216 GQHRESPONDENCE- 



GORRESPONDENCE, 



To the Editor of the Cultivator : 



Dear Sir, — A subscriber to your valuable paper is 

 desirous to know when is the proper time for fall seed- 

 ing to grass. I have three acres of ground that bore 

 wheat, and oats, and barley this summer, and I intend 

 to put the land to grass this fall. 



I have been unlucky in spring seeding, for my land 

 is rather dry, and when I take off my grain the power- 

 ful sun of August is apt to wither my grass and kill it. 

 If you have any experience in sowing down stubble- 

 ground ill the fall, I would like to avail myself of it. 

 Respectfully yours > ^ „ 



Lunenburg, August 8, 1839. 



We have often experienced the difficulty of which 

 our correspondent S. H. complains. To remedy the 

 evil, we sometimes procure ashes at the rate of twenty 

 bushels to the acre, and sow them on after the spring 

 grain and the grass-seed have made their appearance. 

 This matter tends to keep the ground moist, and it does 

 no injury to the grain. We have sometimes delayed 

 sowing our grass-seed, where we had spring grain, until 

 September ; then we have ploughed in the stubble and 

 sowed our herds-grass and our red-top, but no clover, 

 until winter. It has sometimes succeeded well^ and 

 sometimes it has not. We would rather sow our grass^ 

 seed in spring with our grain than wait until fall. 



But we have had very good grass by fall sowing. 

 The best way to proceed is to plough but one acre at a 

 time, then sow it immediately, while the furrow is 

 fresh, and the seed is more likely to vegetate. We 

 have no difficulty in seeding down on the first of 

 September, excepting from the dryness of the ground ; 

 and the sooner we can put in the seed after ploughing^ 

 the more moisture it finds in the earth. — ^Ei), 



