The Osceola times., 1875-11-06
PLANTATION TOPICS.
sow GRASS SEED IN THE FALL.

SOW GRASS SEED IN THE FALL.
The custom is general throughout
the Middle and Eastern States, though
spring sowing is frequently practiccd.
An article in the "Ohio Farmer
rather surprises Us by iniimating that
spring seeding is 80 nearly universal in
the interior and Western States. The
hest results are usually obtained by
sowing grass in the fall and clover in
early spring. Ifsowed alone, il should
be in as early IS possible, and the clover
NAV be sowed at the same time. The
suggestion TO scatter few oats is good
one. 1t is frequently done in putting
down lawns, but the oats must not he
allowed TO get too rank, or the grass
will he injured. They can he moved
and left evenly spread over the ground.
In a recent tour in Central and
Southern Ohio we found that farmers
were very generally dcploring 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
serious matter, not only in the item
of cost, but in the arrangement of the
system of rotation Of crops, which is
practiccd by every good farmer. One
farmer in 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, i, of course, the first remedy
suggested. We have not personally
known Of this being extensively done
in Ohio, but from our observation we
should not hesitate to recommend il
where the soil is not fat nor too clayey,
50 rs TO heave badly with frost in win
ter. Timothy seed if sown in Septcm.
her, on land well ploughcd 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 he winter-killed; but if a
mixture of clover is desired, it can bc
sown lightly ON the timothy in early
spring.
In preparing the land for fall seed
ing, If it is at all poor, a dressing o.
old manure should be applied to tn,
surface, after the first narrowing, anc
narrowed in before seeding; then th,
seed should be gone over brush har
row, or Thomas smoothing harrow
Sometimes a light sprinkling of oats i
sown with the grain seed, rs partia
protection from sun and winds, and
mulch during the winter when the oa
plants are killed; but this is not gencr
ally thought to he of much advantage
The weeds that may spring up with tn,
young gr'rs in autumn will of cours,
he mostly killed by the winter.
HAULING AND SPREADING MANURE.
The following sensible advice, iron
correspondent Of "Moores Rural New
Yorker should he followed by on
farming community: 81 have prac
ticed and advised for years DRAWN,
manure from the hrn-yard early in tn
spring and spreading it evenly over tn
surface, often leaving it three or 81,
weeks before ploughing under. Ifpo,
sible, ! would never plough unde
manure before Mt least one heavy raj
had dissolved its solubled portions an,
washed them into the soil. OF cours
! would have this manure spread, in
stead of left in heaps for this. b
employing help enough, so that on
team can draw thirty or more loads pc
day, the barn-yard may he cleaned am
the manure saved from teaching an,
evaporation of one-half its value durin
the summer. Then it is, in my exp,
riencc, much more advantageous t
spread the heaps than to stop the tear
while spreading from the load. Tn
heaps can be spread while the groun
Is too too wet and soft for ploughing
or for drawing manure over. In fac
we often have very limited time /
draw manure from barn-yards in tn
spring. 1t is only while the ground
frozen that it can he done to advantage
and one days sunshine will often con
vert the hard road-bcd into fathon
less mass of mud and slwsh. Then
the time when your men cannot b
working with the team to spread tn
manure. If ploughel, within a fe,
days after drawing, if the manure
not too coarse, | prefer to spread tn
heaps on the newly ploughej surfac
and harrow in. Top-dressing is tn
natural and best method of applyin:
most manures, and in contact with new
ly ploughcd soil there is little or no los
from evaporation.
INFLUENZA IN THE EHoRsE-TREATMEN
In the matter of treatment grea
care must be taken to avoid the use o
active remedies bleeding and purging
common means of reducing fever
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