Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-04-29

crops. nc requisite lot WTGdL crop,
are clear, mellow, and rich tilth
III either OF these are wanting or the
soil be very porous or sandy, rye
should be substituted If long manure
is applied directly TO this crop, it intro
duces weeds and grass; and although
the straw may be luxuriaut, the grain
is often light and shrivelled If sui
tered to fcrment in the yard, manure
loses bali its value in the process.
BIT applied to corn and potatoes in the
spring, it enriches these crops by its
grosser and volatile particles, leses its
noxious seeds, undergoes fermenta.
ton, and becomes by the preparation
for the wheat crop, intimately mixed
aui in corporation with the soil. l
narrowed down crowns of the corn
hills with heavy harrow, plough, sow
and narrowed the seed by passing the
harrow both ways.
rive have long been persuaded, that
the public are not generally sensible of
the great value of Lucerne, in compari-
son with other .rasses, for green food,
especially ia hot and dry seasons, and we
are the more gratiied in the opportuni-
ty of copying the following communica-
ton 20 the Philadelphia Agricultural So
ciety, founded, As , purPorts to be, on
the experience o. ten years. The seed
may, we perceive. be now had, of Mr..
Robert Sinclair, Baltimore, at SO cents
per pound. I-Elit. u Far.
TO THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY
FOR THE PROMOTION OF A6RI-
CULTURE.
Berth Am5oy, 10Th July, 1923
Having been TOR eight or ten yea 5
past in the successful practice of Gu,
waiting l1cerae, think 1t may be beneii.
cially promote the interest of Agricul.
ture, to offer you few remarks on
that subject.
THIS article, Frequently denomlna
ted French Clover,) ] have found by
experience, to be not onl ~ the most
convenient, but also the most proita-
BILE ofall grasses. 1t vegetables quick
er in the spring than any other grass,
it resists the effects of thoughts, it may
be cut four or five times in the course
of the season, and it will endure from
ten or twelve without renewing. OF
all other grasses it's the most profita-
bic for selling. / am fully of opinion,
that one acre properly got in would
b. more than sufficient to maintain at
least head of cattle from the fl rst oil
May, until the frost SETS in, for before
It can be cut down in this way, the
first part oft will again be ready for
the scythe. English writers have re
commended the drill system for this
grass, but in this climate | have found
this plan not to answer.
The proper mode is put the land in
good order; to sow it broad cast, and
TO get the seed in during the month
Of April, or the early part of May
Fall sowing will not answer, as when
sowed SO late, it, like clover, is found
not to resist the effects of the frost. Il
may be g)tin with Spring rye, or bar
ley, or with oats but in the last ease, the
oats would require 10 De cur green
and before getting info seed, and
by means, an early this feed for
cattle would be obtained without
impoverishng the soil. But the mode
I would most conidelity recommend
would be to SOW with the lucerne, a
bout half a bushei Of common twin
teri rye 10 the acre. TIE effect OF
this ia, that rye which vegetables quick
", serves as a nurse Ia the young
grass, against the effects OF schorchlng
sun, and by the time the grass attalns
sufficient strength o protect itself, the
rye withers AMI apparently dies. 1t
will however gain come forth in the
spring, and naked with the lucerne,
will add much to the quantity OF fod
der and prove most excellent food
for cattle. The rye viii admit Of cutting
green in this way, (before getting into
seed two or three times with the IN,
cerne, before it decays The quantity
ofssed recommend, is at the rate OF
l4to 90 pounds to the acre
The kind of soil most suitable for
this culture is dry mellow iand-buI
a sandy or clay land will also answer
provided they are not lDet. In ia,
vorabIe season, the lucerne may bt
cut the ensuing fail-after the first sea