Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1868 — Time to Sow Blue Grass. [ARTICLE]

Time to Sow Blue Grass.

Blue grass (poa pratense) should l»e how a in February or March. If there is a light tall •if snow all the better. The; Timothy ami Clover can be! sown at the same # time. A bushel of Blue grass seed in the I chaff, or even one-fourth of that I amount willdo.dependingsoine- \ what on the qnantity of other seed- Four quarts of Timothy i and four of clover make a good i stand, providing the land is in j fine tilth; if not more seed must j be put on, for some will be lost on account Ofthe bad condition of the soil. The Bine grass is delicate at first, bat will soon spread, if pastured; not so in the meadow where the taller j grasses smqther it out. ,yj *lf I rtf sotr clover for meadow,; it should hare, at least, a peeje, to the acre, so that the plants do not grow rank; but we must. bear in mind that much depends on the canditioo of the soil, for * there is a material dj*erpnce in » ti&ftand of plants from the iaiamo qnantity of seed. When

L —!■ I '■"■■l. 1 ..1 the huttd ie in fine «ondition we would prefer four to eight quarts soffioipntiy dry nnd nettled to roll, the roller should be passed over so as to press the soil on the seed that the spring min* will cover sufficiently deep to aid germination, hut they should not be harrowed, for this would cover the seed too deeply. We prefer to seed without anyother spring crop; winter rye and wheat are to be tolerated up this respect, but oats neVer. — “D.,*’ iu Prairie Faruur. HoirsKs. —It is n goiod plan to give farm horses the range of weedy stubble nnd other fields late iu the season, eat a great many weeds as other forage fails. We keep our horse# too warm, as a rule, for the sake of giving them smooth coats, make it a rule never to give a hoi’se feed or water until he has stood an hour after coming in off the road of from hard work. Hub him down as soon as he comes in, throw a warm bluiilcet over him, and remove it whgn he is fed or within an hour. Never leave a warm horse to cool off in drafts of air or in the wind out of doors. A horse stable should be light, airy, and roomy. A horse that does nothing will clo"well on hay alone, watered; twice a day, and groomed twice a week. If he is used, groom daily. Keep the stable always clean. Gkape-yiktes.—lt is better to prune these now, hut they may be left uatiLearly spring. We are often asked “How shall 1 prune my grape-vine ?” How to prune —the merely mechanical art, —will depend on how much is to be done. Where there are many vines, one of the very clever pruning shears, by~-d«<4e*fr--H*-i m pie men ts, will be found best, but a knife will do. It is safer to leave one more bud than is needed on each cane; i. e., if two shoots are wanted in a place, leave three buds. W hen the severity of the winter is over, say in February, go over the vines and remove the extra bud. In all pruning do not cut too close to a bud, but leave about an inch of cane above tlie' last one. —American Agriculturist. —Soil should be prepared for use in hot beds next spring. It is often difficult to get it at the- time 4t is needed, amT-tt facllitates matters to have a good heap in readiness. A light, rich loam is required, and if the garden soil is heavy use a portion of saud. Net well rotted, manure form one-third the balk, Incorporate tlie whole, thoroughly, »»d place-in. a“hyAfr€lld Cover wTfh boards -ofsods. ♦ *- - —Celery may be stored iu trenches—or left still later if it can Ik? banked up with earth. The storing for winter is done ! in trenches a foot wide, nnd as deep as necessary to admit the plants. Set the roots close touether, without any packing of ! earth, and when cold weather 1 conies on, cover with straw. Cabbages. —The best metli od yet devised for preserving these is to invert the heads and cover them with four to six inches of earth. This should !be postponed as late as the i earth can be worked. Gkapk CornxGs.-The wood j I resulting from pruning may be ! used for propagation. It should [ be kept cool and from drying. ! There is a great difference in varieties as to the ease with which they tliav be propagated. Appi.es. —lrt many parts of ! New England the apple crop is-more abundant than it has beeu in any year for some time, but as it is quite short in many i sections of the country, the fruit j will be wanted at good prices.; —Rhubarb is better transr planted now than in spring. It may be done as long asjtbe ; ground remains open. This i plant needs an abundauce of mannre. J . ... - ,V *'«'* b,. • ? * «* i Aspargus Beds are to be covered with coarse manure, or 1 w : th straw or other Jitter. ‘ 2FF., -r' *•« V-