Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1853-11-19
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Ind. The nsjorilies Of the parties
ke ,he utmost pains With iheir til
[en 10 think that their grass is
1tnsi,er, and that it may well take
% itself. Nor is i, ofien better
sled when first laid down. ! and is by
sfIFsquently 6rstcrcpPed as long as
Il vIIl produce seed again, and then laid
down 10 become permanent pasture.
Great credit is taken if the land is made
summer.fsllow before the close OF the
corn-cropping; but too often fallow crop
is also taken, ;oproteet the seeds, for fear
they should grow loo luxurianlly.
Others take greatcare. They grow no
crop Of corn; they pay a high price for
veil selected and carefully grown grass
seeds, and, possibly, they SO the land in
fine mechanical condition; still they are
sometimes disappointed and blame the
scotsman il they do no, find his finer
grasses grow as plentifully or luxurian'ly
as they could wish. The fact is, the won
der ought to be that any should grow at
al.
Sometimes grass land is taken out to
improve and lay down agan to pasture.
But the process adopted is one Of dep'e-
tion, and not Of nutrition. They crop
away with corn so long as crops are OBJ
tainable, and then take great credit if the
land gets dose of lime when it is laid
to grass. And ofener the grass, after the
Improvement, is worse than that which
preceded-csrries less stock, ,and maintains
them in a manner far inferior to what i,
did before.
The old grass land of The farm is seldom
noted fairly by. 1t must give up all, and
receive nothing in return. If ii is mown,
a little rotten chaff, or waste scraplngs, is
a liberal allowance. If not, it is consid-
cred that no manure is necessary. Though
milking cattle and store stock are depas-
,ured upon it, and carry off year after, no
addition CT manure of any value is made
to the soil of this serious abstraction. In
rich alluyal feeding pastures it is unneces-
sary, but where store cattle OF any kind
are depas,ured, The land must inevitably
deteriorate.
To begin with the beginning, land o
lay down with grass should be as careful
ly prepared as for any other green crop:
the one being permanent, however,, snt
.he other only temporary, the greater cart
ehou,d be taken Of the preparation; this il
of more consequence than seeds. Ther'
are always natural grass,seeds in ever!
soil, lying ready for termination ant
growth as soon as the manurial or feeding
elements Of the soil are ready for their DC
velorement. On this principle it is tha
a dressing Of mountain lime will brins
into action seeds Of white clover where
lit le clover plant was never known II
have existed before. So on very ricl
stubble, on almost any soil, there will b.
found the finest grasses growing in ricl
luxuriance, after the corn crop is takei
off, without single seed being sown. Ii
like manner, one year will bring vas
smother Of trefeil on land where none wa
ever sown before.
Hence, to be rich-to have abundanc
ofphosphoric acid in free state--to hav
a full supply Of ammonical matter, are
more importance than being particular Il
a shade in the selection Of grasses. 1t i
only ques i'm of time. If the land b
rich and feetile, there will be found
growth of the fines. grasses which ar
more or less unsuitable.
So in improving pas'ure--it is not al
ways necessary to take it out into tilage
If hide.bound, good heavy loaming,
few fresh seeds, and compost dressin
will soon recover it. II mossy, the mos
will soon disappear before good cuitiv;
ton. 1t is Natures covering for land to
poor to grow to grass, and on stone wall
rocks and similar places, the moss appear
for simply the same reason--it is cove
ing preparatory to the production of MOI
nutrient material.
Rushes and similar plants, due TO t!
prevalence of stagnant water, are TO +
disposed Of in similar way, namely, b
proper and efficien. drainage.
But ready mode Of transferring pa
ture from one field to another has bee
adopted, and no, without success. A fiel(
properly leveled and prepared, has had
cover Of turf or sods, two and half i,
ches thick, and so placed upon it, at a co
not exceeding fifty shlllings per acre, il
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