, 1870-04-20

day. The interests Of 10th producer md
oonsumer-the great masses of civilized
society in both hemispheres-demand that
the cost of transfer and intermediate hand
ling, shall he reduced to minimum, and
the demand must be complied with.
LETTER FROM RURAL"
sowing OF 6.fzAas Seod-EAF1y Plnnt-
Ing, nnd Good Need Corn-Morc
Abous the Ha nsdell Norway Onts-
Montana Spring Whcat-Rotnto
Ontk-Nhnt He Did Not Know OF
FnrminE-Itnportnn Of a Plan In
Laying Out n Fnxn-To tho Farmer
Doys-Thc wcnthcT-Whnt the Fest
NccdR-NotcH OF Travel.
IYEoN ocK AGRICULTURAL CORRESPONDENT
CuA,pA,oS, IL, April Is.
sxXDESo powx.
In The seeding Of meadows and pastures
something will depend On the soil. and more
on climate and the recn]isrity Of the season.
In wet season like the lAst, gTAsB seed eown
At almost any time, and under almost all con-
dlhous, gave good satisfaction. But tho
farmer does not wish to risk the vaga1ies Of
the eeasous, hut to adoIa some general rulo
that viii at I'll times sssure him . reasonable
stand.
Our rule OF culture, Is general thing,
brings the seeding with timothy to tho oat
crop, and this crop is tho very worst, il We
except buckwheat, OF ths whole List OF cereals.
After corn, ue SOW winter or spring wheat, and
follow tiis With cats, So long have NO been
accustomed to seeding with the small grains
that We dare not 50 outside Of the rule, even
Tor IN experiment .'Scedipg to timothy grass
ia a1l luck" SAYS m5 neighbor D; tive may
and may not get good stand; III depends On
luck" This ID ccrssin1y bad doctrine, but =
doctrine that the nnn Of reflection should not
heed Let those follow it who attempt to
tech us That tho practice Of culture I
hut empi1icism, destitute Of tho Light Of ti1ed
1awB- A seeds down with okte. B seeds also
with oats. A has 3 good stand and 3 fails. B
sowcd two weeks Liter, and attributes his fail
tire to that fact The next year the order was
reversed, and again failed, hence his ex-
precision Is above. Now there was no luck
about it. After A sowed there were two good,
warm showers, that brought up the seed aud
established Tho plants. When B sowed tho
soil was in good condition and thc seed camo
up, bat long dry term followed and the
cd carly, the roll was cloddy, and two weeks
OF dry weather killed the young pants. After
A sowed the rains came to his aid, and he Lad
good stand. So far, it seemed to be luck
and in this mode ct operations It may con-
Time to be luck. AZ I E.id before, the seed
ing comes quite naturally with tho oat CROP
No one thinks Of ecoding with buckwhcat on
account Of it's dense sLsde, and yet
these two crops are the very best to
seed after. ! have Just finished sowing
twenty acres Of oats, that are to be stacked
down TO timothy and clover. So soon "a tho
crop is harvested, the grass reed will be sovn
in the strbblc without further attention. The
fell raine, when they come, either early OF late,
will bring up the young plants, and tho atub-
bic viii lie a sufficient match to protect them
from sudden changes. In the spring the roller
will level down this stuhhle and leave smooth
bottom for tho mower. OF course have
taken pains to hare the land smooth snd in
good order for the meadow, By having it
plowed in lands Of four rods wide, in order to
: good suffneo drainage. In the spring, Say
early in March, clover viii be added, as ths
meadow is to form part OF the rotation-not
that it adds to the value Of the hay, but tta. il
adds 10 the value Of the soil for the succeed.
ing crops Of en1n, wheat and ostn-
We often hava low places or patches OF
weeds that can only DO got II Tor buckwheat
1--WE seed This stubble in March We may cut .
crop Of hay from it Tho first seaaon.
II you have rle nty Of seed you may trust t<
luck and SOW the graes reed after tho oats are
narrowed and before rolling, and in case Of 1
failure, ze-eow on tho stubble, for that is
ccrtainty.
In Witconfin, Minnesota, and Northern New
York, and, perhaps, ali Of tho Eastern States
seeding with the oat crop my have no oshe
objection than the dense foliage which some
times smothets out the young plants bu
hero We have the heated harvest term 10 btlr1
up the young plants that hAvo made dalicat
growth in the shade, and which are exposed t
the direct rzys Of the Gun 20 soon ~ Ii
reaper cuts down tho grain A few DAYS o
this d1!ine process viii give rs another strea,
of luck not At Ill pleasant to cou!cmp1ate
Not wishing to trust to lack for good STAN
Of graHs, propose to SOW on the Btubble il
august
EARLY T1ANI1s1 OF conN.
The Indications are that corn-plauting
which has foE the past two years becu dolaye.
TO the middle Of May for beginning, wi
tlis year begin by the Goth Of April
eErp ccay
Interested parties ara crying bad seed com
but these men "laye secured a n.nsll ou,ntit
of Simon Pure. eound, and reliable" "
have thousands Of bushels Of good, soun
seed corn IN this part Of tho State And VIII.
do you suppose these lberl-naindsd men vi
pay ms for it by tho car-load? xil tell you
Just Whit the mil1ess Will pay ua for flrst-cla.
yellow corn for milling purposes, ard not or
cent more. They don't care ono cent Abo,
Lavinglt assorted. 'Yours Is good enough q
it ia; It don't need so1ting.n II farms
van good yellow corn for seed, he Will hay
to pay dollar buahcl for email lot that
carefully rorted out; but he can bu
just ns good as he can get c
the dea1cta for screuty-0re cents
buehcl il be wants car load OF cours
freight is to be added. ] h1vc litslo dou1
tilst the cotn offered by the dealers il OF goo
quality, for Ill they have 10 do Is to purehas
4cn Of strictly No. ! On the track to secu,
it, and doubt il eingle cN load haa bee
ordered from tho country for this pu.pos'
and sorted over IL We corn-SrowinS fa1mc1
asso1t it for our own planting. What objes
to ia the modest price that they ask for Ii
pure seed, Of which the quantity ia linaitet
and being Fortunate in securing this, too"
Some YEAR, since sent 10 dealer, 1t Ii
earnest request, 4 cxr load Of EARLY YelIo
Dent con-, ali carefully assorted By hsnd /
eecu,e the bea: sized ears, throwing out nor
than hall He would PAY me well for thi,
for the reasou that he wanted re1;ab,e saei
When through with the selling eezsnn Il,
remaining SACKS, containihg about IS bushel
wern sold 10 ono Of the mills for choana ui1]in
corn at 30 oents- 6omo go bushels Ind bee
sold It t2-oo to e3 par bushcl, IT
return OF sales wAs for one c41 cor
in sacks, At 50 canta, less the freight
demonstrated, but WAS told that just ~ eos
ro.n could bo had on tho track It ssventy-a,
cents, and that five cents WIS i good thing
eaeking corn and usa Of sAcks. That was L
Last shipment Of seed corn to Chicago dealo,
for it taught me tho place to purchase the OF
really good samples Of reliable seed corn tt
could be had, far and near,-that is on I
trucks Those men have vast deal of trout
on our account, and weru It not for tho II
that they get well paid foz it, I shou]d Il
much sympathy for them. ah3uld have stat
that ncishbor, who has sccn something
The world, and, by The WY, know how 10 St,
good corn, acted on the suggestion Of
friends, the dea1ers, that there was no seed C
in the country, advertised his crop 1t t
douarr 1.ushel and sold cut c]eaa- Tho de
crs offered him abort seventy cents bush
this suggests the prppriety Of The farmer
ver;sing lis seed nnd selling 1t direct, .