FARMERS' REGISTER. 



experience. And now, my good sir, hoping ihat 

 you and your readers may liave patience lo get 

 ilirough this long epistle, I remain your o'd Iriend 

 and co-laborer. J. JVI. G. 



MANURING WITH GRKEiV CROPS. 



For the Farmers' Register. 



Some time last year, Mr. Rutfin requested me 

 to communicate the result of my iniprovemenis by 

 ploughing down croj)s of oats. 1 have been wait- 

 ing to have an opportunity of exaiuin ng a held 

 now sowed down itie third year in succession, (the 

 two previous liaving been given to the laud ior 

 improvement,) and intended to be harvested this 

 year. Two successive years is the exit nl of my 

 experience, and as exact results cannot be given, 

 it is with much ditfidence 1 undertake to speak on 

 the subject; yet, with the understanding that 1 

 only record my opinions, I proceed. 



Suppose one acre oCground, worth $5, prepared 

 and sowed with one bushel ol' oats, and th« pro- 

 duce be 10 bushels; and the sowing and liarvesi- 

 ing thus continued lor seven years in succession. 



Years 12 3 4 5 6 7 

 Produce 10 9 b 7 6 5 4=z49 

 Loss 35 70 105 140 175 210 Jtp7 35 



Land damaged to the amounl ol - - - 2 65 



Total loss by harvesting, - - - - - 10 00 

 Suppose the oats ploughed down when sutfici- 

 cienily ripe to vegetate, and the second growth 

 also turned under in spring, and this process con- 

 tinued lor six years in succession, but harvested 

 the seventh ; then the produce would increase as 

 ioUows. 



10 20 30 40 50 60 70 bushels. 

 70 bushels, at 35 cents, is - - ^24 50 

 Add, improvement ol laud - - 45 00 



Off charges seven years 



69 50 

 24 50 



Total profit by improvement and harvest 45 00 

 Add original value ol' laud - - 5 00 



Present value of land 50 00 



Slock can be put on the crops, sufficient lo pay 



interest or rent. 



First case— Original value oJ' land - $5 00 



Ori daujages - - 2 65 



Present value oC laud - 2 35 



Second case — Present value of land - 50 00 



Difference in value 

 Dillerence in harvestinfj 



47 65 

 7 35 



Difierence in processes - 55 00 



1st case — Loss by harvesting and damage 10 00 

 2d case— Gain by improvement & harvest 45 00 



Difference as above - - 55 00 

 First case — Harvested in seven years, 49 bush. 

 Second case— Harvested one year, 70 bushels. 

 First case— 49 bushels worth - - $17 15 



Charges, seven years - 24 50 



Second case — 70 bushels, worth 

 Charges, seven years 



235 



24 00 

 24 00 



Balanced - - - 00 GO 

 I make the charges in both cases equal, because 

 I consider the harvesting in the one case equal to 

 the additional fallow in the other case. 



Years. Profit if crop be cut 1 yr. 



SO 00 

 3 50 

 - 7 00 

 10 50 

 14 00 

 17 50 

 21 00 



Ry ploughing down oats for nine years in suc- 

 cession, I suppose the produce the tenth year 

 would bo 100 bushels, which I would willingly 

 take as a maximum ; althoush I have lately no- 

 ticed in the Cultivator that a Yankee has harvested 

 130 bushels the acre. 



This year I intend to begin sowing millet for 

 improvement ; first taking off rye, when in bloom, 

 for hay ; then turning down the stubble and sow- 

 ing millet; and when the millet is in bloom, turn- 

 ing this down and again sowing rye. As millet 

 delights in a dry soil, 1 suppose it would, on such, 

 be preferable to oats ; but the oats would be pre- 

 lerable to millet on damp clay. 



I have sowed rye on an oat fallow, which is well, 

 provided it be not on stiff clay; but in this case 

 the deeper deposited oats are apt lo appear in 

 spring, to the damage of the rye. I have known 

 a sufficiency of volunteer oats to rise, on clay 

 grounds, for the production of a crop, without till- 

 age or additional seed ; but such are of weakly 

 constitution ; therefore, I would prefer ploughing 

 and sowing, whether for improvement or har- 

 vesting. 



My present impression is, that all things consi- 

 dered, 1 would preler oats and millet to any other 

 crops, for improvement; but I deem it proper to 

 state that I have never tried any beside oats, ex- 

 cept clover and herds-grass, and these only on a 

 limited scale. 



To him who has a small farm, and a supply of 

 dung, manuring with green crops is out of the 

 question ; to him who has much land and little 

 dung, this manner of manuring is in the question. 

 The impatient will receive simple interest ; but 

 the patient will receive compound. 



Suppose a poor acre of ground desired to be 

 sowed in wheat next fall : then I would now 

 spread dung, and sow oats ; ploughing these down 

 when in bloom — say first of June — sow millet; 

 ploughing these down when in bloom — say first of 

 October — sow wheat. 



Dung worth 



Preparation and sowing oats 



Lose as above stated 



7 35 



Do. 

 Do. 



Harvesting 



25 bushels wheat 

 Improvement of land 



Profit. 

 March, 1840, 



millet, 



wheat 



do. 



$9 00 

 2 00 

 2 25 

 2 25 

 4 50 



- 25 00 



MoUtVTAINEER. 



