The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-10-07
Agriculture.

Sow clover seed in the spring as
soon as the surface of the ground is
thawed, but before it is all thawed
out; the subsequent freezing and
thawing will cover it. To wait any
longer is a waste of time, neither is
the sowing likely to be so successful.
A good feeding ration enables the
stock to return larger value to the
soil than does poor one. This
must be borne in mind when fgur-
ing up the cost of goods.
A siln is nothing more or less than
an air tight receptacle for green cut
fodder, and we build them to pre-
serve the fodder just on the same
principle that we seal up fruit in air
tight cans or jars. OF whatever ma
terial made, and however cheaply
constructed, one is as good as anoth-
er if air tight.
1t is only by applying the max
imum of labor to the minimum of
land that the best results can be
achieved in intensive agriculture.
Every small farmer, at least, should
be an intensive man.
The roots of our cereals can not
penetrate below the water line, and
the plants, therefore, have very lit
tie feeding surface in soil saturated
with water. Drain your land, and
YOU have increased depth of soil
allow a free circulation Of ali
through its pores, and you increase
its feeding capacity. Cereals must
remain in the ground for several
months, and there is sure to be a
wet time between seed time and
harvest, which is especially true OF
wheat. 1t costs more to farm
swampy land than dry, and it pro
duces but little and inferior grain
The fact that you have added per
manent improvement to your farm
should be no small consideration.
II stubble land is plowed early
and cultivated as often as weeds APP
pear, it will make firm bed and be
in good shape for seed crops. Or
such fall crop of timothy can bC
sOwn with every prospect of success
if enough moisture falls.
Contrary to the prevalent belief, /
is good to sow clover or timothy on
ly for the reason that there is no
often moisture enough to supply all
and when other grain is sown at thu
same time it digs deeper and eppro
PIRATES what dampness there ma!
be.
Expenses do not increase in pro
portion to the yield, but the addet
expense comes when the tarme
goes to increasing the area for
given yield. The more he produce
from a given surface the more pros
porous will he be.
Plants cultivated for their seed
should be followed by those cult
waited for their foliage, and, as
rule, long rooted plants should b
succeeded by those which root near
err the grounds surface. The on
r eXhausts the inorganic matter frOr
the soil to a greater degree than tn
. other.
!. Rye, cookie and other filth yiel
more abundantly than wheat, an
farmers too often SOW wheat full @
: small and imperfect grains; all thi
tends surely to inferior crops. Firs
clean the field of all which is mos
/ Objectionable, and then be untirin
in the use of the tanning mill an
the screen. Seed wheat has been s
carefully hand picked that it ha
. brought So bushel.
y Our small farmers are the hes
~ farmers, and their condition in lif
I happy and satisfactory, despite tn
5 human tendency to grumble. Their
o is nowhere now a disposition t
{ frown upon the farmer of sma
2 acres.