The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-10-16

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whites "wage slaves" and serfs by
means Of their Jews English national
banking system and monarchicaI aris-
tocracy system of finance and other
kindred measures. The eyes Of the
country are on Ohio in the coming
election. May the people acquit
themselves nobly and administer a
singing rebuke to the Apglo-American
money power conspiracy.-O. s. JONES,
Edna, No., in american Farm Nesos.
Treatment Of Glover on a Potato
Farm.
A visitor from Indiana the other day
said the reason some people thought SO
much less of clover than the writer,
was because they treated it SO different
|ly. That they did not know what q
real heavy piece of clear clover was.
They sowed timothy seed and some
clover. They took no particular care
oft. They never dreamed Of working
systematically to get all they could out
Of clover. I know this to be true, and
need not go five miles to find plenty Of
farms where it is the csse. honestly
believe that I cannot better fill the
space allotted to me, than by often
triging up this question.
Let me tell just how we are treating
clover this year. / will try and be very
particular, too, as young man, Mr..
Knapp. from Lake county, o., said he
came here largely to learn more exactly
about the cutting of young clover after
hayest, where it was to be left on the
ground. Our clover field for this year,
where we had wheat last year, was cut
early and all the first crop made into
hay. This makes all we want and more,
as our stock of animals consists of only
six horses and one COW. The horses,
though, are fed the year around. The
second crop was nearly as large as the
first. This we are narrowing down
to-day, with the smoothing harrow, the
same way we want to pillow next spring.
This will make the blowing easier than
if the clover fell every which way, and
it is better for the land. The clover is
more evenly spread for turning under.
Part of the clover was lodged, but the
harrow straightens it somewhat. We
will follow the harrow with the roller.
Thus we will break down the growth
evenly all over. ] can hardly empha-
size too much the fact that this is bet
ter than letting the clover 60 down its
own way. You would, many Of you. be
surprised to see what thick mat there
is over my field, almost complete
covering from the sun. And this is
not here and there, but practically on
every square foot of the field.
But perhaps you ask, why not cut
this for hay, or for seed? This is
somewhat question of circumstances.
have done whats.in my Judgment is
the best for me. My neighbor keeps a
dairy, and he cut his second crop for
hay. He needs it, and may make the
most money that way, but of this / am
not certain. He must have it any way.
1t is some like pasturing young
clover; man who keeps stock must
do it sometimes. For example, o
young man from near Cleveland was
here the other day. He sells milk ia
the city, and grows potatoes. He said;
"It is dry and l am short of milk, and
had to turn my cows en- my young
clover. There was no other way. As
a result my clover will never be al
good as yours. / shall pay dear for il
in the future; bat ! must do it.
know better but cannot help myself
| OF this I am certain. My neighbol
can never get the fertility in that croI
bsck on his land as evenly and all ovel
lit, and as much of it.
Il But about the seed /; wasn't your clo-
yer filed with seed2 Yes, better thar
have seen it for two or three years
1t would have made probably 24 bush
els per acre. have perhaps wasted
J 25 to 80 bushels of seed. that woulG
readily bring S. per bushel. That il
the way some would look at it. Ny
experience teaches me differently. ]
could cut the clover and take the seed
out and return the haulm. I have
done both ways. The practical trouble
with this latter way, is that it is i'm
possible to return the haulm as evenly
as it grew, nor have / ever been abl'
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