St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-03-14

soil. lts failure Of appreciation Il the
past II only to be regarded in tho light
Of ignorance Of its ability. IT.
feebly cropping about" stage Is past
Its ultimate victory will not be acci-
dental The past has in > limited way
demonstrated its vitality and utility.
The present isproving itselasticity and
capabilities. The future shall behold
its triumph. Is your land poor and
have you never known the ''sweets" OF
. reasonable wealth or having known.
lost, and would gladly recover it again
If You could? The legume is the "open
sesame" It is not . newborn verdurc
staying briefly, but tried. 1t will be
SO to speak, only too glad to help you
il you give it proper conditions and
persevere and concentrate. Will you
sit down and be showed under"
wailing for conditions to change?
Times have changed. Conditions
have changed, men are changing and
soils are being changed under the
renovating influence Of leguminous
plants. When 1t comes to measuring
fertilizing strength for cost we find the
legume wagging the better agriculture
north and south. What nature has
done for one she will do for another
under like circumstances. Do not
hesitate to employee legumes for feed
ing soil and feeding animals. Expert
ence has shown that they can feed
both In the most economical manner
and with the best results. 1t will
surely pay you to test them next
spring. Lest my communication prove
too long will defer the consideration
Of the.corn crop rs following clover
for another article-Southern Farm.
Did You Ever Look 1t II This way9
II one hires . farm hand by tho
month, and keeps him idle three or
four months in the year, people would
make uncomplimentary remarks about
~ fool and his money" etc, and if he
should explain that q long rest would
do the laborer good; that he would
thereby produce moro when he did
work: that his general health required
rest for at least one-third of his time.
and that he only hired him to pillow
corn, and did not know whether he
could feed pigs, or dig potatoes, would
that mend the matter any? Would not
his neighbors seriously consider the
propriety Of an inquirendo de lunatico7
And yet these same neighbors-or some
Of them-do the same thing by substi-
tuting their land for the farm hand.
They have fertile fields, but they lay
idle for four or five months during the
year. They do not reflect that it is just
rs bad economy to keep idle land, on
which taxes must be paid, as to keep
idle men whose wages must be paid.
True, both the land and the mar may
be the better for little rest. But the
man does not take to his bed to rest,
but goes hunting and fishing, and thus
by the stimulant Of recreation pre-
pares himself for more productive Ia
Dor. The field, when not producing.
should be preparing for production by
the recreation Of being plowed, har-
rowed, drained or fortified, as occa-
sion may require. Why should piece
Of good, healthy ground lay around
idle all winter and spring for the pur-
pose Of raising q crop Of sweet pota-
toes in the summer and fall, any more
than the laborer should lazy around
all the first part of the year waiting to
dig them? While the laborer is idle his
wages must be paid; while the land is
idle taxes are not. Why not keep both
man aud land busy? It is bad economy
to keep them otherwise.-Farm and
Ranch.