Milford chronicle., 1892-04-15

been attracted. But, one thing is
evident, the liability to meet this
disease may be lessened by selecting
seed grown under ones own eyes
upon fields known to be free from
the clearly visible manifestations o
this fungus.
- III.
WHEN, WHERE AND HOW TO sow SCAR
LET CLOVER SEED.
1t has been established by several
years experience that an excellen.
take" of scarlet clover can be Sc
cured from seedlings i is, peach, pear
and apple OrctAn b. provided; Inc
seed is sown immediately after the
last cultivation Of the trees-that Is
about the middle of July. Seedlings
in August have also been thoroughly
successful.
A very large acreage in field corn
iutDeIaware is also seeded each year
TO scarlet clover Immediately after
the cultivation of this crop is finish
ed for the season. If the corn is an
ordinary, check rowed, then success
in securing a "catch" is the rule. II
the crop is unusually heavy in growth
particularly;:if drilled and cultivated
in one direction only, then a posi-
bility of a poor "catch" exists II
pumpkin seed are planted with the
corn, a good stake" of clover may
be seriously damaged by the vines
ANY field from which early crops
have been removed may be seeded
Success with millet and with buck
wheat as cover crops have been re-
ported. One failure where the mil
let was unusually heavy has been
noted.
Success has been attained by Mr.
Henry R. Higgins, Delaware City
in seeding upon wheatstubble. Equa
success has also been attained by
him by seeding fields after the re
moval of an ordinary crop of timothy
hav. Mr.. Bancroft, of Camden, re
ports successful seedlings between
raspberry, blackberry and tomato
vines. He has also met with success
on asparagus fields where roots ar
set six feet apart, providing th'
plants are less than five years old
liz. G. Packard, of Dover, reports
good catch upon a four acre plot IL
field beans. S. H. Derby, of Wood
side. has met with success by follow
line an old time custom Of sowing
red clover. viz, making mixture o
clover and turnip seed in prope
proportion, and seeding late in tn
summer. This corresponds wit
the German practice; seed OF ial
beets and of scarlet clover are SOW
on rye stubble, not later than tn
! first of September later seedln
sometimes fails-as the clover the
is not well enough developed t
withstand a severe winter. BY thi
/, practice two ends are gained, vi!
in season when an earth beet
(atomarsq ljnearis) would otherwis
utterly destroy the clover, the pre-
ence of the beet affords protection
1 ON the other hand when the milk
, slug (Limar agrestis) would &c
+ tainly destroy the beets the Presen'
t of she clover affords protection. Oh
Z crop at least, 1t is claimed, is ther
fore assured.
l The southern plan of seeding
q cowpea vines soon after the midi
i of August and allowing the vine
a die down upon the ground has bee
followed by Mr.. John Heyd, OF F'
n ton, without marked success.
3 has also been attempted in SUISSE
1 county under the direction of tn
}. Station. Failures are due, it
), thought. to the extremely heav
t crop of vine, possibly to the hea'
t coating of pea leaves which COZ
e pletely covered the surface of tt
o ground.
r The quantity of seed to be us'
4 depends upon the aims of the sowt
It varies between five and titte'
e pounds per acre. In orchards al
n in standing corn the CahOon nroa
t caster is a very servicea6le machin
It with it an energetic man can SCI
e four acres per hour in corn, by wal
r ing in one middle and seeding tV
s others on either hand, thus GOVERN
n ten middles in one round trip. See
y ing from horseback is also practic'
y the casts in this case being made
d hand.
r AS to the necessity of GOVERN
? the seed, opinions differ widel
e Successes and failures being free
/ credited to and charged against ea'
y method.
Failures in securing a stand a
e most frequently charged by prac
l. cal men to heavy, beating rain
closely following the day of seedin
n AZ one eminent southern writer e