The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-11-27
MEADOWS AND PASTURE


A better method is to clip the grain
rather high several times in the spring
when it gets a good growth, leaving
the clippings on the ground to serve
as a mulch.
SEVENTH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
if clover is to be sown in the above
enough in the fall, it may be sown in
February or early March, expecting
the freezing and thawing to cover the
seed sufficiently. This is haphaz.
/ ard practice. It is better to wait until
when the ground is dry enough, so
the seed can be lightly narrowed in.
EIGHTH METHOD.-This method
/ is advisable where the land is very
steep and cannot be plowed or har-
/ rowed.
If the land is too stet for blowing
it may be possible to disc or harrow
instead Of blowing, applying the lime,
/ manure, fertilizers and seed as direct
ed. 1t too steep for narrowing SOW
/ the seed in February or early March.
so freezing and thawing will put the
seed in the ground. While this last
| method is not always successful, it
has given satisfaction on freshly clear
/ ed land where there is plenty of or
1 ganic matter. 1t is the only method
that can be employed on lands where
/ narrowing cannot be done. Lime
4 should be applied broadcast sometime
/ before seeding. The fertilizer can be
| hroadcasted about the time of seeding
/ On wet lands the freezing method Of
! planting is also advisable.
PREPARATION OF LAND.-The
| depth of blowing depends on the char
/ acter OF the soil, the amount Of vcgc-
table matter present and the depth Of
| former blowing. 1t is not wise to pillow
more than two inches deeper than tha
! former ploWngS at any one time. For
/ grasses and cIOvers this deep blowing
! should always be done far enough
ahead of seeding time so the ground
! will become well settled. These crops,
/ like wheat, grow off best and stand
! the winter better on a firm seed bed
! that Is fine and moist the first , or
! inches. Land, growing a good crop
| OF coWpeas or rape, or that is summer
/ fallOWed is in excellent shape for
| grasses and clOVers without re-ploW-
ing. If the land has been plowed deep
in the spring and is loose. a disc har-
row will be sufficient to prepare the
best fall seed bed If breaking has
to be done in the summer after har-
| vcSting of oats or wheat, shovel
! pillow may be preferable to the turn
! ing pillow. but is slow work. Thorough
! surface cultivation every week or ten
days during June and July, if there is
| plenty of rain to terminate weed
seeds, vii. sufficiently clean most lands
| for grasses and clovers. The reason
for recommending sucn a heavy seed,
ing of cowDeas in the First Method ie
to promptly choke out any grass .
! weeds that start to grow. BY discinjf
| the peavines into the ground a vege
! table mulch is made which is decided
! lV helpful to the successful establish
! rent of grasses on all soils, especially
! the thinner ones.
USE OF LIME.-lf in doubt as t,
the need of lime. apply 1000 pound
of burnt lime or double that amount o
! ground limestone, crushed shells, etc
| per acre. Along the coast there arN
! beds of mari which can be used to goo
advantage for this purpose. Limin n
! should be severa. weeks before seedS3
! ing. It should be disced into the tor
! three or four inches of the soil as son
Is applied rather than plowed unde,
! Commercial fertilizers or bar0yar
manure should not be applied with, .
at the same time as lime, but a fey
days or a week later.
! COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS.-
The kind and quality of commercia<
| fertilizers to use depends upon Vari'
| Gus soil characteristics and conditions
Acid phosphate in any available form
will be profitable IN the amounts men
| toned, and in greater amounts on al
most any soil in Virginia, Maryland
| West Virginia, Kentucky. Tennessee,
| North Carolina. South Carolina, an
| parts of other Southern States. Pc,
ash in any form is beneficial to mos 5
! light cay or sandy soils in thes
/ states. In some instances it is W"
to apply as much as 100 pounds of mt
rate Of potash per acre. If manur .
! is not avallable or (eguminous, as COW
| peas, crimson clover, etc. are no '
grown as previous crops, use som
heterogeneous fertilizers, as dried blOot
tankage, fish scraps Or cotton see t
meal. Apply these fertilizers immcC +
| iate.y before seeding or as directed III
der the method to be followed, an t
always disc them well into the to
soil, Apply nitrate of soda in II
spring or early summer. A sma d
amount at seeding time starts Il v
crop off quickly.
BARNARD MANURE.-If ii a
manure is full of weed seeds, h;
coarse litter, or is fresh, spread
early enough before seeding so Il
seeds and litter will have time to d
cay. Spreading in the spring wit
summer following will accompis
this. If the manure is clean and fin
spread it any time before seedin.
! However few weeks before thu.
time is best so the plant food in '
! will become more available for tt
| young plants. Spread broadcast
the rate of to 10 tons per acre.
THE NURSE CROP.-There
/ nothing gained ~ sowing a nurse Gro
with early fall seedlings of grass
clover. These tender seedlings gen
orally need all the moisture availabl~
If a nurse crop is sown in the fall, no
| hay crop can be secured the next year,
and grazing will have to be greatly