Middletown transcript., 1876-04-08
proteotisu against The sun burning the
young clover.
cLoyER AND GRASS SEEDS

young clover.
CLOVER AND GRASS SEEDS.
Sow these seeds on well conminuted.
freshly stirred land. Sow plenty Of
seed, and roll after lightly narrowing
or brusbiDg 10. II not already sowD
among the wheat, harrow the wheat
ground. SOW the clover seed and roll.
In either case. SOW busbel Of plaster
per acre, and ten buahel Of dust With
two or three bushels Of salt, il you
can possibly do It. and you will be sure
to be well repaid. it not in wheat or
grass, in the fertility Of the soil y but
most likely you will have the outlay
more than returned in each particular
crop Il is, We think, too late to grow
any grass seed. exceut clover, unless il
be orchard Or rye grass seed White
clover is indigenous in our section. but
ita valuable qualities are not fully ap-
preciased, and it takes some time to
secure voluntary product. soft is best
SOW seeds Of each yesr. until the land
has become full impregnated after which
it will vegetate for years.
White clover is indigenous to the
soil Of this region, and yet we rarely
find it except on really quick and fer
tile soil; therein is the mystery Of the
habit Of this most honey, milk and fat
producing Of al grasses. The bees
love ii, the richest colored and best
favored butter--the lambs grow fat and
mature early on it. while mutton il
made from it equal in taste to the famed
mountain mutton, with superior. mar
rowy fatness.
CORN.
As soon as the corn ground can be
we'll plowed and deeply loosened. where
the substratum il clay near the surface.
By subaoiling. and the land put in nice
tilth By the harrow. heavy fertilised, it
should be planted with the best seed %
be had. Ii checked" it should stand
4x4 feet. but We prefer for many rea-
sons, the drill system on well-prepared
land. In the drills eighteen. inches
apart. single plants. and the drills four
feet apart. As soon as planted harrow
the land, and repeat every six or eight
days, with the Thomas Smoothing Har-
row until. it gets- about six or eight
inches high The narrowing should
be done ialternately in different direc-
tions, 50 as to kill every sprig Of grass
as soon as itlappears After this. two
or three workings with the iron shovel
splows Or caltivatofs, if in good order.
1t intervals of ten days. would be sli
the crop would require. At the time
Of thinning. let any grass found about
the plants be eradicated with the hand.
or stick used in thinning, and at the
same time seeds Of pumpkin could be
planted. 81 distances Of twenty feet
apart. Dress the field. at the last work.
ing, with plaster. just before it is
planted, the land should be broadcasted
with four or FIVE bushels Of salt; besides
being SAFEGUARD against the worm.
Il. is an excellent fertilizer. We like
the plan Of planting half the corn crop
10 esrly part Of April. and the other
half during the latter part Of May u
would not be riskiog the whole crop
to the mereiless. effects Of droughts.
that usually ipjnre crops in July and
August
Look we'll to these and the young
lambs. Let, them have the best pas
-turs you can spsre, and il the pasture
be poor. give them daily half pint
each of bran and oats Or corn mixed
Let sbsm have sstt; and at III basards
do not III them be worried 81 th<f in
aveterats enemy dogs. Shonld they
seem to have q cutaneous disease. or
losing their wool. and often seen
scratching and rubbing themselves, as
..they say" Scotchnen do in the old
country. give them -four Of sulphur
mixed | With salt or bran asl much as
they will eat, one part sulphur to twenty
parts salt. or one part sulphug to forty
MARTA hran Or 0round harlev.