The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-03-29
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Suggestions for March Work.
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SuggestlonS for AnHeh Wok@b
BARUBY.
skillful management is required TO
succeed with this crop. Peculiar soils
are required to produce clear, thin
skinned. bright colored sample. such III
brings the best prizes in the market. A
friable, clean, mellow, dry, lime stoao
clay loan is perhaps the best soil, but
some lighter soils, that are warm and
rich, will produce good barley. The
soil must be thoroughly worked, and
free from weeds. Barley should always
be drilled, and the seed placed at an
even depth below tho surface. There
is no better crops with which to sow to
clover.
Oats will succeed upon soils where
barley would fail. A rough sod and
moist soil will grow good oats; il is the
best spring crop for reclaimed swamp
or newly broken clayey meadow. Two
aud-a half bushels OF sted, per acre, is
light seeding; bushels if drilled, or 81,
if broadcast, is sometimes sown with
good results. The thick seeding yiolds
finer stalk, shich makes a more de-
sirable fodder than stouter straw.
Oats and peas. sown together pro-
duce very nutritious fodder. The two
crops together, upon one acre of good
SOIL will yield nearly, if not quite, as
much fodder rs would an acre of each
sown separately. We have sown t1o
bushels of oats and six peck of peas to
the acre. If sown early, the fodder
may be cut for soiing cows or horses
in May or June, and succession for
continuous use may be sown every two
weeks until early in May. Roll the
ground after sowing, 80 that the crop
NAV be cut with mower, which may
easily be done, rs the oats support tho
peas and prevent lodging.
DRAINS.
There is no better time than the
present to dig drains. The January
thaw, which was very general, has filled
the low ground with water, and flowing
water is the best possible leveling IN
strument. The narrower the drain ia
made, so that man can work easily in
it. the cheaper may the work be done.
When water is flowing in the drain. lay
the tiles from the head downwardR.
There is no danger then of obstrucsions
entering them.
The cost of draining can hardly
even be less than it now is. Labor is
very low, and those who have improve
ments to make. and have the money,
or see their way clearly to repay
it. If borrowed, could have no bet
ter opportunity than the present.
1 STANDING wATEr.
4 very important work in to let off
any water that accumuIates upon the
surface. This requires constant atten>
ton, and the use of the hoe or a shovel.
/ Whether there is a crop i'll the ground
or not, it is equally necessary to do this
thoroughly, else the soil is soaked and
dries very slowly. The amount lost
through water remaining upon fields,
w,u'd ecol year bny for every farmer
who permits it, good paper and more
b ,oks than he could well study in a
year.
The high price Of pork has greatly
stimulated the breeding of good class
of pigs. With the prevalent diseases,
which now destroy so many hogs in the
West. there will be a premium for good
m .nagement. 1t is very clear that
cleanliness, and variety of healthfut
food, will prevent diseases. Make o
good start now, with the young pigs.
Provide warm, clean pens for the brood
sows, as beginning, and so arrange
that they may have clean pasture lot
to run in; not bare, muddy piece OF
waste ground, ,but good piece Of clover
or grass, in which they may procure the
bnlk of their food. Breed only from
thoroughbred boars; keep the best
stock, and keep them healthful and
growing.
POULTRY.
Cleanse the poultry ry-houses and nest
boxes from lice. Provide warm co...
per in the stable for the earliest broods
inc hens. and give extra care to the
Young chicks. March and April chicks
will give plenty of eggs next winter.
ASPARAGUS.
When the weather is settled rake OF
The litter and fork in the fine manure
lightly. In inland places, SOW on re-
fuse or salt, 2 lbs. to the square yard.
SIT new beds with one~year roots.
In field culture 3x3 and even Axe feet
are allowed between the plants. For the
family garden2x2 feet or 1SxlS inches is
usual. Give each plant a-shovelful Of
good manure, cover this with 2 inches
of earth, set the plant with ITS crown at
least 6 inches below the surface, and
cover it; when the shoots appear, fill up
tho furrow gradually.
NOVELTIES.
While we often caution against trust
ing to untested novelties for main
crop, there is nothing more interesting
than to test and compare these. One
sometimes draws a real prize, but he
must be prepared for some dissppoint~
mcnts.
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