THE RURAL N EW-YORKER 
137 
1909. 
Alfalfa With Barley. 
G. IF., Bucyrus, O .—On page 987 Mr. 
Clias. B. Wing gives his experience with 
Alfalfa. I would like to know whether he 
sows the Alfalfa with the barley, and 
what quantities of each, and what objec¬ 
tion lie would have to use oats in place 
of barley. We are having some trouble in 
this section in getting a proper stand of 
Alfalfa, and shall appreciate any light on 
the above. 
Axs.—We have tried both oats and 
barley as a nurse crop, and have some¬ 
times succeeded with the oats, but more 
frequently failed. The oats stool out 
more vigorously than the barley does, 
shade the young plants too much, and 
are much more inclined to lodge. 
Furthermore, we find it almost impos¬ 
sible to get farmers to do as we tell 
them—seed the oats very light and cut 
them for ha}', both of which are abso¬ 
lutely necessary if you hope to succeed 
with the Alfalfa. Occasionally they 
succeed even where they sow the oats 
thick and cut them for grain; but more 
turn some of the manure up to the 
surface. We do not want it there. You 
save time by Fall plowing for some 
crops, but we prefer to Spring-plow in 
the garden. This question of using 
hen manure has been discussed in The 
R. N.-Y. The la rgc poultry keepers 
put the manure on at any time. It is 
too late in July for most of the legumes 
or nitrogen-bearing crops. We could 
use cow peas and Crimson clover in 
New Jersey, followed by rye, but you 
are father far north for these crops. If 
you want a large quantity of vegetable 
matter in the soil you can use Japanese 
millet after picking the berries; plow 
this under in September and then sow 
rye. _ 
Girdled Trees. —On page 09, in Hope 
Farm Notes, you speak of a man in trouble, 
because the mice bad girdled his peach 
trees. Three years ago r had a similar 
trouble in my peach orchards. At that 
time, acting upon the advice of friends, I 
procured several barrels of fresh cow 
manure, spread it out so that it-was in good 
shape to use, and then plastered it around 
these places on the trees, afterwards con¬ 
fining it there by the use of a piece of old 
cloth tied around the tree. While many of 
our trees were not entirely girdled, most 
THREE YEARS FROM THE WILDERNESS. Fig. 59. 
frequently they fail. Beardless barley 
seems to make an ideal nurse crop. It 
makes very little shade, grows only 
about the same height as the oats, and 
matures its grain about the middle of 
July, sometimes earlier. Ordinarily, 
even with this grain, we cut the crop 
for hay when the barley is in the 
dough stage. We find that this feed 
compares very favorably with any for¬ 
age that we grow, even with the Alfalfa 
itself. We feed it to all kinds of stock, 
and they relish it and do very well on 
it. It is not a balanced ration, and 
clover or Alfalfa must be fed in connec¬ 
tion with it. We sow from one to \ x /z 
bushel of the barley per acre at oat- 
seeding time, and sow at the same time 
20 pounds of Alfalfa seed. Preparation 
of the soil must be thorough for the 
Alfalfa. We find that in this State 
Alfalfa sown with the beardless Spring 
barley gets a splendid start the firs.t 
year and goes through the first Winter 
in good shape; whereas, later seedings 
may strike such dry weather that either 
the Alfalfa will make a very small 
growth before Winter, or in some cases, 
as last year, it will be so dry that it 
will not even germinate the first year. 
CHAS. B. WING. 
Plowing a Garden; Late Green Crops. 
B. P. B., Ayer, Mass .—Do you believe 
in plowing in manure in the vegetable gar¬ 
den in the Fall? When is the best time 
to put hen manure on grass land? Would 
you do it in the Fall or Winter, if there 
is no snow on the land? I have a straw¬ 
berry bed that I wish to do away with 
after the next crop. What shall I sow 
(to plow in for green manure) in .Tuly? 
When shall I plow it in? Crimson clover 
is not sure of wintering here. 
Ans. — It depends. On hilly land, 
where there is danger of washing, we 
do not like to plow in the Fall. The 
surface may be washed and cut. On 
level land there would be no particular 
objection to Fall plowing. You ought 
to plow again in the Spring, in order 
to fit the soil properly, and this will 
of them were. I think out of probably 100 
trees damaged in this way, we lost less 
than one dozen. f. e. b. 
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