Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-02-18

SOwING OATS IN FEBRUARY Sew
eral yeara since | seeded oats in the
last snow Of February. The result
was that the crop ripened two weeks
earlier Than that seeded in the month
Of April, and marked d ference of
product 10 favor Of February seeding
was strikingly perceptible, saying
nothing of the advantage gained by
getting the crop in market 10 adj
vance.
Winter oats sown early in the
month Of October will ripen upwards
OF month earlier than that soWn Ia
April cannot spcck practically,
but | suppose oats like wheat ard
rye, can, by repeated seeding in the
autumn, become sufficiently hardy to
resis; the winter frosts, and vice yerSa.
! was told short time since by an
intelligent Irish farmer, that in DUB
lin county, ireland, oats are almost
exclusiv ely sown in autumn.
II making the experiment alluded
to, plougbed an acre Of light loan
in the month Of November where po-
tatoes were previously grown. The
ploughiDg may be done at any time
during the winter when the land il
sufficiently dry and friable. 10 such
land narrowing is unnecessary from
| the fact that the freezing and thaw-
! ing process renders the Sc il sufficient
| IL level friable and 10 good condition
20 receive the seed, which will be
sufficiently covered by the porous
I condition Of the land. Previous TO
sowing, the oats ought TO be passed
through o tanning mill, giving q
1 heavy blast Of wind for the purpose
Of separating the light oats and weed
seed from the heavy, well ripened
oats. After the plants become suf6
GENTLY rooted and the soil dry, q
harrow ought 20 be passed over the
crop, followed by roller. Previous
to harro wing and rolling, it is al j.
able 10 SOW clover and orchard or
mixcd grasses for q succeeding crop.
No advantage can be gained by
stpeping the seed. An advantage
will be gained, however, by coating
I the seed lfor an acre. with ten bush
els OF dried sitted ashes, with enough
beef or pork brine, Or its equivalent
Of salt using black water for dilu-
/ ton, (brine is preferab lc because il
contains nitro, blood, etc. TO pro-
duco O mass Of the consistency Of
thick cream or lard neZt add the
roots mix by turning over the mass
frequently, or until the oats have ben
come we'll coated; then dry mass
with sufficient gypsum Of dry screen
cd clay, screen the oats from the
mass and SOW Immediately. The
scrcy nugs Will be valuable for the
preparation OF additional seed Two
Is three bushels of oats are sufficient
10 seed an acre the former quantity
if the seed is heavy. short ana well
ripened. Cor. ~ Country Gentleman.
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The TELEGRAPH.-Th first tele>
graph wires in this country were put
up about forty years ago. We have
now 10000 miles over which fifteen
million messages pass yearly. The
profits Of The Western Union iasg
year wero not less than three million
dollars, or ten per cent on the valua-
ton Of stock, watered up to thirty
million dollars. In England, under
theirpresent postal telegraph system,
the number Of messages have increas-
ed from six 10 sixteen million dollars,
with no diminution of the Post Office
receipts. Their letter list last year
| figured up to eight hundred millions.
Ia one OF the European States. where
twenty words are sent by the Gov
ernment for ten cents, sixty per cent.
of the messages, come under the head
social messages" showing that
working classes rake common use OF
the telegraph. outside of all business