Mobile register and journal., 1845-09-02
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 | and life and wh,ch ought, for that purpose, io be | in the best possible state o preservation. Looking seriously the manner purs"edh by thousands m the | South of leedins their aninais we would De cont pelled to believe that they counted on the stomach containing small pair of "French Burrs," capable l of grinding marble; and II Is without doubts that | many have almost as vague and absurd ideas oi the operation of the stomach in digestion, m not only | ile animaI but themselves, for we hear grinding | applied to the stomach in boi-so little do hun dreds knov of the process of digestion. With those | who understand lbe subject, there IS nothing that more (orcbv arrests their attention than the great waste of ;nimal life in the South among aborlng stock, ant "'cattle in the range afisihg rom eltef | improper ieeding, overeeding at particular umes, and whenthe anlmil is an unfit state 10 be allow | ed the foot given, or starvation; and which waste of animal fife is of the items, prominent one, founded in the "prohl and loss" account of the planters eturns for the year.
 The great age which individual cases are ex- tended in i,e South, in both men and animals, ought to arrest tie attention, and at all events, produce doubt in tn minds of all that are not really stupid, that it mus be something other than lhe climate which shonens the period oi existence ln the mass of both.
 While re1eciing on the subject, hy small stretch of common sense, il might and ought 10 occur to the renetline man. that a deal must depend on that which is the plain means by which exIstance IS pro- lnnsed, v2--his food; and by carrying the thought a liule farther he might be convinced that much de-
 
 | rroloIeins of his but the existance o his ani- | mal.
 | Mr. Youatt, in his admirable treatise on cattle. | remarks that there were two great sources oi me
 mortality nt cattle and sheep, and the loss oi aslcni
 ural property and il Is difficult to say winch Is the | worsi ie ignorance and obstnacy oi the servant and COW each, or the ignorance and .upineness oi the owner This lamenlahe fact, Mi. iooatt de- plored tbe existence of in England, and we may safely do the same here.
 n. fn, ntn not, no danger is apprehended m making the asser- ion, that good nutritious well preserved HAY, IS absolutely necessary to the healh sgor and lie oi animals that To not roam the forests entirely or mat aid Us in our labors. Among the grasses aamfao'y calculated for pasture and HAY, that appears a Southern plant, and the spontaneous production oi lands ploughed at certain period oi me year, say in July, stands conspicuous for iis Insurance anu mtritive qualities, that grass usually known as the cRowFoor. Here will beg leave to notice 'hat as regards the crabgrass, stupid look al il Dinc'' of either, found accidentally, will not admit oi an estimate o the growth production oi either, when the earth is judicously prepared Tor the'r erow''' and the an of cultivation applied to then' ai'hough it is but little they reqnire nave now before me stalk oi crabgrass measuring, roots included, SIX feet No class ofplants more kindly acknowledges | the aid received from the hand of man than the grasses. Like the crabgrass also, this grass IS iupd springing up sponianeous n ihe poorer soiis but returns ample remuneration Tor the labor bestowed on it of manuring, and especially after the first cutting, top dressing of eached ashes or compost manure The grass known as the crow foot with us, is the same grass known by that appellation in the Carolinas but the close fesem- blance has caused here the application of the name Like the crabgrass it follows uxuriany the reno val of the small gram by turning in the subble from the lst 10 the 10th of July, throwing up mass ol stalks and leaves coming to maturity with great rapidity-the time for cutting plainly indicated by | the seed changing from the green appearance, | ,vhi inh uuln uot tD he crops can be taken from the ground after the remo- | val of rye oats crop, and third crop making d superior late pasture. No grass IS known that stands drought perhaps equal 10 tis, nor can any exceed it when green in aiiordng nutriton. rms last is fully proved by keeping animals confined to
 t, and it is needless 10 go about giving any reasons | 10 shew that the hay is equally nutritious. Ani- mals are extremely fond of feeding on it, and cir | cunstance known that shews how agreeable Il is to their taste, viz--by pulling up bunch and shak- ing the earth from II, they will consume the last fibre of root. The plant known as crowioot m lle State of Georgia and the Carolinas, is frequently found growing among il, and unless the difference was pointed out slight yIew would hardly discov- CT any. No woody quality is found m the stems, and bv the process oi curing the crabgrass Il gives n superior aromatic hay. every part o which animals appear to masticate with ease and pleasure It is evidently more luxuriant growth than the Carolina crowloot Respecting the last, that excel lent man and valuable agriculturallst MT. iierbi-
 
 | ago, the inconsistency of importing hay from lhe North, and also the cultivation of their native grass es for the production of hay, the instance oi worthy | peghbor, who had cultivated field oi four acres oi their crowloo, the land of mddlIng quality, and who 1 obtained twenty thousand pounds of superior hay, and following crop of oats--lhe land previously in l corn the hay and oats, the production oi the same year, this grass net two and hall feet hign, tnck- | ly set-found 10 contain unusual quantity oi 1 saclerine maiter-tender and sucGulent.
 For the production of flesh, milk, and butter, the crowfoot of Alabama cannot be exceiled. when | fed to iatteang beef as pasture and alone, II will make the fattest of beef the flesh IS noted for l that agreeable mixture of fat and lean, what the butcher calls marbled, generally found in well stall fed meat, and unusual solidity of both fat and Iean | This grass seems to delight in n soil where sand l ab0nnds. It lEls been grown most luxurianily m | light sandy land when cowpened. It is cured with ! the same tnd process pursued win the crab 1 grass. Mixed with portion oi good sweet straw, when stacking, it impars 10 It an agreeaole aVor' | Among the valuable properties ot ms grass as d hay crop, must be remarked. that the period Tor preparing the ground for il, aller the cralgrass' without interfering in the time oi cutting and curing | the hay Thus the planter may have two upland meadows, the abors of the one following the other IL be regretted that no accurate anavss oi ms grass and hay admits 10 say tue quantity oi nu- triton cona mad in II, comparatively, as from the result of feeding; there is strong ground to beieye l it Is more nutritious than timothy few resident s. Caronians put up annually portion oi ms | grass for winter support 10 their mich cows ana calves, for which they value Il highly. Aher u gets start to grow no grass disputes the fs". oI posses sson more successfully. and from the mass oi that puts up close the earth, seems to pre- | serve for its own every drop oi ram or hew.- li has been discovered that the flesh produced on | horse by feeding in good crowioot pasture, iS found unusually solid and lasting and Il consequent ly would be the forage for wagon and dray horses. To compare it fresh and without being subjected lo the heat and damp of ship during voyage rom l the North, would he stupid, be the Nofheih nay of any variety it may. Our towns ough. 10 DC sup piled with i by the country. heflectng on "e ease with which this valuable variety of hay can be pros cured il, ought to act as temptation 10 our planters go into it's production in spirited manner so as to be able 10 furnish our seaboard w,tl, ia'' supply to the exclusion of foreign hay, as well as our inland towns It is certainly lhe hay for the lra,el- ling horse the stage horse especially For laooring animals in the warn season, common sense w" a'c- tate that the food given 10 them ought to De that kind most readily digested. and including m the smallest bulk the greatest quantity oi n'rt,oh ns- | tending the stomach an unusial state wt sub- stance almost without any nrilive quality, such as fodder of corn generally badly preserved, must af- feet the animals wind to say the east and the or gans of digestion must he distressed with their task The third crop of the crowfost affords superior pasture 10 late period for the calves and yearlings. preparing them well for the winter, and where fine quality of grass butter is wished, in the latter part of the summer and beginning of the fall, il will be l found to give il. Like the black top (which will furnish the next paper) il preserves Its nnritive qualities as long us it continues to grow-and last Iy 1t is 10 be recollecied that this grass never dis lurbs malicious srotation of crops' if the planter happens to be pursuing one, not requiring any spe- | cal investment m land for its production.