The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-03-14
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FARM WORK FOR MARCH.
MANU- RES.

Haul out manure whenever you get
the chance Spread it as hauled and
SOW plaster over it to fix the ammonia
as fast as it is given out. Save all the
ashes, SCOT, poultry and pigeon house
gatherings and compost the whole with
one part plaster, and add to these four
times the quantity of rich dried earth
or woods earth not too damp. Turn
over the mixture often and get it well
manipulated, that you may have an III
valuable article to be put in your corn
hills, about gill in hill, on the poor
er spots of the field, or if you have
enough for the whole crop so much the
better; we never saw earth too rich
for any field crop, unless the parsnip
may come under that head. 1t is said,
and our experience tells us it is so.
that on rich land the parsnip will not
grow strait and free from side rootlets.
SO YOU may leave out the parsnip patch,
while you are spreading lavishly the
manures.
ROOT CROPS.
1t is now admitted that it is the part
of good farming to cultivate roots in
proportion to the amount of your stock.
We therefore suggest, that at once you
manure saw one, two or three acres
very heavily, and pillow deep, very deep,
and get in good order with the harrow,
for sugar Beets or Mangolds.
OATS.
Sow oats at the earliest moment, but
be careful that the land is not too wet
as the winds of March will bake it like
bricks
The sowing of Clover seed should
progress SOW also, orchard grass, red
top, rye-grass, one or all, the more
sorts the better will be the future pas
ture. If clover is sown alone we adj
wise not less than II pounds per acre
If clover and orchard grass be sown
together, 10 pounds of clover and one
bushel of orchard grass seed will be
enough. 1t requires the same quantity
of rye grass seed per acre, as orchard
grass. The two grasses resemble each
other very much to the general observ
eli. SOW OIliN w lltl llIt 10 sum anu
harrow lightly; if the land be light, roll
after narrowing in the seed. If the
ground be hard, use heavier harrow
or weight on the light one. If the
ground has not already been plastered,
sow a bushel over the newly sown
seed. Should the weather prove dry,
after sowing for week or so, roll by
all means, so as to compress the earth
about the seeds, thus giving them pro-
lection and some moisture.
Look well to your ewes, and shelter
from storms and severely cold nights
those expecting to lamb very soon, had
better be put by themselves and each
night under she'd or barn. The lambs
saved will more than pay the cost.
Give them salt regularly and some meal
or turnips daily, or both would be better
See to it yourselves, do not leave it to
Dick or Tom.
STOCK OF ALL KINDS.
This is trying month on all stock
and they require great attention and
extra feed Young stock want little
grain and more good hay.
Horses, begin to shed their coats and
require good grooming, with good keep
salt and ashes in equal quantities,
given them twice a week. If they fail
in appetite or spirits, tie piece of as
sGfedita in rag and nail in the bot
tom of the trough. Let them have
run in the fields often.
Mich Cows, about to calve, require
close attention, better and more long
food, with the addition of Stops, made
of bran and meal, or an allowance Of
roots.
ORCHARDS AND TREES.
This and the next month are suitable
for planting trees. DO not neglect to
set out fruit, ornamental and forest
trees. You will never regret paying
great attention to this branch Of horti-
culture, and if you should not live to
enjoy them, your children or successors
will thank you and no doubt will praise
your industry and bless your memory.
Neglect not to trim your fruit trees,
shortened in your peach trees and eX-
anime about the roots; destroy the
worms, and place a quart of Stacked
lime around each tree. Apple and
other fruit trees require but little prun-
ing. Each tree should be well worked
about and highly MANFRED; if the land
be poor use tobacco stalk or lime and
salt about them Al these together
would be best. Prune your grapes if
YOU have not done so before, it is too
late as our experience tells us. In
trimming grapes don't spare the knife,
cut away until you think you have
ruined them, but prune by some guide
or rule Then work about them and
mulch we'll with coal ashes. We tried
it one year and never had such a crop
of grapes before Horticulturists in
the country should experiment more.
One word about buying fruit trees
never buy from pcdlers, for you are
sure to be cheated, either in getting diff
ferent fruit from what YOU ordered or
in getting inferior stunted trees. Get
only from reliable nurserymen, where
you W Ill yet tntIli True anu SOOti, anu
cheaper, because you get them from
first-hands The same is true Of seeds
and fertilizers.
ORCHARD GRASS.
The value Of this grass seems to be
every dav more and more established.
Scarcely an agricultural paper can be
picked up but some writer is givin" his
testimony Of its merits. In the south
it seems to he highly successful We
commend trial of it to our readers
MEADOWS AND PASTURES
May he renovated, if moss and turf
bound; by passing harrow over them
in diverse directions, and by sowing 100
pounds of bones and five bushels Of
ashes to the acre upon them. a fine
and weIl-rottcd compost is also good
The use of heavy roller is likewise to
be commended and this is, on grain
fields as well an imnlement too much