Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-07-02

bushels, under the cultivation recommended
In the winter the plants should be lightly COW
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TCRSING UNDER GRAss-The Yankee far
mers are a great people, in their way great
in making little experiments upon their farms,
and great in writing accounts of them for
theie Agricultural papers. Here is one illus
tration of the correctness of this remark, the
republication of which in the Farm Courier
may prevent some Kentucky farmer from be-
coming peri leSed in like manner as his New
England cousin was, or help him out of per
plexity into which he has already fallen;
Mn EDITOR i noticed in the New Eng
land Farmer, of February llth, an article on
improving the soil by blowing in crop of
clover As that does not agree wish my ex-
p,rience, ! will give another view of green
crops for manure
Several years ago, having piece of ground
that was worn down, wanting to improve it.,
and being short of manure, the last of June,
the whole crop Of grass was plowed in well, at
about one ton per acre during the season, as
the weeds came up they were plowed in this
was done three times.
The next spring it was spread with coat
of barn cellar manure, and planted with corn,
hoed three times, and poorer piece of corn
never raised while on q piece adjoining,
equal in every respect, that had no grass
plowed in, was good crop Of corn.
In June, 1858, wanting TO SOW n little more
fodder corn, broke up piece that was taken
off from an old pasture adjoining the piece OF
moving that bore heavy grass the old fence
being moved, left bog, running anglewise
the piece to make it square | plowed about
one-half of each, moving and pasture the
grass on the moving when plowed was knee
high, which was oil turned in, and the whole
was spread with manure, and corn sowed in
drills, ran the cultivator between the rows,
but did not hoe il the corn on the old pas
ture land grew eight feet and over while the
corn ON the moving land never grew more
than two feet and was yellow and siclily all
the season. Last year ! sowed the same with
corn, with the same result
Such is my experience in plowing in grass
for fertilizer w. l.. ID.
Harvard, Mass, Feb 10, 1860
HUNGARIAN GRAss-A good word about
Hungarian grass is now just in season. And
as no man is prophet at home, whereas many
a man is prophet abroad, we will permit one
away off among the hills of New England to
speak for u.s. We sowed an acre of this fine
forage crop last year about the middle of June,
and were all well pleased with the result We
had an idea, however, that it would have done
better had it been put in earlier So this year
we sowed about the middle of May, and the
plant is now beautifully up Midway between
the two periods, say June lst, would, perhaps
in this climate, on land of fair quality, be a
good time at which to SOW And that makes
the word spoken below Gust in the nick of
time" Let no member of our agricultural
no, not if his land is as rich as the best of
beargrass In Iowa, which is the paradise of
Hungarian grass-for it produces there from
four to six tons of cured hay per acre-half
a bushel to the acre is always sown; and here
in our small way, we put three pecks, and not
a gill less
[From the New England Farmer.l
MEssRs. EDlToRs:-I sowed four bushels
land from the 9th days of June In 1858
got between two and three tons per acre from
second quality land, and four tons from good
land, made very fine with plQw and cultvatqr
without manure; it yielded grain, or seed,
amounting to more than onefourth the whole
weight and of the richest kind.
In 1856, in common with some ofmy neigh
bors, was cut short in anticipated results
tad xrtfh 10 iatI
Constant ruins prevented my sowing it at the
proper time, which is, here in New England
in my opinion from the 25th of May TO the LIST
day of June.
On the third of July occurred that ever
memorable shower, TO the inhabitants Of this
vicinity, which washed down from our mount
ain sides sufficient quantity of gravel and
rocks 10 make monuments to the event, which
will last for ages 10 come. The same washed
out and buried up about half my seed after
which the cold season and early irosts cut
short the rest TO very great extent, leaving
me chance to gather in about ten tons,
which proved to be richly worth what il cost
me- The hay possesses sweetness which
gives it preference in the estimation of the
hay-eaters, and richness that makes a great
er aoY OF milk from cows fed upon it, and
butter of superior quality. Like corn it
will do better in warm season. but it will do
better in cold season, like the last than
corn, by supplying the farmer with coarse
grain, il sowed at the proper time, with any.
thing like careful management 1t should not
be sown in New England till the ground gets
warm. 1t will decay before it germinates in
cold earth, and if it barely germinates in such
earth, and remain so a few days, il will receive
Il sickly hue, and become only capable Of a
dwarfsh existence ! am particular on this
point, that those who have great desire to
get all sowing done early, had better not en-
gage much in its cultivation. have raised il
two seasons, have had as good success in
stocking after il, both years, as ! sYer had
with wheat, or anything else, Very many 10
whom | sold seed last spring have testified TO
il good qualities as surprising clover and
herds grass, and the pleasure they feel in hav-
ing il in their possession.
One man in the neighborhood said TO me
recently, 81 like il well; my oxen are always
ready for it, Irepled "Are not your oxen
always ready for any good hayY' He said,
"No; last fall when | was hauling stone with
them, till they were weary, they would lie
down on other good hay to rest before they
would eat it, when at the same time, they
would be ready for the Hungarian
Similar expressions are common from those
who have proved its worth by feeding il 10 all
kinds of stock | will further suggest, for the
benefit Of any about To commence the cultiya'
tion Git, thgt il seems to demand one day
more of drying than othey hay
am much inclined 10 the opinion that \
will be found economy TO cut 1t at the time
when the seed is mostly ripe, which happens
when the blades are about half turned yellow