The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-05
culture Of yetches Am England.

culture Of yetches in England.
Netches NAV be made one Of the principle
means of enabling the arabic farmer 10 sup
mort n much live stock as the grazier. Fol
during the time they occupy the grount
they produce as much green food (ot th'
best quality per acre as the richest eraz2'ns
land: and the ground may be cleared 0
Them in such good time in June as to admi
cf raising clean crop of either turpipS
cole. or Cabbayes on the same soil IN tht
same wear: or in lieu of any OF these plants
if the soil be infested with couch, that may
be eradcatcd and the land soWn with Whca
in October; or even after the crop OF ethel
turnip. cole. or cabbage has been removed
the same soil mat DC prepared ana soWt
with either wheat, barley, oats, or pulse
nv mi. arrangement three valuable crop:
may in any place he obtained every two
wears. Vctrhcs, if not cut too green or glVti
fresh. are good food for horses. and they VII
fntten sheep and bulocks /; they are excel
lent for promoting the secretion OF milk II
cows. ewes, and mares; they suit every STU
ntion and flourish on almost every farlct!
of soil tl.cy do not depend upon any par
ticnl,r market and above all. if folded on
The land with sheep they manure the lana III
for the immediate production OF turnil's oi
cole whereby succession Of green crop
ran he kent up; they will fatten an Increased
n,,ontitv of live stock. and he the means OF
adding TO the manure of the farm: \ rota,
tion nf ye,ches. turnip>, cole, cabbage. anu
other Green crops may with perfect ease pt
u,,r]c the means of rendering ell arabic lpo
a, rich Us can be desired.
DlDnn f.
ticul.,ly useful as following Swedish turnips,
"a. cole in tuttening ewes and their lambs,
nv which the latter may be sold to the
huteher in the months of May or June, and
the ewes in September. In this manner the
whole flock may be iattened and cleared OIL
within the year. and thus make room for Il
fresh stock of store ewes, TO be TED, as
we'll as their lambs reared, and both fat
tened annually. Winter vetcbes cannot be
sown too early after the corn harvest Is fin
ished, though they are generally Sown at
any time during the latter half Of August,
the whole of September, or the first half OF
October, and in mild season they will bear
sowing even. fortnight later. II the soil
be poor, or the situation elevated and eX-
pused, sow IN August, and upon every farm
il is advisable 10 sow some of them early
and others late.in order to have succession
of green food the ensuing summer. Spring
vctches produce rather a lighter crop than
the wiutef sort, and are subject to more risk
from a dry summer. There Is no difference
in their use or value per ton, but the spring
sort coming to maturity two or three weeks
later makes it convenient and advisable 10
crow some Of each in order TO have a success
sion of them for green iood all the summer.
They nav lie sown all the spring and sum-
mer. from February until the middle Of
july. but the success Of late sowing will de-
pend upon a showery season. Immediately
after corn is carried from d. field, or even
part of q field, in August Or early in Septenl-
Der. scarily and cleanse whatever OF them,
having no clover or other seeds among them,
may be intended for vetches. Cart on it such
mpuure lis can be spared, up to ten or fifteen
tons of wellrotted dung per acre, and spread
it, sowing the vetches upon it. These Qhe
seeds and manure) should then be ilnmcd-
ntelv covered by the thin slices OF very
small plough; or what is better, plough in
tie dung, give the laud slight narrowing,
md then drill the vetchcS III rows of six
inches or eight inches apart. If ploughed
and pressed, and then Sown broadcast, u very
light harrow, or II the SOIL DC friable, even il
brush barrow, may close the seams. These
operations will cost about ten shillings per
acre. But where no manure is used the
seeds MAY te narrowed, or scuff1ed in with
out ,ploughing, at so small charge as Que
shilling per acre. A proper quantity Of seed
Is three bushels Of winter tares alone, or two
bushels and u half Of tares mixed with half
Us much winter barley or rye per acre. After
the seed is covered, cleanse the water fur
rows in order to render the land dry during
the winter, and in the following March, when
the sol! is dry, roll it just enough to smooth
the surface for more conveniently moving
the ful-grown crop. If any docks, thist!es,
or other large weeds Gould rise have them
drawn by hand and carried of the land.
The crop should be left till it begins to bios
som, which may be expected to take place
about the middle of Muy. Then the yelches
may be daily mo%n aud Carted TO sheep
and Cattle Of all SOFT, in their sheds and
Yards, CIR, they are fed to sheep in cribs
hurded oil, or they are folded upon the land
where the crop has grown. 1t is we'll
when they arc moWn and given to horses
to Lei, them WitheT after cutting twenty
four hours before letting tue horses have
them, AS when young and Succulent they
ire pb, SIC rather than food. The land
from which vetchcs hive just been taken
will he found in good state for being
prepared torund Sown with the
seed of either cole or winter cabbage. 1t IS
perfectly clear the crop more than repays
,rerY expense Of obtaining it by the manure
derived from its composition and by the I'M
proved condition of the soil. 1t is suitable
or almost every soil, but particularly SO for
,lav, owing to. coming to perfection in June,
when il may be either eaten IN cribs upon
he soil or cartcd Oft, without fear of poach-
np. And after the crop Is OIL there II Tune
enough to cleanse the soil and SOW 1t with
wheat in the best possible condition, GER
ainIv in as good condition as after a whole
rear's falow. Yetches to come into use for
eedipg in July may be sown in February.
Three bushels per acre OH any manfred land,
IF o clayey soil, are sown in rows OF eight
inches or Whereabouts apart, and will yield
rery valuable food for oil stock, and be
cleared away in time for crop of good stub
ble turnips. If the weather in February did
not allow sowing spring tares the work must
not be, if possible, delayed longer than March,
or the crop will suffer. The best way is to
plough the land, Hat or in broad lands, and
harrow in the seed. The soil should be dry
before the plough goes on il. Sowing on a
stale furroW is much superior to fresh plough
Ing. If the land was ploughed before the
Christmas frostS, aud the weather in Feb
ruury has been favorable to the vegetation
Of weeds, some may have appeared by March,
but the scaritiers OF scuff1ers will destroy
them, and working only in the dry, pull
verified surface, will prepare for the seed
much better than ploughins. lie; it he re-
nembered that The necessity Of succession
Of vetch crops depends upon tine farmer not
being provided with mungel wurzle, rye,
clover aud lucerne, or other crops ar7lica-
Die for soiing. II he has such crops vetches
ale Dr0pOrtIonahiY UNNECESSARY. Spring