178 CORRESPONDENCE. 



this season, but we have had so much wet weather 

 did not Hke to meddle with it. 



The weeds and coarse grass are now coming up, and 

 I fear I shaU have trouble in subduing them, and in 

 rotting the whole sufficiently to seed the land to grass. 

 A potato crop in that ground Avill not repay my seed 

 and labor, and I am at a loss to know how to manage 

 it this season. Have you any experience in cases of 

 this kind ? If so, I should be pleased to see the results 

 in your useful paper. N. P. 



Neioton, June 6, 1839. 



Our friend at Newton should have rolled his furrows 

 down close as soon as he made them last August ; then 

 put on a little fine manure, and harrowed and mixed it 

 thoroughly with the soil. He should then have sown 

 his herds-grass and his red-top immediately, while the 

 ground was fresh. The grass would then have got a 

 start last fall, the winter would have killed the weeds, 

 and this spring the grass would have had all the ad- 

 vantage, and would have given a good swath in July. 



As the case now is, we would not advise the plant- 

 ing of it. The owner seems to think it necessary to 

 subdue and rot the greensward before he should seed 

 it to grass. This is not so. The sod underneath 

 keeps the land light much longer than if it had been 

 completely pulverized, and reliance should be placed 

 on the surface manuring to give the new grass a start 

 while the old sod was rotting. 



We have for some time practised this mode of turn- 

 ing low lands, with sour and worthless grass, into good 

 English mowing. Our friend would now do well to 

 harrow his low ground repeatedly this summer, and, 

 in the latter part of August, put on his manure and 

 sow his seed. He must be content to lose a ton or two 

 of hay by not seeding his ground last summer. 



