The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-28

Vrom Farmer and Breeder.
Corn n h tall grass. and though =
n the king Of agricultural products ana
the prairie states are = kingdom q
corn. = great part Of n u annually
wasted tina should be fed TO the adj
vantage OF the farm and the farmer.
The lack of are In conserving fertii-
~ a been. and stsii IN. the weak
point in western agriculture. Every
~nelghborhood In the older settled parts
Of the prairie states has illustrations of
farms that yield more than double that
of some other farms close by that were
once rich In plant food as the more pro-
ductive ones. All know and acknowi-,
edge this fact but some seem TO fall to
zee the reason.
We desire 20 call attention to the fact
well known, but apparently often for
gotten. that corn In grass. 90 ID tim
othy. wheat. oats. rye and all the small
grains. The man who sowed timothy
Go make rich ground" an a been re-
ported as the statement Of q young
FARMER. has forgotten that all these are
grasses, n that clover n NOT. Clover
N n icgume. az are peas. beams and sew
srai species OF plants native TO the
prairies. These all ave the power of
drawing nitrogen from the air, and
nitrogen IN needed to grow grasses
(grains) more than any other element.
That 10. nitrogen 10 more nearly az
hnusted. or less available. than the 9TH
or elements necessary TO the production
OF plants. grains.
. There are thousands OF schools
throughout the country that are begin
ming their work this week. and AZ the
teachers will call attention TO thess
facts they wiz be doing good work
and may cause an great ref1lts IN have
grown from the ears OF corn that Pro-
lessor Holden requested OF his pupils
In his little school years ago. There n
nothing new In this. but II seems that
70 many fail TO draw the lire. because
We make hay OF slower al we do OF
timothy. and think corn In not q grass.
because we raise Il for grain.
III our teachers In the country schools
give some attention 10 presenting the
differences between grasses and legumes
90 their pupils Il may be or much more
value TO them than any OF the facts
usually presented. II has been fire.
quently said that tie teaching OF the
principles OF agriculture I'm our schools
must wait for the cultivation OF ZACH
ers capable TO perform the work. but
any N who IN at all capable OF teach
ing may. with the aid OF a text book
on botany. soon be able TO present these
aa@aS MA ~ WY WHIT ntAtht atf ~
structive name Legumes may be dug
up showing the nitrogen liking noduies
n interest win be manifested Mt once
n the lesson Will never be forgotten.
The boy who has sue instruction Will
not sow timothy ito make the ground
rich"
We fear many farmers failed 10 SOW
clover because the seed was high last
spring and he may have the same rea-
son for passing II by o. year But
what In the value OF the seed In COM
parison with an Increased GRO OF from
ten TO twenty bushels per acre for two
years? II any one who reads this AR
ticle doubts that this advantage follows
the growing OF o n little investign-
ton OF the fields that have been In
clover In comparison with those that
have not will convince him that we
have under estimated rather than 9TH
erwise the number OF bushels OF In
creased corr crop. The farm that has
raised clover and cattle In producing
larger crops than n did when first put
into cultivation while he one that has
raised corn. wheat and oats for sale
has failed 10 produce nearly m many
bushels as formerly. The cause In 10
plain that all can see.