The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-10
MANAGEMENT OF THE FARM
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in August or September, if the land is
in that condition Of culture and fer
tility which it ought to be in, a sturdy,
strong growth will be secured before
winter sets in. which will have so COW
cred the land as to protect it from
the action Of the first and little or no
heaving or killing out will occur and
in the spring the crop will at once
commence to grow vigorously and by
the time the sun becomes powerful
will be able to hold it's own against
that luminary and grow to maturity
without check. A crop 50 seeded will
give a hay crop early the first year
and if the land be rich. q econd one
whilst one seeded with grain will do
well if it gives a light cutting in the
late fall of the year following the
seeding. Now is the time to
the preparation Of the land for this
crop. Let the blowing be thorough
and fully as deep as it had been pre-
ously broken, indeed, it may safely be
plOwed at this season a little deeper
but the bottom soil should not be
thrown on top but the burrows be set
on edge so that the new soil can be
we'll mixed with the old. Then to
sweteen the soil give a dressing Of a
ton Of lime to the acre and
to work the land with the harrow and
roller so as to bring it into as fine a
condition of filth as possible and thus
encourage h termination of all the
weed seeds, which weeds it is essential
should be killed by narrowing and re-
narrowing as fast as they terminate.
Weeds and grass never succeed to-
gether. The weeds are the quickest
to grow and being natural to the soil
make the strongest growth and soon
smother out the grass. Kill them,
therefore. before seeding the grass.
After the soil is in a fine condition and
the weeds destroyed then apply well
rOtted farm yard manure heaVily il
you have it and supplement this with
bone meal. acid phosphate and pot
ash at the rate of 800 to 500 pounds
to'the acre and work in we'll and then
seed, harrow lightly and roll. Seed
heavily. The quantity advised to be
sown by most seed houses is much less
than we think advisable. A meadow
or pasture to be profitable should be
thick set with plants from the start
and not have to gradually become SO
from the tillering out Of the grass
plants. We wOul never SOW less than
two bushels Of grass seed per acre and
often SOWn three bushels with
great success. It should always be
borne in mind that however reliable
the house from which you purchase
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more or less unreliable in germina-
ton. From no fault of the seedsmen
but purely from natural causes these
seeds are very apt not to be viable
and especially is this the case with
the smaller and finer seeds. A wet
season at the blooming time of the
grass will cause his trouble to be in
tensified and a wet curing time will
destroy the viability. Therefore SOW
abundance Of seed to meet these con-
tingencies. Timothy may always be
ounted on to terminate we'll, as it is
a larger seed and can be more easily
saved and more thoroughly cleaned
from the hulls and a peck to the acre
Of this seed is usually sufficient. If
Timothy is to be sown we would al
the market is for clean Timothy hay
and this crop should be largely a
market crop. 1t sells for the most
money, but in reality is about the least
nutritious of the hays. For home
feeding a mixture of cha grass,
tall meadow a grass, red top and
meadow feScue is worth more by dol
lars per ton than Timothy. These
grasses will be the best to SOW for a
meadow. In a pasture a mixture hav-
ing still more varieties in it is better.
We would add Virginia blue, Kentucky
blue and perennial rye to the above
so as to prolong the grazing season as
much as possible. With these grass
seeds SOW eight pounds of red clover,
five pounds of alsike clover and five
pounds Of alfalfa per acre for a
The alfalfa will gradually