, 1860-08-31

Hea!y animals make tho zuyfaca hardar thsa II
should b., or, In wet time poaeh it 10 ttst Il II
uneven hsa1des, lks irjurr done to tha roeta r
often considerable. Sheep aad lanbe, cal1es
and JGung coits, may be allowed to crop tks
efasa nightly. II It hha 4 rigorous growth. Me-.
start much earlier in ths spri1e thsn when ~
protected; and it Is an e1ceile1t ulan tn co7sv
them Lightly with straw or coxrse m.terial Il
their own growth is not sufficient Uutil we
adopt thu English plan of depending Isrceiy m
roots and straw, with I.tlc hay for ni1tsrir0 .
our stock, rsshouid take good care OF onF
meadows. WA
Affer tho growth Of the present year is fl ni.h-
cd-.s m'y be known by the buds for tbe ne It
year beng toKmed-the scythe msy be laid a
near II possible 70 the root, with good adran-
tsge. They will seldom start much The same
year they are cut the cutting being usually tl1e
fore part of Septembet-and If the ,nrnnts
which make tier appearance the folf3E1nQ
aprlng can be got at BY sheep. they will prevent
their making much headway. Cattle aito viii
crap the sprouts some. winch with the increas.
ed growth Of grass will weaken them.
NORTHERN SEED.
4 farmer in Pennsylvania, thinking th.t seed
whent from the North, liks eted corn. vonld
Hpen earlier when taken South, last rear bro.
red miles north, ard eowtd i. 1t the same tme
With home grown sorts. 1t ipened, according
TO tho 0e'sts<e fdrnser, tHo weets later THAI
the ratire seed.
DEEP FLOWING.
Root cropa require more thorough upturn.
ing of the soil than the almost universally cni,
tiy4tcd Indian corn. We think that thu raixinp
OF this purely American product has e1etted
m l1lurlous influence upon the agriculture Of
this country Farmers can, By merely scratch
ing the surface Of their lard {say not more than
ces excellent crops Of maize, especially uuou
newly cleared soils. This ease of cpliiyatjon j
has led our agriculturists to s1aclneas in the
OF the land :or ali other crops. until
shallow pioHing has almost become the rule in
stead OF the exception.
NOTATION.
We know shout hundred good reasona for
rotation in crops- Some Of them We hare piYen.
at various times. But we have ueyer Offered
better reasons than the following. By ono Of the
most successful farmers in the United States:
lie frst offers numerous 1e.sons whY some
crops are more exhaustive than others. AMONG
which are theee-l. Different extent or struc. |
lure of roots and leares. The eEs7chicC crona
expose to the air m enormous surface Of fol-. |
'ge, and throw out very large. locg, and nu-
uerour roots- The cereals have much less leaf |
4A0 AVNs EAasAEo~ 1i4tlEQk fapf0lfY OF
,rowth. Clover and root crops continue in foli. |
sge during the whole season while the cereals
iFen in July or August Periods or crises
# growth; seed productisn- Plsnts which
ipen seed, require better soil than those
Ehieh only produce, foliage, because The
apidity Of assimilation Eeems to increase
then the reproductive function comes into ac.
iyity. Plants which ripen seed, mar REQUIRE
icher soil, not because they remove mare from
t, but because they need more in giyen time.
:. Some crops are entirely removed from the
oil, as fax; while others leave the ground
Fefl filed with enormous mass of roots. =.
!over; or streHn with stalks and foliage. A,
ne potato and beet. 8. The quantity Of s.b
agt edienta removed FROM the sol! by different
lants, is widely unlike. In The light Of The
bove statements, it is easy to see 5hat when
soil refuses to yield remnneratise crops Of
haliow.rooted and quick growing wheat. it
lay produce 1u1uEisnt growth of deso.rooted
lrge leaved aud slow growing cioyer. III.
rident, TOO, that when a clo.er,ley is broken
p 4nd sown to wheat, this grain NAV EieId
ell, becan.e the decaying turf and roots a..
reAdy source OF every kind Of plant food.
his ., epat alton Of the soil for IN txhspst;nr
-oP, By the Intervention Of one Of easy growth
shown in the practice Of green manutiuv'
hich il, in fact, 4 rotation il crops: but 1s
Is, fcrtilizing process, because the frat cron
entirely sacrificed for the sske Of the succeed.
z ones. Green manure consists in nlo9inr
1der clorer, buek"he.t, spu.ry, OF otbn99
ops, wien in blo,tom, 80 that the soil shall
. enriched by their decay.