The Van Buren press., 1896-02-15

improved from us own iehoetiS'9 y
feeding It's product on the land or by
turning under green manures. lsnot
that a somewhat singular ehaneef
Yet in the main it is true. And, to
speak within bounds, the only wonder
to me is. it does not create an excite
ment. The discovery Of gold IN
California is nothing TO compare with
It. IT is applicable almost anywhere.
Yet, on the whole, there is but teeele
scramble to obtain its rich offerings.
The Office OF the legume is yet toreallze
the grand intention of its Creator-to
refill again the world with fruitful
soil its failure Of appreciation IN the
past is only to be regarded In the hght
of ignorance of its ability Its
'ffee1bllT FropiHg about stage IS past.
Its ultimate victory will not be aeci-
dental The past has IN a limited way
demonstrated It's vitality and utility.
The present is proving itselastleity ana
capabilities. The future shall behold
It's triumph. Is your land poor and
have YOU never known the sweets of
a reasonable wealth or having known,
lost. and would gladly recover it again
+ you could? The legume is the open
sesame II is not newborn verdure
staying briefly. but tried It viii be
50 to speak, only too glad to help you
if you give it proper conditions and
persevere and concentrate VIII you
81 down and be stsuowed under. :
wailing for conditions to changer
Times have changed. Conditions
have changed, men are changing and
soils are being changed under the
ren0vating influence of leguminous
plants. When Il comes to measuring
fertilizing strength for cost we find the
legume wagging the better agriculture
north and south What nature has
done Cor one she viii do for another
under Ike circumstance. Do not
hesitate to employe legumes for feed
ing sod and feeding animals. Expert
enee has shown that they can feed
both IN the most economical manner
and with the best results. II viii
surely pay Eou to test them next
spring. Lest nv communication prove
Too long win defer the consideration
Of the corn crop as following clover
for another article-Southern Farm.
Dad You Ever Look Al II This Way?
II one hires a farm hand by the
month. and keeps him idle three or
four months in the year. people would
make nneomplimentary remarks about
"a foo and his money. etc. and If he
should explain that a long rest would
do the laborer good: that be would
thereby produce mere when he did
work: that his general health required
rest for at least one-third Of his time,
and thai he only hired him 10 ploH
corn. ard did not know whether he
could feed pigs. or dig potatoes. would
that mend the natter any? Would not
his neigAbors seriously consider the
proprietY Of an inquirendO de lnnatieoi
And yet these same neighbors-ors some
Of them-do the same thing b. substf
futing their land for the farm hand
They have fertile fields. but they Lar
idle for four or FIVE months during the
year They DO not reflect that It is jusi
as bad economy 70 keep idle land. OF
which taxes must be paid, as TO keer
idle men whose wages must be paid
True. both the land and the man 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 la
Dor. The field, when not producing
should be preparing for production by
the recreation Of being plowed, har
rowed. drained or fertilized. as occa
sion may require. Why should piece
Of good, healthy ground lay around
idle all winter and spring for the pur
Z pose Of raising a crop Of sweet pota
+ toes in the summer and fall. any NOR,
than the laborer should lazy around
all the first part Of the year waiting t
dig them? While the laborer is idle hi
wages must be paid; while the land il
( idle taxes are not. Why not keep both
man and land busy? II is bad economy
10 keep them otherwise Farm an,
Ranch.