Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-11-01
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GRAZING. -.
We doubt not that much land ia The
middle aud lower tracts of the casoliaas
which is now deemed Of linle 1valseniget
by prope, management aud The ssIesiioad
proper grasses, be rendered highly saiaabss
for grazing.
The following instances of pro6tabe gra
zi.g farms we copy from an article 10 the
Tennessee Farmer.
VIM. Hardin, deceased, .of Dasidson
country, sowed q timothy meado~, sbout
IL or rs years ago.. He gfszet IN ihe
tbs win er, and rome in iia .summsr. A
respectable gentleman inforned me tbatthe
had as many as Fifty muks upon that asea:
dow at ,ime. Guessing at the amount, |
sappose the meadow contains not more than
ten or twelve acres. l am informed -thst
Mr.. Hardin once sold hay frep it e. 4
amount ofellO0 inone aeason. AsaHt
ia Hay Iast. ana il was a. fine as when-
first. saw It about seven yeafs ago. -
Mr. Daniel Saferans, Of lGal|atin, he's
four acres Of timothy meadow. about IL
years eli, from which he sold the pressat
years crop, delivered on the spot to Mr..
Lewis, for 9270.
John Gordon, Of this county has herds
grass meadow about siI years old. which
he supposes 10 yield between feur and Eve
tons 10 the acre and says that he would
No, rent it for $50 per acre.
The following statement vas written 70
me: by Rev. John, W.. Bowen. Smith
| eosuty, Ten. .Aug. "a, 1857
-Jshs, McMinp, Esq. Smiles ,sesth sf
Stassville, Wilson country, has Tiasshy
Meadow, which hs sowsd 10 ll800, and
has moved every season eiDce.S.h css,
| tains about three and q hall acres. I,has
made hay enough to feed al bis. stock for
twenty .eieh. years, which never consisted
ofless than Eve horses and fifteen cattle,
and sometimes he had double that poshbsr
Of each. Squirs. HcMinn has always
er..sd It 10 August snd SeustsAbsf viii
| his stock; !; and during the w;ntst spd
| sprias, mil the FIRST Of April, his sheep
GENERALLY absut II, have always gsaasd
| constantly. He assured Che vriser. ,as,
! April, tha, he would notnos take $50 rsat
for bis little m, ,adow. -.
Respectfully, J. W. BOWEN"
Mr. Henry i. Mosres. who saw dsis
; Meadow, in compasysith Me-. Bowea,eoa.
/ veyed his idea Of il 10 me. by ssysng:
IL, when I saw it, was at once tesnindsd
Of the best meadow Of Kentnek y.
Esq. Sewe.l OF Wilson CouasN has. q
herds grass meadow, which yieided ayer
four tons to the acre 10 1885,. -
These specimens are equalto the ueadoss
of Great Britain, v hich has been rsesnfiy
sending hay to the U: States Tor sais. 10
fact, Professor Law, Of Edinburs, supposes
their meadows 70 average less than two
.ons per acre. But l. must stop to give
|room for letter from Nj. Hnghs Of kes-
imekv., -. sare - z1,.s. -. -.
IS Payette County, KY, Juae l6, 1857.
! Dear Sir-I recei, ed, few days since,
from VIM. P. Hume. Esq..cf Boarhoa
! iCouniy, a note requesting nae TO inform
YOU Of the number Of acres ofland in my
farm what quantity ! have in Pssssrs );
sbow many hands 1 work and what have
|been my annual pro6ss for the iast i've
years. My farm contains bet~eea l9aand
1900 acres. / cultivate about goo 10 oseas
about 20 ia meadow, about 100 inewhose
and rye and the balsnee d 10 psstsss.
iIwors 10 hands. My farMpis whaa se
|call here 4 grazing faHn.S ] tuy, urssss
and feed aboot 800 cattle ssssssly saiss
land sen absut 200 hogs. Ny pso6ts on
cattle, hogs and other arici~s sold Oh ny
farm in 1895, were q, ,945 90 !; in 1886.
SIC. .478 90. z.
| I would take pleasure ia cssnnunicalleg
! to you at any time, any information Is1
10 possession, of oa this subject.
! Yours respectfully,
1s~ JACOB HU4E&S