Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-22
Sowing drnas Seed.

The season is late. and although the
time for sowing is fully q, hand. or already
pasi. Yet there has been very little seed
| pat into the grOnnd up 10 the pressn,
date PrObAbly there IL no matter In cOu.
uectlon with our farming on which prse.
tice 80 widely dlfrs a. In seeding the
land with grass. We have been surprised,
a. the farmers Institutes. many times,
when this matter has ohsnced 10 come up
In discussion, at the widely differing
Quantities ofscei sovu by different indi.
Vidusls. as stated by themselves, and AL OF
them thoughtful. well read aud intelligent
men and also Al the varying praetlses In
soslng and covering the seed. Some.
body must be wrong In his practise. Not
that We wouli be understood that AL
practise shoald be the same. FOR all rccog.
uiEs the fact % dlffren, soils and varylng
seasons. and know fnll well that methods
and prsciises should. In . measure. con.
form 10 lndlviiuAl conditions. Hut pfac.
tiss vsTies more widely than soil or sea.
son, and therefore there are. some Who are
DOT right
Al nr,, though, II would. seem ,h., with
agricultural pspsrs fall OF instruction,
farmers clubs with their discussions. az.
ticultarA societies with their organized
efjrt, boards OF agriculture and college.
of agriculture. that by this time . farmer
ought 30 know how % SOW grass seed.
Of course somewhere between The sr
,rymes. OF among The different methods.
there ate some vao are right In their
practice. Yet who eau spO, the m,nl We
have heard many farmers give their pr,e.
tlse. bat We have never found oue who
vAs gate sure in bis own mlnl that bis
msihofs were right and should not. be
modified. This shows the dcmand fof
kno-lstgc that lays upoa the farmer. II
is not our purpose a. this time 10 attempt
10 set this matter iight. BOT rather 10 call
sttsntion - some srtrvms- In practise
that carry With them The PROBABILITY
of error.
Thsre.. mach land TIA, IL poorly pre-.
pared iof Tie seed when II is sovn. IL
shoa,i be borne In mind that The seeds of
grasses snd cloVets are small, ,ui need
llke care % depth OF covering Ani nieDe.s
Of soll OF other snail seeds. Delesic seed.
cAnroi Accommodate themselves % widely
varyiag depths Of p,Antlng. nor cAu ibet
push their tsuisr splfrs throash heavy,
anbfOssn ciois 0f soll. ktpsrlmspts care
fully carried on have shosn that under
favorable conilti1us % moisture these tiny
seeds make their bsst growth when covered
only % The depth ot onefoufth OF Al iseh,
AMI that N barred much deeper are slos .
gsrmluiis. OF SO not come ~ AL Ia III.
connection. u ~ eonslier the uneven .ni
clofiy coudlt.on that some lani 10 10
vhsr the SEED IL .o-n. 10 will be s.su that
thsr, musi be much seed l0si Ia ihesub-
s.qaeni h,rfoHlug sni lsveiing 10 tts buried
bsyoni r,sarrtction. No doubt this &C.
couut, fof The thin stand of grss, some.
times following . LIBERAL application OF
.t,d.
Again, there are those who. amer pre-
psilng land Ia pAs,oly good condition for
The seed. Arv in the prsctiee o' only going
over IL with q roller OF q brush ansf The
sowing of The gfs.. seed Ia this c,se 9
considerable part ofthc seed 10 ogt slightly
covered. Dylug wind. of drought follo-'
lng IL will not grow, and this much seed !,
lost Oi ooufss u 1, Impossible 10 always
pas these varying conditions lisi fighi, so
some farmers have adopted The practice OF
extremely liberal secdiag 10 make sure that
suoagh wi.l and proPcr condition ani
,has give good st,ni.
Somebody IA. been eountny grAsssee,is,
sui IL IL said has found that .ingle ounc.
% herds grass ooniains oOos seeds 40
ounce OF Fsd-top 200 CD. sni al ounc. OF
dlr.fsui cl1vcrs from IS 600 % 1000.
n they eount sp 10 bali these numoers ii
i essy o. see that II Anythlug like The
uumber of seeds sown on an acre, even OF
ihln seeding. should grow. there woald be
= thick siArd OF grass. The conclusion
must be thiiA large part OF the grass seed
sown never gcfmlnsies.
prom The above the necessity f0r greater
care In ihs preparation oflani 10 be seeded
90 grass must be apparent The benefits
coming from 10 would be minliesi 10 asaV'
log % seed and also ln al evsnsr Ani
thicker stand OF grass, and better crops s
. Tesult.
To our Own experience we have foard
very sati,fAeior, recalls from The appliea.
tlon OF the following mixture Sin qairts
Timothy, eight quarts rcd.top, ten pOaai.
r,d clover and tso pounds slsike. This
s.sllug has 10, appeared 20 give thicker
.tAnd thsu Was desirable, though Ia case
he land Was extremely rich Ices quantity
uosld probably 30 qlits - well. This
matter u foil OF oflmportsnee, and should re-
celve tha careful attention OF fArmers.-
Maine fnuer.