Journal of Agricnlfnre. 



[lo April, 1909. 



Method of Sowing. 



After preparing this 

 good seed bed, the land 

 was marked out with the 

 plough in rows 3 feet apart 

 and ploughed 4 inches 

 deep. The seed was dib- 

 bled in by hand and sown 

 about 4 to 6 inches apart 

 and at the rate of about 

 14 lbs. to the acre. Tht- 

 land was then harrowed 

 the same way as the drills, 

 and cross-harrowed again, 

 so that the land was 

 actually harrowed six 

 times and was in splendid 

 tilth. When the plant;, 

 germinated in a week's 

 time and the rows showetl 

 clearly, blood manure at 

 the xate of 2 cwt. to the 

 acre was sown broadcasl' 

 and scarified in with the 

 horse hoe between the 

 rows. This surface cul- 

 tivation was continued at 

 different intervals (about 

 four times) between tht- 

 growing period with the 

 horse and hand hoes, and 

 during the whole growing 

 season there was not a 

 weed to be seen. 



Conserving the 

 Moisture. 

 To keep down weed:; 

 and conserve soil mostur<' 

 is the great problem for 

 the farmer to grasp. Th<' 

 great agency employed for 

 this important work is 

 some system of mulching. 

 It is simph' a loose blanket 

 of earth wliich dries out, 

 preventing the water be- 

 low from passing uj) 

 through it to the atmos 

 phere. The effectiveness 

 of this simple method of 

 conserving the moisture in 

 the soil is beyond the 

 comprehension of th^' L 



