Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-01-20
FALL ror.DRESsING GRASS LAND

Dountry Geniicmanl
The bencdt % top-drcssiug grass lAni
ln the fau ls conceded. a. the grass takes
up thc manure readily N docomposci, and
th1s forms a islDic coat of grown grass
aui manure fof protection daring The win.
ter. Ani believe lt has not been proved
that any ioss % mAnurc has been sustained
% washing uut
Asto applying manure on plowed land
lnteuici o. 1c pat ln in The spflng, some
have exprrsscl d0ubt a. % whether The
rains ani mritri SHOWS would not carry
tnc strvngih below the reach of the roots
the coming season. ami. In drained soil,
remove li They refer, A. their authofliy,
o. The experiments male Al ko;hAmsted,
wherc tac dralns showed the loss of MI
rates Washci from the soil They fAil -
consider that the rk,nfAll i much greater
la EugiAni thAn here. There may DC some
loss hcfo also In rainy season, BAT sci.
dom. n ever. during the winter, when the
earth l. Usually ice -bound, AMI the snow
water l. carried away BY The streams
". J y holds % fAl mAugrlng Ani rec
ommeni. 10. especially on land where po-
totocs are o. bs grown the year following,
gIylng Instances u its bcnedt over land
shcrc mAnurc wAs applied ln The spring
10 Is precisely my experience, AM Win
gooi reason. A. The rOots Of THIS pant le
deep. or shouli; moreover. ani u besi
o. turn The top.sol down deep 10 The
spring. The greedy roots taxing care that
i.t,ie of none of the strcugtA Is lost When
I drst expcf. aen,sd In this way, hAd my
doubts A. O. whether some, n not consii-
cradle part. of The mAnarc would not Dc
lost. thrown A. the maurcd soil wAs on The
raw soil below. Bat with the fall Applica-
ilon AMI the burYing of tar enriched top
so.i In thc spring there WAS apparently no
luss. Instead. therc wAs an increase 10
thc Yield. thc sire and sOuntncss % the
tubcrs. surpassiug All other treatment
anf furthermore, This same ground, sler
growing such q crop, would. without iar-
thcr mAuuring, produce other subsequent
crops a. fuil growth, such A. corn, straw
berries, an tomatocs, and no doubt any
farm crop coult have been grown equally
we'll Thus the one Application has served
the purpose u growing several good crops
iu A. many years.
The interesting question here arises,
was the manure that fci these c-ops TIE
actua manure given The soil In this one
app cation. the quantity of which wAs 10
tended d bc al the soil would hold % the
bs.t advantage II 80, the rcteutve pow
81 of the soil must have been sufficient %
prevent much llf any lOss, which Is cutie
PROBABLE. But 10 i also probable that a con.
siderable quantity OF new plant food SAs
obtalncd from the soil, through The action
OF The manure on the crude material This
In whatever quantity. will not BE- lost 10
the soil. being a mineral manure, nor viii
there be a loss Of interest while remaining
In the soil IL would.
therefore, seem % DC an Advantage 10 ma
uure heavily. rather than lightly, or only
10 Sufficient quantity 10 grow fair 10 good
crop.. l. there not here q hint that might
De- an advantage % gardeners and farmers
Who cultivate small Areasi Instead OF an
uual mAnuring, would not maximum sup
ply. iAsting longer, be preferAblef
There seems % be = tendency IN this de
rectlon. Manure l. also more pl0wed IN
Der now than for some years past, and u
seems with encouraging results. OfcOurse
this applies only % land having q good
proportion OF clay; In light sandy soil II
would not be safe, though In sandy loan,
II well charged with humus, II probably
would De. Good results have been Oo-
talncd la such soil, the effect OF the man
ore lasting for years; bot Il Is sooner ex'
hAusted than In clay soil, where Indeed u
seems % remain. without much regard 10
time. tiil vegetation removes H. Free ma
uuriug and mAnurlng In the fall, and The
pl0wlng under and mixing OF manure with
the sOii, seems % be the coming practice
that i % superceie surface msnuring on
land under The plow. @.
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