Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-01-10
Late SOwn Rye for Spring Fodder.

There are differences of opinion as to the
value OF late sown rye as crop for early
spring feeding. These differences are almost
entirely due to the circumstances of soil and
season. Should the soil be poor the rye
crop, like any other, will be poor, and should
the season close in with hard freezing soon
after sowing, the plants will not have made
sufficient roots to save them from injury. If
on the otht hand. the soil is rich and me- How.
and the sowing is done so early that strong.
well rooted plants NAV form, then profit
able crop may be expected. The writer has
seen most satisfactory results obtained bv
plowing under sod-previou>lv well manur-
ed-in late autumn, and the ground sown to
rye. Ia the spring this field yielded a ht avy
growth of fine green fodder, which was used
to feed flock of sheep and other small
stock. After this pasturage was over the
''stubble" was turned under with a heavy
coat of manure and the field planted to corn
In this case the rye was what is termed a
stolen crop. put in between the old meadow
and the corn. Instead of the land living idle
from the time the grass was cut until plow ed
for corn, there had been an extra manuring.
blowing, and fodder crop. Some portion
of the te Id was clay and the additional till
age had good effect upon the mechanical
conditions of the soil The green crop thus
produced came in at just that time in the
spring when supply of fodder of this kind
is of special yalue-the pastures not having
fully started and the dry stored food being
limited in quantity and of high price
Personal.
Elizabeth Cady STATION thinks girls should
play billiards. Hope they'll take the cue
from this hint.
Eliza Manning Hawthorne, died at Bev-
erly, Mass. on New Years day. She was
over 30 years old.
Miss Jennie Flood. of San Francisco. is
the happy owner of $500, 1000 in United States
4 per cents, a New Years present from her
father.
General Grant called at the White House
last Wednesday but found the President en-
gagged An old servant, negro, greeted
him with profound respect and General
Grant stood at the door pleasantly chatting
with him for some moments.
Mrs. Langtry received 5000 cards on the
first day OF her arrival in Chicago. On Tues
day a gentleman who called at the hotel with
"letters of introduction from England" was
told that the only means of communicating
with her was through the mails.
General Grant will probably return to
New York from Washington on Thursday
next. On Monday he will dine with Senator
Miller, of California. on Tuesday with the
Secretary of State, and on Wednesday with
the President. The Chinese Minister visited
General Grant Friday.
Leo Meilbeck fought behind the barrcades
in Paris. and. after the capture Of the city by
the national forces. fed TO America. He be-
came leader among the Socialists of Chi
cago. and served term in the Illinois
Assembly but Communism failed to yield
him comfortable living. His colleagues
deserted him, his health gave way, and now
he has Just died violent death.
James Irving, once democratic Assembly
man from New York city and expelled for
assault and battery on another member, has
Just been arrested in New York for assault
ing saloon-keeper, his former partner. so
outrageously that his death is expected
Being leader among saloon-keepers,
gamblers. and democratic politicians, lrv-
ing's arrest has created marked sensation.