The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-11-05

crop-prducing power OF the soils. but
has been brought about by changes
in the economic conditions surround
ing that section, and principally by
the steady drift OF the farming pop
ulation toward the city employment
and city pleasures.
II contracts sharply the deserted,
abandoned farms of each community
with other farms, frequently within
sight, which are well titled, well cared
for and are furnishing their owners
not only good rate of interest on
the capital investment, but also a
good living and good wages for the
time expended in the cultivation of
the land.
The report analyses the agricultural
conditions of the section and makes
suggestions from the experience Of
practical successful farmers in meet
ing the conditions which have been
thrust upon the agricultural hill coun
try of Western New York, Northern
Pennsylvania and Northeastern Ohio.
The conditions and proper remedies
are briefly summarized as follows:
The soils of the Volusia series are
not worn OUT in any proper sense
of the word but so far as the miner
al matter of the soil is concerned are
abundantly supplied with the plant
food elements for the production of
good crops. The difficulties encounter
ed in crop production upon the Volus
soils arise chiefly from lack of drain
age, poor physical condition and a
depletion of organic matter.
The proper management and tilling
of these soils require tile drainage
drainage over considerable areas Of
the more clayey soil types, blowing
to depths varying with the character
of crop to be planted and the exist
ance or nonexistence of hard pan, plo
ing only when both surface soil and
subsoil are sufficiently dry to pre-
vent pudding, the addition of organ
ic matter In form of stable manure
or green crops plowed under and the
application of lime, particularly on tn
volusia silt loan prior to seeding dow
to grass, especially to clover.
The soils of the Volusia series are
we'll suited to dairying; stock raising
and sheep raising, which should be un
dertaken both for the sake of profit
and for the sake of the soil.Irish
potatoes can be advantageously pro-
duced no the Volusia silt loam and
Volusia loan and constitute the best
money crops" to supplement the
animal industry.
The so-called clover sickness"
through the region occupied by the
Volusia soils is a problem and not
a plant problem. To secure good stand
of red clover on the soils of this
series through drainage, good mechan
ical preparation OF the land, the APP
plication of stble mnure and the
application of lime at the rate of
about 1000 pounds to the acre are re-
quired.
When corn cannot be grown for
grain production at the highest eleva-
lions, silage corn can be produced
at all elevations on all types of the
series. Where grain can not be pro-
duced to advantage, Canada field peas
can be sown as substitute.
Apple orcharding on a commercial
scale is practicable on well-drained
areas of the Volusia loan and Volusia
stony loan and over a considerable
portion of the Volusia silt loan In
situations with favorable climate con-
ditions. These soils constitute some
of the cheapest farm lands now in the
market in the Uniedt States, and
their selling price in the majority
of cases is below their agricultural