Clover And Grass Land

-If moro of our farm land was kept in clover and grass land than is usually th) case, and a greatcr quantity cf stock, we ghould not ónly Lear les frequettly of tho exhaustion of tho soil, but shoultl fooi tolerably oertain that, with ordinarüy good farming, it was in a way of yielding large erops of coreáis annually on a smaller extent of lnnd. It is tbe inanure tbat is mado upon a farm that coustitutes tho primary souroe of profit to the farmer, ït is tbe rapid exhaustion of farms and plantations by hoed crops, corn, tobáceo, etc. - not only in consequence uf the immense araount of phospuates liich they extract from tbe Boil, hut also by reasou of the exposure of the soil itself in its ligbt condilion to washing rains and too ardent beat - which bas thrown out of cultivation in tbis and otber of tbo older States so inany fiolds that were once fertile, but are now filled with a sodge grass, and rugged and unsigbtly gulües and ravines. fcjoils in our climate ueed to be kept covored in clover and grass to as great an extentas is consistent with good busband ry. They iraprovo under the shade of olovor, because tbis denso covering preven tsevaporation, and because also the long tap-roots of this fine l'orago plant penétrate deep down into ths subsoil, where they rot and furnish aliment for 6ucceeding crops. A good crup of clover turned is equivalent, moreovor, to a good dressing of bamyard uianure, for it contains all the constituent in whicb tbe cercáis delight. Grasa lands for similar reasous, when not too closely cropped, improve the soil. inasmuch hh they not only prevent evaporation and add vegetable matter to the uudor soil, by the decay of their under leaves, but thoy also leave many tons of vegetable matter to the under soil by thcir close net-work of fine fibrous roots when tbo land is again brought under the plow.