The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-04-17

The agricultural department at
Washington gathers in a bulletin the
following results Of experience In the
practice Of green munurinr for the
improvement or the preservation Of the
fertility OF land:
Green manuring improves the physi-
cal properties OF the soil by making the
soil more porous and adding TO Us sup
ply OF humus. lt brings up the dor
mant plant food from deep down IN
the soil aud deposits O. near the surface.
where It can be- used 10y plants icedlng
near the surface.
Green manurinE with huckWheIt.
Hungarian grass. and other non-lcgum-
inous plants adds practically nothing to
the soil which was not there before.
except % mass OF vegetable matter,
which decays aud goes TO form humus
Green manuring with cloycrs. peas,
beans, lupincs. etc. ucguminous crops.
actually enrich the soil in nitrogen
drawn from the air These plants
can grow with very little soil
nitrogen. They store up the nitrogen
Of the air as they grow, and when
plowcd under give II up TO the soil and
10 future crops. II w the cheapest
means OF manuring the soil with nitro
gen.
But animals. as well as plants, re-
quire nitrogen for food. By fccding the
crops OF clover cowpoa. etc. only about
onc-fourth OF the fertilizing materials
OF the crops l. lost II the manure Is
I properly cared for As the nitrogen OF
the air IL the cheapest source OF nitro
gen for plants. 80 II ~ the cheapest
source OF protein nitrogonl for animals.
The lcgumlnous crop is best utilized
when II II fed ont on the farm. and the
/ manure saved and applied to the soil.
The greatest profit ~ thus secured. and
! rearly the same fertility Is maintained
/ ~ In green manuring.
/ For rcnovating worn or barren soils,
/ and for maintaining the fertility when
/ the barnyard manure In not properly
cared for. green mauuring with such
logumlnous crops ~ cowpea, clover,
and lupinea Is recommended. a dress
Ing Of potash and phosphatcs Will usual
/ ~ be- sufficient for the green manuring
crop.
II has been proved sufficiently that,
while clover, peas and other crops OF the
lcguminous are the most valuable for
this use. yet they are most useful on o.
least moderately fertile soil and Will
not grow sufficiently on poor land. For
such land. then, II 10 necessary TO grow
less oxacting crops. as buckwhoat. or
even crop Of weeds, aud turn these
under. thus Milling the soil with humus
aud decayed vegetable matterB.on which
the nitrogen germs may feed, aud thus
prepare the way for clover and Its re-
lated crops. which then complete the
process Of improvement.
Tho practice OF green manuring on
medium and better classes OF soil 10
irrational and wastciul. The farmer
should mend his system 10 that the
barnyard manure will be as well cared
for as any other farm product. Loss
from surface washing, teaching. fer
mentatlon. and decay should be guard
cd against. Then the feeding Of richer
food will mean richer manure and bet
ter and cheaper crops
The system OF soiling or feeding green
crops In the barn In place OF pastunge
enables larger number OF animals IA
the manure TO b. moro completely
saved. For this purpose legumlnous
crops are extremely valuable.
Hay from leguminoug crops n about
twice MS rich In protein as hay from
grasses. In one ease this protein (ni-
trogenJ Is obtained very largely from
the atmosphere; In the other II Is drawn
from the fertility OF the soil Legumi-
nous crops Yield larger crops OF hay
TO the acre than grasses Hence the
production OF food materials on AN acre
especially protein. Is several times
larger with leguminous crops,
II allowed TO rlpen. the seed Of tho
cowpea and sofa bean furnishes an ex.
tromely rich conceni rnted feed which
can be ground ana ted IN place OF ex-
pensiye commercial leeds. The straw
for II Is richer th'H ordinary hay.
Grow more IL ininous crops. Thoy
furnish the cheaport food for stock and
remaining may be fed as coarse fodder.
the cheapest manure for the soil. They
do this because they obtain from the air
substance necessary for plants and
animals alike. which costs I'm the form
OF fertilizers and feeding stu1s from II
TO 25 cents a pound. Farmers Review.
Planting Peach Pitn--AB long as we
I'll land. no matter how little. In O
locality where peaches can De grown,
we viii not fail TO raise. occasionally, a
few seedlings for budding. This plan
gives us good trees without a cash out
lay. and We know what We have. Be
sides. the operation OF budding Is
easily learned. easily performed, aud
quite interesting to the amateur. In a
recent issue OF Country Gentleman the
following directions are given for pre-
pairing the pits for planting: place
In moist earth any time after being
taken from the peach. aud better not
let them become dried through. II III
desirable that they be placed where
they will freeze In winter. and II thoy
have been kept moist. the seed OF Tho
| nit will MI the cavity and freezing will