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I'for*, the irriffator will bo thrico blessed — 

 !1 watered land will prodtu-e nt least llireo 

 nH rnucli ^ra^i as tiio ssiiio qiiality of soil 

 ,lry culture. J. K. I'OINSETT. 



N SEEDING OLD PASTURE L.\NDS. 

 vo mislaid some of my Inst year numbers of 

 '.tivatiir whicli treats of the subject of scod- 

 -ture proiinde wliicli have become worllilcss 

 i; many years without drcssin;;, and wishinjr 

 • the benelit of your experience in this mat- 

 inch concerns every dairy fnrmer as well ns 

 :. I should like to have you treat more fully 

 ii5 subject in your fall numbers, as that is the 

 cason, 1 think, which you recommend as most 

 roper to plow such lands. 



Vours, &.C. W. E. 



Hollislon, Jult/Oa, lt?41. 



One of the most important aids of the dairy far- 

 icr is good pastures. He may select the best of 

 ock, and pay the strictest attention to his milk- 

 ig, his churning, and his cheese-making ; still he 

 ust fence and pay taxes for ten acres of pasture 

 r each cow, and if he yet be obliged to cut his 

 orn stalks in August to keep his stock from starv- 

 ig, he can make but little profit from his dairy. 



How can we expect old pasture grounds which 

 ave been fed for half a century without a visit 

 om any tool more efficient than a bush-scythe, to 

 ield an abundance of good feed .' 



There is no ditEculty attending the improvement 

 fany pasture grounds in which the plow can be 

 atroduccd. People may plead in vain their ina- 

 ility to improve their pastures on tl'.e ground of a 

 jficiency of manures. And any one who has a 

 am, may gradually enrich such lands without the 

 jplication of any thing better than what is bihricd 

 II the furrow. 

 The first of September or the last of August, is 

 very convenient time to plow up pasture grounds, 

 t this season of the year the bushes and tJie wild 

 rasa are green, and will readily become manures 

 r the future grasses. This is also a season of 

 isure — teams are strong and may be fed with 

 alf the expense which is required in the spring — 

 nd the pasture grounds may now be spared better 

 iian at any other season, as most farmers by this 

 me have mowing grounds on which they turn 

 leir stock — and in addition to these, this is the 

 ily season when we can put the plow into some 

 nds which are kept in pasture, on account of the 

 )ringy nature of the ground. 

 The low parts of every pasture should be ridged 

 that is, as far as the plow will ridge iheni when 

 iirrow lands are marked out. It will be found 

 )0Ut as easy to mark out strips of ground not 

 ore than a rod wide, for what is called " a land," 

 : to include a larger quantity ; and in this way 

 e ground may be sufficiently ridged without 

 aking use of the spade for the purpose. We 

 )pe many of our readers will sow rye with their 

 ass seed ; not to be reaped, but to be fed in the 

 ring. We sow herdsgrass and n'dtop with the 

 e, but we never sow clover or honeysuckle until 

 inter: March or April is the proper time for sow- 

 g these, and no harrow is needed to bury the 

 ^eds, as the spring rains will cover them suffi- 

 cntly. Some of our farmers prefer to sow no 

 -ass seeds till March, as they wish to avoid the 

 sk of winter-killing — a fate which rye and grass 

 leds of all kinds will sometimes meet. 



It is not vciy material that the plow shall turn 

 every sod when the land is not to he mown. I'lm. 

 ture lands are often no roujjh, that the cut twil nncr 

 mode of plowing is the only one thai can bo adopt- 

 ed. In such cases n good hirrow will scatter 

 fresh loam on to pans which the plow has not 

 turned ; and horo the new seed will vegetate or 

 the old grasses will be renovated and made better. 

 — Uotton I'ullivnior. 



FALL SEEDING. 



We again remind our readers that the time for 

 laying down lands to gniss npproiches, and that 



now is the time to prepare the soil for the seed. 



Those who hcve worthless meadows or sloogh 

 holes are invited to try the virtues of loam or fine 

 gravel applied lo the surface so as to destroy com- 

 pletely the old vegetable growth. Two or three 

 inches in depth of covering will be found suflicient 

 in most cases where the surface of the meadow is 

 even, and the whole cost of preparing one aero for 

 llie compost manures which may bo pat upon the 

 surface, will not exceed twelve dollars, in cases 

 where loam or gravel may be found within the dis- 

 tance of ten rods. 



We say, try one acre — half an acre — one rod 

 square — if no more capital can be spared to make 

 improvements in grass lands. Remember last Ju- 

 ly: the dry weather had no bad effect on ihe low 

 land grasses, but in many c.ises it improved them. 

 Now is the time if over, to pare off and make 

 smooth the surface of these bogs for the admission 

 of other matter to warm and to render them fertile. 

 The sods may be piled in heaps to be dried and 

 burned in a few days after they are cut, and the 

 ashes should be spread over the whole surface. If 

 these sods should not be sufficiently dry for burn- 

 ing this season ; or if they should be only partially 

 burnt, they may be piled up anew in heaps as large 

 as half a hay-cock, and after haying next season 

 they will burn down to ashes: then these ashes 

 may be spread over the whole surface, and the 

 places where the heaps -stood may be sown with 

 grass seed. 



Ditches for such lands should be dug parallel 

 with each other, and no cross ditches should be 

 made when this can be avoided ; for they are in 

 the way of the team, which may be needed in a 

 few years to subvert the soil and prepare it for 

 new seed. If cross ditches should be found neces- 

 sary, they should be covered drains, and they will 

 not obstruct the team. 



Care must be taken to cover up the old grasses 

 completely and they will soon perish ; and it is 

 not advisable to suffer an iron-tooth harrow to be 

 used after the loam is carted or wheeled on. A 

 brush harrow, or, if it is miry, so as not to bear a 

 team, a hand rake will soon bury sufficiently the 

 seed for an acre. — IMil. 



WHEAT CROP. 



The Maine Farmer, of August 28th, says — The 

 wheat crop is coming rn v«ry good indeed. Most 

 of the wheat in this vicinity was sown late, in or- 

 der to avoid the ravages of the weevil. The dry 

 clear weather has prevented the rust, and as a 

 general thing, the crops of wheat which are now 

 being cut, are very full indeed. We have had 

 1 some gentle rains too, which were of great service. 



In the vicinity of Gardiner, Me., but 2 3-10 in- 

 ches of rain have fallen forseven weeks. 



SUN DIAL. 



We have just seen in Messrs. Krock &. Co.'b .Ag- 

 ricultural Warclioiuc, a neat oust iron sun diul, at 

 llio low prico of JTt centa, which would be a con- 

 venient article near the farm-house. Mr Moore, 

 the maker, thus describes a mode of setting it: — 



" The most convenient way of setting them ii<, 

 afler levelling the pedestal or plane on which the 

 dial is til be placed, to adjust a cluck or watch lu 

 the true ajiparont time, (either by sotting it by 

 another timepiece known to be correct, or by eqiinl 

 altitudes or other observations of the sun,) and 

 then at precisely 12 o'clock, M., lo set the dial 

 true and inako it fust to the pedestal by screws or 

 nails. 



They are accurate for tlie latitude of this place 

 (41° aU') and will be sufficiently so for 150 or 200 

 miles north or south of this parallel, and will be 

 entirely correct for any latitude, if the dial is in- 

 clined in setting so that the edge of the gnomon 

 that casts the shadow, will be parallel with the 

 pole of the earth ; in other words, when the lati- 

 tude is less than that of the dial, the south side is 

 elevated as many degrees as the latitude is less, 

 and when the latitude is greater, the north side la 

 raised in the same proportion." 



PEACHES. 

 For pickling, select large plum peaches that are 

 ripe but not the least soft. Wipe off the fuzz with 

 a cloth, put them in strong salt and water, and let 

 them stand for ten days, then soak them in fresh 

 water two or three days, to draw out the salt, 

 shifting the water every day. Put them in a jar, 

 strewing between each layer a small handful of su- 

 gar, a few cloves, and a little powdered cinnanwn, 

 and cover them with the best vinegar. Firm cling- 

 stone peaches may bo kept a year or two in strong 

 brine, as directed for cucumbers, and pickled in the 

 same manner. They look very pretty when pared 

 and colored with pink with beet juice or cochineal. 

 — Kentucky Houseioife. 



PICKLED EGGS. 

 Boil them till they are hard ; throw them into 

 cold water immediately while hot, which will make 

 the shells slip off smoothly without breaking the 

 eggs ; boil some red beets till very soft ; peel and 

 mash them fine, and put enough of the juice into 

 some plain cold vinegar to color it a fine pink ; add 

 a very little salt, pepper, nutmeg and cloves ; put 

 the eggs into a jar, and transfuse the vinegar, &.c. 

 over them. They make a delightful garnish to 

 remain whole, for poultry game and fish, and still 

 more beautiful when cut in ringlets — lb. 



GOOD ADVICE. 



Re, and continue poor, young man, while others 

 around you grow rich by fraud and disloyalty ; be 

 without place or power, while others beg their way 

 upward; bear the pain of disappointed hopes, while 

 others gain the accomplishment of theirs by flat- 

 tery ; forego the gracious pressure of the hand, for 

 which others cringe and crawl. Wrap yourself in 

 your own virtue, and seek a friend and your daily 

 bread. If you have, in such a course, grown grey 

 with unblenched honor, bless God and die. — Hin- 

 zelmann. 



The Nashville Agriculturist has been presented 

 with a tomato weighing one and a half pound! 



