Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-01-16
From the New England Farmer.
LUcERNE GRASS.

From the New England aFIner.
LucLRNE GRASS.
Mr.. Fe,scnden Il recur once more, IL
.pi,e of the i'll success ofmy efforts, TO the
subject of this invaluable grass. lfeel tu!
conviction that it will be, sooner or later
the favori,e grass of the New England
states. for whose soil and climate, /! IS Pc
cuiariy adap,ed. 1t will finally take the
Mace of the Dulch clover throughout New
England. Ilis better adapted to our SOIL
It bears our severe drouth much better
than any grass we have hitherto cultivated.
begin by stating my own experience
It is offifteea years duration. That's no
rifflins trial. 60 on regularly in the ex'
tension of its culture, and upon dry, saaly'
and gravelIy lands, it will for ever be for
me. the favorite grass. 1t may be asked
What are tho peculiar advantages which
YOU have experienced from this grass!
snswer, first, double crops in weight at least
f.om the same extent of ground. The
Irc.rne will give in this stale two good'
crons. the first season in which it'is sown. Is
there any other grass, which will DO this
T. will endure in good hear: for FIVE years
win clover do this, 1t will endure the
sov.rest drouths when all other grasses fail.
What grass will do this ! 1t is the fav.
ori,e grass of the horse and the COW. 1t
will fat,en them faster than other grass.--
7, vill do as much for horse as an ample
supply of grass, and four quarts OF gram a
dav in keeping him in flesh AMI strength.
Bu. many persons have failed in attempts
70 raise it And wha. then Does II
follow that it is not worthy of culture
Rv no mea S. If one man uniformly sue
ceeds for fifteen years, there must be some
oood reasons why others do no; succeed.
f,a, nc try to scek out the causes OF their I'll
success. l, is not climate, because 1t
stands our severest winters unhurt, when
clover fails. II sands Our severe drouths'
when clover dies.
Ithas been animated, that my success IS
ovino TO peculiar care, and culture. Ials
;snot 50. tits treated exactly like the red
clover, and give TO it, purPosely' my woIs
lands. Not that it does not do honor to the
best. 1t will reward the cul'ivator IN the
best soils.
What then have been the causes OF ITS
failure with many cultiva,ors | VIII en-
deavor to STATE my opinion on that subject.
me Lucerne will not grow in most mea
dow lands at all. Itcannot bear low !anoS'
Il will die, if water rests upon II in winter.
On uplands it hes failed from an lnsulh'
cheney Of seed. 1t requires 20 pounds to
the acre, and the price Of the seed has been
90 hieh that our farmers would not buy 1t
or they buy it in too small quantities.
but il can be afforded from Europe
at Ia cts. per pound. though our
seedsnen cannot afford 10 sell 1t al
that price on account Of the llmied de-
mand. 1t is like every thing else, If the de-.
mand is small, the supply will be small and
high. My object is, TO recommend ITS cu'
ture, and when it becomes general, Inc seeo
will be abundant and cheap, but no man must
expect a crop without 20 pounds to the
acre ofseed, but as i: :endures five years al
least, and pays for its cost the first season.
itisa a miserable and wre,ched economy.
which, Withholding the seed, decr:esthe plant
as unproduclive.
1t is with me the richest treasure. My
farm is small, it is true, but it is grazing
farm, and my produce is 20 tors OF hay.
Surely the experience of such tarreri
l5years, is worth something.
JOHN LOWELL.
Aug. 6, 1885.
l have already cut two crops from Lu'
cerne, sown in April last and two crops
from Lucsrne two years old. and two crops
of hay from Lucerne three years old, a
the rate of three tons per acre. | espec
two crops more from each.-These are
facts, notorious to them, who pass by my
grounds.
What haze zoe like it, Lucerne mus
be, and will be the grass Of the south shore
ofthis state, and other light lands OF New
England.
Let farmers, who pass this way visit m,
lands, let them see the grass, and the ma!
produced from it, and inquire of those wht
feed my stock, and they will be satisfied
ha. the Lucerne is yet 20 be blessing Il
their farms.
The Lucerne has been tried IN som