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they both work injuriously on each other. The stand ot 

 grass is injured, and the yield of grain is diminished. Wilih 

 all that, the general custom is to sow on grain fields, and 

 wait until the second year for hay. But one thing is very 

 essential, let it be sown with whatever it may, it must be in 

 the ground long enough before frosts to take a deep root, or 

 much of it will be destroyed by cold. Clover must, how- 

 ever, in either case, be reserved until spring, as, when 

 young, it is very sensitive to the effects of cold unless it is 

 sown in August. It is the custom of some farmers to sow 

 'plover and other grass seeds mixed, in the last plowing of 

 late corn. Should that course be decided on the corn must 

 be late, and plowed on the level principle, and the clover 

 sown after the last plowing. Some crops have succeeded ad- 

 mirably put in on this plan. But the better plan will be to 

 prepare the ground well, as already stated, and sow the seed, 

 if alone, from the 1 5th of September to the 15th of October ; 

 if with ^a grain crop, as soon as it can be put in safely. 

 "Wheat is sown, as a general practice, too late to insure a 

 stand of grass that will resist the winter, and it is therefote 

 better to sow with rye or barley. Let the time of sowing 

 be when it may, the farmer must watch for a season, other- 

 wise the moisture brought up by plowing will be sufficient 

 to germinate the seeds, but not to make them live, and even 

 if the moisture is not enough to make them germinate, there 

 may be enough to sprout them, and they will still be de- 

 stroyed. 



If it is the intention to sow on a stubble, it is better, as 

 soon as possible after harvest, to prepare thfe land and sow 

 in some of the August seasons, and if sown then, the clover 

 sowing may not be deferred, but sown with the other seeds, 

 as they will have ample time then to root enough to with- 

 stand the cold of winter. Timothy or Herd's grass sown in 

 -September or October alone, will always make a good cro'p 

 the next summer. 



As compared with spring sowing, we may safely prefer 



