The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1846-03-28

| it may be late to sow clover seed, yet
if there be any who may not have got
ten in his seed, let him do SO forthwith,
and if the ground is sufficiently dry to
admit of the operation, it would be well
TO harrow and roll in the seed. Let
no one entertain any fears of injurIng
the crop of wheat or rye, for if the
ground be in sound condition he will
do positive benefit to either crop.
Clover Fields.-Ali fields in Glover
should have bushel of Plaster. ger
acre, sown thereon as soon as practi-
cable, a moist day to be selected for
the operation. By attending to this
hint ten times the value of the plaster
will be added to the product of hay,
while the soil itself will be clothed with
an absorbent that will continue through
the season to drawfrom the atmosphere
whatever there may be floating in it
that is calculated to enrich the soil or
furnish pabulum to the plants; for, of a
truth. it is thus that plaster acts, or so
small quantity as does, could not pro-
duce the atmosphering results which
are so gratifyingly witnessed by the
observing farmer, and which contrib
ute so largely to the sustsnance and
comfort of his stock. objects which we
are sure are dear to the pride and hearts
of every good man.
| Old Fields.-,In most of the old
States there are numerous old fields
which from improvident culture, years
gone BY, have been exhausted of their
fertility, and turned out not to grass, but
to the bleaching influence Of summer
suns. In the approach to many home
steads, these unsightly fields greet the
eye but to sadden reflection and mar
those joys which otherwise would
await the meetings Of friends. Such
sights, too, ,tend to depreeiate the value
| of farms, be the other portions ever SC
rich in all that gives fertility to soils and
nutriment to growing crops. Now
these we do think may be brought back
to something like condition Of profit
able state of fertility at comparative
little, expense. Let such fields be
fenced in, if they be not so already
Let the cattle be kept off of them; have
them well narrowed and cross harrow,
then availing yourself of moist weather.
spread on each acre bushel of plaster;
let them remain undisturbed until it shall
be time to SOW buckwheat; when that
period arrives plough up your fields,
harrow and roll well, then SOW half
bushel of buckwheat per acre, harrow
it in and roll, and then finish by sowing
thereon another bushel of plaster per
acre; when the buckwheat first comes
into blossom plough it in deeply, at
taching chain to your plough, or pre-
cede it with a roller. Then harrow
your ground and let it remain week,
when Ifit be clayey ground you should
sow it in wheat, narrowing in the seed
thoroughly and following the harrow
with roller-if the soil be sandy or
light sandy loan, sow in rye, using the
harrow and roller as before advised
This done you may wait until your con-
venience may best suit, when you
should sow five or ten bushels of lime
and as much ashes on each acre. Thus
treated your old field will yield you a
fair crop Of grain the first season, and il
you treat them the succeeding year in
the same way as the former, you may
make up your mind that you will have
no occasion TO turn them out for some
years to come, and not then provided
you stock them down. as you should
your other fields with clover, In the reg
uar course of a wisely contrived rota-
ton of crops. We have recommended
buckwheat as the green crop to be
turned under as a fertilizer, and we
have done SO, because it is one Of those
crops which may be grown with the
addition of little plaster on most soils
and which, from the constitution of Its
leaves, draws much of its nourIshment
from the atmosphere, and will, there
fore return to the earth much more
than it may have distracted from it.
Quantity Of Grass Seed per acre. =
Many of the failures which arise from
the setting of fields in grass, we are
certain, arise from the parsimonious-
ness which direct the judgment of those
who caused them to be thus sown.-
We have, therefore, ever been the ad-
vocate for casting on the ear.h an am
pie quantity of seed. Of ClOper seed
when sown alone we never would SOW
less than sixteen pounds 10 the acre. II
Clouer seed be sown with Orchard
Grass, we should sow twelve pounds OF
lCioyer and a bushel of Orchard Grass.
lSnaoking of Orchard Grnss we will