The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-16

Of the second crops of clover and
grass should nave attention as they
become sufficiently grown to cut.
Don't let them stand until the seed
becomes formed and ripe if you want
them for hay. After the see forms
the greatest part Of the nntrlment
has passed out Of the plants into the
seed and what is left is merely woody
fibre. Cut them with the nutriment
in the stalks and leaves and cure them
as much as possible IN the WindroW
and cock, and you will then ave feed
which the stock will eat freely and dc
we'll on. Don't house them too soon,
and especially be careful not to store
them with dew or water on them, or
they will mould and spoil. Better
have a manure heap in the field than
in the barn.
The seeding Of grass and clover for
meadows and pasture is most success
fully done in the South in August
and September. The preparation of
the LAND for this seeding should be
begun at once and this preparation
should be well done. if success is to be
achieved. A slip shed preparation of
land for grass and clover is simply
time, labor and seed wasted. Not only
should the land be we'll and finely
prepared, but it should be made rich.
It IS worse than useless trying to grow
good grass and Glove stands on poor
land-it never pays. The stand when
secured is intended to last for a
number OF years and to give many
crops and it can be only helped by top
dressing after once seeded, therefore,
it pays to make the best and richest
seed bed possible. Pillow deeply, but
do not bring up to the surface subsoil
which has not been broken and
aerated before. After blowing apply,
if possible, one ton of lime to the acre,
and then harrow and mix the lime
with the soil and leave Tor a week or
ten days. Then if you have farm yard
or stable manure free from weed
seeds apply a heavy coating Of this
and mix With it 800 30 400 pounds Of
acid phosphate and bone meal in
equal parts, OIL 500 pounds Of Basic
Stag and zoo pounds OF bone meal
per acre and work this into the soil
with the disc c~ultivator and harrow
and make the whole seed bed as fine
as q garden bed. Leave for a week
and then reharrow and thus kill all
weeds that may have germinated.
This should be repeated several times
and thus max an end of the weeds.
Grass and clover and weeds will not
succeed together. The weeds will
beat the grass and clover in growing.
After the land is in fine order and
the weeds killed out then proceed to
seed the land. Sow clover and grass
alone without any grain and then you
may hope to make a successful stand
and get a hay crop next year. Seed
heavily: not less than two bushels of
grass seed and ten to fifteen pounds
Of clover per acre. Light seeding of
grass and clover seed is always false
economy. To make a good stand Of
grass and a permanent sod what is
needed is to get the whole surface
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as possible. To seed lightly and wait
for the plants to spread over the
land is to waste time and run great
risk Of losc Of the stand by drouth or
an invasion Of weeds. Grass seeds
are always unreliable in termination
as they are SO much affected by the
weather at the time when they are
forming and when being saved and.
however, careful the scotsman NAV
be he cannot avoid this. If timothy
Is the grass desired we would always
seed it alone as the demand OF the
market is for clear timothy and his
always sells for a good price. and
tmOthy ought always to be grown
for a sale crop and not for home
feeding. 1t is not nearly Of such good
feeding value as a mixture of grasses
and clover. Timothy seed is much
more cretain to grow than the finer
and lighter grass seeds. as it can be
DCt|Ci LII IfOiA lItb Hubs anu SEED
alone be bought. A peck to the acre
Will usually make a good seeding. For
a meadow we would SOW a mixture of
orchard grass, tall meadow oat grass.
nerds gras. (red top) and meadow
fescue. For a pasture we would add
to these canada blue, Kentucky blue
and perennial rye The more varie-
ties you have in a pasture the better
and more lasting will the pasture be.
For a meadow a few varieties matur-
ing all at or about one time are best.
In seeding clover with gras. we would
mix red clover and alsike in equal
parts as the alsike lasts much longer
than the red and as the red dies out
the afsike takes its place. It is also
a good Idea to SOW a few pounds of
alfalfa per acre with the grass. This
will gradually take hold and inoculate
the land and in many cases we have