Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-03-29
From the Nsw England Farmer,
Seeding Lands 10 Grass.

Mr.. EDITOR Tour correspondent, 81. f.,
10 your last paper, has some very good ideas IL
relation to seeding down land to grass, but there
ire some tni 20 he seems 10 have lost sight OF
lie arrives at the conclusion that It will not
pay to SOW grass seed separately, without some
KIND OF grain, " taking into consideration the
amount Of land, expenses, &c. Now this
may apply to sprng sowing, but In this vicinity
there is a vast amount Of and laid down to grass
Ia the Iall, say from AugI st TO last OF September.
We tuin over the sward after taking off the
be gruss crops, give it liberal dressing Vi
compost manure suited to the sol harrow, SOW
the gras, seed and roll the tame this BURR the
seed sufficiently, and you have good crop gen.
orally the next season, without exhaustln1 the
soil with grain crop; but this process Is gem
orally pracuced on low meadow land, that is
too moist lur early sprlng cultivation with grain
crops.
On our more elevated lands, our sandy or
grayely loans, we can more probably cultivate
our gram crops. Oar grass lands need renoya
tlon-a rotation OF crops-when they have lain
20 grass four or five years tn turn over the
sward IN the spring iii sIliclous soil) Just be-
fore You want TO plant, cultivate with corn o.
rotatoes one or two years, with good dressing
vi manure, aud lay down to grass with summer
gram, as your correspondent suggests.
Now can not agree with him that all lands
for cultivation should be powed in the fall.
In my report to our country agricultural society
some years ago, | said, :" We have not I'M
frequent noticed, In cur travels through the
country, that some of our otherwise good far,
mprs az Ia the habit OF blowing their slllolouss
lolmy lands in the fall, under the erroDeou.
impression that the soil is benefited by txIo
sure to the frost of wluter, On a soil Of au
opposite character, Of al arglllaoous texture,
where clay predomlnatcs, this mode OF husband
~ ia benencial. On these tho irOsts of winter
have tendency to render the soil more per-
meable aud less compact; on the other hand,
d sandy soil will retain its adhe'iveness aud be-
retentive Of moisture, ii blowing is omitted till
the season for planning arrives.
10 my subsequent experience have seen no
cause Tor changing my opinions. q.
No Pembroke .,idss., March, 1864.
NEw ESoLANp AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY The
Vice President and Trustees Tor Vermont Of tie
N W England Agricultural Society are as fol-
lows
Vice PRESIDENT. Daniel Kimball, Clarendon
Trustees, Col Daniel Needham, Queechy
George Campbell Westminster Edwin Ham.
mopd, Mlddlebury Eoeneler Bridge, pomiret /;
A. NJ Clark, st Adams.
Tho Constitution provides that tho Governors
and Lieut.. Governors Of the States shall be
honorary members, and aneual EXHIBITIONS are
TO te gwen IN the several States, commencing
with Aassachu-etts. Any person may become a
member by the payment Of $500. A meeting
Of the trustees was held and voted fi's, TO
lsoar ain the best plaza in Massachusetts 10
hold an exhibition, aud then the whole board
will be called together to dI the time aud pre-
uliums.