, 1870-04-18
TIE FARM AND GARDEN.


9 About tho KnmAdoN Norway ONT.
i monsnnn Spring Nthcnt-1sotn,
Oa1AWhat He Did Not Know .
z khminK-Tmportnn Of n Plan 1
laying Out a Enxm-To tho Farm.
; Uoy-The Weather.
, tFnoa OUR Aa11cuL1rRAl cpnafsroyDy,r
= CHA>fA1as, Ill, April Is.
REpIso DOWN.
IN tho Seeding Of mesdows and n.xtnr
something will depend on tho soil, aud mo-
On climate and the peculiarly Of the neaao
N wet season iko the last, g7ass seed BOW
. ~ almost any simc, and undcr almost Al, CO,
nuons' gave good satisfaction But Il
farmer doeo not wish to 1iak the yxRsries {
Ihe sessons but to adopt Home general su
that VIII 1t Ill imes assure him 4 1e,sonab]
| stand.
Our rule Of culture, Al 4 general thin,
of'nss mo seeding With timothy to the o.
crop, and this crop ia tho very worst, il v
except buckwheat, Of the whola List Of ceresl,
After corn, VIC SOW winter or spring wheat, an
follow this with oats. So long have We bee
accustomed to seeding with tho EMAIL g1siu
mat We dtre not 60 outaide OF the rule. ere
Tor An experiment. "seeding to timothy GINS
Is al luck" SAYS my ne,ghbor B; 1--WE ms
and may not get good stand; ali depends O,
luck This La certainIy bad doctrine. Int
ooet7nc that the man Of reflection should mn
heed Let thoso follow it who stteupt t.
teach US that the practice Of culture
but enpiri6am, destitute Of the light Of hxet
laws secds down with oats. B seeds .lat
with oats. A has good stand and 3 fails. !
sowed two weeks later, and attributes b;s f,;1
nro to that fact The next year tho order wss
1 f&tEtHHf1 II e. f.f
pressiou ~ above Now there WAS M Incl
about it. Aftor sowed there vero .ro ,,oo1
Tam showers, that brought up the seed and
eseaonsneo the plAnta. When B soved the
eou was In good condition and the seed came
| up Dut long dry term followed and the
| young plauts died out. Tho next year ho SOW.
| ca eal's' the soil was cloddy, and two weeks
! OF dFy weather killed the young plants. After
- so"ed he falns CANA to his aid, and he had
eood etand. So far, it seemed to bo luck !;
4na IL tnas mode OF operations it may con-
t1nue to be luck. AZ said before, tha seed.
inS comea quite naturally with tho oat crop,
NO one thinks Of seeding with buckwheat On
account OF sts dense shade, aud vet
thess TWO crops are the very best 10
seed after. havo Just finished sowing
twenty acres OF oats, that arc to bo stackod
down to timothy and Clover So soon A the
crop is harvested, the grass seed will be sovu
IN the stubble without further attention, The
III 1ains, when they come, either early or lite,
VIII BRING up the young plants, and the Btub-
Die Will DO a sufficient match to protect them
from sudden changes In the spring tho roller
Will level down this stubble and leave smooth
bottom for the mower. OF course I have
taken pains to have tho land smooth and in
nloved in banda NJ forr 49, =. as ~
- A"4o "ioe' III o6oet 10
early in March. clover will ba ,ddad =. ~
meadow is 10 form part of tbo rotat;on-,ot
that it adds 70 the value Of tho Inv h,t d.. =.
adds to the value Of the soil for tbo sueco.is
ing crops Of corn, wheat and o.ts.
We often hsve low plsces or natches NJ
Weeds that can only be cot At for hnc1e,beet
II We seed This atuhr1e in Navel, ~. 49,.
crop Of hay from it the first saaaon.
II you. have pie nty of socd Won NAV t,ust tn
luck and sov the grass seed after tho o,t. ,,o
narrowed and before rolling. snd in caso NJ
failure, Ie-eow on the strbb1e. for Tint ~,
certainty.
In Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Northern Now
York, and, perhaps, all Of the Eastern states
seeding With the oat crop may have no other
Objection than tho dense foliage which so1re.
times B1nothers out the Young p]an,s. Inn
hero wo LaSe tho heated harvest tcrm tn 1,nn
up the young plants that have male A t1elic,,o
growth i'll the shade, mud which arc c,noscl ~
tho direct fayB of tho eun ~ ann 90 a.
reaper cuts down the cra;n. fow lava ~
this driving process will c;re ns .not,or .t,..1,
Of luck not at all pleasant To con,rmn1.to
Not wishing to trust to luck for q cooil st,nd
of grass, l pioposc TO sov On III, stnbl1o +,
August,
rsnty pr .x-,xn mr. .on
Thu ;nt7;c, t;o,. 49,. a..
which has for t1,a ,,sst 49, ..H piantns,
to the middle ~ A.. ~. ss oeeu oclhseu
th;s ro,- has;r, - ~. 90, ~, oeslnn1he, WILL
- >410 -o'u VI Aps1l.
SEED eoAS'
H.. u. es'ea parties arc crying bad seed corn;
~ <.. .ue"e n!sn nave secured small quantity
:. en:on 1ure' sound, and reGalfe:" We
iA'o thousands OF bushels Of good, sound
, ecu co11' III ths part OF the State. And what
10 20" suppose these hberal-mindcd men will
10y Ut los ~ by the carload? will tell you
ust "tat the tnlllera will pay us for first-class
ello" corn for milling purposes, and not one
oht more. They don't caro- one cent abou.
,A'insH assofted" "IouEs il good enough 4s
~ IL dont need sorting" II a farmer
'An sooa yellow corn for seed, he will have |
pss oo''af bushel for small lot that is /
a1e'ollE sorted ont; but he can buy
as' N eooa as he can get Of
~ a. @ ~. seSentE-hse cents
re;,l,, "a 49, car 4oaa. or course !
h,t ~. 49, l' ! nave httle doubt {
r.,;... e.n oueteu " tne dealers is OF good ,
n Y,yyr, 4