Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-11-10

.o..,,,d o, Ceelsfoot, Timrihy and Red Tor or
u.,J, ,,a.s-tteir comparative ral"es for Pas'
iurage and Hay
ey JOHN HARE pnwEf., Esa.
In prescn,lng Mr. Jones communication, Ills
no, n, cr,s,ry that should advert To his accuracy
and reputation as a farmer. with which you are
sufficiently acquainted 10 receive his opinions and
,,a,encn,s with implicit reliance upon lheit sai'a-
,,y and fo,cc. He is tho most successful cul''va-
tor Of orchard grass, with whose practice have
become Acquainted in any part of the United States
A., he has detailed hi. mode Of securing the
seeds, may be allowed To state, that have Tor
several wears induced him TO send large guam 'l'es
tof them to my agric lural friends, whose expert
.nce, in confirmation Of my impressions, maj
when properly treated they seldom fail, establish
Is the correctness OF his management III co'ec''ns
them.
have before brought to your notice the ex'faor-
inarv product of cocks FOOT hard grass as pas
,urage upon Strong soils-'ts early appearances ~
the spring-i,s visorous and rapid growth through
out the summer and autumn afordns even IN Dc
tembcr, tho most succulent and nur'.ivc heipage
have in this climate seen
or timothy as pas,urage, l have had during
twenty wears opinions similar TO those conveyed
by Mr.. Jones
On highly inquired, or deep alluval soils, II
produces greater crops Of hay. than any grass
awe grown except red clover. Mr.. We''es, Of
,son, few years since obtained four tons OF ''",,
"orhy hay per acre, from large he'o. MS wen
known precision independent OF the ample proofs
n. nJduced sufficiently establishes the fact p" hen
allowed 10 become mature, l think It causes MS
much xhaustion as crop Of spring barley or oats
And so for from land becoming better whist expo
.ed 10 the effects of the scythc ana IN; Oh Inc
sun in regular course, wherein timothy Is 'Nfodu'
eed as The mel,oraiing crop, am LED 10 oeheVe
that tits made worse. IL timothy he depastnreo
after the frs, crop has been taken, npprehenn tha
as ito utter growth is extremely ieeo'e III .h's eli
mate the sun mus, have great effect upon the SOIL
throughout the hottest season ct the year.
Redtop or herds grass has recently been brought
% into notice, and i, WILL have no doubt, be
'S~,sasively cultivated when 1t shall be oetc'
known. We see it generally upon the Ill reclaim
ed marsh lands Of an adjacent State, where per
hsps it's extraordinary hardness and large produc
even under the most slovenly management, may
have retarded 10 a certain extent, the improvement
ofthe d,sric, in which it is principally grown.
will flourish where no other grass when 1ee cni
Ilyate can live. Its appatent qualities and I'M
quantity Of nuiritivc matter, are no douot very
much influenced 10y the state of the land upon whc'
Nis produced hence when offered IN inc marie
IN competition with the produce of the most htgh4
cultivated .plaad-it is condemned The seeds 0
'hs grass as those of cocksoo', are rarely orouSh
70 the shops in sound state-ihey as the former
are surrounded by chat, which, 'fclosely exam,ne'
VIII be found frequen,y 10 envelope shr'vclea ker
neis and 10 be infested with some OF the most hoH
'ous weeds with which farmer can contend.
Upon small piece ofland which had been oecu
Pledhy Swedish turnips, and had been care'a''!
'I'ed Tor many seasons IN succession two oushe'
OF herds-grass seed per acre, in addition TO IN
usual quantity Of clover and timothy seed, wer
sown with Persian Barley in the spring OF 1871
a much larger piece was sown at the same TIM
WIN timothy alone. The timothy soon disappear
60 from toih-,he clover Of course long since wen
oa!-'he he,ds-grass has formed tough and va'u
able swad
Upon arabic farms il is sometimes troublesome
y" Is IS tenacious Of life as blue grass. Its pre-
uuc' :: not generally heavy upon such lands, ana
''ou'd not therefore cultivate it with resuia
eourso ofwhi,e crops, although upon grain
YIN, or upon some large southern domains wher
"~ould be well ,h.,. the Ian 1hodcrs should tors'