Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-04-11

are qnite sufficient for the growth
Of the plant, but being in such ,
concentrated form (the land clos,
and clamms) they can net be uses
or taken up. There must be som,
organic matter there in order thai
these chemical fertilizers may act
! would rather have one pound ol
nitrogen in the land in the form oil
vegetable matter for the deyelop.
ment OF the staple crops than ten
pounds 10 any chemical prepare.
ton. The crops may stars Of
sreen and pretty bat will soon givs
say and the product will be OF in.
ferior quality and yet the guane
viii not be exhausted, as is often
shown in subsequent crops, thus
proving as have just stated that
organic matter in the land 10 re.
quired to produce the desired ef.
fects. | will venture the assertion
that not one man in ten who cult.
Yates such land makes expenses.
Now select the poorest lot OF
ground that 10 properly drained
fallow and get in thorough condi-
tion, fertilize with some cheap pre.
paration composed Of Phosphoric
Acid md potash, and SOW in pease
about the first or middle Of Jane
just after q shower taking care that
the land is not too vet. They will
come mp 10 q few days, make a Wig
orous growth and be ready to turn
under about the middle of August.
Let it lie about three weeks or q
month during which time harrow
over to keep down the grass and
let the land become compact and
then seed about the middle of Sep
tember in crimson clover, and by
the middle Of April or first of Nav
turn under and again pursue the
same plan with pease and crimson
clover, it will then be in condition
to produce any crop in which you
may select to cultivate. All of
these crops were produced by the
one application Of inexpensive fer
tilizer, | would suggest that il the
soil be stiff you can then continue
the improvement Of this lot by SOW
ing it in red clover, and take up
another lot to be treated In the
same manner with these green
crops, and so on until the whole
farm has been thus improved. 1
have a field of fifty acres, five of
which were very poor. Five years ago
planted it in corn, the yield of
which was not over q barrel to the
acre; the following Spring l covered
the same lot with home made ma
nures consisting of every available
manural substance that could be
gotten off the farm, and planted it
in tobacco; as soon as the tobacco
was taken of about the middle of
August / fallowed and put in Grim.
son clover, the following Spring |
turned in the finest growth of
clover ! ever saw, from three to
Eve feet In height. and as thick as
it could stand on the land. then
planted the same lot in tobacco
which Tapped from row to row.
again seeded it in crimson clover,
end again put it into tobacco with
splendid results, | then seeded il
in wheat and cut twenty We bushels
to the acre and this from land that
would not have brought three
bushels Of wheat before being treat.
ed with the crimson clover. All oil
the ffty acre field was seeded last
spring in red clever on which in
the early part Of the year was a
beautiful set all over the field.
The dry weather set in and as you
all know lasted throughout the en-
tire summer; the result is that the
Eve acres 10 we'll set with clover
from which expect to have q fnt
NOW, while on the balance of the
field which would bring ten barrels
of corn to the acre there 10 not q
sprig of clover to be seen. will
now have to pot the field in pease
followed with crimson clover te
prepare it for crop next year. You
will observe / had Eve crops from
the Eve acres of poor land in five
years, which to begin with was ab.
solutely worthless and barren, and
now 10 the best land in the field.
From this experience 1 cannot bui
be convinced that these green crops
are what We need to improve our
lands. | mention this not merely
to show that the land is in q condi.