The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-03-10

future stock; but no, wa leave that
to the middleEan, then in our
extremity censure him instead of our
stupidity.
The writer was confident that the
price of clover seed would be uupre-
cedentedly high this spring, but just
put off purchasing for the same rea-
son that thousands of other farmers
did, not because Of any love he enter
tanned for the speculatiOrs or because
he has more money than needed to
run his business, nut simply because
he didn't do it. A lack OF business
training lies largely at the root of
such shiftless, mOney-lOsing prOcras-
tinatiOn, and Of all classes given TO
such freaks we farmers sta d fore
most Since the mistake is made,
and it ia our own, it is useless to
make greater aud more fatal one by
neglecting to SOW seed that has been
not only \ renOvatOr but a universal
benefactor aud must be the ultimate
salvation of the farm.
This article is written solely for the
purpose of encouraging farmers to
SOW clover at any cost, for no one can
afford to lose the single year in CIV
ing to his exhausted soil the OppOr-
tunity for improved fertility that is
afforded by the clover plant, drawing
fr m the air the nitroren that cOor4
les leaf and crimson bloom, driving
deep into all uuapproachable sub
soil aud carrying up through its long
slender root the minerals Of the sun
and rain, and add ng a mechanical
iutiuence in the soil That no amount
of skilled labor can produce. We ee
frequently fields That a decade ago
were impovished and worn out,
seeming to need endless rest, but
which from continued seeding to
clover AMI manure made and replaced
upon the land have become beauti-
full aud productive. Glover may not
have done it all, yet it has been the
bl-is of fertility, and how that seed
mas got to be $40 per bushel | cannot
! afford to slight ut this time my great
est benefactor, nor can you, my
brother farmer. A neglect last veal
r and this to seed to clover our wheaI
l lands brooks no'gOod for the future
t Last year we began sowing early il
t March, sOwed some on ground too
0 hard to set poles, but quit till gooC
y freeze after thaw on surface nice
( ly honey-combed; got splendid re
Y suits, never had better stand. Gu
d over in latter part of August with thu
s mower, and in spite Of an UMPIRE
cedently dry fall some OF the Glove
produced seed pods. Four acre
sowed in April did but little good
so that it had to be replowed al,
a seeded again to wheat. While W
o have soWn clover seed in most al
e months from January to May, Marc
L sowing-either on light snow or
Ie honey-combed surface-has Away
q given universal satisfaction, Will
other periods have not, and a pOten
u reason for sowing then is that it
I, done and out Of the way.
lie Some of my neighbOrs use tn
10 Cahoon seeder, but | have alwsy
!, sown by hand, seeding five steps i
y width to the ground, which give
ol good results, though the other metho
y is much more speedy and no dout
VI gives Just rs good results. l thin
le that the pOssessor of well set Glove
q field or two for the next three yea
Of will be among the fortunate farmer
for it does appear that we are nea
ing another epoch when clover SEE
Id will not be drug in the market as
has been during the past few year
and those IF us who can make dOub
ne shift out of those fields can afford
~ use the haulm as an absorbent
our horse and COW stables and retul
tx it to the field to keep up lost fertilit
IN When sowing we usually SOW fOr
nd quarts if not more, but this year '
Nv shall try little less, say one bush
an TONNE acres just to bluff the specul
m tors little.