The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-11-12
PLANTATION TOPICS.


rather surprises us 10y intimating that
-pring seeding Is so nearly universal in
the interior and Western States. The
best results are usually obtained by
sowing grass in the fall and clover in
early spring. Ii sowed alone, it should
be in as early as possible, and the clover
may be sowed mt the same time The
suggestion to scatter few oats Is a good
one. 1t is frequently done in putting
down lawns, but the oats must not be
allowed to get too rank, or the grass
will be injured, They can be moved
and left evenly spread over the ground.
In n recent tour in Central and
Southern Ohio We found that farmers
were very generally deploring the fail
of their last springs seeding of grass
and clover, in consequence of the Sc
verify of the drouth. But the wheat
crop was very fine, and this, together
with the fair prospects for corn, keeps
the farmers in good heart, and they
Will utilize the bright wheat straw with
corn fodder to make up for the hay
crop lost by the drouth, and many are
inqUiring how they can best remedy the
loss of their springs seeding, which is
n serious matter, not onl Y i'll the item
of cost, but in the arrangement of the
system of rotation of crops, which is
Practiced by every good farmer. One
farmer iii Clinton county told us that
his loss in cost of seed and labor was
over $500, and there are very many,
doubtless, who can say the same
Fall sowing of timothy, after wheat
or oats, Is, Of course, the first remedy
suggest :, We have not personally
known Of this being extensively done
in Ohio, but from our observation we
should not hesitate to recommend it
where the soil is not flat nor too clayey,
50 rs to heave badly with frost i'm win
ter. Timothy seed if sown in Septem-
Der, on land well ploughed and har-
rowed, will make a good start before
winter, if the fall Is not unusually dry,
and yield fair crop of hay the next
summer. Clover cannot so safely be
-sown in the fall, as the young plants
are apt to be wintcr-kiIled; but if a
mixture of clover is desired, it can be
sown lightly on the timothy in early
spring.
In preparing the land for fall seed
ing, if it Is at all poor, a dressing of
old manure should be applied to the
surface, after the first narrowing, and
narrowed in before seeding; then the
seed should be gone over a brush har-
row, or Il Thomas smoothing harrow.
Sometimes a light sprinkling of oats is
sown with the grain seed, us partial
protection from sun and winds, and a
mulch during the winter when the oat
plants are killed; but this is not gencr-
ally thought to be of much advantage.
The weeds that may spring up with the
young grass in autumn will of course
be mostly killed by the winter.
HAULING AND SPREADING MANURE.
The following sensible advice, from
correspondent of "Moore's Rural New
Yorker" should be followed by our
farming community: q have prac-
ticcd and advised for years drawing
manure from the barn-yard early in the
spring and spreading it evenly over the
surface, often leaving it three o. six
weeks before ploughing under. Ifpos-
,lblc, | would never plough under
manure before at least one heavy rain
had dissolved its solubled portions and
washed them into the soil. Of course
l would have this manure spread, in
stead of left in heaps for this. By
employing help enough, so that one
team can draw thirty or more leads per
day, the barn-yard may he cleaned and
the manure saved from teaching and
evaporation Of one-half its value during
the summer. Then it is, in my cxpe-
rlcHce, much more advantageous to
spread the heaps than to stop the team
while spreading from the load. The
heaps can be spread while the ground
Is too too wet and soft for ploughing,
or for drawing manure over. In fact
we often have a very limited time to
draw manure frcm barn-yards in the
spring. 1t is only while the ground is
frozen that it can be done to advantage.
and one days sunshine will often con-
vert the hard road-bed into Il fathom-
less mass of mud and slash. Then Is
the time when your men cannot he
working with the team to spread the
manure. If ploughcd, within a few
days after drawing, if the manure is
not too coarse, | prefer to spread the
heaps on the newly ploughcd surface
and harrow in. Top-dressing is the
natural and best method of APPLYING
most manurcs, and in contact with new
ly ploughcd soil there is little or no loss
from evaporation.
INFLUENZA IN TIE HORsE-TEEATNIEN
In a. latter Of treatment great
care must he taken to avoid the use of
active remedies bleeding and purging,
common means of reducing fever,
would he fatal in Influenza; even the
mildeSt Iaxativcs are dangerous in the
irritable state of the mucous mem
branes, which Is invariably present in
this disease. From the first, diflusibIc
are admissible; aromatic
spirit of ammonia with others, followed
by bitter infuSions, are to he relied on
counter irritation, which Is best applied
by means of mustard plastcrs, should
he rcsortcd to early in the attack.
The occurrence of cough should be the
signal for stimulating the throat, and
IL signs of bronchial irritation present
themselves, mustard should he applied
To the chest or sides without delay.
Influenza Is not a fatal disease, if prop
crly treated; but great loss may he oc-
caSioncd by the injUdicious employment
of remedies in the commencement. |
Pending the arrival of n competent |
veterinary it may seem best to do some |
thing, but 1t may he accepted as a fact |
that to do nothing is better than to do |
the wrong thing in the treatment of |
influenza.
In case of doubt, and when profeS-
sional advice Is not at hand, it will be /
perfectly safe, and generally effective,
TO coniine the efforts to nursing the /
nticut, avoiding all Initiative expe- /
,dientS, and simply keeping the horse
blankcted, free from drafts, and in n