Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-09-17
USING Asp SHADING rnt SON

The Vines from my acrr devoted to
green ps'as have hscn removed. and the
ground l. nov covered with beautiful
gr0Nth "a "foNiall" gass. used to
hghi this grsss a. an enemy o. my crops,
bat "a late ! have h-cn incliaed 10 ~
/ gard Il With q mory frien,lly spirit. The
pas werv Kept perfectly clean until the
vines hal nearly got their groNth: aud
this rcc.ut. rapid springing up of the
toXtail Came too late TO iniurr the crop
In the slightest degree. while on the
cre'iit si,ie "a IT, account stand two
prominent ltems;
I. II coSers and protects the soil dur
Ing this dry. bot weather.
2 II giNrs me guod coating IL
grcvn manure vhich | Intend a. piow
under. Nhsn conditions are favorable.
earlv in September.
The h.uefit ~ Thu grcen manure l.
undoubtedly great. Not 49, valuable,
/ Perhaps. as growth of clover, bat one
that oumss without effort or cost st-sNen
furcs. itsclf upon farmers ln THU section.
anil challenges them either o. ac-vpt II.
or enter on long AMI doubtful VAR ~
eNtcnnlnation.
IN rvgarl Go the benefit ~ keeping the
ground covered With vegetation. aud IN
an active growing condiiiou during The
milsummrr. let me give onc biz ~ eN-
I reriruCr. vhosc rvsults now le dircctly
un,irr mv eyes. Last YEAR I mentioned
mY attempt o. raise two crops ~ peas
on the same ground, resulting in ahso-
lutte failure. Tho gruund sas In a fair
condiiou - fertility when planted.
With an eye o. lahor.saVlng having
more ground than musclel - the rows
thrv, feet apart and worked them With a
two-horse riiing cultl,ator. kept the
grouni clean aud the peas being q dwarf
variety gave litfle shade o. the soil.
PROM thee Is,as ! gut gcod crop. aud
the yines were removed in thc latter
part - June. The ground was then
lilTmlly manurv,l. thoroughly palSrr-
ifr,l. lui rysoVu O. that dNartesi 20
peas. the Amsrilan Wonder. On drills
thrre fcef apart. These werr cultivated
q fgW tim-s. wheu the mllieW attacked
them. and. soon after. ihcy were plowci
under once or tWice after this the
harruv sss run over th- ground. a. the
tiuV blsdes ~ "foxtail" struggled o.
make ga appearance. With the dwarf
crops. the many culiiyaiions, the ploN-
ings and harruNings. the ground was
almosi AZ go.,i a. nske'i during the sum
mer. ESPECIALLY the midsummer. On one
sids "a this patch ~ Pea. last YEAR was
"a strip - potatcc- CA the other side
sas corn.
Tliis wear corn co,er. ihe thr,. spaces
and extends hrsond bat stranger
cuuld easily marx out la the c-nier the
eNaCt spac. occupied by last years peas.
fhe crop from that space Sill not ~
cr,,i oue-thiri - that on an -qual space
on either siic--or any part ~ the hsld
fDr that matter. Thrrr Nas no MANURE
pat ou thr ground surrounding The pa
patch. either lat war 90 this. Nov,
What d. the cause ~ this years failure
ou that .Iots
Nv imprr.siou .founded nat un this
eNf.rrirnc. aioue' .. that fertility 20 sou
L. tuaiufa alue,l thruugh activity ~ growth
rather than thruugh hlrness. that na-
turr take hrr r..i during The Winter,
ani rrtsl. against forrsi Inactivity dur
iur the working scasnu. Nlso, that The
exposure ~ the naked sou fo alr aud
brat. under the dirr,t rsys ~ the sum
mrr .uu. through some 1gvncy which !
,io not understand. unfit. The grnuni t"r
"a crop in soue other wav, al T. frum The
actual withdrawal 20 fertility. draw
tlii. lat infrrruce from thc fact thlt. in
oilier ,..... somrvhnt similar 90 thr one
have fnrufiour,i. thr fertility .or con-
difinu h,orihi, to producing a crop
ha. rvturuc.i. on the thiri year. With The
al of nliurr.--C. L. n. la Country
Geufirmlu.