Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-11-25

is not it is believed, inferior to that bordering q
Connecticut river for rye and it might pronaDIy
be raised to advantage here in the same manner. II
il well known that the grain thfives the pest on
light SOIL On we and clayey one, where whea'
and barly will geow hxuriantly-it seldom does
well.
We commonly sow the seed without any prevI-
Gus preparation however, we are assured that Dy
observing the direction contained m the following
receipt, not only blast may be prevented, but tue
quantity increased ~
Salt Is to be dissolved in water until an egg VIII
swim then half as much more is to be added aud
tho seed put to stepping; after twelve hours, an
ounce of alum to every gallon is to be put n--and
the whole stood twelve hours longer, the liquor
must be drawn off and the rye spread on the hoor
and covered thick with Stacked lime sfted over u
and stirred until the whele is impre Cnaied there
with. after which il is to be Immediately sown. L
is added there is not much danger ofryes blasting
il managed as above except only from local eau
ses, such as barbary bushes which ought 20 ne
eradicated from the borders OF fields as they VIII
assuredly bring blast. But II 1t should appear
to blast. it ought to be cut Immediately. In har-
vesng grain, the best method il TO reap il in dry
day. let il lay on the ground and sun few hours,
then bind it in single bands and shock II ~ the
field where il may stand for ten or twelve days,
weather permitting, and then housed.
Dr. Eliot, speaking Of the cultivation Of rye OBJ
serves: g have been told and know II by my
own observation that if you SOW successfully eve
nv wear on the same land, the crops and the land
will grow better. Some land that at hFst would
Weld but FIVE bushels TO the acre, without any
charge OF dung or any manure, in tine, would al
ford crop of fifteen bushels per acre."
The ground should be ploughed and sewcd IN
medately after the grain il reaped. Sowing early
~. rye has
in the spring, fed close till the common sowing
time. and the harvest was uncommonly abundant
This way of sowing rye must be profitable as u
mends The land aud the crop is obtained WIN lHte
charge the land may be ploughed wiih slnail
team and there is but little expense oil seed. Land
devoted to this sort of Improvement shoui nc Tree
of stones and other mpeJments which would htn-
der plonghing and narrowing Well IL should also
BE- free from weeds, which il il the ground Nh ~,
crease vory fast in the course of tdage' ht setd
ought to be perfectly clean and Clear o. al kihds
d fowl seeds, as they will increase IRON year 70
year and the tares will hnaly run Out tue gram oe
tore a full experiment IS made.
Barleg--By some farmers il is sowed soon as inc
ground settles ia the SPRING by others about the
time of planting Indian corn. We rather pfete'
Tie latter neriod The land should be we'll subdued
by previo"S ti.lage. Bar!ey grows we'll on almost
all kinds of soil, if properly managed, but that
which il moderately light, is perhaps most suitable
Care should be taken ia ploughin5 the iaEd thar
TOO large burrows are not taken and tlat Y y hoi
pIoughed too deep, this grain not being able 70 get
through so large load Of earth as the other sorts
1t may be sowei upon the furroW, 81 the rate q
one aud half to two bushels au acre. Great care
ought to be taken to have good seed and t,ee from
every other species Of grain. particularly oats.
Barley should stand ill II isqnile ripe and meli
dr,ed before it is put Into the barn.
Barley yields plentiful and certain crop; no.
SO subject to be bighed, or injured by the seasons
as other grain Ii may be applied to a variety q
uses. III Is not 50 great an exhanster Of the and II
corn. The straw Is an excellent fodder for young
CATTLE and no crop is more suitable Tor seeding no
down with clover
Receipt(or increasing Barley Crop
Dissolve three pounds Of copperas 10 pahsnll
Of boiling water, add TO this as much dung-pudd!e
water as will cover three bushels OF seed str it anu
let il steep four and twenty hours when The bar
ley i spread and drained sitt on fine lime, winch
dries it fit for sowing