1 8 Soiling. 



what has already been said in regard to barnyard 

 manures, etc. 



"Ordinary barnyard manure," says Mr. Harlan in 

 his most excellent work on " Farming with Green 

 Manure," "contains ten pounds of nitrogen, five 

 pounds of phosphoric acid, and twelve and one-half 

 pounds of potash." By referring to the above table, 

 we notice that a ton of green rye is worth just about 

 as much. I have seen some wonderful results in the 

 improvement of land by plowing under a crop of rye. 

 I once rented a piece of land — seven acres — adjoin- 

 ing my farm, that had for a great many years been 

 used in connection with the Methodist parsonage of 

 the place. Every minister that came took from it 

 all that he could during his three years or less, so 

 that finally it would hardly grow mulleins. The 

 first season, it was in grass. We drew the whole 

 crop to the barn in two loads and a half, about as 

 many tons. We plowed it . up and sowed it to rye, 

 plowed the rye under the next spring and sowed it 

 to Hungarian millet ; plowed that under and sowed 

 it to wheat, and harvested thirty and one-fourth 

 bushels per acre the next season, and cut from it the 

 following year at least ten tons of hay. No other 

 fertilizer was used. I have also had equally won- 

 derful results with following rye with oats and peas, 

 to be plowed under for wheat, instead of summer 

 fallowing. 



Land in a good state of cultivation will produce 

 from five to eight tons of green rye per acre. A ton 

 of green rye contains nearly $3 worth of plant 



