The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-09

VOLUME XVIII. NO. 26.
manure from the farm, and spoke of
the use OF cement floors in his stables,
which saved all the manure. and
nothing ever left his farm, but the
potatoes and crops that he sold. At
present he is engaged in dairy farm
ing and with successful results.
| At the conclusion of his talk several
present asked Mr.. Terry many ques-
tions. The best time to pillow clover
sod he said was in the fall after the
frost had killed it. 1t is always safe
to pillow under either dead or ripe
material but never when the plant is
in the green or maturing stage, as
when it is plowed under it forms an
acid which is injurious to the soil.
A little acid is good but too much is
harmful to the land. Green clover
should never be plowed under in hot
weather as the acid forms fermenta-
ton. It is much better to pillow under
old manure. Fresh manure causes a
fungus growth. Manure can be spread
on land during winter and land is then
in good shape to pillow in the spring.
Clover would do we'll sowed in drills
crosswise with grain early in May or
cross-drill it with rye sowed in the
fall. Clover should never be sowed
on sandy land in the spring. Drills
could be three or four inches deep as
rule, but on light sandy soil there
was no risk at two inches.
Hon. A. X. Bush Speaks on the Value of
Glover as Fertilizer, and Necessity of
| Good Soil and Good Seed.
Hon. A. K. Bush of Dover, Mimi,
followed Mr.. Terry. He said that he
feltmore at home answering questions,
but he was. soon engaged in telling
| the audience about his early expert
ences in farming in southern Mime
sofa in the early days when wheat was
the main crop of the farmer and as
high as forty to fifty bushels per
acre was raised. His father in early
days had tried to raise tame grasses
on the prairie land but with little sue
cess, and it was not until about
twenty-five years ago that farmers in
that part of the State had succeeded
in raising clover with any success.
Here in the wooded country in the
northern part of the State the culti-
Walton of tame grasses was made easy
because of those elements not found
in a prairie soil. The cultivation of
clover on any land doubled the selling
value Of. the land, besides increasing
the productive capacity of the soil.
Mr. Bush talked at some length of
their methods Of farming in southern
Minnesota and how the cultivation of
clover and the use Of manure On the
land in judicious manner had made
farming profitable. In the use of ma
nure it was not SO much the quantity
always as the manner in which it was
spread on the soil. It should be
spread over the land so that the soil
could get the benefit of the fertilizing
effects, and not in large patches here
and there. He spoke of the value of
getting and keeping the land in high
state of cultivation, and in the selec-
ton of good, hardy seed. Crops of
flax and barley had been made to
yield abundantly by cropping the
land with clover which he grew once
in every four or five years and rotated
crops, In the cultivation of potatoes
he warned farmers to make the best
selections Of seed stock, and watching
the hills closely when the crop was
growing and taking for seed stock
the best showing. With land we'll fer
tilted and freshened by proper rota-
tion of crops there would be a vigor
to the crop and little danger from
blight which as a rule was only prev
alent when soil was poor and the
seed unsound.. The successful potato
grower must overcome all poor condi-
tons Of seed and soil. The limit that
Mr.. Bush placed on continuous potato
cultivation on the same soil was three
OF four years. Scab could only be
kept out of potatoes by a high state of
fertility and by using only good
sound seed stock. Early potatoes
are advisable Plenty of .tillage was
necessary and half of the work in the
field is done before the crop is up.
The best time to plant was between
small grain and corn Ground should
be in the best condition possible for
planting.
Asked as to the best method of get
tinU rid of ouaol< UracS tho e,,ool,o,.