The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-12-11
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/ in ,as tsssst.lai eallafs q toe SOL. Ne
isg eat BE- sruuo sli oal rpitinte, Is ~
Ne plsot isa3 cast b. is iaaii form 20
b. s,aogb d ans appropriated ~ ibe So. n
lipy plsnlA Bat There rasi uct be te0
uash uo,t,sts ttbraaily co. toe, soaia
d,ittt ~ pfimsFg Oh = Thta saa be eb
tlstea aalY ~ e9fFaet sysism Of drsia
sss. ful stat ttsll ha done vtsn The
stAt,l rdnia u igstfi nssi 70 iarEiih
toe required noistafli Ts,s Gao BE- done
BY iftsttlo1 eoes ssially waefo usteto
has iatoi.tea tbe rteesaty e'udhioos,
bot sbia rres.iis 10 aysty itmiied trieri.
We aust look % Other nfsus 10 suppy
liebiug noisiuta 10 tie sre.ies, part o.
Tie eliiy
We I'll tnos ttst wbsu se ploesh 10
be dapIh o'sty. slah' iarhAs, nd there ! /,
bsripsa OF upbyokea osftn beneath, dry
log veaihsr taF les days 10 succestioD
Will dry uvsff 81 toe mols,ute cot down
ts deep IS plo1s he'd Crops csDnol door
ish on each ia0i' fof Necessary moisture
is Licking Does not mmoo seose tesch
rs ttst We shepld plough deeper aud
break up aud dee lhai aArdpanf Then
whcn q heavy rein occurs water viii de
teend aud q eisten The entire msss. so that
sy ordinary try ~ n cannot dry It oa'
Bat for su extended dry spell. more then
this is required to rtsin p N lent Eois,
ore IL efuwiaR crops There is suoh
th, as espilisfity. Moisture will dry
oat OF loUte Jstth very fspi ly 10 a hott
snd dryios Winis. IL would nesrly oil
dry cut Of lo9se soil to the depth Of twelve
OF even tWeLty inches 10 proloug d
droutb. 1t l. jlst Ss natural for moisture
10 escape through loose soil upward By cap
Hilary attFsc'ion as It is for water itsell to
escape dowuwerd in loose soil, 10 u
lus.rs'e this eapiilGrity. sci = tnmblsr oil
water agaipst the eide OF the house and
suspend from above aud extending into the
tum bier Of water u considerable strip OF
old soft cotton cloth. 1t is natural fsr
moisture 10 ascend 10 loose earth when
the weather is warm. IL seems 10 Tor N
title tubes, TO make the ascent Q sief.
Now, to prevent this escape OF NJ istule
10 planted q eide, pass over them with Il
cal,ivator, 1t Jog i rue two OF three inch
es 10 depth. THE completely ob'iterstts
the moisture tnbes nd the moi iure cen
not esc,pe freely nbtli they are rsiorm d.
rhep, 10 week or lees. use the cultivate
sRoiu. his operation is directly 10 line
With nature aud for the benefit Of both
il and crop
Have deep loose foil for the raius TO
Gil with wster. eui tten, with N och sur
face cultivation. the utc.ssaty supply OF
moi tute for etosias crepe 10 crops is
pretty veil eesursd, Tbis for any social
ed ''hs,d crops." TIE cereals take care Of
Themselves. as their foliage coon covers the
ground, and the rsya Ct The snn caUrot
reach to do much bs ~. uumus has o6y
eral uses. II smeliotptes aud loosehs the |
soil an aids the retention Of moisture II |
,cts as spoage to take up wster eni re
linQuishes il gradually ss needed. Ham
us being as vegetable origin, as II G'otyt
the moisture is present to prepare 1t to be
absorbed bs the gro ing psnts. 10 fact,
90 coil is fertile without the eduiIture Of
= good proportion o. bumas Professor i
Fl b Hey NJ sde an old, worn ont farm
1esr me fer liz 10y utui nrder lesumiD
Gus ~ other crops pa;poee!y TO form hu
aus. Huuus is the lie OF the soil, and
crops cannot be sr1Hn Ritbunt 1t. 1t far
lishes both moisture sui plant food
Farming cGuuoi be conducted successfully
siibon. it, and the goui farmer fupplits
il 10 abundance.
Tillase 10 so impouaot factor in crop
crossing ,bst tue old farmer wss led to
'sy to his cor: II meu Der. 10y boy, that
lIlsee il tatpnyp," r be bed observed i
lis farming opgfstious tbs, tee more his
'oil was titled the b ter tie succeeding
,tops were 1llsge II see the soil. plant
God is rtleseeti h.t is bound up 10 Jumps
nd clods III 1 gant q etsise remsiu
ocked up and OF tae tine not be available
. growiog plsn's. So far as the plsnis
re concerned. 1t might 90 well be locked
lp 10 slrtpR irop box. A lump oil soil /,
Is big tss pinhesd might cont 10 q par 4
lie OF fertility. Glod farming consists in
'orking oil the land up foe, then the
upli;ht, air add moisture can reach every
art TO do their ffnctlfying work l once
srrowed nint- ere field fourteen days il
for crop CT WHEAT and ssuo
60 ling crop OF clover. Both were im
,ense No msnnfing could hsve caused
hem 10 BE- 90 good.
| hesrd young farmer boOet ope spring
bat he bad jast foished ploughing and
owiug sevents Ave ores Of crops told
i'm II be had PIT sll thss work Oh half
be land be uonll bave r-ised more grain
ban b would now 90 oil OF it. When be
sne 10 harvest tie GRIPS they we're msa
re in Iced. The question stonld be, not
ow many scres ope has nut in. bat how
ell be hss done ii, Iutensive couture lie
hst pays. A lded fertility Is smsre bag
.elle when rompsred With cry Of the
Tree other roinie. o course, IL ia value
lie 10 some cseee. 90 o. poor rnntown