The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-05-09
SOIL BUILDING AT
EXPERIMENT. STATION
SHOWS FINE RESULTS
ALREADY MANY OF THE WORN
OUT ACRES HAVE BEEN
! TRANSFORMED. rid
CRIMSON GLOVER the BUILDER
In Addition to Increasing Fertility of
the Land Splendid pasture ID Fur
njshed during Winter Months for
Hogs. ~

Little less than wonderful has been
the transformation already wrought
in the lands of the Middle Tennessee
Experiment Station here under the
magic hand of DR.. H. A. Morgan, the
director. Old fields that members 0f
the county court and citizens opposed
to the location of the station here, de-
clared were hardly good enough to
'sprout peas" now have perfect
wealth of the richest sort Of vegeta-
BILE matter upon them and in the space
of little more than year have been
SO transformed that they give every
promise OF yields that will compare
with the socalled richest land of the
county.
1t has been thoroughly demonstrate
ed by Dr. Morgan and his assistants
that no matter how badly used or how
much neglected the lands of Maury
county may be if they have any sort
of foundation they will readily respond
to good treatment Just a little effort
and patience and we'll directed work
and results that will be surprising are
sure to be achieved. ,a
Crimson clover is in the opinion of
Dr. Morgan, the land guilder par ex-
cellence of this country and he has
demonstrated that there is reason
for the faith that is in him. Fields
that were poor, from which practi-
cally all vegetable matter had been
leeched and some of which were gull
lied, were heavily lined and sown to
crimson clover, some to both clover
and rye and now the old bald spots
are rare, the clover is rank, from
knee to waist high, although pastured
all winter with hogs.
"You see TN this field" said DR..
Morgan, some of the most uninvit-
ing land on the farm. But we have
had the pasture here all the winter
when we needed it most and now you
see what a wealth of vegetation we
have. But we have not finished, this
land is still poor in nitrogen and hui
mus. We are going to cut this crop,
save the seed, for we will need an i'm
mense quantity this fall. Turn the
land and in August we are going to
sow it to crimson and red clover. In
the spring we will cut the crimson
clover and leave the red clover and
then when it runs another year we
will whip under the red clover with
disc pillow and then we will have a
field that will be ready for any sort of
crop. 1t will produce big yield Of
corn, or if we want it for permanent
pasture that will be profitable. And
mind you we have had just as much
pasture, and in seasons too when it
was most needed, while we have been
doing this as the average farmer can
get from his best grass lands. In fact
we have had more pasturage because
we pay very little attention to our
permanent pastures. They are rather
conveniences.
Things are moving along rapidly at
the station. Old thickets are being
cleared up, gullies filed and fields re-
newed Another large force will this
week finish the foundation for the adj
ministration building and second
cottage. The foundation for the dairy
mans cottage has been finished and
work has begun ON the foundation for
the dairy barn. 1t is also being press
ed on the wings. of the cattle barn.