Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-03-23

and half to two bushels OF seed should be
sown on ground prepared by last years cul
tivation, and put in with light furrow. If
grass seed is to be sown, SOW on the fresh
turned ground, and unless it be in very good
heart, sow with it hundred weight per
acre of some good super. phosphate, and fol-
low with the roller. '
BARLEY.
Barley needs very much the same treatment
as oats, ard succeeds best on rich, light
loan. If the ground he not rich, it must be
we'll manured with some good fertilizer.
There is no danger to this crop over-manur-
ing, as the grain fills out WELL even when
the straw fails. 1t is better crop to SOW
grass seeds with than oats.
CLOVER SEED OR WHEAT.
IF clover seed have not been sown in Feb
ruary wait now until frost is out of the
ground, and it is dry enough for the roller
to operate. Sow when the ground is crack
ed upon the surface, aud before it is dried
too much with the March winds, and follow
Immediately with The roller.
OTHER GRASSES.
Timothy should be sown in the fall, but
may be put in spring, if necessary. Orchard
grass is best sown in spring with the clover
seeds, and should never be sown without.
Nor should it be sown except on land quite
fertile enough to make good crop. The
seed is expensive, and it makes a poor re-
turn from poor land. On land of good
quality it is most valuable, making hay
crop nearly as valuable as timothy, and
great deal of early and late pasturage. 1t is
most valuable when closely cropped, and
makes firm and perennial sod. Two BUSH
els of seeds are necessary to insure closely
set-turf. 1t should he sown only when per-
manent grass is wanted.
TOBACCO SEEDS
Let no time now be lost in getting tobacco
seeds sown whenever the ground may be dry
enough. After preparing and sowing, as
heretofore directed, have the ground very
firmly trod, and covered with oak or other
open brush, which may remain until it be-
comes necessary to pick the grass from the
| beds.
FLOWING SOD LAND.
The great work of the season is blowing,
and much of the success of the whole years
operations will depend on the thoroughness
and completeness with which it is executed.
The tobacco land should be first broken, an d
should be so well turned that the turf may
be thrown down where 1t will not be reached
again during the season. This rotting turf
will be a source of moisture as wei. as nour.
ishment for the crop during the driest sum
mer weather. The corn field should be we'll
turned, and immediate preparation of the
surface follow, just preceding the planting.
This matter of thorough preparation in ad-
vance of planting, should not be over looked.
The continual deepening of the surface
mould should be kept constantly in mind in
our regular plowings, as the object of every
one should be the permanent improvement
of his land. We should not be satisfied in
an ordinary soil with less than seven inches,
and should aim to approximate twelve.
Soils which would make an exception to
the rule of deep plowing at once should at
any rate be gradually deepened. This ex-
ception is only in case of some deleterious
principle, which needs exposure to the in
fuence of the atmosphere, and in this case
fall plowing it to be preferred.
! We cannot overestimate the value of a
good depth of soil, for our summer crops
especially. In the case of the all-important
corn crop, the firing and burning which SO
shortens the crop in season of protracted
drought would cease almost to harm it in
sufficient depth of mould.
ANY well turfed land, except of the very
lightest kind, will need a three-hoIse team
to break it we'll and provision should be at
once made for sufficient strength of team for
doing the work etfectually and in good time.
Plows, gearing, ard every other requisite
should be renewed or repaired, that the sea-
sons work be not delayed unnecessarily.
| MANURES.
Manures of every description will com
mand the attention of the farmer. Composts
that have been unmoved long time should
be we'll turned. Carting out marures and
spreading upon the ground where needed
should be carrie | onat all convenient seasons.
Commercial fertilizers that may be needed,
including lime, plaster and ashes, should be
procured and safely stored until needed. We
need not urge the Importance of the amplest
supply that circumstances will allow.