The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-06-24
HILLSBORO HIGHLAND E24

Shall We Have Permanent Pastures 2
No farmor works merely for the poetry
there is in the actual drudgery, but most
for the bread and butter the toll supplies.
"Clodhopper" alias "a. T.. J. O." recommends
all to have part Of the farm set apart for
permanent pastures, aud claims that il re-
quires from FIVE to ten years TO set a good
pasture 6old. Viewing It in a bread and
butter point, there is one kind of land that
should be put in pasture at any cost. and
never broken under any circumstances.
Where it lies so rolling that IL will wash
when cultivated, frequent plowiugs soon
render IL worthless. The beauty Of many
parts Of Pennsylvania and West Virginin
are their steep hill sides, carpeted with rich
vordure, and dotted with cattle and sheen.
Nothing would induce a thrifty farmer to
plough them. The money is in the rich
grasses, and Is no less so I'm Southern Ohio.
But the question comes up TO those who
obtain bread and butter for wife and child
rem from fifty to one hundred and fftv
acres Of level and tilable land; can I make
itpay with permanent pasture, that requires
from five to ten years to set?
First, no land will stand constant and
continued pasturiug without becoming inn
poverishod if not kept up with fertilizers.
Then, will it pay to buy fertilizers to keep
up pasture fields from which every five
years you can obtain three crops of clover
and timothy, one Of corn, and one of wheat:
aud at the same time increase the fertility
of your soil? (Wesay wheat, for ono good
crop Of wheat has more money value than
any two crops of oats you can grow, and if
you want bread let barley ulone.) This
simple question, anyone who can raise corn
can answer for themselves.
But another article, quoted from Tie
ohio Farmer, recommends sowing clover
alone, emitting the timothy, as it is
claimed to be so poor a fertilizer, and
addueos the grand results in New York, by
plowing under clover. No one will ques-
tion the value Of plowing clover under TO
fertilize the soil, but when we need the
clover crop to pay the debts aud keep the
wolf from the door, and can enrich our
soil at the same time, we can't afford to
plow it under.
But the misleading part Of that article is
applying the rule to our latitude as that of
New York and Michigan. Here it requires
timothy, and grass Of any and every de-
scription, to prevent our clover freezing
out, while there, wheat nor clover never
freeze out or heave up. To prevent any
Misunderstanding, it might be we'll to re-
mark that these articles are not intended
for gentlemen farmers, who pursue tae
occupation for the love Of it, and lave
plenty Of money to spend; it is none of the
writer's business how they spend t.. But
to those who compel mother earth to yield
them a support, you can't afford to let
manure lie idle in the barnyard, while it
can be made to assist in growing two crops.
You can't afford to buy fertilizers to keep
up permanent pasture on land that can be
made to produce grain and grass, and at
the same time increase in productivenoss.
You can't AFFORD to SOW grass, that requires
from five to ten years to mako a good set,
when clover and timothy can be made to
produce three tons to the acre, the FIRST
year after sowing. If any Of you can, let
us know. BRUTUs.
FoREsT HOME, June 18th, 1885.