The Red Cloud chief., 1888-01-27
GRASS AND CLOVER,
SugSestions Relating To Early Seeding AMI
the Handling of Seed.

the Handing of Seed.
l adopted the rule of early sowing
about ten Years ago. after having madc
some disastrous failures from late SOW
ing. Farmers on clay lanl 4 not de-
pend on narrowing in the spring for not
more than once in three or four years
will the land get dry enough To harrow
before the wheat is too large To have :.
harrow pass il. Think more than
half the farmers in the country will tel!
You that clover seed sown early will be
killed by freezing. and yet 4 lt,.a in
vestigation would show that there is
more danger of late sown clover be;n.
killed, for the simple reason that there
has been no freeze to cover il. and its
sprouts lie directly on the surface. and
sooner than the seed which WAS sown
earlier and has been we'll covered by
frost.
In regard to the handling of seed
clover, we can not lay down n set of
rules which are never to be dcviatei
from. There is no difficulty whatever
in hulling the mammoth clover from
the field. as it is cut the last IF July or
first of August. when the days are long
end the sun hot. and two or three days
will dry it out perfectly after the heavi-
est rain. With the mediumtor
red clover which nus often be threshed
as late rs October. threshing from the
field is very uncertain and unsatisfac-
tory, and in a neighborhood where near-
ly every farmer grows clover seed. and
machines are scarce, the farmer vii!
often lose his crop unless he stacks i:
or puts it under cover. In the fall Of
1856 there we're thousands of acres If
clover cut for seed in a radius Of ten
mics of my farm. and not thrcshed ut
all. because the machines could not "c:
around to it. Often = machine could
not run until after noon on account os
heavy dews followed by a cloudy mora
ing; and 4 light rain, if followed bv
cloudy weather. would keep the MAJ
chine idle for two or three days. I
should have lost my little crop Of six
acres ii / had not stacked it, but h;:v-
ing it stacked and perfectly dry. the
machine came and we ran it tlrruu~Ii
before the dew had dried of Oh the
neighLoring farm where the clover
was in the swath.
There is no difficulty in stacking
clover so Us to keep the water out. but
the stack must be covered with som.
other material. Garry the sides o: Your
stack up perfectly straight and bIil,l
the stack square at the ends. Make il
only twelve feet wide and as long =, is
necessary, and top it out with = slope
toward the prevailing winds. Then lay
at the top and also at the lower edge. :.
four by four studding and nut Il boar,
roof on it, the boards living directly oa
the clover and being nailed lightly ID
the studding. Arranged in this way
will keep dry and the huiler c.n
directly after a rain and ~ilirr>il
while your neighbOr waits for his 10 |
dry. 1t will probably be cheaper and
the loES run to build BARRACKS
convenient to the barn yard. So the |
straw can be run into the var,I |
and then the barracks can be ii.lct.
with corn fodder for winter use. Such |
barracks need have no floor except y
temporary one or rails or poles to keep
the clover or fodder from the ground.
and can be used to shelter the tools
temporarily in the summer. OF for d-iv-
under with . load when a sudden
ain comes up. 1t will also be very
convenient for curing out beans or
broom corn or any Of the catch craps
.rown on the farm-K F. Broyn, in |
Gentleman.