The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-28

! "a 10 merely pull up the old dead straw, he
! will see by the multitude of young plants
J that will show themselves in the spring
| what every person who sowe has good rea-
son to expect the second season. -,
A third reason for the comparative III
success Of Mr.. Jones's plants 10 that they
NAV have been sown too thickiy In the
drill, and though not all OF them' YET
| enough came up to force them more or less
| into an upright position instead OF the
recumbent one they always assume on
| being allowed unrestrained freedom or
spreading themselves. If, therefore, they
| did not in the end cover as large space az
was hoped and expected, the failure is to
be attributed to the way id which they were
managed rather tina, to an incapacity in the
clover to extend and provide for its own
propagation in the manner 30 often said II
will. -
But after, sill, Mr.. Jones's failure was no
very great one. Instead of giving q mo
more favorable account of it, it seems to
me he has given a very favorable and en-
couraging account, the obstacles and hin-
ORANGES notwithstanding. His action inthe
case only shows the danger Of forming too
hasty an opinion, and Of despairing Of sue
cess in any matter at the very mornen when
success is about to crown ones efforts. A
useful practical lesson may be derived from
his experience by all such as are about to
make experiments the ensuing spring. Let
them not be too sanguine. Expect but lit
tie the first season any way. Remember
what has 50 often been said-viz., that it is
only to the second season, or possibly the
third, that you are to look confidently for
important results, unless the ground is
sown so very thickly as to force the plants
from the start into an upright position.
Then you may get hay and seed from the
straw. But as o general rule, on well pre-
pared land, poor or rich, all will be well
after the first season, when the plant Will
have sown so ,abundantly for itself 80 r :.
There is no question that this clover will
make its way anywhere, and under almost
any circumstances, in time; but then 1t
must have time allowed it when the cir
cumstances are unfavorable. In some OF
our river bottoms and meadow lands ii has
conquered all opponents, and stands tall,
beautiful, and ready for the scythe; but
how long it has been doing this cannot
say. It may not do so the first season,
however thickly sown,. where weeds are
very rife and hard to overcome. IS lt..y y goa
Thequestion is often asked, Will itrequire
re-sowing every year, Not if you manage it
right. If you plow doa0n for wheat instead
of blowing under in late September, or any
time after, with plows 80 constructed as to
leave all the surface soil on top, and cross
plowthoroughly, the wheat will have plenty
of room to establish itself. 1t will advance
"a the frosts kill down what little of the
clover remains, and there will be abundance
of seed left near enough the surface for the
following season. So also with winter or
spring oats. For corn, turn under deeply
in late autumn or winter, and the peed will
be 80 buried that they cannot terminate
till the pillow again brings them near the
surface preparatory to any small grain.
,s.-rs 1nsI s- ,Gs G.- r. 6. W. MORT.