THE farmer’s manual. 
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will bear to sow as late as the last week in Septem- 
ber, and be as forward when the frosts of winter set 
in, as your poorest lands, sown in the first week. If 
the weather is fair, and your grounds dry, at seed- 
time, you may cover with the harrow, unless upon a 
clay, or stiff soil, which is apt to bake, your crop will 
then be best when covered with the plough, upon 
narrow lands, with deep furrows ; also, when the wea- 
ther is moist, and your lands wet and heavy, cover 
with the plough : in both cases, the harrow, after co- 
vering, leaves the land close and dead, and yrnir 
grain will lack roots' sufficient to insure you a good 
crop. I have said, say one bushel of rye to the acre, 
because this is the common practice, and it does well • 
but some farmers sow only half a bushel to the acre! 
others again only one peck to the acre, where the soil 
i.s light, and not exposed to be killed by the winier. 
I can say from experience, that I have sown 1, 2, 3 
and 4 pecks to the acre, upon a light soil, and upon 
the same field, and could not discriminate correctly 
the diflerence in the ajipearancc of the grain, at har- 
vest ; yet I practice the common mode of one bushel 
to the acre. Let experience be the only guide to your 
practice. 
This is the time to ensure your crop ; let your lands 
be well prepared, and rendered as mellow as possi- 
ble, by deep ploughing ; let your seed be steeped lor 
24 hours, belore you sow ii, in a strong pickle of sca- 
sall, with saltpetre, or in any rich liijuid manure; 
then rolled in plaster and sown immediately ; then 
dressed with one bushel of j)laster to the acre, sown 
on the furrows, if your .seetl is covered with the 
plough, or it may be sown and brushed in lightly with 
the harrow. With this practice, and the blessing of 
God, you may expect a good crop, if your fences are 
good.; but if they are bad, you have no right to ex- 
pect a blessing; this is your own willu! neglect. 
Your orehards, at the same time, eloini y our at- 
tention ; your early apples, which fall, will soon rot 
