The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-09-06
Agriculture.


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OF sll The lara cfeps rto5rcea 10 M
Easlsbd there are uoss that deserve nof'
siitriioo thsa corn ard elosef Tbs,
shonld fora . proniseni part Of the fo',
iloD upon sry fsfn .htte crops are PFC
dared for iceditg. Isbn Gould sl. it
~ exchange that 90 sefe 81 good ,ilo eofn
ears snd all. if,sh cot, weighs about II
teen tore on this stont three shd hsii
toSs ia distslihle cry matter. 10 THE q
teen toss @ The eomplsis cfep there sill
be about 100 ponds Of seiusl PLAT food
tsken from lte ,oil tirtet The msin rafi
Of the crop 10 carbon. taken ifpm The ar
ssd 10 10 way iuposerishirg the toil,
A fair acre Of plonsh lard 10 i's hrsi e's b
inehes contains too aud bali ions OF ns,
ufsl nitrogen. iso tons OF phospbo'ic seI1
snd eseryshsre IRON sli 10 sixteen toes oi
potash enough for uniold crops o
course tue greater part OF this food is
locked Up, bat is constable With plenty
OF seal miIins. smsll additions OF stable
msnure 10 proper combination. nov aud
then q dressing Of tsenty bushels OF lime,
green ca cb crops to plough npder. and to
make vegetable iermepis 10 The soil to re
lease The plant food elements 10 the sui
and mske them awake TO the needs OF the
plants.
Here We have the case plsinly. The
corn plant is q 'rouRh rider" 10 securing
fertility for itself. l. stands drouth well
II given q dust blspket Ia the bot dry days,
II has v,ry few enemies and stands grief
better than any other plant, While the
clover is orr most vigorous OF io-see
plants and. moreover, has wonderful pow
er OF getting nitrogen supplies from the
dir, and so doubly helps the farmer. IS he
DOT only gets the crop. but the land is left
richer than before,
Not only does the corn crop improve
the soil. but II releases inert plant food
for the crop tbst iollows, while the mead
ow land 10 grass becomes more compact,
and actually becomes "bound ont" which
is only smother name for smothering ont
the bacterial Influences. The corn plant
breaks up the physical combinations that
ere locking fertility mp closer than ever,
and the 'ten hundred o! hay to the acre"
results. while the acre 10 tilsge represents
the food Of ten such acres. Yes, raise
corn, build q sio, NOV less acres. raise
more cattle food to the acre Of hume. An
acre OF good corn in the silo supplies more
food 10 the twelve months than five acres
Of meadow and pasture az COMMONLY
found.
10 1856 the writer set apart an acre OF
com mon clay soil and set on. to ascertain
how many paying crops could be r,ised Oh
hat particular acre by tillsge, without
or fertilizers, other than nov 6nd
hen catch crop plowed under. There
las never been skip 10 the fourteen
cars, tuu WIG CoIu ioes 1p"a wsu AZ
mount and quality the full equal OF any
bat preceded it. Usually alter the crop
vas of the land was sown to oats aud
peas, which were allowed to fall down in
be winter and act 90 Q protecting mulch.
By thorough culture and protecting catch
rops the weed problem solved itself, and
ais is given as a refutstion OF the state
nent ,hst corn will not follow itself ss q
rain crop. There ara 70 end OF substi
u,es given 80 abettr than CON-" but
,ben the rounds hsve been made, sorP l.
nm, prckly comfy. milleP. and tie
Ike, still none OF them 'q7sl corn or be,
or balance the rstinn SO when we yoke
oke red clover and corn together in the
citation and 10 feed com binsiion, we have
firm produced fool which for amount
I nutritious food and smouLt to the acre
re not ca asied in amount by any other
nd il harvested by up to date methods
as 10 eq1al IS an ecoun ouicsl and digest
Die food. True, some bran aud glaten
i'll be needed, but they are foods thai
re not concerned 10 digestion. and are
orth so per cent OF their cost Vslue ST
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