Connecticut western news., 1882-04-05
FARM AND GARDEN.

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 the fodder value of the crops. They al
 require the same cultivation, which is tt
 SOW in June or July upon rich soil ant
 out when in blossom. The fodder ii
 cured precisely like hay. A dressing o.
 barnyard manure would be a good fer
 tilizer for the crop, and it may be growr
 easily after 8 crop of oats has beer
 taken for fodder, cut in July. It is moi
 injurious to horses unless cut too ripe
 WHEAT ON CLOVER. clove,
 sod is to be plowed for wheat, it is best
 to mow the first crop and let the after
 math grow until August, when it if
 turned under and left two to four weeks
 before the wheat is sown. There is nc
 better preparation for wheat than this
 and if moderate dressing of super,
 phosphate is given the wheat usually
 succeeds well after it. The ground
 should be we'll rolled to compact the
 sod and narrowed several times afte,
 rolling.
 A QUESTION OF SoLINa.-I. B., New
 Kingston, N. r., writes: "I have farm
 of 125 acres, about one-half of which is
 more suitable for grazing than for culti-
 vation; the remainder is good arabic
 land that can be cultivated closely, and
 can be made to bear almost any crop
 suitable to our climate. Earned in the
 old way of grazing it keeps twenty COWS.
 l want to know what the probabilities are as to the number of COWS it would keep by partial system of soiline with
 the arabic land, and use the grazing land for the COWS to roam over and get what pasture it affords, with plenty of shade, pure air, and water during the day, and be kept in stable or yard dur
 ing the night, with a good supply of soiling feeds. Would such system be likely, if properly pursued, to increase the income of the farmp If you think my plan feasible, please suggest the most suitable crops to commence with. /"
 Reply.-This question is one of great importance to dairymen. For, here is a farm of 125 acres which keeps twenty COWS, but which, under good system of soiling with the grazing, should keep at least sixty. First, to do this it would be necessary to divide the pasture into fields of ten or twenty acres, so that one could be fed while the others are recov- erlng and resting; one field might be fed for week, and if there were six it would rest for five weeks, thus length ening out the pasture very much. In the meantime the COWS are fed on soiling crops, such as rye, in May or April, if It is ready, and corn.fodder in July af terward, the first corn being early sweet corn, planted specially. There should be good deal of fodder corn and corn for grain grown for winter feeding and ten acres of mangels for use in the win ter with the corn fodder and some hay. cut in the grass fields. By good man. agement this farm ought to feed fifty or sixty COWS, if it was wholly devoted to that purpose. N. r Weekly Tunes.
 SEED- TIME OR RED C1ovER.-I have often lost clover-seed by too early sow ing, and my later practice has been to defer seeding until the very severe freezing of spring has passed. In this latitude (43 degrees), about the middle of April, in ordinary seasons, will be as near right as we can name day. But will often prevent the work being done very near this time. Generally there is a drouth in April. often reaching into the middle of May. Winter wheat has it's severest trial in this dry time, and narrowing is resorted to by many of our best farmers to break up the crust that forms on top of the dry earth, and thus save the wheat. Clover.seed sown on the wheat imme. dlately before thls narrowing is slightly covered, and a good catch is almost certain. And if the seeding has been delayed till the ground has settled and cracking, the narrowing is very important. I have often sown clover-seed on moist ground, sometimes when mud would load on the feet. and perhaps in this way temporarily drive the sewers from the work. Seed sown under such circumstances is very sure to grow and live. The really important point IS to cover the seeds. Half an inch is deep enough. And this cover- ing is the reason for early sowing. while freezing and thawing of the surface may be expected to do this service. The danger of this early sowing comes of an early warm spell that sprouts the seeds while they are on top of the ground and therefore easily killed: and this warm spell followed by lone-con- tinued very cold weather. - Georoe Geddes, 0'sondaga Co.,, M F.
 GRAFT1Na.-Fruit trees intended for srafting should now be beheaded just 'bove where it is intended to regraft. If left until late in the season a good ieal of the strength of the tree is wasted. Shoots about the size of a mans wrist are the best for grating on. All those done last season should now lave their stems cleared of lateral spray eft on at the time for promoting root ction, and the leading shoots from the raft should be topped about one. third I their length and otherwise treated as oung trees forming head. A supply I gratis should be at once secured and aid in by the heels in trenches in cool haded position; do not tie them in undles, as the center ones are liable to ct dry and shrivelled, but lay in each ariety separately, with it's name or umber at the end of the row. The est ah0nfn for r.ro ,