NO. 16. 



THB FARMERS CABINET. 



243 



aiFord is an object to the farmer, as they ccr- f 

 tainly will be wlien their advantages arc ap- 

 precialeil, llie securing these in o()o(i condi- 

 tion is a matter of importance. To elii-'Cti 

 this, as well as to secure the crop from the 

 effects of early autumnal frosts, we recoin- 

 men<l the practice we have long and satisfac- 

 torily (()ilowed, of cutting the crop as soon as 

 the corn is glazed, or the surface of the ker- 

 nels has become hard, and of immediately 

 setting it up in stocks to ripen and cure. This 

 we have always been enabled to do early in 

 September, and once in the last week in Au- 

 gust. The quality of the grain is not im- 

 paired, nor the quantity, in our opinion, di- 

 minished by this mode of arrangement ; while 

 the fodder is greatly increased, and its quali- 

 ty much improved. 



From the Genessee Farmer. 



So^i'iii;; Clover Seed. 



Extract of a letter from a subscriber at 

 Caynga : "As the time for sowing clover 

 seed IS approaching, some note in your paper i 

 of practical farmers on that subject may be! 

 of some service, and save some trouble of, 

 complaining of the loss or failure of their e.x- 

 pected crop of clover. For several years pasc^ 

 I have practised sowing my seed the last ofi 

 March or first of April, when we have frosty I 

 nights and thawing days. The mornings then ! 

 are generally still — the surface of the ground ; 

 is raised by the spears of ice formed during 

 the night — and if the seed is cast on the 



ground sucji mornings, it finds its way through 

 the crevices occasioned by the ice beneath 

 liie surface of the earth sufficiently deep to 

 protect the young plant from the drouths of 

 Ajjfil or May, by which our clover crops is 

 frc'(]uently destroyed, if the seed is .sown 

 when tiie surface of the earth is compact. 

 Since I have practiced in this way, I liave 

 not failed in a single instance of having a 

 full crop of clover." 



Attention Husbandmen. 



This is the season of the year when every 

 good husbandman should be looking to hia 

 sheep and lambs — cows and calves — oxen 

 and horses — barns and stables — fences and 

 farming utensils. The sheep should be pro- 

 tected from March's chilling and pitiless 

 storms; furnished with a proper rack tor hay ; 

 with water, salt, and beans or corn at proper 

 seasons; the milk cows and working oxen 

 should be fed oflen, and with but little at a 

 time ; seasonably watered, carded, and fed, 

 now and then, (in addition to hay,) the latter 

 with corn or grain, and the former with cab- 

 bages, carrots, or other vegetables. They 

 should also have salt, or an opportunity to 

 visit the sea shore and obtain sea weed, wh ich 

 would supersede the necessity of salt. Card- 

 ing and rubbing are all important to horned 

 cattle and horses at this season of the year • 

 give them these attentions, and they will be 

 in better order with two-thirds of the hay, 

 &c. that would otherwise be required. 



A Clover Box. 



Fig. 



30. 



A.— Leather Strap. B.— Clover Box. 



A gentleman who is much attached to ag- 

 riculture, on a recent visit to the Eastern 

 Shore of Marylnnd, saw there a box, which 

 is in general use for sowing clover seed ; by 

 which great economy is produced, and the 

 •seed is placed on the ground with entire cer- 

 ?tainty and equality. 



Fifleen acres were sown with one bushel 

 ot seed, and the clover was well set, and the 

 plants in sufficient numbers — not a part of the 

 •field was passed over without its having been 

 ♦well seeded. 



The Box is .exceedingly simple in its con- 



' struction, and could be made at a very small 

 expense. A drawing of it is given above. 



It is ten feet, or eight feet in length, and 

 about four inches in breadth, divided into par- 

 titions of six inches long. In the bottom of 

 each partition is an opening of about three 

 'inches square, in which is inserted a piece 

 of tin, or parchment, or stiff paper, perforated 

 with a number of holes of a sufficient size 

 for the clover seed to pass through. In each 

 partition the seed is placed. To the box is 

 fixed a strap, which is passed over the 

 shoulders of the sower, and carrying the bo/c 



