114 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



clover seed to the acre. It is natural for our land to produce any quantity of 



white weed, and for some years past, we have sown the New York clover seed. 



It ripens about as early as the white weed. It grows short and fine, and makes 



better hay than the northern clover, and for these reasons, we are much in 



favor of it." 



JosErn Cargill, Newcastle. 



" "We consider ths best preparation for grass land is, to plow the ground, 

 and after it is suiBciently manured, to seed it down to grass. We generally 

 BOW the seed with wheat in the spring ; consequently, it is up about the time 

 that the drought come on, and a great many of the plants die. Sometimes, 

 even, we lose all the seed sown, and then we have to plow and sow again. 

 There is a prevailing opinion that the fall of the year is the best time to sow 

 down grass land, say August and September. If it is sown later in the fall, 

 it is more apt to winter-kill, while, on the contrary, the earlier it is sown in 

 the fall, the better it will be the nest year.". 



Thomas Garvin, Shapleigh. 



" For a preparation for grass, I like muck, sea-weed and ashes, say five parts 

 of muck, two parts of sea-weed, one part ashes. This is not only a good 

 preparation for grass, but for almost anything else. If grain is to be sown 

 with grass seed, I should prefer barley. Of late, some of us have practiced 

 the plan of preparing our ground in the fall and sowing the grass seed on the 

 snow in the spring, just as the snow is going ofi". I like this plan much, 

 though I should not recommend it for side hills, where the seed would be 

 likely washed off by the running of the melted snow. I prefer clover and 

 blue top for high lands, herds grass and red top for low lands." 



James W. Amerose, "Wella. 



" Lands that are fitted to raise any kind of crops had better be planted 

 two or more years, with a plenty of manure and thorough tillage, before seed- 

 ing down. Lands that are so wet that they cannot be planted with profit 

 may be turned over and seeded down after haying. Any kind of grain will 

 answer except oats. 



We seed down mostly in the spring ; sometimes we fit lands, that are wet, in 



the fall, and sow grass seed when the frost is coming out in the spring. We 



sow a peck of timothy, and half a bushel of red top, and from six to eight 



or ten pounds of clover to the acre." 



Jonx L. Wells, Wella. 



" Deep plowing and subsoiling, on all lands, (except heavy clays, which 

 shouhl be under-drained) I esteem the best preparation for grass seed. Culti- 

 vation with root crops, and good manuring, for two years, places our land in 

 the best possible condition for grass. To insure the seeds catching, we con- 

 sider wheat the bcbt grain to sow with grass seed in the spring. We by all 

 means put off sowing our wheat until about the 20th of May, that we may 



