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The Facts For Farmers

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Parent Issue
Day
15
Month
August
Year
1862
Copyright
Public Domain
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Jüirinpi ilrps. All permanent iinprovetoent of the land t:mst look to linie as i!s basis. Xn land can ba preserved in a lïigb Btiittx of fertiüt.y, unleas cl óver and the grasses are cultivated ia thu courae of rotatiow. Mov.iJ !s indisptwablc to orcry soil, ! iid a healthy supply can alono be j served through the cultivaron of dover, and Uo frrasses, tlie tnrning in of green j crop) or :y the application of oompo rich iu tbc clcments ot' mould. Abumlaut crapa omr.iot be rniscd for a puccession of yesrs, unleas raro be Baken I to próvido an equivalent for tho substances CiirriuJ üff tlie land iu the prod'.icts : growj) thoroon. Tlie c'.iopping er griuding of grain to I be tod to stock, opcrates as a aaviug of at ! Iei8t twenty-iive por cent. Saml land Is productivo in proportion to the ainouut of fossils in tlte rocks of whiéj tbc snnd is inndi! ; but it i in all o-.ties, k-acliv, ai.d requires lime, cloy and j nshca to puddlo it; othcrwie raanurd will soak through and do but littlo good. All grain crops slumld be harvested ■ bcforc t!:c grain ia thoroughly ripe. Clovcr, ns well as all grassea intended for hay, should bo mowed when iu bloom. hallow plowing operatea to impover ish the soil, whilo it decreasoa prodactioDi Deep plawing greatly improvea the productivo pcwor-j of every variety of soil that is v All highly conoentrated animal mamires nre MWreased in valuc, and their bcnéfits prolonged by the admixtoro with piaster, 6alt, or with j'ulvcrized charcoal. ifouog stock sliould bo moderatoly fsd with grain in the winter, and reeeivo generous supplies of provender, it being esential to keep theia in a fair condition i'i order that their musoles, bones, etc, raaj be envouraged and eontinuously earricd on.

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Old News
Michigan Argus