The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-07-31

blps and crimson clover mixed. 1t
seemed to shade the ground and help
mold the moisture The ground under
it was dark brown, and, I'm some places
moldy on the top.
Il used to sell agricultural impi =
ments, and in travelling through the
country, | used TO see good spots ~
oat fields. was told that they were
caused by pulling the turnips I'm tho
iall in the corn field, throwing them
IN piles, thea cutting the tops Off and
letting them lie there. while the tur-
nips were taken to the barn. The tops
rotting and plcwed down caused the
good spots in oats--hence my going
for turnip seed.
I'VE put the corn and fodder INT,
the barn The field was then pIowed
Tor oats. and you could see that belt
through the middle of the cat field
Where turnipa and crimson clover was
as tar az YOU could see the field. Tho
oats was cut. put in the barn. and tho
held plowed for wheat; and two wecke
after the field was pIowed and har-
rowed. you could see that belt throupn
the middle of the plowed field as ia d.
a9 ycu could see the field. This waq
easy, If you stop to think. salI tbe
oats was better there than at any other
place in the field: hence il was rinor
therc than elsewhere In the field. and
cutting 1t with the binder, 1t shellsJ
more than whore II was greencr. Ga
tne pelt that could be 80 plainly seel
was caused by the growing of the
Young oats.
stu. was not satisfied with th.
IA a. ffaFa
grew on top of the ground wanted
pant with a longer root-ouc that
would 80 down into the subsoiI below.
the furroW after the potash ana phns
phoric aclL / took all the socd cata.
lcgues had on that famous desk that
Is known over the country. and went
through them to find plant thar
could produce I'm a short time. ana
that had long root. | had to sec tho
picture of it, for ! could not tell by
the name of it what It would be Ike.
When ! was going through Shum-
Ways catalogue, came across the
picture of the cowhoIn turnip. ana /
saw II had a long root something Ike
a cows horn, and one that would go
down into the subsol below the plow.
THAT year ! sent To Shumway anl
! got cowhorn turnip 9'ed: sent to Mich
| igan and got crimson clover seed; miN
! ed them together. and sowcd I'm The
| corn field in front of the cultivation tn.
last time We worked the corn. This
was the start of all the controversy
| about Cowhorn turnip
| THAT year. on the sixth of August.
| ! was invited down 90 Perry county.
Pa. to talk at farmers picnic. The
day before | went into my corn field.
| dug up some crimson clover plants
and cowhcrn turnip plants aud / took
! them with me Ia that farmers meet
ing, and there. before about two thou
sand farmers. I laid on my rule GRIM
Son clover roots six inches long and
| cowhorn turnip roots nine inches long
The, point | want to make is this. in
| Side OF eight weeks. these roots were
Gown in the subsoii after the potash
and phosphoric acid-the only way
TO get It.
y Big Story.
"Ths grew on until November 2i,
] 1898. After the corn and fodder wrrc
! put in the barn. we pulled the pillow In
the field TO turn under this growth
| pf vegetable matter. and found We
were turning under cowborn turnips
four 1eet long. When I make this as
scrticn | see people IN the audience
putting their headn together, and /
often wonder what taey are saying to
enc another. once man whistlad
| when ! made this assertion, but. after
| / make this assertion, ] modify II by
| sayiug, that IS, tops ana all;' but the
| turnipG proper Were anywhere from IS
inches 10 two feet long; ana this
| hang right on to- as we took a photo
graph of the pillow turning them under
I'VE plowod all the field except 4
| strip about forty feet WIDE LETT nj the
request cr the agricultural department.
! Of PENNSYLVANIA, and that we ploNe |
in thespring. but with the eye Wecoull
rcver detect any difference. Anolh,i
Kind of winter might have made a
difference.
81 viii venture To aay that was III
funniest locking field you ever sa V
when {; was plowed. and. If you and
some ono had been driving along the
road a. my place, you would have
turned to the man at your side and
said Here is where that man Seeds,
who talks on farming, lives. There is
a sample of his plowing. Sometimes
the plow would turn the turnips uu-
der; sometimes cut them of; an'
sometimes the plow would push one
of those big turnips up out of the
ground about eight or ten inches, and
there 1t would stand; and the field
looked as though we had gone In thero
and ploWed down "A lot of Indians,
heels foremost, and their heads and
feathers were sticking out of the
ground.
THAT January we had a ground
thaw. and / put on a pair of rubber
boots and wdded out 10 the field; an
could smell 1t long before | got to
It,
"The next spring, when we harrow
| ed the field for oats, where one of
those turnips that waS pushed up out
of the ground had frozen and decaycl
there was a dark brown spot; that Is
the milk in the cocoanut-decayed
vegetable matter-that which turns 10
humus holds the moisture ana helps
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