Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-09-10
Rye.

So Rye.
This crop ought to be put in as early as
can be done. We had something to say
concerning its uses and profits in last
months notes, to which we refer. Besides
its profits as grain crop it is useful in
giving early pasture for calves and sheep,
as well as furnishing the earliest green
food fit for cutting for stall feeding.
In land not in good heart, some addi-
ton ought to be made in the way of fer
tilizers such as bone-d dust and ashes. Salt
and plaster might also be added with adj
vantage. From two to three hundred
weight of superphosphate will aid in Sc
curing crop. From four to five pecks of
seed are generally sown to the acre, but
where the crop is raised for soiling it is
customary to sow thicker,-say two bush
els. In that case the earlier it is sown
the better, and for the best results some
good manure ought to be added.
Meadows.
Land intended for timothy ought to be
in good condition, both as to fertility and
mechanically. The grass needs a good
soil. A good preparation is to turn I'M
der shallow dressing of well-rotted sta
BILE manure, and apply afterwards, lightly
narrowing in, some good superhposphate
or a mixture of bone-dust and ashes
Sowing timothy by itself, half bushel OF
seed is not too much, and it ought to be
put in now as early as possible Of mix
ed grasses mixture of 1 bushel orchard
grass, J bushel each Kentucky blue grass,
Perennial rye grass, and tall meadow oat-
grasa, peek of timothy, lbs. White clo-
yer, and 1 lib. sweet-scented vernal grass
is recommended. The light grass seeds
ought to be sown in two directions to Sc
cure evenness of distribution. 1t also
well to dampen them little.
Curing Corn Fodder.
This is best accomplished either by cut
ting and allowing to lie on the ground
for two or three days and then put up in
good-seized shocks, tying firmly around
the top, or by piling hickly,-say foot
or eighteen inches deep-against fences,
the sides of the barn, or other convenient
places In either way it will cure rapid
ly, and though the outside will be wealth
er-beaten and look black, the inside will
cure without moulding and retain its
sweetness and green hue.
Manure Making.
Give as much attention to this very i'm
portant matter as other duties will allow.
Husband in every way the waste materials
on and about the farm, the garden, the
woods, and from the house and build
ings. Mix all the litter and slops, road
scrapings, weeds, muck, ashes, &c, with
alternate layers of manure from the stables
the pig pens or the chicken house, and
give all occasionally busting of plaster
Keep all these materials in dish-shaped
hollow and endeavor to conduct into all
the LIQUID manure from the stables. Il
the mass can be turned over occasionally
it will help to break down and intricate
" incorporate all the mass.
Planting Orchards.
If this work is to be done this fall begin
your preparations at once by deep pillow,
ing, and, if possible, subsoiling Land
ought to be selected which is well drain
ed naturally and in good heart. If ma
nure has to be applied use such only as is
well rotted-not green and undecompos-
ed. Ashes and bones are particularly
useful as fertilizers for orchards. Order
your trees early and put not your trust in
tree pedlers, however beautiful their pic
lures and glib their tongues. Select such
varieties as are found. by experience. to
succeed in your vicinity, and send your
lists to be fill by reliable nurserymen. -