The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-17
How TO Sow Small Seeds.

Anv seeds as SIndl as Clover, lucefue,
rs5--oo. German millet, or orchard grass
ebogId be sown just as a careful cultiva-
tor would serve his turnips. The soil
sb,uld be thoroughly and deeply broken
and the surface well pulyerized with a
Il harrow and freed from all old sOds of
n ,.,,.ss OPP ANYTHING else that would render
fbe surface at all rough, and thereby in
& t,+.rg with smooth moving. After the
sail is thus thoroughly prepared, and
s. when the weather is calm, the seed should
h, sswn regularly DUST before a rain if
rracticablel and then the soil rolled.
4 mi, is all the covering that is nee
e,sarv. whether sown in the late
flI or early spring. The roller will press
4 the seeds into the earth and if the seeds
are good 1t will only be a matter of few
4 DAYS before their termination. Rolling
even is not absolutely necessary, but it is
betteraud safer to use the roller. Some
oftha hest stands Of cotton we have ever
seen have resulted from the seed not being
covered 40 all when rani has followed in a
day or 50 after the planting. Chatfy
seeds that weigh less than twenty pounds
To the bushel, require to be sOwn
when the air is perfectly calm.
Red top bluegrass and Orchard-grass
seed are of this character, and it is more
important that these should be rolled in
than it is for clover or other solid seed.
We have long since realized the advantage
Of sowing seeds, even of the sorghum
family, just as we would our beets or tur-
uips-in drills prepared with Just the
same care, and never deeper than half,
or one inch When thus sown, in three or
four feet drills, the crop is ready for the
harrow, or the sweep, just a S soon as the
plants are up, and allow of close cultiva-
ton from the very start, rendering cult
yatou easy aud almost obviating the use
Of the hoe. The first narrowing gives
the crop an impetus and it is soon ready
for the shOvel-that is. if the soil is of
such texture as to require deep breaking.
The crop will take possession right at
once, helping by its own rapid growth to
keep down all grass and weeds. Just as
with animal so it is with plants, a good
start off is apt to insure a safe and rapid
growth. Any seed as small as those of
the common sorghum or doura, or cat-tail
millet or African wheat,p we repeat.
should be sown just as soon we sow beets
Or onions, and after lightly covering
should be rolled, either by pushing a
hand roller over the seed burrows, or a
barrel can be made to answer the pur-
pose, though il is a little more tedious
and tires0me Seeds rolled thus any
time from October to April will germi-
nate al once, whether it rains or not
shortly afterwards, and win incur no
FISK OF being smothered by a crust such
Us forms on unroled land.
II Inc rolling Is done, as of course il will
le, when the surface soil is not wet, that
lmpeHi0us crust cannot form to the same
extent That ii does when the soil is not
rolled 10 presses the moist soil firmly
aDU1!f fine Gtat null
So thoroughly rs to enable il to derive
much greater benefit from the dews For
summer or late spring sowings, rolling is
especially desirable to cause speedy
htfmlnaiIon. When the manure is APP
IaeI broadcast, or if no manure is used,
"Nei breaking thoroughly, or narrowing
S"o'Jhll, there Is no better implement for
laying OH the burrows than one of Averv's
manu- ploWs, whether one acre or fifty is
10 De planted
Cne can push it along at fast walking
Edll' amt secure burrows of the proper
u5p'n, and with little care, burrows
PARALLEL to each other. Those who have
o4r ot the improved small seed planters,
VII" oIcourSe use it, but in its absence,
'u1 ABOVE IS good enough, though it ne
estates the use of the rake in covering.
Inc rake may be dragged along as fast as
one t can walk, however, and it is not very
tedious after all.
AL. IL 10 Is desired to put manure in the
oI.-', alter laying OF the burrows with a
a0'2.et ana putting in the manure make
s.-ht bed by listing with the same
lo.-,' uoJ running too close to main fur
Ivy. Then without ral1ing from the
iit t-l. ridges open with the drill or the
- ,.:i aand hoe. The rolling afterwards
WA, "'- oflng it to the level. The middles
NIL, a--I be broken afterwards. Truly crop
W., "g- put IN is half made, and especially
, mngN d crop chat is designed to be per-
t IN Is put in the most absolute care
d4 pggparation and sowing ought not to