The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-02-16


soon stop. No part of this clover was
cut for hay, but in another experiment il
has been moved successfully. =:
Inthe.spring of 1887, about one and a
half acres of grnund which had been pre-
viously we'll manured by c"wpening. and
a crop Of lurnips taken off it the. winter
of 1886, was sowed in clover and orchard
grass together. The grass. seeds were
snwn with oats. The orchard grass, it
was ascertainch afterwards, was not SOW
ell sufficiently thick. as il came in punches.
A heavy crop Of oats vas taken off the
ground, and the clover was cut that au
tnmn. very good crop, though not well
cut on account of the oats stuJblr. In
the year 1893, the clover was cut twice,
at each cutting, about eighteen inches and
two feet high. The orchard grass began
to spread upon The ground this year, and
by the next spring, 1889, took the ground
from the clover generally, where ilhap-
pened 10 be thick. The;years lG40 and
1871, the grass has been permitted TO ri:
pen its seed, antl@then cut. Sltssis a hard
grass for hay, when permitted to stand
until the bloom comes upon it, but when
young it is tender, and~stock is very fond
of it. The adyahtage-nf this grass, MS a
pasture grass, is That it comes earl = in the
spring. On the first Of April, 1911, it
was six inches long in the blade, and af-
forded a good bite fer cattle. Another
Advantage, it continues green and is good
late in the fall. After all the
natural grasses in our fields are dead and
of no service, this grass is green and
good paslurage. On the tenth of Nuven-
ber, lS4l; stock were turned upon il:
and had green grass of from eight to
twelve. inches in the blade. Whether if
the grass had been thick upon the ground,
the sods would have taken the same hold,
is moi known, but asit is, the sods appear
to be as firmly fixed in the earth as broom
grass. This grass is ofvery rapid growth,
and in few days after being cut, shows
itself springing up again. The result of
experience is, that it is fine grass for
pasture; bu, not so good for hay. No
manure was put upon this ground from
the lime the grass seeds were sown. The
soil is yellow sandy, 9Th a ycllow sl'
clay suJsoil. Has been cleared upwards
of thirty years.
In the spring of 1887, about one acre,
andi the spring oflS39. about threeacrcs
were soWn its-re-l -,an ~ -t,+-r757seed. Ineach
case; The grass seeds were s0wn with oats.
Through this piece of ground, small
branch runs. The one acre was originally
we, and boggy, but lying al the foot ofa
long cleared land, the wash upon it, has
covered it from six to ten inches deep, and
it is nov perfectly dry. The year before
the grass seeds were sown, il was well ma
nurcd aud planted in corn, and produced
a very good crop. The crop Of oaIs was
good. The first ycarthe grass could hard:
" BIZ seen. The next no.a good crop
Earh year Since that, Il very go1d crop of
hay, but amount by weight not known
The crop of l6ll, was generally from
two to three feet high when cut; and as
thick upon the ground as it could stand
This makes an excellent, hay, and upon
soil well prepared, yields boun!iiul re-
turn. The three acres was before the west
side of the branch, and was old meadow
land, which had been used as natural
grass had been entirely subdued by weeds
Of different kinds, and the ground aban'
doned as a meadow, and turned out, as is
Usually termed, about five or six years be-
fore being ploughcd up, it Was again pu
under fence, but the natural grasses done
n, good. The winter of 1887 and 1898
a heavy coat Of long stable yard manure
was put upon it. Then faIl"wed, as wei
as the nature The ground would permit
ard planted in corn. There was bat
stand of cora, in consequence Of the cut
worm deslroYingit. In the spring of 1889
it was sawed with oats andred top gras:
seed. There was butan ordinary crop o
oats. The grass has been standing fn1
hay ever since, and the crop of 1871, wa:
very good crop, lhough moi SO gond gen
erally, as the one acre, but it was OWN!
to the fact that it is mt so thick upon the
ground. It's believed that the next crot
wiIlbe better, as it appears to be spreading
over the ground A part of this, howeveI
was rtirt.esleet high, by measurement
The soil upon Witch this grows, is what i:
called cold black-jack land, some places
water rises in it, which has been attempt
ed to be remedied by cutting ditch alon!
its margin, but has been so far unsuccess
will or,u Uol