Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1869 — Items of Agricultural Experience. [ARTICLE]

Items of Agricultural Experience.

1. All soils arc benefited by, Aiding todeWrained, but (lie benefit is more apparent and lasting In those of a clayey nature, or having a subsoil retentive of moisture. rftQfl 8. After drainage; sunsonlng 'find good cultivation are to ensure good crops on heavy soils. . . 3. Lime is the best pyanyre ..to, supply strong clay soils. It renders them mote pervious to light and heat, and also corrects their acidity, by combining with some of the chemical salts in the soil, making plant food of poison. 4. Summer tallowing is the most efficient and profitable means .of preparing strong shlls for wheat, and of begiiiriirig a rotation, after grass has been grown for a length of trine. ■ t ~ . 5. Green Crops plowed under, when in the most succulent state, are powerful auxiliaries in rendering a light soil fertile; but if this is done too often, successively, the Soil becomes overcharged with carbonaceous matter. C. Leached ashes applied in large quantities to sandy soils, or those containing too much vegetable humus, will greatly ameliorate their condition, and render them more compact. 7. There is no soil so poor or sterile but some mode may be’found of amok orating and enriching it. / % tv 8. Blowlfig safids may'be gradually made pnxiuctive by spreading six inches thick of straw over them, to remain till ratted. Then seed thickly with clover on the surface, without plowing,, and when the clover has taken hold ana becomes established, pasture sheep upon the land for two or threeyears preparatory tomarntring and cultivating It. • t - 9. Two successive grain crops on the same land leave it very foul ID. Summer fallowing ameliorates asoil, and, if properly done, gets rid of most of the weeds and noxious plants infesting it — Canada. Farmer. .