The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-10
Green Manuring.

s. NasretIOu of the country mas any al
Il ,,,,tage over the south in its ability to
q i,.oo no the fertility of its soil by the
re.r cheap and natural process of turn
Il iogpder various vegetable crops from
E time TO time. For at least ten months in
+hsrear something can be kept growing
n mail our soils that have furtility enough
in them to grow anything. If our farmers
a had ONLY realized twenty, or even ten
yelrs ago that it was possible for them to
combine a ''fallow crop" with nearly
a every crop they grew. 1 say if
II they had realized it and
acted upon 1t, their lands
would not have been in the worn out con
B dition that they are to-day. This worn
B condition in nearly every instance is
b owing to the exhaustion of the humus
from the soil. which, if restored to the
q land would fit it for producing profitable
a irons again, needing nothing further per
hgn, than little potash and phosphOric
acid Mineral elements that are the least
costly of manurial substances.
No farm in the south, large or
small. should be run on any
other plan thanthe one that persistently
aives certain per cent. of the acreage to
- -, ,ots nbieA,- below the 93d deeyree
ti"ti+,,jo. b,7t in sorne sections 1,va ebar-
G',,a fsiT, oonsiderati on with oats Wheat
is a crop that ceased some years ago to
warrant any attention on the southern
farm except in circumscribed localities
But oats and rye-the one or the other
or both should claim a certain acreage on
every farm in GeOrgia-that is on every
farm, here any attemDt is made to have
rattja nogs m, sheen If only few
For twenty Years we have advocated
the noe of I,aranrial grasses and the clio
yars fo,. nroviding the nrincinal sunnlv of
stocly food Where is little nrofit To he
fo,,nd in growing corn in the south Int
tbe seIf-sustoiTi7o farm must GROW a lit
tiaofit TN rbief s,InnI,J of Grain naces-
sgry fo,. the ,cori[ stock Should come from
oatS ,ybirb calls fol, n verv little Zvo,,ly IN
JTai,a ~ r,oI, I,,,bers eo,vn in tbe fail on
. iard rirb enough IN make cronl Al
} iaqs+ On men, cent if not RI If the c,,lti-
y,re3 ACREAGE sbould he devoted To oats
~, cniriv9tei a,.,..al,a we moan ali lana
+hat is broken with the nloyv once ar Of
terer d,lrirer the vaor
The smtheru farmer that makes a fuII
4 usnof rha several varieties of clover that
is nerfpstIr a5a,ted To our climate and
soils win find very little use for oeas &C a
means of snpDlving humus. but so long
as clover * noSJerfed meas must he used
% tio'Vl 10 "cSiGe Oeu peas HiusU o0 uSeu
ital than clover es can readily he shown
Clover can he sown with the grain in
October and afteT, the Grain is rIt off in
Nator lime the clovcy will GROW of very
apjdlv and soon take fulI nosession Of
the Soil I'm n few weeks n cron Of hav
can be made and later the second Growth
can be traeI under which will a ford
finally bonn+if,,l ennnIv of bnnus In
growing clover win gi,ain whether il he
oats or rye or wheat We think St hest as
rule. To- sow il Nth the Grain m Octo-
bar. but il can he e6,vn advonta-
ggousy. oftentimes in Fehru-
my, several non+bs af+er
the grain was. mt in 4 fter running a
harrow over tba g,,ain ~ or 10 no1I1de
good clover saed ,.9,, he b,,ood -,aeted cor
Ila grain n Win NOT need anv cove,.in%
One good cron of clover secured to oTr
average soils hefora thev have hecoma
much worn win iosnre creased fertility
1uauumber of veoTe
Beside, tho reSl ~, the sanlino varieties
Of clover we can rnalya 1,eepf the c,irneon
Or the bur fo,. ,,eeto,.;nc, b,Irnns INT
these are not nc available for sba6ing tbe
soil througb tbe enT1,1er. ae Tho Act men
toned. because tbav viii NOT GROW after