Connecticut western news., 1879-05-07
FARM AND GARDEN.

Lnab Luo WOrK brought any 1ncrehSo tO the crop" said George Chamberlin at the meeting of the Elmira (N. Y.) Far mers' Club, in answer to the query els it any benefit to harrow wheat in the Spring?"
 G. s. McCann last spring experi- mented by narrowing strip through the middle of field and another strip crossing that. The remainder of the field was untouched. Judging by gen. eral appearances alone he did not per ceive that the wheat was better on the | narrowed strips than on other portions of the field, and there was no apparent | difference in the catch of grass.
 President Hoffman thought that last season was an unfavorable one for such experiment, as the grass seed took we'll in almost all conditions of soil.
 J. s. Van Duzer said he should har- row that portion of field of wheat this spring which had been manured with lumpy manure. The harrow will cut that up and put it in better condition to aid the growth of both wheat and grass. Loosening the surface of the soil especially on lands somewhat heavy he thought has much the same effect as hoeing plants, and is of benefit to the crop.
 G. s. McCann explained, in answer to a question about pulling out the wheat, that he employed in his experime nts 8 smoothing harrow with teeth sloping backward and no wheat was pulled out A. D. Griswold said that he dragged his wheat one season when the prospect of good crop was poor. He thought covering the surface would help the catch of grass, and bell eyes it did have that effect. The work was done early in April and grass seed sown afterward. l GREEN FooD FOR SHORT PAsrUREs.- At each recurring season there are many dairymen who have determined to aban- don the old system of stinting their COWS to the pasture, whether abundant or de- ficient, and to make such provision as will enable them to give full feed, wheth- CT their pastures are short or not. A large class of dairymen have finally come to the conclusion that milk is made from food and not from faith, or any miracu- lous power in the COW to create it out of nothing. And since milk represents food, they begin to see that the COW
 which can digest the largest amount of food will pay the most profit; and, there fore, they are not seeking small eaters,
 but COWS that can turn the most grass
 and grain into milk. If the farm is well
 stocked with COWS, it seldom happens
 that the pasture is not short at some
 period in the season and if it has a
 large proportion of pasture to the num-
 Der of COWS, then there will be consider
 able grass not eaten off at the flush, and
 spots will be so tough that COWS will eat
 very little of the grass. It is better in
 the early part of the season to have COWS
 enough to eat the grass down about even all over the pasture, for it then furnishes
 more food as the season advances. But
 the dairyman should make provisions
 early in the season for any deficiency
 which may happen in his pasture and for this purpose oats is one of the best
 crops to feed green, and they should be
 sown early so as to be used, if necessary,
 in July. The oat is as we'll adapted to
 produce milk as clover, but to be at the best it should be fed in the milk. It is then most palatable and nutritious. Milk is highly nitrogenous body, and
 therefore oats, clover, and most of the
 grasses furnish the right food for it. The oats should be sown upon good
 ground, so as to make large growth, l,
 and produce from eight to ten tons of green food to the acre. This will be ready to feed before corn or millet, and
 will come in at the first period of short
 pasture. If COWS are milked in the sta
 ble, give feed of green oats night and morning. Two or three weeks after sowing the oats, SOW another piece of
 ground to oats and peas, to be fed when
 the peas ale in blossom, and this feed ing may be continued while the peas are green. Next SOW millet or Hungarian 7 grass, but these fine seeds must have soil in fine tilth. At the proper season put in piece of corn (Stoweli's ever- green is best), in drills thirty-two inches apart, so that it may be cultivated, and , this will come later and may be fed when in tassel. Second cuttings of clover , should be fed with the corn to make the
 best green ration. If all these crops are
 put ia, it will not require more than one
 acre of oats to twelve cows-the same oi , the other crops-and there will proba bly be 8 surplus left, but this surplut
 can be cut for winter fodder and cured Ike hay. By following this plan COWS may be made to yield steadily and vel all through the season. When dairy :. man has once begun the full feeding system, he will never go back to scantJ feeding again.
 MAY ON THE FARM.-The time ha: 5 arrived when delays are disastrous, bu U young and otherwise inexperienced farm ' CTS are liable to lose time, as the labors of the farm accumulate, through an ig : norance of the demands of the season For this class suggestions are offered taking the latitude of New York as $ ' basis, with the expectation that each vii make notifications to suit his respective
 locality.
 o First of all, if the planting of orchard is not yet finished hurry it up, taking U care to mulch the newly planted tree
 and shrubs. Insects in orchards als V call for attention. However careful tn