Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1910-11-30
Bit Of Life Experience
For The Farmer

\ man may often tell in ten min
utes or write III sr1gie newspaper
article the results OF lifetime work
IN some particular direction. Often
in fms manner, one learns IN lew
inmates, what has cost another years
ut WORK. lie gets an article as good
as new, at d big reduction on the hrst
cost If tach one OF us had to learn
nv actual experiment and experience
worked out by Our Individual effort,
proeresc in agricultural work would
b eolsw,
About IS4o my father moved into
small Gearing he had made. part OF
about 100 acres dense forest located III
northern pennsylvania, and began the
work OF Gearing UP and developing
arm. Ip TO that time he had been
g mechanic. and his farm experience
was vet to be attained. In those days
there were no state agricultural col"
leees. experimental stations or bulle-
fins. TO tell the farmers how to best
utilize their efforts in the making and
running farm. The personal expert
nents and experience OF himself and
the near neighbors, that put in an APP
sources OF information open to him.
For over iorty-tve years he remained
on the farm developing and cutivat-
ing il.
Meantime he had added eighty acres
so that at his death the farm consisted
of 100 acres OF which about eighty
acres we're under what was called I'M
provement" The soil was clay loan;
X, average ~ five inches was called
an;, ,,d below that was clay called
s.hard,an' These he supposed to be
d;ffercnt kinds o, earth developed in
son, manner unknown TO him, that
,.arn r. 10 carefully kept apart. His
nracti,e was ta o.oW about live inches
Geeo Grass seed was expensive SO he
thnt.,,ni !, cheaper to D.ow year after
GOV .n ,orp as any crop could be
nrC[,.,.d ami thcn seed down to tim.
pptE. I.r,2tgv seed WAS cheaper than
cr.'.r, ,a ,na0 i, Iars as any hay
cn,.. .e secured. have .nown him
40 ...n inpou. liz plgw q riace Tor Il
sncca.eive years before seeding down
bnc,,.sn he thn,,,ht he could not afford
The money to buv grass seed. The
result was that when the farm came
into NV hands !, was what was known
as "run down" or "worn ont"
began the task of bringing it up
and trying tn make # nav. To assist
!, ,he undertaking I found large,
healthv end thrifty mortgages One
~ the FIRST chances I made was the
adontion oi what was then new.
nroarass;vo idea 70 wit turning under
sod aud sted;ng down on the sod 7
tr;ad +h;s Tor several wears watching
ras,,l,s ar NV own firm as well as on
Tho farms ~, others who followed the
s,,,,a nr,c,;ce Results were nor
\ ,yhnIh SATISFACTORY to me although
n,,r,, others still follow thai nractice
The Tra humns nroduced hv the decavinp
.,d ,,,as u,,. ~; c;e,t.y n,;xed viii, the
al The coil did not become suffi
.;a,,+l,- n,,,,,,r;zod for the nroner re-
,',,,t;a,, ~ ,,a;st,,rt The n1pyy;ng was
- -, ,,a,,ah Il ths sod was rum
nd aver s;x inches i was not reached
nv the Grain cron and when seeding
was done The GRASS did not oct the full
hereft ~ the humus
Aitar several vesrs' trial | gave IN
H., >...,;,a ,,,j ha1-,, int - t,rn-
;nn the snd n,der ~ inches nr,,,no
he Ground into s;l,oe corn and GLOW.
J inc, go, j., N cali e;gbt inches danth
,l,rs ,horonoh.,, n,ix;ro the hnmus
,';t,, ,hs col baul;no The stab,e man
,,rt and sn,e, f;na on the nlowed
iand as f.st &c n,ade and SEEDING
down the ,ext s,r;no with oats and
a;ah, o,,,rts ~ t;,,,nthT ,,d orr ara IT
nf ,,,a,o,,,oth or r,ed;r,, c'over T ,t-
er added t,,o o,,arts of ,lc;le clover
and fo,,,d tho -as,,lts much more cat,
;sta,.,(r,, ,,,,,, no, 7 rsed tha t;,,oth,,
ond clover .Ionn Aid not odd tho
,u.o ;,,ches frnn, civ - e;oh, ;,,chas a.
o,,oo III frs+ ro,,,;,,n ,ddad n
s;nolc inch ial.;no seven and tbe newt
routine Increased ia cipht that I
n,;aht NOT n,;x i, Too Much ~ ,he s,h-
snI CLAW at once When had got
he .,;i !, sb,no 20 cut mo ,,,, ~
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