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he had seen worn out land so far resuscitated as to yield 98 

 bushels of corn to the acre. It would grow in poor land for 

 the reason that a large portion of its nutriment was drawn 

 from the atmosphere, and when turned under, it gave to the 

 soil the nutriment thus obtained. He believed it to be a 

 biennial plant. The blue grass pastures, he said, in the 

 White Water Valley, were used principally for winter 

 pastures. 



[Mr. H. then referred to certain matters connected with 

 sheep raising, but as that is the particular question for next 

 evening's discussion, his remarks will then be reported.] 



Mr. Brady, of Marion, closed the debate. He stated that 

 he thought if clover did not freeze out, it would live for sev- 

 eral years. But as it forms a stool or broad crown, the 

 ground, when frozen, by its expansion against this stool, 

 forced the root so much out of the ground as to be injured 

 past recovery. Rolling the land in the spring would not 

 benefit it. He turned under deeply the second crop when 

 the seed had ripened, and sowed in wheat, followed by lye 

 or some other similar crop. When plowing for this crop the 

 clover seed was turned up, and the field was reset in clover. 

 By this kind of rotation, the field could always be kept in 

 clover, and constantly improved. He disliked red top, and 

 regarded it as a great pest, except in low, wet situations. 

 There was no better grass, for early pasture, than white 

 clover. Its yield was very great in the spring, but not much 

 in the fall. He believed that blue grass grew as well here as 

 in Kentucky, where the land was mellow and rich. He had 

 sown the seed of both the Kentucky and Indiana, and could 

 see no difference between them. 



February 14, 1852. 



Mr. Holladay of Parke was called to the Chair. 



Mr. Fletcher said that he felt a deep interest in the ques- 



