The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-14
:. oo.re 70 recuperate thousands .
orr wasted acres.

states oats may be seouo 4ba land
Ter part of this mon'h' IF the
can san he done in this hlon.''
- mouId seed the Virginia slas oan-
v ao If UeV the crop -,Id
-. - sown before Marcll' In
+han COW Texas rust-pfool. ,,h;ch
nsnob we would SOW the Bur, 49,
;s the quickest maturing %. oariaty
h,+ weighs light. WhaleNe SNARE
Is sovn it Will always pay - = not
g. 1and well and if the lahu
~ - 80 q dressing Of
80 ai+ber in the form OF aclu pliuS
go ~ THOMAS phosphate, at tne
49, Of go or $50 pounds 70 the 80
80 a. 1aas+ two bushels TO the dclt,
- ,a++or two and a half busheis, anu
~ the seed in with a drili, II S"u
have one, or if not cover VI"
t~iyator. so as to bury oeeplS'
pane NAV be sovn this month ioi
= grazing crop for logs anu eh'..
Prenare the land finely and II not in
f~ertiize with 800 pounds OF aalo M nv
mate or Thomas Stag and 90 pouhuS
IF nuriate of potash per acre. worn
This into the land and then SOW flthti
in drills or broadcast. II soWn III
drills. three pounds of seed Will "
Isuficient per acre. II soWh produta9''
five or six pounds OF seed VIII oe
necessary. Sow the Dwarf Essex Va
riety. The drills should De three lee'
apart. and the crops be cultivated Two
or three times. If sOwn broadcast
harrow III lightly and oil, II the
ground is dry enough.
Grass and clover seed not so"ed
in the fall, which is the best time IN
the Southern States. may be so"i
in this month and March. tsually II
is Difficult to get the land in the best
condition for his seeding III Feb
ruary. as it is generally too vet. II,
however. the month be q fairly dry
one, towards the n the land may
be dry enough to put the harrow on
it. and tit the LAND for the seed. We
prefer to SOW all grass and clover
without a grain crop, as it IS much
more certain to make a stand n
sown this way will give a crop in
the fall. If seeded on a grain crop.
it will not usually do this as the grain
shades it and takes too much moist
ure and fertility out of the land to
permit Of its making much growth
until after the grain crop is cut. If
the growth is weak, the hot sun Of
ten kills it out as soon as the grain
is cut off. Seeded alone, this is avoid
ed. as it is able to stand the sun and
go on with its growth. For these
reasons, we urge the seeding Of grass
and clover alone, wherever it can be
done. The more certain stand and
greatly increased growth Will cOmpen-
safe for the loss of the grain crop.
It is no use seeding grass and clover
on poor infertile land. AT best it
will only make a thin short lived
crop. and never be satisfactory If
the land is in his condition, either
defer the seeding of the grass until
TIE land has been made sweet and
rich, by being lined and cultivated
IT other crops, and Well filed with
vegetable matter or Set to work ,1t
once TO make It rich and sweet. by
the use Of lime, manure, and bone
neaf or bone meal and Thomas phos-
pF1ate elastic Slag). This last fertil-
lzer has been found to civ excel
Isn't results on grass and clover. he
llrne in It correcting the acidi1y OF the
idhd'' ana the D~hosphoric acid being
as readily available as in bone meal
1t is Well, however. to use some hone
meal, as this supplies some nitrogen
70 nSlp IN starting the crop. Let the
iand be finely and deeply prepared
and have the seed bed as fine az .
garden bed. Work the fertilizer we'll
into the land before sowing the seed
anu theh SOW at least two bushels Of
grass seed. and ten or Twelve pounds
OF red or sapling clover and A1siko
Clover, mixed in equal parts per acre
ana narrow in lightly. and then roll
Il the land is dry enough. For a
meadow, SOW a mixture Of orcha I'd
grass nerds grass, tail meadow oat
slass ana a fescue in equal
~ ~eish.. For a pasture, add
10 these Canada blue grass. Whera
i Is ueclued to SOW either clover alone
VI cloNer and grass on a fall seeded
slaIh crop, harrow the grain cron
lrst, ana thus break the crust on The
ana and treshen it up and make =
:. sSeu oed and then SOW the clover
or clover and grass The h,r,or
% the grain crop will help it. rho,1gh
II may make it look somewhat sickly
d lirst. 1t will soon get over +his
ana grow much more vicoroDsIv ~
SEED should be sown ar the same 80
pei acrt' as Q advised. After rhe
49, 80 started to grow freely. a
II lop pressing or mira q - ~.