Fall — September. 3S7 
off, and be conducted to leading drains around the field, of suf- 
^cient depth and descent to receive and carry it away. 
Should the ground be deficient in lime or marl, the wheat 
grower should be sure to put at least ten bushels to the acre on it, 
and if possible, add as much ashes to the lime, as both are 
necessary ingredients in the constitution of the straw and grain, 
and will not only tend to prevent the lodging -of the former, but to 
promote the fructification of the latter. 
In the selection of seed too much care can not be taken in the 
choice of varieties, to select those which combine the qualities of 
early maturity, good flouring properties, and resistance of the fly; 
and it is equally important to procure the best and cleanest seed 
that can be obtained; it should be plump, heavy, and free from 
extraneous rnatters, so that in sowing it, the earth may not be 
filled with weeds also. 
In preparing seed for sowing, to prevent smut, it should be well 
washed in clean water, so that all the lighter grains, and the 
seeds of weeds may be skimmed off. After this has been eflfected, 
let a brine be made of salt, or ley of ashes, sufficiently strong to 
bear up an egg, cover the seed wheat with it, and let it soak for 
twelve hours, then drain off the soak, spread the wheat on the 
floor, sprinkle slacked lime or ashes over it, and stir up the mass 
so as to coat each grain with the substance used. When this is 
done it is ready for sowing. Seed prepared in this way will come 
up quicker, grow more rapidly, and of consequence, obtain a 
much better series of roots before winter, than would such as may 
be sown without preparation. 
Rye should be sown as early in this month as possible. One 
and an half bushels to the acre, in a good soil is required. It is 
our practice, and experience teaches us that rye is one of the best 
crops to seed down with, and we sow with a liberal hand, say 
half a bushel of timothy to the acre in the fall, and twelve pounds 
of clover seed in the spring. From seeding as above mentioned, 
we have taken at least two and an half tons per acre of first quality 
of timothy hay this season. 
But while we advise to promptness of action, we would equally 
