The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-08-29
HOW TO IMPROVE POOR
LANDS.
A Rotation Practised by a
Maryland Farmer Which
Has Proved Successful.

one of them to corn, being very
careful that it be not broken OF
ploughed when wet. Get it in
perfect order by rolling and har
rowing. When thoroughly pull
verified, plant the seed in rows
four feet apart, checkered both
ways, if the land is very poor
Plant from five to eight grains In
a hill, and be very careful to use
nothing but the best seed. Leave
two stalks to a hill. If the land
is heavy, use little Kainit, as it
will keep the plants green and
prevent branching, to which heavy
land is subjected. Cultivate only
when the land is dry enough.
Don't be afraid of using the roll
too much; keep the ground fine.
Work it at least once week, and
keep the land free of weeds and
grass. Use, of course, good Judge
ment as to when to cut the corn
OFF, and don't be disappointed if
the first crop does meet your ex-
pectations. Then drill to wheat,
but not before the 5th. to the 10th.
of October, to avoid the fly. Sow
three hundred pounds of good
fertilizer, and one and a half
bushels of seed to the acre, but
before doing so get the land in
perfect order. Sow so early that
the fly can be avoided, as it is the
worst enemy wheat has. Ia the
spring, before the frost is out of
the ground, SOW one gallon of red
cloyer seed to the acre, and you
will be pretty sure to get a stand
of clover. Under no consideration
after the wheat is harvested al
low stock of any kind to Craze it
at any time in the fall. If you
have fair, ordinary or good stand
of clover (always be sure it is red
top clover), improvement has be-
gun. Keep stock of all kinds off,
aod when the heads begin to die,
then turn under, which is usually
about the middle of June. Rol
when first ploughed, and eith9r
keep it in order by constant har-
rowing or by reploughing shallow
just before seeding to wheat.
would use, however, from fifty
to seventy-tiye bushels of lime in
the summer before seeding wheat.
This aesimilates with the soil and
rots the grass, and my experience
Is that where | made only ten to
fifteen bushels l got thirty. five
bushels to the acre. Treat every
field alternately in this manner
and your granaries will groan
under the weight of increas sed
grain.
One field to corn in this way,
folio o6ed by wheat, then by clover
turned under, then by wheat
again, as already recommended
is the way to begin, l would al
ways have one field in corn, which
would be- the one / had pastured
the year before; two fields in
wheat, one following the corn
crop, and the other under which
l had ploughed clover and which
had not been pastured: also one
field entirely to pasture.
Be careful not to overstoek, and
by all means keep field for grass
to turn under, and instead of hay
ing farm worth $40 an acre, you
will soon be the owner of one
worth from $50 to 800
What farmer needs to grow ten
bushels of wheat when he can have |
twenty-five to forty bushels; or
five barrels of corn, when he can |
get ten to fifteen 10 the acre?
! have been showing how this
can be pone on general principles,
but l wish TO say that the quality,
ply condition and chara cter
Of the soil have very much to do
with il all. On the Eastern
Shore, in some sections where the
and is fiat and heavy, l would at
The beginning list the rows, as
was done ia olden times, using
enough surface drains which enter
INTO big bitches TO take the water
'f. This / should do until