Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-22
FERTILITY.
Neglected Resources for obtaining Lug
urtAnf CroDs

Neglected Resource. for Obtaining Luz
urisnf Crops.
To improve farm that is rolling re-
quires something mixed with the soil to
hold it together to make a foundation
for manures hat NAV be applied and 10
keep it from washing, and for this busi-
ness there is nothing better than rye;
no other vegetable growth is better
adapted to all soils. sow in Septem-
ber. that it may get as good
fall growth as possible. In
the spring. as soon as it shows sign of
ripening. turn swine on and hog it
down" After the hogs have pretty
we'll eaten all the grain turn the straw
under; the remaining kernels will soon
sprout and bring on another crop. The
decomposing straw will give food to the
young growing rye and keep the ground
from washing. The next spring, after
the rye is two or three feet high. turn it
under and plant to corn. That fall cut
the corn and SOW wheat and in early
spring SOW clover seed on the wheat;
harrow first and then SOW is best While
taking land through the rye process
keep a lookout for manure.
Our stately forest proves that tedrss
are one of the most powerful fertilizers.
Heap them in large piles in the woods.
cover with loan; if loan be mixed all
through the pile the better. Thus cov-
cred the gases are held. These leaves
will be rich in plant food, when well
rotted, but would be better composted
with stable manure. Cover stable floors
= foot deep in the fall while these piles
are dry. They will absorb all the
liquid from the stock. Use of economy
in this way will give surprising guam
tity and value Of manure. Collect all
bones. large and small. into q vessel for
safe keeping. When winter comes and
you are burning sound wood, put in
boxes or barrels layer of ashes and
layer Of bones, then another layer Of
ashes and then bones until the vessel is
nearly full. then finish with ashes: put
about twice as much ashes As bones.
Keep the mass wet with sOapsuds or
chamber I've. but do not suffer il to
freeze; the process will stop il you do.
Through winter save hopper Of strong
ashes.
When s ring comes and the bones
are not dissolved sufficiently. put
ones anil ashes into large kettle filled
with Iye leached from the ashes in the
hopper and boil them until the lye eats
them up. Put this away in barrels
until wanted; you can mix it with dry
soil t. make it letter to handle. have
t,us made a fertilizer that gle bet er
satisfaction than commercial N nure
that cost three dollar per hundred
pounds. Hen dropp n9s well take care
of is second only % gulno. IL shoHl
be composted or mi,ed with the leaf
mold in some dry place. or it can bs
swept up eve v week and put in b r'els
and al ixed with loan rs uSeI !. All the
above manu- es en- be b IDEAS ed and
thoroughly mixed with the 5 ii and
crops planted o be used in the hill.
and ou have not Lad to pay out one
dollar in money.
Now. = beginner on poor land may
plant small lot If the best of it 10
small fruits and vegetables. to make q
support until the farm is improved up
to make good crops Have pigs in pens
led all the refuse from the tablc or
garden, keep plenty of sod. chip dirt aud
road dust rs absorbent pigs will ea, sod
with seeming thanks. This will also
make fins lot of manure and give
you cheap pork When your clover is
in its second year cut it when some
heads are little brown, for feed in tho
winter. This clover hay fed TO stock
q calf or two, IS many as you can get.
II nothing else) and the manure care
fully saved. believe wi help reno-
vate land faster than to turn the clover
under. Blu. after the crop Of clover Is
cut the fall growth should be turned
under and the ground sowed to wheat.
Turn the clover sod under some three
or four weeks before sowing wheat.
The clover thus turned under will fur
nish an abundance of rich food for the
growing wheat. II any young cal yes
have been fed through the winter they
can be sold off in the pring or pas
tured until fall and sold for bceves.-
ihomds d. Baird, in ". :. Tribune.