The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-16
IVORY SOAP.
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left after the grain harvest without be-
ing pastured, heavy crop of the very
best hay can be cut the first year of
growth. 1t is best to cut this hay just as
it will begin to blossom. If left later
seed will form in some of the heads, and
those plants having seeded will die. If
cut early in September. a second growth
will come up, which will protect the roots
during winter. If this clover is cut twice
the next season, it will in the three cut
tings produce on rich land four to five
tons of dry hay.
Some portion of his farm should every
year be devoted to growing corn, which
either cured dry or put into the silo is the
cheapest food that can be grown. The
corn crop is the only one that we know
that will every year make enough man
ure, if fed to stock, to fairly top dress
the land on which it is grown. Corn is not
complete ration and it is exhaustive,
while clover is renovating. But the land
that will in three cuttings give four to
five tons of clover hay will produce
thirty tons of green fodder corn if
planted in drills wide enough
apart to allow cultivating and to
give chance for the corn to ear. Such
green corn as this is the feeding equiva-
lent of eight tons of clover hay, or about
twice as much food as the same land
would produce in clover hay. 1t is, how
ever, much more than such land would
produce in any kind of grass. The farmer
who is aiming mainly to increase the fer
tility of his land will not seed with any
thing but clover, and will keep that as
long on the ground as is necessary to get
the most benefit from it
The only difficulty with this system of
farming is that it makes the farmer de-
pend almost wholly on what his stock
produces to furnish living expenses,
taxes and pay hired help. If the stock is
not frst-class he must sell more products
in their raw state and therefore have
less to work up in manure. On the other
hand, the farmer who has the very best
stock can afford to purchase grain and
other concentrated foods that he
cannot grow in sufficient amounts
on his own land. In this
way the most rapid improvement of soil
is made possible. There is one great ad-
vantage in buying linseed meal, that it
can often be afforded by stock that is not
the best, provided only it be young and
growing. a very little linseed meal can
be given to advantage to most young ami
mails. Its benefit will be found not only
in the greater growth and thrift of the
animal, but in the richness of the manure
made from it, But the farmer who is
obliged to sell grain, hay and coarse fod-
der to make both ends meet is not one
who will think of purchasing hnseed
meal, however, profitable it might prove
to him.
The farmer who sets out to make his
farm richer is on the right track, but he
will need to be an all-round business man
and make the most of every new discov-
cry in farming. One OF these is the use
of crimson clover to be sown on corn
| ground or other hoed crops late in sum
mer, and to be plowed under the follow
| ing spring. 1t is much better than rye
for this purpose, and this crop is worth
more either for blowing under as green
| manure or for feeding to stock. Crimson
clover is never likely to take the place of
red clover. Its use is to grow quickly
and cover the soil in winter, when it
would otherwise be wasting by storms
and exposure to the elements.