, 1861-02-15
Agricultural.


ragged in farming in Linn County, Oregon
during which time have paid particular
attention. to grass growing. | have culd
Vated several different varieties Of grass
With varied success.
TIMOTHY GRAss:-This is the best of al
grasses for hay; always producing the
lest article of hay, if the ground has beer
properly seeded and the hay cut at pro.
per time. Timothy seed should never bC
sown thinner than one bushol to three acres
Of ground To produce heavy and regular
crops Of grass, cut before the seed fills, or
as The grass blooms; although the hay
will not be as good as if the seed was full
II formed when cut. If desired, can
give particulars as to the effect produced
by cutting at the different stages. limo
thy is much inferior to orchard grass for
pasture, as it does not retain its greenness
through the dry season.
ORcHARD GRAss:-For pasture, this is
the best grass Of which 1 have any know
ledge. l have tried it on different soils.
Hhas done well on ALL yielding good
quantity and quality of grass of which
stock is very fond. 1t yields regular and
abundant crops. This is inferior to timo-
by for the purpose of making hay, as it
grows too rank and coarse But this can
10 remedied by sowing thick, say one bush.
elto the acre. This grass should never
be sown thinner than three pecks to the
acre This comes up much stronger and
grows faster than timothy, and has the
quality of keeping green oil the year
When my orchard grass was ripe enough
70 cut for saving seed, the stalks aud blades
we're still green, and the second growth of
young grass stood about one foot high all
over the ground, This is he grass for pas
hrt
ENGLISH OR LARGE Blue GRAss-I have
tried this for hay aud pasture; it is not fit
iorhay and would not recommend it for
pasture. ....r
KENTUCKY OR SNALL BLUE GRAss-Is
not ct for hay. For pasture it is a rich
grass, but does not yield enough to make
itdesirable. 1t is good to make q heavy
sod for any purpose. .ioalI.
RED CI0vER-I have tried without
success.
IrALIAN GRAss-As known here, is
growingi an adjoining field to mine. j
am not pleased with its appearance. 1t
ripens early in the summer. 1t has some
advocates in Liun, and wish them TO de-
snd its character, and tell Us what it is
good for.
A FAR8ER OF LINN.
FAcrs roR FARHrRs.-If you invest
money in tools, and then leave them
exposed to the weather, It IS the same
slOppiDg money to spendthrift without
Security--a dead loss in both cases.
II you invest money in books, and never
read them, it is the same as putting your
money in bank, but never drawing either
principle or interest.
II you invest your money in fne stock,
and do not feed and protect them, and
properly care for them. it is the same as
dressing your wife in silk to do kitchen
work. lq8 a-aHl
If you invest your money in choice
fruits, and do not guard and give them
chance to grow and prove their value, il is
the same as putting q good baud into the
field with poor tools to work with,
II you invest your money 10 good farm,
and do not cultivate it well, 1t is the same
IS marrying good wife. and SO abusing
and enslaviDg her. as to crush her energies
and break her heart.
3 If you invest your money in fne house,
and do not SO cultivate your mind aud
taste as to adorn it with intelligence and
refinement, it is as IL yen were to wear
broadcloth and silk hat tomill.
If you invest your money in hne clothes,
and do not wear them with dignity and
ease, it is as if a plowman were to sit at q
jewellers table to make and adjust hair
springs.
II you invest your money in strong
drink, It is the same as turning hungry
logs into growing corn held-ruin will
follow in both cases.
If you invest your money in every new
wonder which flaming circulars proclaim,
It is tie same as buying tickets at. lot
terry Office, where there are ten blanks to
one prize, 1904
If you invest your money in the last
novel," it is the same as employing o
tsilor'S dandy to dig your potatoes Val
Icy Farmer.
The AMERICAN PoMoIOGIcAL SOCIETY, at
its recent meeting, recommended the fol
loving varieties Of Strawberries, as worthy
Of general cultivation: Boston Pine, Hook