The Press., 1890-07-17
About Farming Matters.

For the nonce the farmers are exuber- ant over the way field crops are maturing. The westerner may reserve pity because spring soakings, and fogs, and ash phos- phates, and fish and potash fertilizers have so perfectly irrigated and renewed some of the old clover sick soils as to result in a third larger harvest than has been pro- duced in decade. Looking down the or chard vistas the russet bonghs fairly dip into the pillows of succulent, dense spiked herds grass towering some two and three feet above the disks of the marguerites (daisies) that fortnight ago fecked the surface.
 Such hill moving lots in this town as were freely top dressed in the spring with wood ashes have produced super abund- ant yield of the rich, aromatic white clover. Lawns and margins are also sweet with this luscious grazing plant Familiar grasses, like the blue joint and red tops of the meads, are almost unfamiliar, so long and seedy and plumey are their panicles. Old Sol directed the pointer on the 9th inst. that specially good crop should be specially well cured, and the man saw it who had just remarked 70 never mind if that little jag O timothy does mould, there sint room enough in the barn any way for the hay this year." Some of our exposed uplands will yield two and half tons per acre of herds grass. The clover patches ~ have been mOwn and two more maths are calculated upon.
 The animus of the creamery patron is a good fall foragiDg and silage plant, and wherever an attempt is made to restore the alkaline qualities of these loamy water sheds the clovery response, together with the consideration of our more equable win ters, brings out the question of practical tests with Alfalfa, the albuminous fodder plant, though Alsike is better for late pastnrage grass upon the moist slopes, which, with due attention to fertilizing and utilizing, new niches would return a lair yield of the southwestern clovers or Teosinte (Euchlena luxuriane). The lat. ter stands drought as we'll as corn, and even partial development has surprised some northern farmers who sought a good fodder product.
 The old veteran agriculturist isn't as slow as he is accredited. Its only capital that marches the amateur ahead of him but he isn't going to let the young sprie from Storrs beat him as a student in soils. etc. One thing he will remember when he concludes to shuttle out of the rut of monotonous tillage, and this is to purchase seed raised and saved from locality of successful growth nearest to him. The depressed" farmer is often quoted in the papers of late. The other day Denverian remarked to one of these, s'Glad to see the old farms improving. This is the way to do it. Organize study adaptation vary cultivation bring up your soil. Why, I've met dozen old comrades who say ii they could commence back twenty years. with the benefit of experience and agricul- tnral papers, etc., they would lend hand toward checkmating this influx of foreign produce. which gluts and stagnates our American home markets in every rural community"
 Chas. W. McDanlel, master of the New Hampshire state grange, quoting 8 Ten nessee farmer, says: "He had never be- fore been in this section, was living in Tennessee and had lived in Michigan and elsewhere. He highly complimented our highways, thrifty villages and scenery, and especially our grass lands, and said our