Show WITH CLOVER AND GRASS henry stewart plan ilan nt a told in country gentleman disappointing in results from the sowing ot of grass seed I 1 believe are duo due to the tile failure to cover the seed properly tho the seeds are very small but bat the young plant is and nd vigorous and is not lot amenable to the rule laid down by some persons pers to the effect that all seeds should be covered BO so many times their dia metot three I 1 think is the usual recommend dation clover sc seed edwill will come to the surface through fully two inches of covering although there ia is no necessity to cover it eo so deeply as that thal but covering is as indispensable for these small seeds as for oats or wheat tha the same ime result happens with all clien there is not sufficient depth of soil for the roots when the sun was up not having any depth ot of earth they withe withered away every possible aid must ba be given to reach effective results in this work vork especially which comes at a season when the may be unpropitious propitious nn just after sowing the seeds and one hot dry windy day may kill every sprouted seed that lie exposed on the surface of the land while the seed and its young roots covered with an inch of mellow moist soil are safe against several days of the same kind kin of weather since I 1 have made a practice of harrowing rowil g in my grass gram and clover se edinga gd I 1 have never had a failure my aly preference is to sow with oats and if convenient with millet in the latter part ot of june the present season I 1 havo have two fields to bo be sown with millet a crop which is excellent for this purpose and valuable for soiling or tor for hay I 1 lisa use one peck of seed of each kind per acre acro that is when clover is sown with timothy a mixed crop which ia is certainly the best for hay bay or pasture of any that is grown with a slight sloping tooth harrow as the thomas used after the first sown seed has been well harrowed and the soil mado made quite firm these small seeds will v I 1 11 rarely detmore get moro more than half an ail inch of covering except in the heaped coil soil between the harrow marks and this will soon settle down to a common level one thing is indispensable in this sowing this is the even spreading of the seed todo to do this is not difficult imilie if 1 lie seed ia is sown right after the harrowing of the grain crop it is quite easy to walk across the harrow marks and see the footsteps at ft a distance of eight feet and quite as easy to throw the seed that distance so be that it will fall evenly timy othy 0 th and clover sow together very evenly but the lightest grass seeds should be town alone especially when the least wind ia is bloN blowing some advocate rolling the surface instead of harrowing it this may do at times and on some soils and not at others it if a dry spell follows the rolling goodby to the grass for the surface dries and the young plants will not get through the crust unless the land has been well it will well afford a liberal application of fertilizer to the young grass there is no time when it will be more beneficial than when the seed is just sown and I 1 would follow with the fertilizer without vit hout delay two hundred and fifty pounds of the complete manure will be well repaid by the first use of the grass which may be the next fall as pasture for a flock of sheep or lambs or tho the calves or a colt the light treading will be useful and the feeding of the new growth will be beneficial |