The Forrest City times., 1892-01-29
FARM AND HOBEHOLD.
THE FARMERS MIAANAcE-
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The American farmer Is nor re- miss in the matter of seeding his and with forage crops than in any oher important branch of hnsbaDdry. Cereal seeding is usually done wsh considerable care The quantity sf seed per acre is carefully measured out and effort made al even distribu- ton The growth Is watched to ma ,urity. 10 ascertain whether the seed ing was too thick or too thin. and by this means 8 quite correct guage for the next seeding is obtained the ob- feet being to get a rate that will pro- duce and mature all the plants the land is capable of doing. and no more But when seeding with the grasses and cloyers little heed Is paid to re- quired kinds and quantity for best results and generally not much to even and thorough distribution A person would be considered by some ss a proper subject for the lunatic asylum if he should state that not one farmer in four hundred knows what kinds of grass-seeds it Is best for him to SOW. how much. or the best way 10 sow them. yet as may be shown presently. be would not be far out Of the way who should make such a statement
 l. Is bad practice to drill in tim othS seed with grain or even alone. says a writer in the Country Gentle man The roots of the plant spread very little When drilled in. the plants come up in streaks and remain 90 as long as they exist They are .in 6 rut7 as it were. from which they never get out Roots do not fill in the spaces between the streaks and this much Of the ground remains un- occupied After the crop is moved timothy is a long time in start ing up a'resh Sowed in this
 manner. even good land rarely produces over ton of hay to the acre. because the soil is not all filled; and yet this method continues 10 be prac- ticed largely.
 Another great error Is in using too little seed when il is sown broadcast eren if clover is to be added The usual way Is 10 SOW timothy with wheat in the fall and add clover the next spring. If for meadow. when cut the ensuing year the crop will be all elo- ver. scarcely spear of timothy being noticeable The year after that the closer will have disappeared and the crop is timothy. How is that? Clover is $ biennial and il died out the second season The first season il outgrew and over-spread the timothy. and kep. it Sc short and fine that it was not no- ticsd- Timothy is perennial If i; has chance to be and clover can be kept growing right along with it if desired After cutting the crop the frs, time keep all cattle of Let the second crop of that season seed and drop oz the ground Do thls every year and the hay will be half clover and half timothy continually.
 But the temptation to remove the seeond crop oi clover by grazing. or for seed or for .rowenn is 90 great that II is the custom 10 do it. Then there remains for subsequent meadow or pasture the field seeded with timo- thy but never half thick enough Roots do not i'll the ground and cover the surface as they should. but stand in stools here and there like lone sen tinels In soil that heaves. the frost has fine opportunity to throw out these isolated stools; whereas had the seed been sown thick enough. so that the roots would have become continent in- tertwining and inferlocking. covering the ground completely. frost would have less opportunity to enter. and it would not be at all likely to do any i damage h this manner. for il could hardly throw up the entire surface Thick seeding prevents heaving fl care has been observed to get the grasses or cloyers well established be- fore winter sets in
 How 10 SOW the seed is pertinent question Ii has already beeni hown that drilling it in Is an error Some \ like the broadcast sower on wheels and some the wheelbarrow sower, but could never have any use for either. A man skilled in the busi- ness can SOW by hand as many acres in day as any machine can. and il he Is an expert in the business, he will distribute the seed as evenly and oitentimes better; but this is a busi- ness no indolent careless man should | attempt