The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-16
June ON the Farm.

We come now to one of the liveliest
months of the whole year, full of joyous.
ness and sweet sights and sweet sounds.
All animated life seems to be astir and to
reveal in hOpefulness and progress and
growth The perfect days" come then if
ever and the days lengthen ont to give us
all the sunlight we may need. 1t is very
busy month withal and especially so this
year.
Many farmers will get behind with the
planting and the hoeing the best they can
do. The spring was late and the ground
in many places was not in a condition to
work as early as usual and that put back
everything. And then towards the end of
the month the haying will begin on many
farms in downright earnest. 1t is impor-
tant, therefore, to keep everything up
square, and to do so will require thought
and good deal of careful planning. In
the midst of it all the garden must not be
neglected. That is Of the very first i'm
portance and if anything is to be left I'M
done it had better be some part of the farm
work rather than the garden. Vegetables
of all sorts demand their place and knowl-
edge Of how to grow them, and it is poor
economy to let them take care of them
selves.
In such season rs this the advantage
of thorough fall ploughing is apparent to
all, and where this operation was neglect
ed the difficulties in getting on rapidly with
the springs work were very much lncreas-
ed. Land ploughed deeply in the fall can
generally be worked earlier and so time is
saved, and when the spring is wet and back
ward it is fit to plant few days earlier,
and every day that can be gained now is of
the greatest Importance.
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good seed and not put it off to the last min
ute. 1t is n misfortune that we have no
better system of procuring seed that is
known to be perfectly fresh and good. The
seed business needs regulating BY law al
most as much as the fertilizer business.
We do not intend to reflect upon the credit
and honesty of our seedsmen. Some of
them take great deal OF pans to procure
the best they can, and mako something of
specially of this department but many
are so much overrun with other business
that it is impossible to look after details,
and they are compelled to get their seed at
wholesale wherever they can, and actually
do get it where they find it cheapest In
many cases it is old or contains large pro-
portion of old seed mixed in with it, seed
that is left over from former years.
We allude to this subject because we Of
ten hear the most serious complaints on
the part of farmers who have suffered great
losses from bad seed, or seed that is foul
with weed seed. In many cases grass seed
is filled with witch or couch grass seed and
that vile plant is brought into lands where
it was never known before, and other weeds
are not infrequently introduced that be-
come an unmitigated nuisance. We would
rather give double the ordinary price for
cooI fhat Gpo,.- 10, ho and fracb
This is an article that we cannot afford to
economic in, that is to buy at a low price
simply or mainly because it is low.
The best is none too good and the best is
the cheapest in the end no matter what it
may cost.
We hope the time is not far distant when
the agricultural college will take hold and
rectify the great evil under which the farm
ing community is suffering. We have al
ways maintained that the college farm could
do no greater service to the country than
by making a specially Of raising pure seed
for sale. There are very many varieties
OF seed that the farm could produce to adj
vantage, and if there was reasonable
guaranty of its purity and its high char
acter it would bring price that would be
abundantly remunerative. Farmers would
be willing to pay for the certainty of quail
ity We hope the time is not far distant
when this matter of seed will be placed on
far better basis than it is now.
The early grasses, like orchard grass, and
the clover or artificial grasses, will be in
readiness to cut about the twentieth of June
probably, and then is the time to begin.
We do not believe in putting off the having
till after the Fourth of July, as used to be
the case some years ago Grass cut early
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late, or after it has passed out of the bios
som. 1.-THE grasses consist largely Of tim
othy or redtop they will not be fit to cut
generally till July. Both these grasses are
late. In many old fields or fields long laid
down the bulk of the grass consists of Ken
lucky Blue Grass, or what we generally call
June grass. This is also very early grass
and blossoms among the first of our field
and pasture grasses. That ought also to be
cut early, but it is not usually very thick,
and the crop looks TO be light. Farmers
fear to cut it when it is in the best condi-
ton, preterring to wait to let it chicken
up" The fact about June grass is that il
IS not particularly well adapted for now
ing, and hay in this part of the country.
Though one Of the very best pasture and
lawn grasses, it requires pretty good soil
to secure heavy burden of grass for hay
1t starts rapidly and grows rapidly after be-
ing cut or eaten off close, but the growtl
is at the bottom. 1t looks little like redtop
that is, ITS head or panicle is formed very
much like that of redtop, and many care
less observers would mistake it for that
but it blossoms three or four weeks earlier
and by the time redtop is in blossom june
grass is dead and gone to seed. We think
on the whole, it is better to cut it early oil
when IL is in blossom If IL is mot