Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-24

out by bad management till. when he took it. it wouldn't grow six bushels of wheat to the acre or raise ten bush els of potatoes. By the combination of stable manure and clover he brought IL uD to an absolutely gar den-like fertility and productiveness.
 Wheat. clover, potatoes: this was his rotation The wheat and clover paid expenses; the potatoes paid profit. But IL took years 10 attain this result It was not reached Iu a single season. nor in just two CT three.
 We can raise as good clover as anybody, almost anywhere in New England. I've heard people talk about clover -sicS" land which would not grow the plant. Tn every ease that I've ever been able to investi- gate to the bottom. the "clover-sick- ness" turned out to be nothing more than soil inpoverishment, brought on by mismanagement and poor farming
 Likewise. we can raise whcat-if we want to badly enough. The proof Of it is that I've just bought a little from neighbo- not three miles away; took it right from his threshlng machine, and with it r. s assurance that it was going to be. acre for acre, the most profit q ble croD of the year to him. Another farmer 20 miles to the south Of me. has just threshed out a seven acre field and got about g bushels 10 the acre. which Is nearly 1o bushels better than the average of several Wheat-sueclaI iziEg western states whie n ] EaW re- ported in yesterdays paper. There isn't a county Tn Connecticut iu which wheat didn't use 10 be raised. nor one in which it can't be raise1 gain. lf it is worth while. And if a whe1t-ciover- potato rotation will pay the wheat clover expenses and give a whacking good profit on the potatoes, it cor- tainly would be worth while.
 Always however, it must be borne steadily in mind that one mans meat Is another mans poison, and what is good medicine on T. B. Terry's farm or John Farmers st1bnle may be Of small avail or soils Of Lebanon or Woodstock or Groton.
 The only way to get the most out Of 9 farm, when it be of 10 acres or of a thousand. whether it be i7 New Eng land or Dakota. whether it be a mel low loa m or stubborn Zlebe. ig Co learn that farm g thoroughly yor ever learned VOLT alphabet learn it up and down and through and through. learn 1t from surface sol 10 water table Learn what it has done. what to do. Learn what treatment it re- spends 10 and what crops it naturally runs to. Then humor it and help it and drive if with all the energy and all the gumption you've got or can beg, buy or borrow
 Keep trying out things. Even when they don't seem quite reasoua Dle to you, if you find they work well with some neighbor. try 'em on a small scale Our reason isn't Hlwa-s so good a guide as our experience. IT we were infinitely wise and OUT req son was infinitely accurate. that would be one thing: but we arc not. We may reason rightly enougf but if OUT facts are wrong tS start with. the best req asontnc won't lead to right c0nclu- sions. And the getting hold of real factr in their real significance and connections Is just about the hardest thing in life.
 "It takes a mighty smart man 10 tell thu truth" said some philosopher. Most anybody can mean 10 tel the truth. But if he doesn't know it, can't get hold of it right end first he can't tell if straight, even if he wants to.
 Likewise it takes a mighty smart man to know even the simple facts about the dirt of his own back garden. or big farm.
 # my experience or anybody eiss's experience suggests a line Of eTperl- ment or trial 10 you. give lt a reason able test and find out whether it fita you- conditions or not.