Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-10-24

tivated crop grown, which leaves the
land in such good condition for
wheat as beans. Belonging to the
same family Of plants as clover (the
legumes,) and shading the land we'll
through the summer, wheat comes
strong and vigorous and usually
makes Il heavy crop. The rye turn
ed under in May-and in my laH'
tude il is ready usually early in the
month-haS become decomposed,
and the land settled; it makes the
land moist, and renders easy that |
fine filth which gives the ideal seed
bed. The bean crop is often quite
profitable, and sometimes largely so,
and with good weather at the time
of ripening and harvesting the eX-
pense is small. | know of no better
plan than this for getting humus in
to the soil when you have had a fail
ure of clover, Tor we can get this crop
between two other crops without
losing summer to grow it. rarely
see rye recommended for this pur-
pose, but often for fall and spring
pasture, but doubt if anyone on a
clay farm can afford to pasture rye
In this way, for the reason that
tramping at the time the land is wet
is bad for it, and often damages the
land more than the rye is worth.
This, however, could be avoided to
some extent by keeping cattle off the
field when wet, and if the rye is not
pastured close so that strong growth
is turned under, it will render the
land loose and mellow. Many of
our farmers who follow careful ro-
tation with other crops will leave a
field in timothy for several years, or
until it runs out so as not to give a
portable yield of hay. From obser-
walton in my neighborhood, l be-
, lieve this to be poor plan, as timo-
thy is hard on the soil, and the land
does not produce good grain crops
after being long in timothy, and | did
J not cut field more than two years
/; in succession. Since the appearance
, of the clover seed nudge and root
borer, it is thought wise never to
) allow clover field to stand
more than one year, as by standing
longer the danger of multiplication
of these pests is greatly increased.
THE HOT SEPTEMBER.
We are having such remarkable
:. weather for September that l believe
: your readers will be interested in q
: brief account of it. The first part OF
l. the month was cool for the season
/ and up to the 5th we had plenty O
:, rain. Cool, threatening weather con
n tinued till the 18th, when it turned
IT suddenly hot, and every day since tt
e date (26th) the mercury has reached
Is or gone above go in the coolies
e shade, several days reaching go t.
is 94o. There has been ii peculiar burn
is ing heat very hard to bear, and
e. find that all the apples on the groun'
y in my orchard which are exposed t
N the full rays of the sun are baked OF
ID one side just as though they hat
lie been exposed to hot fire. Corn
OF which was so green two weeks ag
ut that there was fear it would b
is damaged by frost, has dried so tina
tn there are few green blades on il
a Wheat sowing is mostly suspended
ly and all sown since the Goth lies DIR
I'd waiting for rain to sprout it. Gras!
he hoppers and crickets are abundar
en- and in many cases have eaten up
is strip of wheat from 30 to 80 feet wild
III at the side of fields bordering a pa
so ture. This is our third severe drout
is, for this year, the first lasting froI
be the middle of April to, May %, tt
ed second beginning the middle of Jul,
W, and lasting 80 days; yet our rail-
cd came in time to give heavy crop
d; and we trust that we shall have raj
is to enable us to finish seeding by Il
nd first week in October, which we CO.
all slider seasonable. | doubt if there
nut any record of ten consecutive days
ID the last half of September with
Try high temperature as the last t.
days show, and today bids fair to
on as hot. w. f. BROWN.
W. Butler County, Ohio, Sept. 26.
Consumption Cured.