The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-09-25
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From The North Carolina Farmer.


From the North Carolina Farmer.
THE CULTIVATION OF THE GRASSES.
AZ. EDIroR Why do not the farmers
Of North Carolina pay more attention to
raising the grasses for their stock Not
one in twenty in my section Of the State has
single meadow or grass lot. You may de.
pend upon it, we greatly miss The figure in
neglecling this par, Of COED husbandry. II
we made plenty of good hay, we could keep
more cattle we'll, should have finer beeVes,
could make all Of our own leather, save
much Of our bacon, increase the quantity
and quality Of our manure, improve our
lands, make better crops, get along more
smoothly, and live more comfortably. Pen.
~ of hay would relieve US when fodder
fails, and supply our animals more abundant
food whenever that iurus on, an average
crop. 1t would save coro aud other grain,
and enable US TO sell more Of our portable
produce. We could sell more hogs, more
cattle, more flour, more corn, more cotton.
This is fact that cannot be conlradicted.
Will not our farmers, awake awake from
their slumbers and secure This advantage
10 ihenselvesl enlreat the believing
but indolent, to cut of their Incidence and
apply themselves with energy 10 this bust
ness and would urge upon tho doubling,
If there be any, to read the results Of the
tens of thousands OF successful experiments
tha. have been made, and venture, al least
on small experiment, to satisfy themselves.
Let them put few acres in good order
make them rich and mellop-. and have them
well set in grass. BY good management,
i. need not interfere at all with their other
crops. They need 20, cultivate an inch Of
ground less in other produce, nor make one
seed less. Should any Of them fail in ben.
fitting themselves, il will be because they
did not do the thing right, and should by oil
means try again. Perseverance, Ike truth,
is mighty, and WILL SUCCEED.
Itlsa little difficult admit, TO fix upon
the most suitable grass for The South. But
the Orchard aud the Herds grass succeed
very well, as does the Clover in many pla.
ces even 10 North Carolina. Mle',
doub, not, would succeed admirably but
after all, II is probable the Guinea grass
will prove 10 be emPhaticaIly THE grass
for the South. an inclined to this opn
ion from what learn from other sources
as well as from the following extracts iEol
agricultural papers;
(, s said IN the American Farmer, {
1923, vol, 5, page SO: +" In Jamaica, i.
considered next in importance 10 the suga
cnne. Mos, of The grazing farms through
out the land we're originally created, an
are still supported by this valuable heritage
Hence the plenty OF horned cattle for To
planter and the butcher, which Is such thn
few markets in Europe can furnish beef {
a cheaper rate, or Of better quality TIA
Jamaica.
at yields quantity Of grsss almost e
ceeding belief.
"No kind OF grass supports heat OF /!
sua better; and from the first OF July
killed by the frost, i, will afford consla
and abundant supply OF green food.
"O1e hundred plants would enable pr
family to keep COW 10 town, or suppl,
dray horse with green food all the SUNNI
/" Holiness Southern Farmer aud NJ
ket Gardener, page 81, paragraph Is
This higly cultivated grass is culllva
as green food for nurses and cattle.
grass that is grown al the South can CO
pete with II III quality, yield, or rapidly
growth, Horses and cows are parucu
~ fond Of ii, and The latter will give an
creased quantity Of rich milk shen ftt
supplied with H."
The Agricultural books will tell
to cultivate II, bu, there 10 one thing
must be attended to, which 10, Il must
rich land, and be securely protected
stock, and not gazed, but cut and fe
must be cut eight or ten times a year
deed If the ground you plan, be fair q
,ily for the cattle you feed, you may CT
the time, for by the time you are over
clarIy, the patch you commenced will be
dy for the knife"
Let our farmers get themselves in
of this grass, and arouse ttensey,
ue;hodcsl aud improved systems OF
ing, and they viii Gnd themselves o
road to PROSPERITY
From the North Carolina Fdrme
ON THE MANAGEMENT OF HO
Mr.. Lemay: /! has often been n
Of great astonishmen; to me that SO
attention is paid TO raising SO yaluat
animal as the uoG, ia North Carroll
Here we ought to be pork sellers AN
buyers; bl. instead Of this, ihousal
dollars are annually distracted fro
pockets even Of our turner's for fl
pork This is killing business, az
disgrace to the State. One Seas
this is, that no provision il na6s.yo,