Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-09-25
Agricultural.


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FALL SEEDING.-Those farmers who intend 10
do any fall seeding with timothy should at once
provide the seed, if it be not already secured.
There is growing practice of fall seeding with
timothy without grain crop, and the best farm
ers agree that il is the safest and best way to es
tablish meadows. Numerous experiments have
been made by members of the Elmira Farmers
CLUB IN this way of laying down worn lands to
grass, and the results have uniformly proved the
excellence of the method. Aided Inv the fall
rains the growth is generally sufficient to with
stand the hardships of winter, provided the seed
be sown early enough, say the first half of Sep
tember, although there is not much risk apv
time in the month. The next season a good clip of
grass is afforded, and if growth be stimulated bv
moderate surface dressing of well rotted barn.
yard manure slightly Incorporated with the soil
oy the harrow before the seed is applied there
may be even heavy growth in the next season.
Bat such grass is net as good for feeding as the
product of old meadows. AS farmers express If.
it does not wear. But it is very palatable there
fore is eaten with avldity. The only trouble IS
that more of it is required.
We commend the practice of fall seeding in
dependent of the grain crop to those who are
engaged in stock or dairy farming, believing
that once adopted it viii meet with increased
favor. But in this, as in all farming, the worL,
must be thoroughly done. No profit will come
from scratching the stubble Of an oat field pre-
paratOry to the timothy seed.-Soutdern Tier
Leader.
AUTUMN WoRK--There is always more or less
building going on through the country. and con-
sequently much requiring to be done, bv arrapg-
ing the grounds, whether il be by Iayiup ont
everything new, or remodeling an old place. It
may not be out of place to remind those having
such work to be done, that it will soon be time
to make the necessary arrangements for CON-
mencing, SO that the hardy trees and shrubs nav
be planted this fall, and thereby gain a season,
and by so doing the lawn could be ready to be
sown down next spring, and the place have
finished appearance the following fall.
BREEDING FOR MILK.-HeIfers which are al
lowed to come in at two years old will never be
so large as they would otherwise have been. but
are almost invariably greater mixers The ef-
fort Of nature in the growing dam to supply
nourishment for her calf determines the system
toward the production of milk, which becomes a
lifelong characteristic During the growing
period the manipulation of the udder is grateful
to the heifer, especially as she approaches caly-
ing, and if no effort be made to bring mlk, an
unnatural secretion viii not take place.
DRYING FRUIT.-Commence as soon as fully
mature. If large quantities are to be preserved
in this way, it will pay to get fruit drier of
some kind, but as most private families only dry
enough for home use, the common method is to
employ the heat of the sun. Where there are
hOt-bed sashes, these may be used to great ad-
vantage. frame raised foot or so from the
ground upon legs, and covered with sashes, will
dry fruit and vegetables rapidly and cheaply
Make ventilating holes and coves with gauze.
SALT TO POUND OF BUrTER.-At q recent
| meeting OF the Fulton Farmers Club, Pa, the
question was asked, ''How mucn should be put
in pound of butterl'' One answered, half an
| ounce another gave the recipe of sharpIess, the
| noted dairyman of Chester county, which is one
| ounce OF salt to three pounds of butter.
| CABBAGE AND CAULIFLowERs.-In order te
have these early in the spring, SOW the seed IL
| open ground about the middle of this month
the plants, as soon as large enough. are to b.
pricked out into coId-frames. Hoe the lat,
crops often, and if the slug appears, dust Will
| lime.
The Cheshire (Eng.) market-gardeners pre-
serve onions by mailing them in bundles on th
outside of their houses in this way, slight
protected from wes by the ewes, they keep on
average five weeks longer than those OF tb
same varieties and the same crop stored in tn
! ordinary manner.