It is not hay alone which gives value to
this crop. It produces seed to the amount
of from twenty to twenty-five bushels per
acre, which is as heavy as oats, and more
oily and nutritions. As hay, it is superi
or to timothy—that old favorite of every
farmer. Horses prefer the Hungarianjand
will thrive on it alone, when not worked.
One bushel will sow three acres on ground
talerably clear of weeds. Harrow before
and after sowing, untill well pulverized,
then roll it, so as to have a smooth surface
to harvest over,and make it come up even
ly. . Ed. J. Wickersham.
Summitville, Lee Co. lowa, )
Jun. 10th, 1858. )
Planting a Walnut Grove.—As near
as I can recollect, about twelve years ago
1 planted a row of these nuts south of my
house, on the edge of the plough land.—
I planted in the fall soon after the nuts
fell, four feet apart, with a hoe, about two
inches deep,as we used to plant corn down
east. The next spring they came up with
the other plants. I kept the stock from
them for four or five years. The most of
them grew rapidly; but they were too
thick, and some are now dwarf trees, four
to six feet high, while those that got the
start went right up, and in six or seven
years from the planting they bore walnuts,
and they continue to bear and grow so
that this fall I had several bushels of nuts,
and have planted a piece of two acres west
of my house with them. These I put ten
or twelve feetapart. I think it would be
better to plough your land as deep as you
VOL. XV, NO. 785. ” SERiES: VOL. IX, NO. 33.
