The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-06-29
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GRASSES FOR TIE SOUTH.

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GRASSES FOR TIE SOUTH.
We have been irving experiments Cor
some eight or zen years with he diHeren.
grasses Ihai ne could procure The seed uf.
vet we have no one experiment that trial.
either on a large scale, or Tor length Of
time sufficient 20 speak deoisisely. As a
gass for making hay, We cannot conceive
say one could desire one cheaper, more
praiacliye. more nonrishing Than our own
crab grass. We want . grass that will
give us an early spring bite, q fall sum
mer crop, and winter pasiuragr; whelh-
or we can get 50 much is another matter.
We saw the Bermuda grass over TWEEN
" years ago growing on variety Of silua
tons, in all Of which il 6ouiished well,
anlallllongh il waseradlcaied a a pest out
Of The ward where We were wont 10 call
h.mr. vet !, never extended into the gar
den. mar did we ever hear Of its showing
itself elsewhere, Notwithstanding horses
and calves weIe suffered TO Craze on H..
We have il here from Two sources, senl
us BY orr friends Col. Wales. from
Washington, Miss. and ] j. MCaugh-
an. from Mississippi City. We canno,
see any difference between them. though
our latter friend refers 10 a difference in
the Isl No. Of the I'd Vol. Of the Ameri-
can Agriculturisl, page %. We never
rubbed on, the seed stalks. nor know
whether either has seed, bur so far Other
wise as we can judge, we pronounce
them ideniically the same. The article
We saw in South carolina. was procured
from the West Indies. At all even's, il
is good grazing from The middle flap
ril until frost, aud on good land will grow
tall enough 10 nov. We have Lncernc
a. this time one foot high, and had the
season been as usual. il would have been
dpubly a. high. II his withslood two
summers. and is al this time more lux
uriant than il ever was. Our Muskeie
grass. though sown just as wiuter set in,
with the severest one recorded in our me-
mory, is at this lime, where there is
good sand, suficietly large for grazing,
and the sof,est velvet grass we ever be-
hrld. II has been quite green. aud We
might saS growing the en- ire winter. We
almost know, il must he suitable TO Us.
II it will only grow high enough to nov,
it will be worth its weight in grass
any how. We have Cana grass, Gui-
nea grass, andihe clovers growing though
the two former only extensively enough
to speak with certainty. They will both
grow well; viii stand summers aud WIN
tiers. though both require cultivation for
one or Two years.
We have tried for two years 10 get the
Italian Rye grass, but unless some queer
hooking seed, sen, US as a present from
an esteemed co laborer. is the article, we
have failed.
From our trials, we have no question
but we can grow almost any Of the cnIil-
waited grasses. il we would only try the
thing right. and give sufficient time for
them to sci ere we Craze off. We have
had clover, iymothy and heard grass
sown in the spring. wi h oats, Id be graz
ed the entire ycar--aye! the first year,
with iolerablc fair stand the second sea
son. No northern farmer would attempt
this, because he would knew hecould moi
succeed.
We intend odering lot Of grass seeds
this summer, TO be sown in September 81
October. for the purpose Of giving 10 earh
fair trial, and would like to order in'
those who desire il. and who have MOI
the same facilities of d,ing so-Whelhel
we improve stocks by crossing, or 10y
Jadicious selections Of those already I'M
proved, we must have pasturage: and IN
no way can we succeed so certain ant
cheap, as by permanent pastures. These
can be made with Muskete gracs, and
wh're soiIing or cul,ivating for hay is de
sirable, crab grass or lacerne will do -,
II may be, that particular sections vii
not he adapted 10 clover or to others, on
we think that no locality can he found
ba, what some grass will do fairly. The
Bermuda will grow on clay bank, on
sand bank, or ri h or poor land, and io'
half The year will afford paslnrage. W.
ak our readers 10 try some Of the grasses
so as to bc able 10 give us information
They need not try extensively, all that u
rcqoired is time, product and quality be
cause a crop might do we'll fur fe"
months. and ye, not stand aur summer, o
standing the yield too small, or ba'
quality.
A CuRrous + AcT.-Much attention Ia
recently been drawn to the FAC. that IN
nrol,,,., ~ - .,at ,os nay a., much inrrral