The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-05-27

3. Sow early enough to enable the seed
TO get foothold before winter sets in
Late fall and winter sowing are always
precarious September is best if there is
no drought, otherwise wait for a season"
4. Unlike other grasses timothy viii
not admit of pasturage. The nipping of
stock win destroy the bulbs.
5. Never cut the sward below the first
joint.
6. Be sure to have the ground well
pulverized. These rules are good ones
and well worth remembering. We be-
lieye the true mission of timothy Is to
supply hay for the city horse and by
growing ii for that purpose alone the
farmer will put many a dollar in his
pocket.
Another grass familiar 20 all IS the
Blue grass of the famous Blue grass re-
gions Of Kentucky. 1t is the great past
ure grass of the United States and in good
qualities for both beef and dairy, stands
unrivaled. 1t requires however, rich
alluvial soil and on ground suited to its
growth, will bear almost an unlimited
amount of pasturage, but as for hay crop
is no. to be particularly recommended.
Orchard grass is another naturahzed for
eigner, and very valuable, under certain
0nditions, as pasture grass 1t starts
very early in the spring and makes quick
growth even after being eaten of by
cattle. Virgil has said in its behalf
Cool dews restore beneath night stransient
hours,
All that the herd each Hve-long day de-
YOURS
As its name implies If grows well in
the shade and therefore forms a good sod
in orchard. By sowing large quantity
of seed to the acre the disposition of
orchard grass to grow in bunches may be
prevented.
Foxtail grass is another species to
which farmers are more indebted than
perhaps they are fully aware. Il grows
profusely in most iieIds after harvest, and
is not TO be despised. 1t is an annual, but
unlike the Hungarian, its seeds survive
the winter in our climate, ready to put
forth at the appointed time the coming
year. With a good, rich soil person
rarely fails to get a good catch Of grass
Some farmers viii gauge the quantity of
the grass seed they SOW by the price per
bushel, which is a very poor policy, in
deed, especially as to clover seed. Moth
ing should keep farmer from sowing q
full measure Of clover seed, for nothing
/ is of more benefit to the soil that good
crop of clover The top drinks in, so to
speak, maaurial properties from the at
mosphere. such as nitrogen, carbonic
: acid, etc, and acts as a mulch, and the
roots 90 down into the subsoil never
touched BY the plow, extracting strength
therefrom to the benefit Of present and
future erSps. If you once have good
catch of grass you are on the sure way
to success. If farmers will manage their
meadows properly, there is nothing to
hinder arms from getting better with
each returning year.
The quantity of hay could easily be
, doubled and one great satisfaction the
farmer would have would be tnat the
oualitvof the hay would be better, for
the best hay grows on thick and evenly
seeded meadows. Cut cur grass early
before the clover blossoms die, and then
YOUR timothy viii be just right to make
: the best hay. l am not prepared to say
how long a meadow should remain in
grass after seeding down, for if it is treat
ed with care the soil viii remain loose 9
long time. Each farmer can tell by OBJ
servation when to pIow his meadows
Do not let them run out top dress them
with fine manure in the fall-or coarse
manure, for that matter it will be out o
the way the next time you NOW.
|, Nature is indeed profuse in her distri
} button of the grass family, and yet re
markably economical in having man,
species to occupy the same ground at th'
, same time. The life of the individus
: grass plant is comparatively short bu
the economy of her arrangement is sucE
that when one species flowers and bear
its fruit, another springs from the sam
: ground from its ashes, only to be follow
!. ed in turn by still another, until the BIT
: ing frosts Of winter scar the leaf ans
, drive the juices to the root, there to re
/ main till the appointed time the comm
year. There is nothing more extraordi
nary than the precision with which th
2 grasses make their appearance in the ar
, pointed seasons. While it may not
; advisable to have too many species grow
: ing az once in the same pasture, W
/ would earnestly urge farmers, if the
| | would secure the best meadows and mos
{ abundant grass crop, not only to SOW th
seeds of such as are best adapted to th
: soil and location, but judicious comb
: nation of them, 50 that the ground ma
r be kept green from the last SHOWS {
!. spring to the first heavy freeze of winte
: Nothing can afford more pleasure to th
: farmer than the knowledge of the fai
s that he has full supply Of good hay
! store FOR his stock at the beginning
d one Of our long winters.
$ The value of the hay crop in the Unite
e States is about 00,000, 600, and whe
e we remember that its money value
o small compared to its intrinsic value
1t keeping our stock and in keeping up Ii
+. fertility Of our farms, it should stiuula
4 Us to do cur best to make our farms,
Ie possible, yield better than they now d
n- But, says some one, are not our farr
O. doing all they can be made to produce
n, That depends upon what your yield
b No farmer should be satisfied with le
e than from two TO three tons 70 the acre
d while l believe the average 70 be ID
Id than ton. The farmer has right 81