The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-07-15
RUR.TL ECONOMY.
To he Editor Of Tie tolea,cl Fara,ers Ga.ette

10 the EGtOF ci lAe NoAefHdl IdHtfS tFd-etGe
SIR: As this is an untavorable day for
attending to out door business, will make
lew remarks on the cultivation Of Luceme,
a notice OF which, saw in recent number
OF your paper
agree with you fully in the opinion that
We can cultivate II with profit. | purchas
ed las, winter in Columbia small parcel Of
seed to make an experiment. sowed
them about the first OF this month 10 drills
20 inches apart, which Arthur Young
thinks is more then double the width ne.
cessary, he says nine inches is the proper
space between the rows. His reasons ap.
pear 10 be plausible, and | will give them.
He says, If kept clean (in wide row. the
plant hicks up the dirt which makes them
uua holesome for stock, that they fall down
and cannot be so well mowD. But with
nine inches space, one row becomes prop
for the other, and they do not get dirty and
are easily cut with cradle. Young pre-
lers the nine inch drills 10 broadcast, as be
ing more productive, and more easily aud
efccmaIly cultivated. Previously 20 SOW.
ing | pulyersed and manured the ground
thoroughly, though no, Sufficiently decom.
posed for the particular purpose. About
The lst Of May is the time for planting Lu.
cerue at the North whether The fail Is i
better season for US las you suggested re
mains TO be tested. cannot but disagree
With YOU though must believe, that the
latter part Of February or Isl Of March, IS
the proper time. A cold wet winter might
be more injurious than hO, dry summer.
LuceTne is indigenous TO southern la'l
tudes aud grows there to the greatest per
lection. II has been found 10 Italy aud the
south Of France for many centuries, and 80
Persia and the ylcia:iy Of Lima. Ia Peru
Il grows with great luAUfance, and Is
nown all The year round, South Carolina
lies within the parallels Of latitude thai
comprehend Persia, which are 26 70 80 de.
grces and much more ard country.
The city Of Lima IS siiI more So, beng
- degrees south Of the Equator, | should
think this ought to establish The fact that
our climate al least is not TOO hot for the
successful cultivation Of LDcernc, and, too,
our pine lands have jIst the kind Of soil il
delights in-drv, triabe and sandy all that,
IS necessary is 70 mako them rich enough.
Arthur Dung 10 his iaHals q Agricbf
tire, recommends trenchIng as best, aud /
am inclined 10 the same opinion as the la
ce.ne strikes q very deep root, nd besides,
II wonld be much the more durable way Of
maturing,
Ia conclusion, have not doubt but wo
can successfully eulliyole and make i
highly profitable as feed for either horses
Or cattle, to be fed ia the manner that Is
usually termed soihAg.
Mich Cows are said TO he peculiarly
rcuad Of il, more SO than clover and that
1t impartsa high flavor 10 MIX anj Butter.
Upon an acre four Cows nigh. he KEEP, ia
good condition, as i, would afford IN ia
yourabIe season xix mc~lngs.
trust you viii perseyere in your expe.
rimeuts as shall do, and LEI your Agrrlcul
iural readers IN due time know the result.
Sincerely, A PLANTER.
Marlborough, April 90, 1911.
fOar llle patch of Lncerne IS now be
glazing 10 blossom. No one, after seeing
Il, can doubt that Tie grass IS adapted ic
this climate, and very highly productive
An inspection OF It IS enough to sas,liy any
person that 20 inches IS too great a space
between the rows 3 10 = is space enough
The spears stand erect where the bunche.
ere close, but he nearly fat where iheg
have room.-Ed. Gazaie