The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-24

then roll the ground, and sow on each acre
of it, peck of timothy seed, bushel of Or
chard grass, bushsl of Kentucky 6lus grass,
1 peck of red-top, top-dress with mixture
of bushel of salt and bushel of plaster,
per acre, harrow lightly and finish by roll
ling. Next spring as soon as the ground is
sound, sow at the rate of 10 fbs. of clover
seed per acre, roll it in, and you may secure
yourself pasture for twelve or fifteen years
--one that will give you, in good seasons,
from one and half to two tons OF hay per
acre, and furnish pasture for your stock the
residue Of the season; provided you top dress
! it with compost formed of well rotted ma
nure and ashes, in the fall of every second
year, and dress it with equal parts of plas-
ter and salt each spring.
CLOVER sEED.-If you did not SOW clover
seed last month, do so this, towards the lat
ter end of the month, but not until the frost
is entirely out, and the earth settled; then sow
12 lbs. of clover seed per acre, harrow it
lightly in with light harrow, and roll the
field. Ifyou fear the narrowing process, do
not fail to roll the seed in.
EARLY TURNrPs.-As soon as, from the
absence of frost, the ground can be put in
good order, select aspot adapted to turnips,
manure it we'll with well rotted barn-yard
and stable manure, plough that in 6 or 8 in
ches deep, harrow and put on top-dressng
composed of 7 parts well rotted manure and
part ashes, harrow that in, SOW your turnip
seed, harrow them lightly in, and give the
ground a busting of freshly slaked lime.
When the plants come up, sprinkle fish OF
over them, 3 or a su cessive mornings, early.
When they begin to bottle, thin them out,
!, SO as to stand or 10 inches apart stir the
soil with the hoe, and dust over them equal
quantities of salt and plaster, at about the
, rate of buShel an acre of each. Keep the
ground stirred, and your patch clean Of
weeds and you cannot fail to have good
! and early crop. The Early 20 iutcA is
, the best kind to SOW at this season If you
are near a market your early turnips will
bring a good price.
EARLY PoTAroEs.-As early potatoes al
ways command a good price, it is the inter-
est of those who are covenient to market, tc
| see that their potatoes are got in at the ear
iiest period. after the frost is all out of the
, ground, that the soil can be advantsgeously
worked and put in drst-rate order
THE SoIL.-If we wished to make a very
earl y crop, We would select sandy loam
on which there were a clover-ley or grass
sward, with southern exposure. This we
would plough to the depth of or 10 inches
lay the furrows fat, roll, then harrow, and
roll again, when the soil would be ready tc
be laid offinto rows TOR planting, which SHOULD
be north and south.
For minute instructions, as to the process
of our method of cultivation, we refer to ou
Month"; Work Of last March, page 287, ant
will only add, that the rows, as soon as tn,
potatoes come up, should receive dressing
of a mixture of equal parts of ashes, plaster
and salt,-a bushel of each will be suflicien
, for one acre.
! FENcEs.-Go yourself around your fences
throughout their entire lines, carefully ex
4 anime every panel, and wherever one need:
/ renewing or repairing, have such panels a.
, require it renewed, and those repairs attend
A ed to Immediately. There is nothing nor'
economic than having ones fencing strong
and sound, when the cattle are first turned
y out in the spring, as weak and defective pan.
e els, breed breaking disposition in them tina
q are not often forgotten or given up. Ant
as prevention is better than cure, see tha
your fences are cattle proof.
b BARS AND GATEs.-We have time afte
: time recommended our readers to substitute
/ gates for bars on every field in their place
4 and we repeat it again, because, from expe
f rience, we are firmly convinced that the for
b mer is more convenient, safe and cheaper
, SIDES AND Corners the sides and cor
|, ners Of your fields be lined with bushes
" brambles and briars, have all such nuisance
! grubbed out, burn them, and use the ashe
@ for manure; for bushel or two of ashe
n will supply the inorganic food for many bu
o shells OF wheat corn, rye, oats or barley
o These pests removed, then plough up six c
d eight feet along the line of your fence, an
= mix every two loads of it with your barr
e yard and stable manure, together with tw
6 bushels of ashes to every 90 loads of tn
$, compost, layer and layer about, and you wi
d add two-thirds more to yoar quantity of ms
nure, without lessening its active properties
n so that following our advice you will be abb
t, to do justice to your crops, they be increase
At in quantity as well as money value, and tE
r. result will be so hattering to your own inte
l. ests, so that hereafter, you will learn the in
le portanoe of attending to what, upon the sul
>, face, may appear as small matters, and com
10 to the conviction that has long since impress;
d ed itself on our mind, that prosperity ca