250 Practical Farming 



and twenty-five pounds of muriate of potash. I would 

 seed liberally, for there is a great waste in thin seeding of 

 any grass or clover. Use not less than ten pounds of seed 

 per acre. The following spring sow clover at same 

 rate. 



After the wheat is harvested, and the rag weeds start, 

 run the mower over the field to stop the weed growth. 

 But start out with the determination that no pasturing 

 whatever is to be done on the cultivated fields, but have a 

 standing pasture for the stock, and on no account ever 

 pasture a stubble that has been set in grass and clover. 



The following spring, before growth starts, apply a 

 light dressing of lime, say 800 to 1,000 pounds per acre, 

 and run a smoothing harrow over to completely spread it. 

 The hay that season will be largely a clover mixture of 

 course. The second growth may be mown for feeding 

 on the farm or left on the land. 



The next spring give the grass a dressing of a high- 

 grade fertihzer strong in ammonia, or topdress with nitrate 

 of soda alone after growth starts, at rate of 100 pounds 

 per acre, and it will show well in the hay crop. The next 

 winter get out on the sod all the home-made manure 

 again, but do not Hme till the next round of the rotation. 

 Do not be tempted to run the sod longer for hay. You 

 will get far better crops by practicing a short rotation and 

 making but one clear hay crop annually and another 

 mixed crop. 



Then, by feeding the entire com crop on the farm in 

 the shape of ensilage, and balancing it with bought grain 

 and making a gilt-edged butter, you will be annually 

 increasing the productivity of the land and will soon be 



