Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-03-31
From The baltimore american.
WORK FOR APRIL.
ON THE FARM.

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G .co,cing Clover Seed.-The sooner you SOW
h your clover seed on your winter grain, the bet
Ter. but an il should be an object with You 10
= cover il. we would advise YOU to harrow il in
y with light harrow, and TO follow that opera
ton with the roller. Indeed, whether you in
S tend to let your field remain in grass or not
r an enlightened policy would dictate that You
f should SOW clover seed on all your fields as by
next fall il would give you, il you should feel
, SO disposed, an opportunity OF ploughng in q
fine clover ley, OF il you should please so to do,
, you could turn your cattle in, in early Tail, and
be assured of good pasture until frost. When
; we present these alternatives for your accept
ance, we do not mean, that il should be infer
red that we Of opinion, that il is best either
, To plough in the clover the first year, or that il
should be graZed, so far from either of these
being our belief we unhesilalngy aver, that
we believe the farmer will find his real interest,
in suffering his field to remain in clover, I'M
touched the first season, and only 10 turn it I'M
der, after he shall have cut IT two successive
years, and that hooking 10 permanent benefit,
he should let the aftermath remain untouched
by his stock.
In all cases where ii may he considered desi-
rable TO provide pasture for the stock we
think its quality will be greatly improved by
sowing orchard grass with The clover seed, one
bushel of the iurmer, IN l2lbs. ol the latter per
acre. IL clover seed should be sown alone, at
least 6 lbs. per acre should be given to the
Garth.
Grass Seeds generaliy, las Timothy, Herds
grass, Perennial Rye Grass, Orchard Grass,
buccrne Staninin, and, indeed, I'LL of the afti-
iical varieties, may now be sown, and the SOON
er the better.
Hauling out Manure. there is much to
do at this season of the year, and time is pre-
cIous, commence at once hauling out manure,
and cease not until you have hauled out enough
to give your corn ground generous dressing.
u alter yon examine your manure heaps, you
should find you have not enough TO do this,
I send your cart TO the woods and haul in su(-
iicient quantity of loan and leaves TO make up
the deficiency: mix these with your dung Ia
king care to strew bushel Of plaster over ev-
\ cry 10 or 20 loads OF it, the operation of mix
ing may be going on.
While upon this subject Of hauling out ma
nure 10 the corn ground we desire 10 press this
truth home 10 is folly 10 erpeci large
product Of corn trithOM an abundant supply
81 manure.
0a.s.-We need scarcely tell you, that the
earlier you sow your oats the heavier will be
the produce of grain, ms you know that already;
but ii may he setviceablc to remind you OF
what you have often done before, and perhaps
are about TO do now. II the piece Of ground
you have selected for your ont crop is poor,
don't be disappointed if your crop is of The same
character. The slight which this excellent
grain receives from almost every one, cannot
be too severely reprehended. Generally speak
ing, some poverty stricken fields are selected
for lis culture. and then, because the yield is
small, the culture is denounced from Maine 10
Georgia, whereas the fault is with the cultu-
risis. Oats require good land, good prepara-
ton, and carly sowing, and under these circum-
stances, in favorable years and situations, will
prove profitable CROP A hundred bushels TO
the acre have often been produced; forty, fifty,
sixty and eighty still oiicner, and yet we doubt
whether the average product in our country,
IS above u bushels. Why Is this thing sol
the reason can he assigned in one word, and
tina, word is, neglect.
Where the ground may moi be good, in all
cases bushel Of plaster 10 the acre should be
sown and narrowed ip with the seed. II plas-
ter cannot be had, few bushels per acre, say
Ten, OF either lime or ashes will answer as a
very excellent substitute
| To prevent injury from the worms, bushel
OF salt per acre, should he sown previous TO
rolling, and here we will remark, that all sow
/ lngs OF oats should not be considered completed
until the field has been rolled.
As 10 the quantity 10 seed per acre we would
remark, that the best crops we have seen, and
read OF as having been grown, have ALWAYS re-
suited from heavy allowance OF seed. Three
AMI four bushels TO The acre in most instances
while the generally good crops have had and
"a bushels Ia the acre. Less than bushels
never should be sown, and great care should be
taken, 10 sclcci good heavy seed for sowing.
II clover seed be sown upon the oats, perhaps
II would be best not to SOW more than two
bushels Of seed per acre.
Spring Wheat--From some experiment
made 10 the Eastward, upon fields OF winter
wheat, which had been greatly killed out bv
the hosts OF winter, we are inclined TO think
That spring wheat might advantageously be
sown over such fields.
Corn.-As we are the advocates of early
planting, we of course would urge upon all TO
get IN their crops as soon as the frost is sufi-
GENTLY out OF the ground To allow of its being
! ploughcd and put in good order. Deep plough
ing, heavy manuIiug, thorough pulverization
IN the preparation Of the ground, and dry
bed, are indispensabeS in The beginning, as
much so indeed, as constant stirring of the soil
Is, III The alter culture, up to the point of stop-
| ping. II we were asked, how deep we would
plough Tor corn crop! our answer would be
never less Than seven inches, and as much
deeper as we could get, adding each year an
inch or Two 10 the depth Of our soil always
manulng freely with vegetable and animal ma
hures, ana never omlttng either 10 lime, to ash,
or In plaster.
| old Fcids.-Those who may have old fields.
which owing to their exhausted condition, have
been turned out as unfit for culture, and who
may not be in a situation To restore them by
proper application of nulritive manures, can, at
a very little cost, if they be enclosed, bring !
them up to such condition of fertility, as will
make them tage. Our manner OF treating
them would he this. AS soon MS convenient,
after we had got in our spring crops, we would |
spread over them, per acre, ten bushels of lime,
| a
heavy harrow over them two ways, so rs to
partially bury the lime and plaster, create a |
surface soil, and let the air, the rain, and the |
atmospheric gases into the earth Rv keen.