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Waikato Times, Volume II, Issue 82, 7 November 1872, Page 2

fo reference to this use of a. clover crop for manure +he correspondent of an agricultural journal, in des- ■ - recent journey, says : —" I did not see a field manure. Many fields that last year cribing « f hem, had evidently been of clover used as -. ' '-<* sown on them had wheat harvested from . - --<, *h ft left without clover or grass seed be~- c to bleach uncovered in the sun and ra.ns uu... winter and spring until they were again ploughed in AS season and again sown to wheat. Most of the fields Vere ploughed for the first time when I saw Bayard manure generally had been applied aX ploV"g Pressed. I could not but tnink that If ss. worth oAlover seed had been sown in March 1871, on each acre of this land, and hall a bushel of gypsum (plaster of Pane) had been sown on anUe of the young clover soon after the wneat had been taken off the field-that there would have been a good crop of hay on the.ground, the 2oth day of Jun?,-1872, and more value of clover roots m the .round to manure the next crop of wheat than m the manure drawn from the barn-yard, and at how much less cost? Suppose the clover seed and gypsum to i have cost 10s. an acre when sown, how many loads ot manure can a man draw from his farm-yard to his wheat-field for 10s. ? This will depend greatly on distance—but say eight. Now, suppose these eignt loads spread over an acre. Let every one make Ins own estimate how thick it -will lie. But-.m case the clover and gvpsura had been.sown, there would have been-a good "crop of hay to cut by tne first day of July and by the middle-of August a second growth would have so covered the ground that great skill i would be necessary to plough it all into the furrows. ! Supposing this to be none, the ground then- rolled, harrowed; r f3Brttie wheat sowed with'a drill, and we have not only manured it, but secured a fine crop of nay that will more.than pay cost oi ? clover seed, gypsum., labour/ ancTinterest on the value of the land. How simple-and plain this proposition, is to me, for I hate raised wheat just,thbrwayjatless cost per buahei than in any other of the many ways tried. Suppose this clover process to b> adopted orf this well-cultivated land, much more stock could be .fed on the farm, and much more of barn-yard manure made.' .