Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-05-17

time for tift: purpose; a..u 'la:.- .... .:. 90
it down nor cut y. except so!..c '.- par
GELS. which cul % asc2r ii" ;oa # would
be eaten hy the horses ;,i:d !nacs, bo;h bv
way Of soiiing, aut in the form othaE winch
experiments have bcca fully satslc,''y.--
rs | have sool b., and have secs tae hor-
Sos viii, s,.cct corn bla,ies and gama-grass
Iiav before i.lcm, cat OF each without dis
crIminaiion orpracr"nce for ci.h@r-Par'"-
king first OF one. and lhcn OF The oher.-
They cat it grrcIiiy also in he "ihcrcd
STATE, bv WAY of VIA; is termed 'sD''lg.--
Tac grass on this plot grows with prof.!
oas Iuxurncss,thc blades ge j q h length OF
ten and Twelve fe:, aid forming sward
on the ground. as i! bends down and settles,
of eighteen or twcnty-ioar inches. | have
been s&duouSiy engaged i'll collecting seeds
from tlis lot,aiid from her sourccs,or which
have paid twenty-five cents quart, Or ten
dollars per bi,shaI. until have how 10. Of
three or four acres on rich aiIuvIal bottom
lands. The grass here is luxurious and
fine, and next ycarI expect TO reap most
abundant harvest trom;it. 1t has been appre-
bend by some, that tbs grass is too coarse
to he eaten by horses and mules: but am
fuliv persuaded, indeed convinced, that this
is a groundcss apprehension. My own
limited trials, and authenticated trials from
various quarters, al coIcar 10 shew, tina.
those animals 10. only eat il, bat that they
.ai ii vilh avi;ii;v. Ii is true it may be left
70 sand without cutting, until / gets 100 Oh
and tough hIt there is 10 necessity Tor
this. Its crowh is so rapid, that it may
b. cut every month and even al shor,er IN.
trrvuIs lrom April uni fios', OF a lens,h OF
from twelve 10 rwcn,y.lour Inches. When
in tits vouGg S:atc, !. Is rs sHcculGn;, ten
der and nutritious IS any grass | ever
saw.
Tao ouiy objection kno" Of to this. or
rather, tie ony difficulty Attending its cuI.
turn, (Gor, in fact know of no objection to
Ills the difficulty and tarluess Of propaga.
tag it. l. yields seed in abundance but
bHt still they arc scarce, and what is likely
TO keep them so, is the s!ngul II manner IN
which tie seeds mature: they form IN
spike at the Top OF Il tail seed s:aik, and ma
turc only ono seed at Il time. It's maturity
is readily known by is dark chocolate col.
or, but if 10. gathered at once, 1t is apt TO
be lost. Tie seed seldom ad;lcre to the
spike. after maturity longer Than 36 or As
hours. and wien it falls il IS concealed IN SO
dense il sward thai it is utterly useless 10
look afcri.. OF course, the collection OF
tie seeds is RIOS: tedious process, rcquir-
ing thc daily attendance Of hands for sever
al weeks: and although tn mature seeds
vecctate with sufficient ccrtainy, if planted
in November or December, yet fionl the
carelcssngss Of the collectors, and especially
when collected for s;,le. many rnrpe seeds
are sure to DC gathered, which renGers their
vegetation very prccarouS. This cIrcuni-
stance will. doubtless, rctard. its extension
and rapid proPag CATION, but, feel col fiient,
it will inevitably work its way, and Ultimate
" be found on every plantation, aud ben
will be esteemed rs second only 10 The rlch-
est stable production in the State. Besides
is abundant yield, and lis nutritious quail
ties, it has some certain habtudes peculiar
to itself alone, winch recommend ITS cul-
turc. In the first place, such is lis special
adaptation to on: climate and SOL, 1t revels.
with Iuxuriancc on sandy Fiae lands, on
stiff lands, and light, lands on the rich au.
vial soil of the river bottoms, and on the
highest and dryes; sois, and on the MOST
lands Of the water courses. | have never
seen it growing on boggy lands, bu:
have seen it on The SIDES Of creeks, where
i; was subject to be overfiowed by every
frcshcf, and there it grows so INK and VI
corolls, as 10 show tnat it dcHgE;s In those
foundations. Again. It's not only perennial,
bu1 it forms larger and stronger roofs every
vear, and grows rankcr and stronger, and
the period at which il may die out is entire.
" unknown. But, forming conjecture
from such circumstances asaEe known, it is.
doubtless, a plant of many years duration
Indeed, so strong 4 possession docs It take
Of the land that after five years growth, it
will be impraclcabc TO reclaim the land
from it, but By The mattock and gru5bIng-
hoe. no plough III 'ii's County cail 10
any thing with it. These ore rare habits
of the plant and will strike evafy one as
rendering it invaluable : for 40 gross will
be found profitable which req&'es much
pains to cultivate it, and kee. 81. :'oor
the lands. And moreover, Ii -: SEEDS
could once be had chcapIy and e a:ao:,.r,
it could not fail 20 prove one o. "'.s.
rowcrfu! rcs:orers and fertilizers ...r -
baus;cd fc Is and hill-sidcs, that "as av1r
been tried. When once we'll set It v&sh-
ng of the land would be at an end aDa Il
suffered TO grow uncut and unled TO, fonr
or five years, 10 shade the land in su1..aer.
and to spread is own substance on the 80
70 rot in winter. it could not fail to na&c
the poorest exhausted old field extremely
r.ch. 1t would require labor TO grub up