Show SPRING SEEDING aho ali of lor arn in ho elmp the stocking of fields with grass and clover seed in tho spring was almost universal in this country fifty years ago and more it was accompanied very generally with tho sowing of oala or barley the grain being plowed or harrowed in the ground leveled with a bush harrow aud the grass seed bowed sowed upon the surface sur faco immediately following the bush sometimes the ground was gone over a ain with the bush or roller to give a slight covering to alic seed and to inn the surface the two crops upon the samo soil in one wa wat t to bo economy 0 libor aut was always a serious objection to this practice the oal chop it it was smothered the grass and clover and if drought camo on soon after tho oats cut most of alio grass and there was said to bo a poor catch of tho seed the work must bo done over again not a italo farmers still follow this method of coding in later years progressive banners liann experimented willi early fall sowing of grass and clover without any grain crop tharo should bo u previous rotation of corn or potatoes or other houd crops abundant fertilizers from tho stable and deep plowing and a thorough fining of ahi soil with alio llio harrow and finning of it the roller tills work if done in september fa ils to give a satisfactory catch of th 0 seed nud to make a thick heavy sod tho following aca son and to bring a permanent meadow that with occasional top dressing may be kept in meadow for a long series of wars always provided that there is but uno crop of hay cut in the season and tho aftermath is not graced the objection to tills practice ia eliat it comes at a t buc in ummer when the teams arc not at their best and wanted for more pressing labors in other ons tharo ia a strong temptation for farmers of limited moans to delay alin fall seeding it they improve of it until november when anc young grass ami clover just starting is liable to bo thrown out by alio fr and thawing and to perish alio lato fall and early winter often furnoh favorable weather tor plowing and a thorough preparation of the soil for seeding alio cuoio of aliis that can be done in a acason 0 comparative tho belter seed bowing at tills lime is not 1 practice in aliis latitude hut in tiro early pring when the fiat is out and tho ground is dry for plowing sow alio llio grass seed and give it alio benefit of tho leaon to roots and lay alio llio foundation for a meadow this is not likely to be done with a grain crop sown at tho simo timo it can not bo dono upon our long soils without manura and thorough preparation tho stirring and mellowing of alio llio soil ia a tor manure only within limits easily le ached lio best results am to bo gained with a liberal application of and a thorough preparation of tho od american agriculturist tho pincushion now forms part ot tho furniture of the london drawing room but it is made a as pincushion well can bo being in tho of a fan willi tho sticks represented by cord a mounted with its liello arock arry or n divisions marked bv cords of st in color si repeated in tho la alio llio renter the Et ahoi of |