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amount of pssturago through tho season. Now for

smonns 1t ps.ur,,gs through tito Now for
o"s won GneIlsss u ,og; ase1tIons y ,ns! +,
c9n.tion, eher alone. or With grasses Or clover. ID
a on 3 mot 70 IL ssyua ,1r u = ssy sssy
ass e. s si vii Il q l. beus H.
aa T. ssao seps o sssa Hssa .s ss sr in % @
spring on winter wlost and covered with a connlon
ina harrow, but w b lkoiy ataln too isrge
How much socl7 Waou gown alone, from = to a
bushels Of soed nlon 10 uaed but il Is poor policy
to 10 nntutat jay governing tho best species s' of
gra*aos that tho individual planla Of tho same species
W not so5e to eSs oos for n ot
variety Of dlncre,'t sroeics are mxo togohcr they
grow close. form = dense botton, and continue por-
n,nnon 80, probably, tho belter eourso would 10 10
SOW with the orcharsa-grass, red clover, Kentucky
blne.grass, and pcrhups Timothy, rcl-top, soms
other kfnd.-A,Hertcan Rurat HoLHe.
In tho spring Of 1870 I sowed q neck Of
orchard -grsss-seod; but it grow so rauk aud
coarse that concluded 1t WAS Of no value, and
gaye it up as less valuable than timothy. Inns
spring am repeating tho experiment, on tha
platk aot fursl In tho extract abuvo, and have
10 doubt Of success. We havo boon cutting
timothy earlior evory year, until some farmers
bogin 70 cut and Bow as tho loads appear; and
10 doubt to m advantage, for tue grass ia t1lon
III AlVcu FlBUF VI BEIMkli Ruus IL QuE ~ Tint
time, stats up now growth at onco; whom, It
loft to ripen UP the crop, the after-growth would
como Oh slowly, aud uutuward weather would
noarly destroy tho roots, Ms iH often tho case.
As wo increase our dairios, wo must, inoroase
our soillug; and ttis geasa promises to DO yulu-
able FOR thnt purpose.
Tho Ne,o England Farmer publiahes largo
nutnber Ut lettorH from farmers over wide ox-
tont OF country, sll Ut whom tako tho samo WOW
Of thla grass. that it shonld be- cut curly for
hay; aud that for pasturA3e 1t PRODUCES moro
Iced than timothy. There ID an eyldout disa-
greement IN tho quantilty Of GOOD per aoto,
which iB from ~ to bushels per acre. The sacd
IL large; aua il il proDao!o tlat on wou.ptepared
lshd bushels Of seed IL ample. Tuo scod
eau bo choaply grown,-a1 . busLel ms6uK IN
oasn,d9 pr,ee; as present. It ~ sud at two or
keep II puro at first, for tho purpose OF growing
seeu; or, It thus il not desirable, to mix III q
little timothy IL for bay, aud blue-grass II for
pasture.
Il III only few yoars sinco tho inquiry vss
made,
WILL TIMOTHY AND GLOVER onow on rua
rnAInIEl
Tho timothy was ooaiso, aud tho clover died oua
ut tha ena Of the second year. Fow OF our
farmers arc aware that cd clover tB a bet,nial,
lustlng ouly two yeats; but such is the case.
"Ihae is not 10, for have q monlow that has
not been seeded for sayeu years, aud thore Id
more, clover now than the first or second
year." W said farmer to mo tho other duy.
eontained seed enough to resoad the land annu-
ally. OF red clover that IL pasturcd 10 cluseiy
lor two yealB That noue of 1t goes to seed, the
stand will DO cortaElly destroyed; md 1t must
DO reaown II clover Ia desired. Forago-pAuts
and water are tho two great foatnree in tile dairy
and fur beet, aud wo must Hsuly how to Aayo
these IN tho grontoBt proluAion.
MANun1Nu rREEs. -...
MosEE ILL.,. March O. 1874,
hn "RunAL'-8tn: u.,l goiuK to plaut iOa xuue-
ttoss tlis sKr'g now lunth od, wcllrot.tu manure
trees7 want them to grow right along Tuts il ny
hrst attempt at farlntS hayiuY always resided In tho
,y; a M told x ,Iat rnoast se.is gEet as e
EACH Email p"nt that hays. planted. VIII that Do?
Our city-friond will have to learn that farming
:s q trauo to be learned, and that trees and
pants canuot tako up their food iu q crudo con-
tttion. Some farmers who huve not learned
their trade have no more correct idea Of the usa
Of manure than our csty-frie1ld, aud mix It with
tho earth in filling III nbout the roots Of treos,
Some twenty years ago, I sold lnvern-keepet
some so plants OF the AIyatt Victoria rhubarb,-
| tho best vasicty of this plant TINT has "a yot
bosn produced, Two years latel, the gentleman
called at my place, and, in louking in the garden,
called bia nttcutlon to my thubarb. thoalalhs Ut
which wero more than q yard in length. Ho was
assonisbed. "Why did you nut send me- these
Kind Of plants? ?" ,saB h,s query: ''Mue do not
dwarf kind; aud do not like this kind Of deal
ing." Nothing that could say would convince
llm that his plants wero tho Hamo, and he left IN
,l passion, snd' "a ne promised, 7 heard from
swiudle. o. course, that would not a do,
and visited lis hospitaole homo.
aud saw at q glauco that his rhupurb
was not vigorous but looked sick1y. At tirss I
Taking up a hoe in order to exa,niuo tho root,
saw that tho plauts llad been rot in q bed Of
orso-stahle manure. This was enough, mud I
said to Mr. B. that be had ruined the planta
with the manure. Everybody says thns to grow
rhubarh re must apply tho manure, and sup
posed that had dole my duty to these planls,
Tor dug doep ttencl, filled it nearly full, and
In setting thu plants, mixed more with tho soil"
directed him to take up the plants the fol-
lowing spring, resct them in good garden-soii.
ing tho summer, to work this INTO tho soil with
tho aid Of u shovel-plow. This was done, mud
the reputation Of that rhubarb was fully ro-
stored, and, during that season, hoshowed Htema
8 feet in height; aud that country-town had no
lack Of rubarb-pies.
No manure should DO directly applied to tho
roots Of treoB aud plants at the time Of setting,
but applied to tho suifaeo. After tho plant.
may DO incorporated in the soil, for it is then
huna.ts, and has further mechanical action, and
changes the condition Of tho soil: but Is no
longer plant.food, but plant-fool.holder. II
you have any doubtof this talic IN old hogshead
and I'LL it with fresh stable MANURE pack It f.m-
", and then pour on water until i runs through,
and with this manure-lye sprinkle tho ground
around your tree aud plants, and SEQ its
magic influence. Plants havo no waY Of o1-
tracting food from mapure, but It must be dis
solved by cir, heat, aud water, anu in that condi.
ton be presented to tho plant. The carbon OF
plants is probably taion up in tho form Ut car
bonio acid. 30. your troo in a. tue natural SOY,
und top-dresa With manure. The rhubarb plants
should be taken up and reset. huRAh.
TWO RCBRERS.