our land never gets an entire rest
but II We can give It partial one, two o.
three years, to every two crops Of grain
the valley Of the Nile WON'T surpass oui
crops, and We win be able to see verified
the truth Of poor Richards maxim, viz
''To spend one penny day less than tby
clear gains, then will want not opProa
thee, nor hunger bite, nor naksdncas froosl
thee. Thou wilt not pocket an insult bo
cause the hand that oaerH Il wears q rims
set with diamonds. Thou wilt feel sbynsl
q man and walk upright"
BnUTUa.
FoHusT HOnH, April lth, 1885