Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-12-22


a9th Of October, 1912.
An other objection will be urged Chat
the stock will destroy the grass and i'm
poverish the iand-tl.is will be trt,e if
the Lands are over stocked, and il the
stock are suffered to 20 on The clover, tue
first year Il its growth OF The second, be-
fire midsummer. After thai, the lands
have settled from the previous culture,
and have become clothed with coat ot
vegetable matter, and are not injured ny
the heof. Indeed alter the second year
do no. consider them rs injured by
grazing at all. A field will suppUrs dou-
b'e thu Stock, the second wear y! grass.
that it will the FIST, and double the third
that it w0ul! the second. And alter IL
becomes covered with terf it Cai.unt be
Injured BY them. 1t is i,.c1 hot @encr-
ally known that Old ta,s pastures fatten
stock better. and make richer milk, wit!i
less abundant. and apparently less vlger-
Gus growth Of vegetation ihan these more
recently laid dowu. There is an instance
mentioned of an individual in Eas-
lana, maker Of Cheshire cheese Of sup
eror Quality, vino with the view OF III
creasins his @rass, broke up and reset his
pastures. AS lie anticipated the vegeta-
ton was more abundant and luXnrlant.
bat his cheese become iinpu. erished, and
lost its reputation which he was unable
10 resture until his pastures had LAID sew
en- years under grass.
TIE kind of Stock to be kept whether
sheep OR cattle OF both, will depend upon
the market, and the peculiar circumstan-
ces It The farm, as well as the judgment
of the proprietof. Sheep are destructive
TO recently set grass, and lAerein ;Hjuri-
Gus tn the land; bat proPasators of tu'f,
and decldeiiy improvers IN iaad OF: old
partures. Turf OF good lands bears ;he
hoof aud the tooth better than weeds,
briers, CT bushes, and the lands will BE-
cleAnsed, aid not i;r poversieJ. lands
that are disposed to put up bushe, and
brlers, will require 10 De mowed with the
the tfamJie scyth once a year, to keep
them from destroying the grass. This
Gan be done at leisure, in the fall, win
ter Or spring; ii is best after the bushes
have put out; and if commenced The
year after corn. when they are small, it
will be found. that the labor of moving
the whole farm every year, is much less
than graboing one field, if left unno!est,
ed from crop to crop. Hard tieading is
the best preparation for wheat; it gives
"A compacsncss to the soil, which is Eeces-
sary 10 insure Il good crop. Tie Green
Spring and Jefferson lands arc the stiff
a
L.ns in New York that are reported to
produce from so to GO bushels to the q I
Gre. ti.id thro', are said to be too tiff 20 !
produce we'll, any other crop. The ap-
proved culture OF wheat in Euglan;i is !
one ploushl.s with two cast iron rollers |
o! $50 to 500 lbs. each. following two
p'oushs, and pressing the sod down as it
is turned over; TIE grain covered by sup
e,hcial culture. The !ands Of Eastern
Virginia are too light for wheat. ard i. is !
desirable to make them compact by stock !,
1rea,lins. Sly olvi, experience has IN
Dictated decidedly ,the advantage CT stock
treadlng and one ptoushing gwen before
harvest if practicable ; rot, as soon after
as possible. with superficial culture in !
seeding, sa.ii ;ient TO destroy the blicn-
NAL weeds, disregardns the summer
grasses. 1t will be said that one powing
will destroy the effect If the treading,
this is true to certain extent; but Two
pnlverlze and tighten the soil Still more;
il the plowing be given early, the earth
settles very much before seed time.
There is another circumstance, too,
which gives preference to a single plow-
ing, VIZ: on lands that are followed ear.
iy. the process of reformation of soil,
commences on the new surface, and na-
tars thus prepares better soil iof the
graln than can be formed Ivy art wheat
VIII grow more vigorously, and come
mose ~ perfection than if this is again
mixed by another blowing. Lands fol-
lowed late or re-faIlowet, do not exhibit
that darkened appearance upon tie sur
face at stod Tune. that these do, which
have been p'owed when the vegetation
was suceulent, and have remained long
exposed to the sun. The idea that the
exposure OF land to the sun is hurious to
IT, Is not confirmed by my experience.
Lahds that are plowed before Harvest,
aud exposed to the summers sun, pro-
duce more abundant crop of grain. rip
ening earlier, with ii brighter straw. and
are less ah.cte;! by rust. After She cron
Is removed they exhibit by the vegetation
upon them marked superiority owe,
Those il Seplen-,er Or October. if they
are re-plowed, the wheat may grow as lux
Efiantly, perhaps more so; but it will
not stand as thick, or produce as abund-
ant crop Of grain. The early faslow be-
comes Indispensable upon lands sodded
with blue grass This grass like every
other plant has less ;enacity Of life i'm
nediately before seeding than at any o.
Their time. Ii it is well turned, in the
months Of May aud June, it will be SO