Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-24
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uHa5s CULTURE
Experimental Details Reported by a Con.
necticut Farmer to Rural New Yorker

necticut Farmer to Rural New Yorker.
My field contained 16 acres Of moor
rocky, brush pasture and upland swami,
The wet portion was gravel hardpan
OVERLAND with muck The rest of the
field was dry, gravelly loan. The bushes
were removed, and then the powders.
The whole was next thoroughly pulver-
lied by blowing and narrowing many
| times. Ny first seeding was four acres
to O, ehard grass, timothy, red top and
clover. This part stood seven years. All
but the clover We're well represented.
The fourth year orchard grass only re-
maincd. Orchard grass is early, light
weight, ripens i'll day and makes poor
hay.
The rest.of IL acres was seeded with
timothy, red top and clover, and stood
| five and six years. The clover thus far
has been of no use, as the other kinds
of grass predominant. Timothy and red
top mature well together, making very
fine, soft and sweet hay The red top is
/, about four days later, and the timothy,
being much the taller grass, forces the
red top up for sunlight. The red top in.
creases the weight of hay one third.
Fourteen quarts each of timothy and re-
cleaned red top seed should be sown on
each acre in August or September upon
clean, smooth, well graded and fertilized
soil. Clean the land annually of all foul
stuff in October. After the grass is sown
no yard manures or other coarse sub
stances should be used. They kill out
the grass, and it cannot be replaced I'M
til again reseeded. For five years l have
tried to reseed vacant spots in my grass
field without success. ROwen was left on
two acres over winter and spotted bad
~. The following July the sod was
turned and the field reseeded in August.
The young grass came up we'll The
next June the old grass had come back
and killed all the young grass. Even the
original spots We're bare
The question has been, Can grass
crop be continued indefinitely, especially
on swamp land, with the tools Of 20
years ago? | would say, no. But with
the best machines Of today it is easy to
subdue any sod, reseed and secure a per-
feet new stand of young grass in thleo
months. With a perfect stand, if each
crop is well fed with bone, potash and
nitrate Of soda of the right proportion,
and at the right time, continuously,
large semiannual crops can be obtained
Moist land is best for grass. All land
should be fully subdued and we'll grad
ed. There is very little land SO wet as
to need understanding Use all the yard
and coarse manures possible before seed
ing, after which use condensed fortili-
GERS. Clean the land i'll October Never
allow the grassfield to be pastured Fer
tilize every crop. If the stand Of grass
become imperfect from any cause, de-
stroy it and reseed. If you maintain
perfect stand, six tons Of hay per acr
IN the first crop and half as much INC,
i'll the second each year are made easily.
Greater perfection in cultivation can be
obtained without the use Of the plow.
Thirty-two dollars will buy complete
outfit of tools with which to subdue,
smooth, grade and perfect any field fo1
reseeding. With their use the TOUCHES.
sod can be destroyed i'll two months.