The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-06-03
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LUCERNE

LUCERNE.
STA: As this is an unfayorable day for
attending 10 out door business, viii
make few remarks on the cultivation OF
Laesrne, notice OF witch saw in a re-
cent number Of your paper.
Iagrce with you fully in the opinion
that We can cultivate il with profit.
purchased last winter in Columbiaa small
parcel OF seed iomake anexperiment. L
sowed them about the first Of this month
in drills twenty inches apart, which Ar
thur Young thinks Is more than double
the width necessary--hs says nine inches
is lie proper space between the rows
His reasons appear plausible, and ] will
give them. lie says If keptclean lin wide
rows The plant licks up The dirt, which
makes them unwholesome for stock, and
they fall down and canno, be well mown.
Bu. with nine inch spaces, one row be-
comes a prop foE the other, and they do
not get dirty and are easily cut with a
cradle. Young pefers The nine inch
drills 10 broadcast, as being more produc-
tive, and more easily and elIeclnally cul-
tiyaiei. Previously 70 sowingI pulrer-
lied and manured the ground thoroughly,
though not sufficiently decompased for
the particular purpose. About The Isl Of
May is the lime for planting Lueerne al
the North; whether the fall j. better
season for is Ias you suggested remains
to be tested. 1 cannot but disagree with
Won though; / must believe that the Latter
part Of February or lsl Of March IS the
proper Time. A cold wet winter might
bemore injurious than hot dry summer.
Lucerne il indigenous 10 southern lali-
tudes, and grows there to the greatest
perfection. II has been found in Italy
and the south Of France for manycenlu-
ries, and IN Persia and the vicinity Of Lii
sNna.s- La Paruii grows with great inxusi-
ancc, and i mown all the year round.--
South Carolina lies within the parallels
Oflaiiiude ihatcomprehend Persia, which
are 20 70 80 degrees, and much more
arid country. t
The city Of Lima is still more so, be-
ing l2 degrees south Of the Equator.
should i,;::s this ought 10 establish the
fact that our climate al least is not too
hot for the successful cultivation of Lu-
cerne; and, too, our pine lands have just
the kind of soil il delights in--dry, fra
bic, and saady--all that is necessary Is to
make them rich enough. Arthur Young
in his .7,niGis Of agriculture recon-
mends trenching as the best and am
inclined 10 the same opinion, as the Lu.
cerne strikes a very deep root, and he.
sides it would be much more durable
way Of manuring.
In conclusion, have no doubt but we
can successfully cultivate it, and make i
highly profitable as feed for either hors
es or cattle, TO be fed in the manner tina
Is usually termed soiling.
Mich cows are said to be peculiarly
fond of it, more so than clover, and tina
1t imparts higher flavor 10 milk and but
ter. Upon an acre four cows might be
Kept in good condition, as it would af
ford in favorable season six mowings.
trust You will persevere in your eS
periments, as | shall do, and let YOU
agricultural readers in due time know th'
result. Sincerely, 4 PLANTER.
Marlborough, April 30. 1871.
Oar little patch of Luceme is now be
ginning to blossom. No one, after see
ing it, can doubt that the grass is adaptet
to this climate, and very highly produc
i've. An inspection of it is enough to sa
hsly any person that twenty inches is to'
E'eat space between the rows--nine Il
twelve is space enough. The spears stant
erect where the lunches are close, but lii
'aearly fiat where they have room. Ed