The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-02-03

freezes of winter. Stable manure,
cotton seed, ashes, lime, and in
fine al:nos: anything that tends to
enrich the soil, will lie found to be
beneficial to clover.
A less amount of seed might he
used if they were al perfect and
equally distributed, but practically
we find that fifteen pounds is not
too much, as the great desidera-
tum is to secure good ':csteh."
Again, when the clover is thickly
"set' upon the soil, the yield will
be greater and the stalk smaller,
consequently it will ;'cure" better
and make better hay. 1t has been
the practice of some persons to ms1
the seed with ashes, lime, sand or
some other divisor in order to SOW
regularly, but I have found that
any one accustomed to sowing small
grain we'll can soon learn to dis
tribute clover seed regularly and
equally and without other aid. 1t
would be we'll to select quiet time
when the wind is not blowing for
sowing the seed. Farquhar's IRON
toothed, expanding harrow is ad-
mirably adapted to the work Of
pulverizieg the soil and turning in
the seed and fertilizer. A simple
roller can be constructed by insert
ing in the ends of a section of a
log, four or six feet in length by
one and i half to two feet in diam
eter, gudgeons, to which shafts or a
tongue can be attached as the power
to overcome the obstinacy Of the
clods may be found necessary. All
good gardeners are aware Of the
necessity of compacting the soil
upon small seeds in order to pro-
duce simultaneous and perfect ger
mination. The same rule is appli-
cable to clover.
Clover seed can cften be har-
rowel in, or other small grain, in
February Or Mach, with good re-
sults-or it would yet be better, if
not down until then, to SOW it alone.
When sown in the spring, or other
small grain, its growth is dwarfed
by the superior growth of the other,
and when the other is cut of, o
sickly growth of clover, unused to
the sun, is left to dwindle and die
under the influence of a hot har-
vest sun, unless the seasons are
peculiarly fayorable-even then un-
der the most favorable circum-
stances the grasses and weeds have
an equal, if not a better start than
the clover, and will retard its
growth, if not endanger its exist
cnce.
Glover sown in September with
out any other grain will give a
good yield the following spring,
and if intended for hay should
never be pastured at any time.
In most sections Of the South
clover is not needed as pasture,
as the wild clover and broomsedge
upon our "old fields" afford the
best pasture (everything consid-
cred) we can possibly have. A
top-dressiog in early spring, such
as was narrowed in with the seed,
will be found to pay well. Twelve
or fifteen bushels Of lime per acre,
broadcast on well-established
clover sod in the fall, will procure
remalkableresults. Lime, besides
being one Of the most important
constituents of the plant, will soak
with the rains through tho soil,ac
ing mechanically in decomposing
The organic, aad in disintegrating
much of the mort, inorganic mat
ter and preparing it for plant food.
Whilst land plaster is considered
the specific manure, and is Gel tain.
ly valuable, yet l have never OBJ
tanned such results from it's use as
is generally attributed to it, and
would not rely on it alone to Sc
cure = good crop. One bushel
per acre, broadcast on the field
not long after q crop is taken off,
also III early spring, just as tho
plant is beginning a lively growth,
will be found very beneficial.
Harvesting crop Of clover is
very simple and cheap, when
properly prepared for it. A two
horse mower, one-horse rake aud
tour hands can easily cut, rake
ana throw into hay-cocks the crop
of six acres in one day, leaving
the hauling and housing as the
heaviest part Of the work. I'm
p!emeuts have been Invented for
facilitating the hauling and hous.
ing, (making the work light
one,) and will be used hero when
we get TO raising clover more ex-
tensively. When clover is pre-