The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15

| inches. When the Held has been gone
over, double plant, OF plant in row
between the first rows The field will
then contain twice as many rows as
under ordinary circumstances. This
crop will not need cultivating. 1t can
be used for soiling, or il can be cut
and cured ns hay. John Virgin, of
Livingston County, Illinois, cuts the
fodder with n solf-binder, and when it
is we'll cured finds that it makes a most
excellent fodder. The ground is pre-.
pared as for an ordinary corn crop.
Millets are also valuable as catch
crops. German millet and Hungarian
grass arc the most desirable sorts, as
tho LEAKAGE is heavy and the heads
large. Prepare the ground rs for
oats, sowing broadcast or in drills, at
tho rate of one-half to one bushel per
acre, allowing sixty to seventy-fvo
days for full development. If there
is sufficient moisture in the ground to
give tho plants a good start, consider.
ablo drouth can be withstood. To
make good hay, cut as soon MS the
heads begin to appear. Allow to lie
until partially cured, then rake into
windrows and allow to remain until
thoroughly dried out. Then stack, OF
store in barns. Harvested in this
manner, there is little or no danger of
bad effects from feeding to oil kinds
of stock. Ii allowed to become over.
ripe, large quantities may contain too
much grain for best results. The crop
answers we'll for soiling or putting
into the SOIL
Where u grain catch crop is desired,
nothing is superior to buckwheat. 1t
furnishes excellent bee pasture, as it
begins to blossom early and continues,
if permitted, until cold weather. The
flour is largely used in the kitchen,
producing food for poultry. Plow
the ground three or four inches deep,
and SOW either with drill or broad
cast, at the rate Of two to five pecks
per acre. 1t will grown on compare
lively poor soil, but drouth is very
apt to injure it. Should the weather
be at all seasonable small field will
give very satisfactory results.
Rape is pasture and soiling plant,
resembling turnips above ground, but
having no dubious root. AS it is an
annual sowed on plowed ground, there
is no sod, so that pasturing by light
animals, such as sheep, hogs, or calves,
is most satisfactory. Horses and cattle
are liable to injure the plant. If the
ground be dry and firm, heavy stock
may Craze upon rape fields. When
first turned on, animals should not be
allowed to remain more than q few
hours, for fear officiating. Also they
should not eat largo quantities while
the dew is on. The fattening qualities
of the plant are greater than those of
clover. Sow on rich soil at the ratio
of one to two pounds of seed per acre.
It can be sown in drills or broadcast
up to July 20, or even later should the
season be wet. If the season is very
dry at the time of sowing, the plant
will not flourish.
Fall turnips can be sown as catch
crop and the roots preserved for win
ter stock feed, being especially desir-
able for sheep, but also valuable for
cattle and dairy COWS. The principal
growth made by the turnip is IN the
fall, when the weather is moist and cool.
Hot, dry winds are injurious. They
can be sown from the first of July al
most to the latter part of August. The
latter period is usually most desirable.
Sow the same as any other root crop,
using two to three pounds of seed per
acre. If sown in drills, cultivate suffi.
ciently to keep the weeds down, but
if broadcasted, cultivation is not pos
sible. Leave them in the ground un-
til just before freezing weather comes,
then dig and store in pits OF cellars.
Stored properly, they will keep for o
long time. but undue warmth will In
duce mold and sprouting. In some
localities sheep are turned In and
allowed to eat off the tops. The roots
can then be dug. The animals soon
learn 70 eat the roots in the ground
before they are dug. American Agri-
culturist.