The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-05-03 00:00:00

FARMING OPRRATIONS.

I Farmyards in our southern counties are now cleared
of stock and manure, or the manure is turned in the
yards prepartory to its application to the land;
further north, a week to • mouth later. Some farmers
do not tern the manure, preferring to apply it freak
from the yard.. We have practised both plans ex-
ten.ively, and prefer the maim between the two
extremes of much rotting and no rotting; result.
proviog that slightly fermented manure, Ito aS to bring
et to • uniform quality. if got in with its natural asp, is
the beat for root crops, eabbagea, ire. Farmyard
' manure intended for mangel win gel should have nearly
I double the quantity of tommon salt, either in the
I turning or before, than that intended for swedes and
I turnips ; or the extra quantity should be applied to the
I land at the time of sowing.
TUIPLP FALLOW!' are now worked chiefly with
cultivators, so as to keep the winter-made mould upon
the surface and retain the ',worst up in the land.
Sot old pastures that have been pared and burned,
' end Peaty soils that have been Wile burned, require, as
noon as the ashes are spread, to be ploughed end cross-
ploughed from 3 to 4 inches deep, elod-cruahed and
harrowed, no as to inc)rporate the ashes and' reduce
the staple; an additional 3 inches of fresh moil are then
brought up with the plough, broken down end mixed
by :mans of the barrow, cultivator and clod-crusher.
the land is then allowed to lie until the end of May
or tinkling of June. The last operation should be
rolling, to keep in the sap. A heavy shower is favour-
able to the process of fallowing-At good dressing of
sewage or liquid manure is better.
Maxon Woascc-Sowitio.—When the 'mid has been
meowed in the autumn the work at this season is light, I
as artificial manures and the seed are both drilled into
the land, the former in a liquid or dry state as the
weather requires. But when the land hat to be
manured at the time of sowing, it is other•ise, as the
several operations require to he performed with expedi
Mon and regularity, so as to get the seed in with the
sap, and thus ensure asufficieotty of plant. From 61b. to
71b. of seed per acre should be drilled in and lightly
covered with not more than half an inch of fine mould.
The rollers of the seed-drill are seldom sufficiently '
heavy, with the greatest hand-pressure put upon them. I
to compress the soil properly; boom many roll a second
time with a heavy roller: The plant is a greater con-
sumer of common salt than any of the other cultivated
crops about twice that of the Swede. The latter con-
sumes more potash and lime, so that the farmyard
manure for the two mops requires to be doctored
differently. About 2 cwt, of salt to 1 cwt. of super.
phosphate should therefore be sown over the fermiersl
manure, if the salt has not previously been applied to
the muter. in the yards. The better plan is to salt the
manure in the yards as the other crops require, and to
give the extra allowance, about weight for weight, along
with the superphosphate, at the time of sowing, say 24
Get. to 3 owl. of sash,
. . .

SUGAR Burr is sown abost the same time as mangel
wursel, and the cultivation of the two closely resemble
each other, with the exception that sugar.beet is grown
closer every way, the rows being 12 to 20 inches apart,
and the plants in the row as close as they can be grown,
to weigh not more than 41b. each; soneequently from
10113. to 141 b. of abed is required per acre. Sow in •
good season, and keep the horse and hand hoe going
afterwuds.!
Tar DAULT.—Cluoiemaking and butter.making both
begin to grow in importance with the grass. YUGO
cows should be gradually shit led from winter to summer
food. For this purpose irrigated meadow grass,
rye, or other early green forage should be cut up
with their hay iota chaff, wiling lees and less hay as
they take to their summer dietary. Practiosally speak-
ing never allow the grass to physic the cows, or it will
affect the milk, butter, and cheese both in quantity and
quality.