Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-06-18
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| have a p.ece &C shee; which was sown about
the rnidi,o Of last sep'eu.bcr on dry sell q
which shoud think nearly two-thirds IS dead with
the roots fair in the ground the of tho death
Of whc', could NOT account for, unit! read Mr..
uiclock's communication, read before the State
Agricultural Society, which came IN the April
number Of the Cultivaior the substance OF winch
was, that the saccharine matter designed for the
support OF the plant IS mote likely to be DESTROYED
when grain is sowed carly, than when it is soued
late. lhavc another piece which was Sown the 18th
Of Octobcr, on WI heavy land, which has survived
the winter admifabl, well, II being difficult To find
4. spear that has died. | hau vet another piece,
which was sowcd October 20th. OF which suppose
the onc-t third part one-halt IS dead On all the
hove yicces wheat Was >oun a, the rate OF two
,ishels per acre, 81 there is enough left yet.
Last spring | ,owed my clover seed, on the same
land a, two dhcrcn, times abou, five pounds 10
the acre each time. The FIRST time Sowcd near the
last Of March the second time the tenth of April.
Soon after | sowed the lrsi time, We had warm
rain and the sprouted on the top of the ground
any where after We had severe fiost and
| observed that the sprouts of all those seeds which
were shot forth the top of the ground were
killed, Wills, those which shot INTO the ground,
we're not injured | further noticed, that such
SEEDS or plants that had burst the shell and
uafolded the first two leaves, were killed, whilst
those which were still covered b, the shell o.
the seed survived. In fact nearly all the plants
of the first sowing were killed, but Of that
which sowed the tenth OF Anil, a LARGE proportion
lived. gathcrcdup several seeds OF the frs, SOW
iny, which had spronied. but still retained ,hcl,
she'll, the sprouts whereof had been killed by the
frost, and planted them, thinking they might sproul
the second time, but not one of them did. II j,
urged in favor Of earl, SOWING, that If the seed i,
not Sowed whilst the ground is freezing and tlaw :
ing and full of cracks, that the seed vi not get III
the earth, so as TO shoot lis root, therein and live
but my opinion is, that II farmers were TO their
clover seed from the sth 10 the 10Th of April aud
harrow and roll, or ii the ground is heavy, merely
roll il in. they would secure to themselves thai
Great desidcratum, good crop of clover. fur
ther think that great many OF the seeds wlic,
fall into the cracks, sink taolow down reach
the top, and that would suggest the proprcN OF roll
np the ground 10 press in the seed, that do not fall
in the cracks, and thus perhaps secure the life OF
almost the only plants that eau eventually come IL
perfection. 1.-THE ground is narrowed and rolled
think the seed should be sowed after the harrow
that the cracks may FIRST be filled up; if Il plant
after il shows its first leaves, GETS covered up Ia.
think great part of those which terminate in the
creviccs do, it is done forever.
want YOU, if you please, to inform me- through
the Cultivator, why the skin of young pigs crack,
open, if they cat green clover, and whether you
know Of any preventive and also whether il will
cause their skin to crack If II is mown and given
them in wllted state.
II YOU think any of the above is worth publish.
ing, you are al liberty 10 do II.
With respect, am your friend,
JESSE RYDER
JESSE BrEL.