Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-10-26
Prom the Farmer anil Gardener.
CANA GRASS.

CANA GRASS.
This grass should be planted on light 'od well
MANFRED, anrcclby to the manner adopted BY
me for the purpose Of a,certaning the mode OF
cultivation most favorable to a heavy product. !
am assured in this climate, that, planted III tigh
teen inches. from Plant 10 plant, and cut At NJ
teen days gfo,eth, beginning the tfd day OF Nay,
when i, ia found from to 81 feet high, aud end
ing the last Of October, II viii be found to yield
100000 lbs Of green grass per acre. II ent on
the first day Of Man. aud regularly on the first OF
every month I'LL November, the product will be
sometimes less. For the manner Of planting al
luded 10, see Farmer and Gardener Of Jan. 3,
lS35--only instead Of ? tO, from plant 10 Pfant
no,t ind Is inches a better distaDee--tlle above
product after he third year. The CANA grass OBJ
tains its fall grow in about 30 days-@hen cut
for hay. Cut ut Is days ii viii he found here
from Ii 10 l9 inchcs-bu, at this stact, must
contend, ii is one 81 Ike most delicate and ttnder
grasses 10 BE- foaHd-cIpahlr of producing the
finest milk and burtcr--u this stage, the apparent
qualification with which the coc consuule, II, can
not be exceeded would eat al this stare, only
for u milch eop or fac calf--fur III, horse, m"h
or or, at thirty days-at either stage, il i. rittom
sueeuttnee. Ii is called T., the Spanish people in
South America, dry grass, 20 designate il, free
dom from ,uocuienoc.
At each cutting, ! loosen the ground amongst
the roots fthey have not locked and taken pos
session of the whole ground, with harrow hoe.
In this way, | keep the ground clean also--at
Sighteen inches the roots viii take the whole
ground in wears. have been oullvatinp plant
of CANA IL years, the first roots cultivated of
the Mississppi--lbis plant is more lulnrant and
more vigorous plant this year, than any year pre-
,ious.
know plat OF abou, one acre. in il, native
stae, found full maturity, by the individual who
owns the land 10 years ago. Discovering his an
imals extremely fond Of 1t, he began, on tho first
discovery, 10 make bHg, Tor winter provision, and
has kept ii for that purpose e. natural meadow
ever nee, and it has improrsd 1t, hrurianee
cannot be excelled
The South American Spanard> have u pro-
verb, that the age of nan, mute, and ea0ia
grass, is the same. There is a lot of CANA grass
of very superior quality, on the Pearl River,
known 10 be OF forty years standing. After the
roots lock, and take up the surface Of the earth
they project, annually, downward,, 10 an ncrrdi-
bic depth
sprinkle every spring, some manure, cotton
seed, rotten, 81 ashc,, over the surface after the
first cutting MAY the frSi.) 1t is benefited by ma
nurc, as much as olhcr of the gra,ses-athoueh in
It's native state, II exhibits, III some spots, equal. if
not greater luxuriancc, than when cultivated In
the lands lately acquired from the Choc,aw, il
abound> IN rich limestone soil.
The CANA grass is cut by me, and stacked the
came day, sprinhmg salt with it, as stacked. One
day. sun without salt is sufficient most readily
cured OF any grass know Of, for the reason al
ready stated, viz, being remarkably without ,uccu-
lence.
have tried every plan that has been sugee ,ed
to cure this grass, finding it such an admirable re-
source for winter provision, and prefer 10 taAr
what cut before l. O'clock, aud stack in thin law
ers, alternately, with sweet, well Ned rye, oats
wheat, rice, OF barley s,raw--putine ON each lay
or of grass, sprink!ng OF salt, thea slrau-pras,
salt, &c.
There IS no necessity for separating the ,ccc
from its covering put INTO sand, OF dry earth OF
being gathered and dried, it WILL If planted earl, i,
the spring, say IN tho month of March, ycgetate il
few days.
The best method Of saving the seed that hay,
found out is TO e. regularly into the lot of grass. a.
the seed is ripening, and by simply touching tn,
ripe seed, al the end OF tho year. they will fall into
fh. hand sometimes Two will be found ready t,
fall of.
Your eighth query will be found fully answered
in the Farmer of January 3, 1885, No 80, vol
l., as TO so-preparaton for planting, &c
To the 9th query. Ia the method of cultiva
ton, see tho ahove--this method, from it, result
last year and the present, must rest statistic
with.
1t is one Of the hardies, plants, l believe, o
earth, the roots passing far below the possibility
frost, and fully preserved by the mean temperatur
Of the earth. During the last 4 years this sectio
of the Union has been visited with the most fata
frosts TO vegetation ever known by its oldest in
habitants-I cannot learn that this grass was eve
hurt, in single nstance-I have been particula
Ia my observation on that point. As regard
rhe impoverishing quality of H. | am dcci
dedy OF the opinion OF Mr.. Phillips of Georgia
as mentioned in communication of Mr. Delonv
in tho Farmer, No. As, Feb q, 1885. be,
leave to point Mr.. Robinson TO this communication
The CANA is singularly calculated for soinc-i
being cut with so much by the sickle or scyth,
the time it requires TO manure. &c. all sugges
this AT one months growth, can cut in tw,
minutes, more than an animal can eat in day.
Where the accumulation OF manure is a part o
thsagricultural system, know nothing that come
IN more happily for the use of the farmer. Will
judiciously constructed dungstcad or place fo
accommodating manure, and moyeable racks, il i,
Incredible with what ease and expedition large
stock could BE- fed viii, thi, grass l find ne dif