ENGLAND FARMER, .jult g, isze. 



^hTb^^ wiiicli tlie hay dc-rivea from the I and roses; liis rose Monaille de monde, we consider 



BOSTON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 6,1836. 



PARBIERS' AVOKK. 



Grass for hay should not be cut loo early, or beforo it 

 lias obtained its growtli ; for if removed too soon it will 

 shrink very much in drying. Agriculturists, however, 

 do not agree relative to the exact period in the growth of 

 grass for hay, wlien it is best to cut it. Sir John Sin- 

 clair asserts that •' In nil <ascs clover ought to be mown 

 before the seed is formed, ihar the full ju-.cc and nou:ish- 

 ment of the plant may be retained in the hay." But in 

 " Memoirs of the New York Board of Agriculture,'" Vol. 

 el, p. 30, it is asserted that -'all the grasses are more 

 nutritious if not mowed till the seed is fully grown. 1 1 

 should not be entirely ripened however." The Far- 

 mers' .Assistant also asserts that the best time for cutting 

 herds grass, [timothy] where but one crop is cut in the 

 season is when the seeds of the grass are fully formed, 

 but bef>re they have become fully ripe; but as farmers 

 cannot all cut their hay in a day or two, it is necessary 

 that they should begin before that time that they may 

 not end too long after it. The same time is also proper 

 for cutting clover; or rather when a part of the heads 

 begin to turn brown. Fowl meadow or herds grass may 

 be cut much later without being hurt by long standing." 

 If it is proposed to mow apiece of glass land twice in 

 a season, the first crop should be cut earlier than when it 

 is mowed but once, not only to give a longer time fur the 

 growth of the second crop, but to prevent tho roots of 

 the grass from being loo much exhausted in producing 

 the first crop. When it is proposed to save the .seeds of 

 red clover it is particularly important to cut the first crop 

 early, bo that the second from which the seeds are usu- 

 ally procured may be the sooner ready for cuttingin 

 autumn. 



Some regard should be had to tho weather in cutting 

 "rass for hay, especially if that grass is clover, which re- 

 quires much attention and favorable circumstances to fit 

 for the mow or stack. If the v\'eather is wet, or the 

 season presents what farmers call a C(i(c/ij?io- ^pc?/, clo- 

 ver, we are lold, will stand a firtnight without sustaiYi- 

 ing any material injury by the shedding of the loaf or the 

 blossom ; for the same weather which renders it im- 

 proper to mow this grass continues It in a growing state, 

 and prevents the bloom from withering or disappearing. 

 It has been stated by good practical cultivators that if 

 .rasswhen mown is carelully turned every day it wi!, 

 injure but little. Turning it every day prevents it.s be. 

 coming mouldy and of little value. 



There are various modes of making hay described by 

 authors and practised by cultivators. The following is, 

 perhaps, as correct as any. Let the farmer be at his 

 mowing early in the morning, cut down as touch as 

 possible by nine or ten o'clock, by which time the dew 

 will generally, be off; then spread the mowed grass 

 evenly, and about twelve turn it over where it lies thick ; 

 in the afternoon rakn it into winrov/s, shake it up light- 

 ly that it may be the better exposed to the air; towards 

 sundown make it into neat small cocks, and let it remain 

 so a day or two. If it be not then sufficiently dry, shake 

 it out again on a small space of ground, and turn it over 

 till it is dried ; then cock it again, and as soon after- 

 wards as possible draw it in. 



"But in order to save much trouble in drying hay, 

 the application of from four to six quarts of salt to the 

 ton is recommended. It is found that hay thus salted, 

 can be well saved in a mu(.h better state, and at the 



the I 

 for 



salt is more than four fold its value." 



Dr Dean observed as follows ; '• Were it not fn 

 labor and cost, a good-way of h;y making would b- 

 the hay-maker to follow at the heels of the mower, at 

 least as soon as the dew is oft", and spread the swarths 

 evenly ; make it up into cocks before night, open the 

 hay and turn it the next d ly ; and so on till it be suffi- 

 ciently dried, doubling the cocks, if signs of rain appear. 

 It will not commonly take more than two or three days 

 to dry it, unless it be very green, or uncommonly thick 

 and rank. " 



The practice of the best English, Flemish and French 

 farmers is to expose h.ay as little as possible to the sun 

 It is carried in dry, but preserves its green color; and 

 hay of two or three years old appears so bright that you 

 would scarcely conceive it to be cured. Yet they pre- 

 serve it for years, and value it the more for its age. In 

 Scotland " the best managers disajjprove of spreading out 

 clover, or rye grass hay. The more the swarth is kept 

 unbroken, the hay is the greener and more fragrant." 



There is, however, difi'crence of opinion on the sub- 

 ject of curing clover hay in the swarth without spread- 

 ing. The Albany Cultivator recommends substantially, 

 the Scotch method, or the curing of clover hay without 

 spre:id;ng the swarth [See N E. Fanner, Vol. XIII. 

 p. 406.] But a writer for the N. E. Farmer, Vol. XI. p. 

 2, with the signature W. B. whom we know to be a ju- 

 dicious practical farmer, objects to attempting to cure 

 clover in the swarth or in cocks. He says, "all direc- 

 tions for making hay in this country withourthe sun, are 

 worse than useless. Clover, like other hay, to he good 

 fiir anything must be dried in tho sun; care should be 

 taken not to waste the leaves, and much more not to 

 waste the stalks. Cut it when rank, as soon as half of 

 jt is headed out; give it nearly three days of sunny 

 weather, and depend on it, your caltl 

 and leaf, and fatten on it."' 



very tine. The Rosa muscosa, var. Luxemberg, per- 

 petual white, and old blush, in the stand of the Messrs 

 Hovey, were unique. By 8. Walker, Pinks, var. Bow"s 

 Claudius, Bow"sSir Isaac JNewton, Robertson"s Navari- 

 no. Queen Caroline, Wellington, Major Shaw, Lady 

 Cobbett, and Wells' Favorite. Ranunculus Asialicus, 

 var. Eliza, Julius, Nonius, Louiselte, Parisian, Plato, 

 Viscount Wentworth, and Temeraire. 

 For the Committee. 



S. WALKER, Chairman. 



ill eat both stalk 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL. SOCIETT 



Saturday, July 2, i!-3(i. 



LXHIBlTION OF FLOWERS. 



E. Breed, Esq. of Charlestown, E. M. Richards, Esq 

 of Dedham, Thomas Lee, Esq. of Roxbury, Col. M. P. 

 Wildar of Dorchester, Messrs W, Kenrick and J. A. 

 Kenrick of Newton, S. Sweetser of Cambtidgeport, 

 Hovey of Boston, and S. Walker of Roxbury, each pre 

 senled bouquets, and some of them other specimens of 

 choice flowers. On no former occasion do we recollect 

 a belter display at our weekly exhibition. We shall not 

 go into detail with the whole list of flowers exhibited, 

 but give a sketch of such as appeared to us as deserving 

 particular notice, and of which, at some future time, 

 we hope to see further specimens. 



The dahlias of Mr Breed were fine for the season, but 

 the queen of autumn will not put on her gorgeous lobes 

 until September. The Kalmia latifolia, Magnolia glauca 

 and Rhododendron, by Mr Lee, are beauties of the first 

 order. Col. Wilder"3 Cactus speciosissimus was much 

 admired ; his specimens of Gladiolus floribunda and 

 Collinsonia bioolor, appeared to us as being extra fine 

 specimens of fine plants; among his roses we noticed 

 the following varieties of moss rose, viz. — de la fleche, 

 coccinca, blush, blanche novelle, and rubra. Mr Wm 

 Kenrick's four large bouquets coutained many fine spec- 

 imens, but they came late, and as Mr K. was absent, we 

 could not give them the examination we could have 

 wished, and their appearance, at first sight, richly de- 

 served. Mr J. A. Kenrick has for several years, to our 

 knowledge, produced some fine specimens of pasoniee 



SUGAR HEET SEED. 



Washinctok, June 27, 1836. 

 Thomas G. Fkssendes, Esq. 



Dear Sir— I have procured a small quantity of the 

 seed of the Sugar Beet, which I shall send to you today 

 by Mr William W. Stone, who will be in Boston on Fri- 

 day or Saturday of this week. The cultivation of this 

 vegetable, and the manufacture of Sugar from it in 

 France has become of great consequence in that country, 

 and is, 1 think, attracting much attention on this side 

 the Atlaritic. It appears to me the cultivation of the 

 Beet in some of the Western States can be carried for- 

 ward with great success. I do not know whether it can 

 be made profitable in New England, but will thank you 

 to distribute the seed I now send to you among our ag- 

 ricultural friends, — and to accept the assurances with 

 which I remain, dear sir, 



Your faithful and ob"t serv"t. 



Abbott Lawrence. 



By the Editor. — The above with the parcels of Sugar 

 Beet seed therein alluded to, have laid us under renewed 

 obligations to the Hon. writer, whose patriotic efforts to 

 promote the most important interests of his country, de- 

 serve the gratitude of every friend to mankind. Wo 

 shall distribute the seeds in small portions among culti- 

 vators who will be likely to make tho most of them. As 

 the season is far advanced, it will, we think, be advisa- 

 ble to soak the seeds in warm water at least 48 hours be- 

 fore planting, which will much accelerate their germi- 

 nation. 



(For the New England Farmer.) 

 Extract of a letter dated Paris, (France) Jtpril 30, 1S36. 

 " I have lately seen an article published concerning 

 potatoes, which, perhaps may possess some interest. 

 The following' is a summary. In a letter from a Mr 

 Bonnet, of Boulogne, to Mr Poiteau,he says, that about 

 the middle of July, wishing to obtain some potatoes of 

 a very early kind, he procured some stalks which a 

 neighbor had pulled up, and from which he had taken 

 all the potatoes, but had left the fibrous roots. Mr B. 

 cut off these stalks about eight inches above the roots, 

 and set them out in holes about six inches deep, and 

 lartre enough to spread roots, and watered them imme- 

 diately. The next morning, he found the stalks firm 

 and upright, but as the season was dry, he covered them 

 with flower-pots inverted ; by night they had wilted ; 

 he therefore watered them, but left them without the 

 flower-pots, so that they might have the benefit of the 

 niorht dews. He proceeded in this manner during four 

 days, after which they no longer appeared to wilt; 

 they soon sprouted and leaved anew. At the proper 

 time he hilled them, and left them to themselves. 

 About the middle of September he dug them up, and 

 found that they had produced a fine crop of potatoes, 

 and even much superior to the first crop. 



Jj" The Report on Strawberries of the Muss. Hort. 

 Society, as well as several other articles are deferred to 

 our next. 



