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in vain r.tt'
Ltli, u zn 'Tund sul.icient only fur no or the
other, r.::-l v, e ruin the land by the samu operation.
If planting or grain growing is your business,
keep your stock of horses, cattle, hogs, &c.,: at the
least number, consistent with the proper conduct
of your farm operations. If your circumstances
of location, &c, make it desirable to raise or fat
ten stock for market, lessen your crops of grain
aid increase your grass, by having smaller and
more fields and longer rotations, or by separating
a portion of your land for grazing purposes. But
in all cases make such provision for your stock,as
will afford the fullest protection to your young clo
Ycr. It should be grazed not at all or very lightly
during the first season, and not at all the second
year until it comes into full bloom. Then it may
be advantageously grazed until the crop is pretty
well trampled it is desirable to have it lie upon
the ground. But the clover field alio aid not bc :
relied on as the pasture field of tin f..r:a rtoc!:.
We have a stron" convict! that a proper at
tention to stock r ;I i::' ns ono means of divcrsi
fying our farm productions, should enter more
: largnv " ) t'.a system of the regiou naw mainly
dc . i ) planting and grain growing. In doing
r3 our grain fields though reduced in sizewould
very soon, under judicious management, yield as
much grain with less labor, and we should have
the additional profit of the stock. Under such a
change of system longer rotations would be ne
cessary, yielding more grass for hay and pasture.
, With five fields, where clover alone is now sown,
we should sow clover and timothy. The system
."might be the same with the common four field
; system with clover fallow, except that the fallow
might be postponed one year, giving a full season
to the. clover and timothy, and the next year to the
timothy alone, should the clover "run out," and
making a fallow of the timothy sod for wheat.
We are not advised that there is anything in the
timothy sod unfriendly to the growth of wheat, and
have adopted in our practice this rotation. When
more than five fields are desired, we should follow
the system of four fields with clover fallow as far
as the fallow, and then sow timothy and orchard
grass with the fallow wheat, and leave these in
possession as long as may be thought desirable.
We thus under any change preserve the fallow for
the important crop of wheat.
As to the time, ic, of sowing clover seed, (in
reply to our correspondent,') we think it best on
the whole, on any ordinary wheal lands to sow it
with wheat following corn. Where the land it
already strong enough, or can be made so, with
concentrated fertilizers, wheat is a more profitable
crop than oats, and much more favorable to the
" setting " of young clover j nevertheless, if oats
be the crop, we should not fail to sow clover seed.
In land fit to grow clover, it will ordinarily sue
cecd well with oats. When we intended to sow no
grain, we should sow clover seed when the corn is
" laid by," or early in September, if we could then
run a spike tooth harrow over it. Being sown at.
this time, the clover comes into full bloom the fol
lowing June, and of course tho benefits of the
crop are much earlier realized. As far as our ex-
pcrience and observation go, however, winter seed
ing is more successful when there is the same de
gree of preparation of the ground.
We earnestly desire to see the culture of clover
prevail universally, but we have seen a great deal
of costly seed thrown away upon lands incapable
of producing it. It id a great mistake to suppose
that it is worth while to sow it at all upon poor
lands ordinarily, until wc determine to be at the
expenso of fertilizing them sufficiently to produce
a crop. If our advice could be, taken, all expend
itures for gu ino, bones, super-phosphate, &c,
should bo directed mainly to the growth of tho
clover crop, and on this foundation we should re
ly for future crops and permanent fertility.
American Farmer.
From the Pendleton S. C. Fnrmer and Planter.
COL. WILLIAMS' CASHMERE GOATS.
Dear Editou axd Readers :' We are just home
from a short trip into the edge of Laurens, to see
what our neighbors over the way were striking at.
We jotted down a few of our notions, as we have
in our constitution some inklings of "pro bono
publico" (which means public good.) By the way
of introducing these things before you and the,
readers, in our own way, we will tell you what wo
saw and what we think of the things seen.
We paid a visit to our worthy friend, Col. John
I). Williams, by whom wc were hospitably receiv
ed and kindly shown everything about the home
stead and farm, stock, tic. We learned something
by the survey of the various buildings that form
an interesting and well arranged group such as
stables, cow-houses, cattle-shelters, and all the ap
purtenances of a farmer's home. A well cultivat
ed kitchen garden on a scale that suited our no
tions of plentiful culinary supply, spread out its
ample area on one side of the house. Around
this rre noWd the cutting of the 0nge Oranr