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sowing Timothy seed.
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IfyoH have field tYat you design to set in tlmo- thy meadow, plough t at once, as the sooner you get your seed in the better chance will the plsnts have to stand the winter, and the greater ass,iranee will you have for good crop of hay next year. If yon soil is not already fertile, make 1t so bv Iibef ally mannring 1t. Recoilect that timoihy with care will last tfe five to years, and that to stand the taking of of SO many successive erops ofpsasa the soil requires to be in good heart In breaking it up, be sure to plough deep and turn the ferows flat. As plonghed, let it be thoroughly harrnwe,3 first in the direction of the fnFrosgs and then cro,a wise. Continue the narrowing until the tilinis rer fecy fine. Should the eiods be imprae ficable. use she roller between the harrowings so as to insure certainty to your labor. Bear in mind that no man should be content to set his meadow without hreal- ing all the elods as every thing which is worthy Of being done should be well done, and work of such permanent nature as that of a timothy meadow es- pecally requires to be so done,-frsi, because f all the Jumps be not reduced much of inc seed wifi be lost and secondly, because such preparation of thS soil renders the cutting of the grass ,eompsrziiveiy easy. ln sotcing the seed be to employ ful and experienced hand, in order that the seed may be evenly distributed. The seed should be narrowed in with a gsyy ligh! karnoie. That done, roll the ground with heavy roller. SO as to bring the seed immediately in contact with the earth and thus produce early germinaion. With regard to

 the quantity of seed per acre. we wouldremark. that one peek is the usual quantity sowD, but that in our opinion one and half pecks would be the prefera- ble quantity. We have known excellent success 10 attend the sowing of Timothy seed tn eorn-fieis al the time of the last working. Where this is done the field must be worked as to be comparatirsiy ierei