Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-07-28
FOR GROWING CLOVER.
Lime One of the Prime Necessities if
Success Of Efforts is to Crown
Farmers in This County.

Prof. c. A. Moores, Chemist and
agronomlst; G. A. Wilson, animal
husbandry, at the University farm,
Knoxville, were here Friday and Sat-
urday. Prof. Wilson was looking the
country over with reference to the live
stock industry with the view to getting
such an understanding of the general
situation as will enable him to lend
assistance to our cattlemen along the
Hines of better breeds and such general
care as will bring the largest possible
return for the time and LABOR ex-
pended.
While he did not find so many cattle
as he would liked to have seen, he was
pleased to find that our leading farm
ers are paying much attention to pure
blood slres.
While here these gentlemen. Prof.
Frank March, }. E. Converse. Prof. F.
s. Chance and the Chronicle man visit
CO the farm OF 3. D. Lemert. There
we found some splendid results had
been obtained in growing clover, which
is generally regarded the basis of all
good farming. Mr.. Lemert has a
small field of clover that he sowed
with oats this spring that surpasses
any thing we have ever seen, age con-
sidered. 1t is now fully six inches
high, stands very thick on the ground
and will produce good crop this year.
CLOVER AND OATS.
In discussing the question of growing
clover Prot. Mooers stated that with
many experiments made at the Unver-
sity farm, several with Cumberland
county soil, nothing had equalled oats
as a nurse crop for clover. The best
results were obtained by sowing the
clover and oats as early IN the spring
as possible
Prof Mooers put the situation briefly
thus: If our farmers wish to be sure
of good stand of clover they M UST
LIME THEIR LAND. sow the seed
with oats IN the.spring with few hun
dred pounds of acid phosphate to the
acre-and then use all the manure avail
able. He laid special stress on the
lining and phosphate. In his opinion
lime must be used to insure success.
The farmers generally over the
county are becoming convinced that
lime is one of the first necessities to
the growing of the best crops OF clover
and the grasses. 1t is hard problem
with some to see how they can handle
lime in car lots, but if they could get a
wagon load at time many would haul
it to their farms when returning to
their homes with what is now an empty
wagon. 1t IS probable the committee
that has charge OF the lime crusher
will arrange to have few cars shipped
to Crossville, and possibly other
stations along the line of the L. g.,
so farmers can secure 1t by the wagon
load
In this connection it is of interest TO
tell of the experience of Eugene Will
loughby, at Grab Orchard, this year.
He has an acre or two that he ma
nured equally all over this year. On
one halt he used burnt lime and on the
other he used the crushed rock. tie
finds the results with the crushed rock
are proving much better than where
the burnt lime is used. Any preson
who is interested may see the corn ne
is growing where the two kinds of lime
are being used. He says one look will
convert any person that the crushed
lime is better than the burnt lime.
While this single experience might
not be sufficient on which to base
fixed policy for using lime, his expert
ence does coincide with the claims of
all the leading agrlculturists OF the
country: That burnt lime burns out of
the land some of the humus, which is
so badly needed for all crops, while the
crushed lime does not effect the land in
that way at all, but does sweeten the
land just as well as the burnt lime. A
larger quantity of crushed rock must
be used than of the burnt lime. Many
leading agriculturlsts say that not less
than one or two tons of burnt lime
should be used and about tw ice the
quantity of crushed rock.
The application of lime once IN five
to eight years is sufficient for this soil
in growing practically all crops except
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