The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-03-12

fertility OF land:
Green manuring improves the phyal-
cal properties Of the soil by making the
soil more porous and adding 10 rs sup.
ply Of humus. Il brings up the dor
mant plant food from deep dovn IN
the soil and deposits Il near the surface.
where Il can Be used by plants feeding
near the surface.
Green manuring with buckwheat
Hungarian grass. and other non-iegum.
nous plants adds practically nothing 20
the soil which was not there before.
except a mass Of vegetable matter.
which decays and goes 10 form humus.
Green manuring with cloycrs. peas.
beans. luplnes. etc. neguminous cropal,
actually enrich the coil 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 wileg.
plowed under give Il up n the soil and
10 future crops. II is the cheapest
means Of manuring the soil with nilro-
gen.
But animals. az well as plants. re-
quire nitrogen for food. BY feeding the
crops Of clover. cowpea. etc. only about
one-fourth Of the fertiiizing materials
Of the crops is lost II the manure u
properly cared for. As the nitrogen Of
the air Is the cheapest source Of nitro
gen for plants. so Il u the cheaDeal
source Of protein lnlirosenl for animals
The legumlnous crop b. best utilized
when II Is fed out on the farm. and the
manure saved and applied 10 the soil
The greatest profit IL thus secured. and
nearly the same fertility 10 maintained
as In green manuring
For ren0vating worn or barren soils,
and for maintaining the fertility when
the barnyard manure Il not properly
cared for. green manuring with such
leguminous crops a. oowpea. clover,
and iupines Is recommended. a dress.
ing OF potash and phosphates viii usual
~ be sufficient for the green manurine
crop
Il has been proved sufficiently that
while clover peas and other crops Of tht
leguminous are the most valuable ioi
this use. yet they are most useful on al
least moderately fertile soil. and will
not grow sufficiently on poor land. fol
such land. then Il Is necessary 10 grow
less exacting crops. as 5uekWheat. Of
even crop OF weeds. and turn thcss
under. thus filling the soil with humul
and dccaycd vegetable matters.on which
the nitrogen germs may feed. and thu
prepare the way for clover and is re
lated crops. which then complete thl
process OF improvement.
The practice OF green manuring OF
medium and better classes Of soil I
irrational and wasteiut The farme
should mend his System 50 that III
barnyaFd manure will be as well care
for az any other farm product. Los
from surface washing, teaching. fer
mentation. and decay should be guard
ed against. Then the feeding Of richie
food will mean richer manure and BET
ter and cheaper crops
The system o, soiling or feeding gree
crops In the barn In place Of pasiurae
enables a larger number Of animals I
be kept on a given area OF land an
the manure 10 be more completed
saved. For this purpose leguminou
crops are extremely valuable.
Hay from legumlneus crops Is abov
twice as rich In protein as hay froi
grasses. In one case this protein ln
trogenl Is obtained very largely froi
the atmosphere: in the other Il Is draw
from the fertility Of the soil. Legum
nous crops yield larger crops Of Ia
TO the acre than grasses. Hence a
production Of food materials on an acr
especially protein, Is several time
larger With lsgum.R0us crops.
II allowed 10 ripCn. the seed Of n
cowpea and sofa bean furnishes an q
iremely rich concentrated feed whic
can be ground and fed in place Of q
penslye commercial feeds The stra
for Il q richer than ordinary hay.
Grow more leguminous crops The
furnish the cheapest food for stock a.
remaining may be fed as coarse fodde
the cheapest manure for the soil. Tbs
do this because they obtain from the a
a substance necessary for plants az
animals alike. which costs In the for
OF fertilizers and feeding stufis from
to Is cents a pound-Farmers Revle'
Planting Peach Pits-As long o. :
TN land. no matter how little. Ia
locality where peaches can be grow
/ We will not fail 10 raise. occasionally
b few seedlings for budding. This pll
: gives Us good trees without a cash o.
! lay. and We know what We have. n
b sides. the operation OF budding
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