The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-11-19
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KENTUCKY BIrE GRASS.

frcm t'.s Southern Planter.
KENTUCKY BIrE GRASS.
In lacking over the March number
IN. Sontisern Planter. was surpri-
y 70 see. under the signature oi
a,mnton. that the Kentucky blee
80 an. a. snmc cah 1t, the English
~ r.ass, had lost favor in Rockbridge
sa,fy. / have been informed that
,.-,e quantities Of seed have been sold
: Lynchbarg withir the last three
:, ears from that copaty. think Mr..
. I,amuton' must he mistaken in the
mi ii grass. It ) extensively raised
!, our soutA-westsrn counties; and
h,,e been Informed from a reliable
a',,rce that t5ere are meadows now
s,,aJipv thatJ~ere isown thirty years
~ which NE Improved every tear,
.sJ now Wild marc hay than ever.
~ ;,hont an aid except the manure
s.,nnod byyoupg flock tsuch as mares
VI. vi fol,s aid cAfs, which are sup
snr du,ng TIE Fall and Winter BY
" Nine irass mfdows. except. when
~ ,s.aral il coyted with snow.
have 4 lot Of lpe grass which will
/. ,ro wears old nlt Fall. Twas fore
~ "a craze it Ias4pring until | haul
N i nv wheat, Jch | stacked in a
Garner Of the lot. Nothing went upon
the lot until the Il , Of November, by
,ws;sb fine the aEs had gotten up
nearly knee high had lodged The
Llades Of grass wd from ten TO eigh-
teen inchcs'in len and richer, nj
Ger looking pastuf never saw before.
A neighb,lof min bad northern hill
side near bis hous which he had not
claimed, on WI he seeded blue
about the { he was seeding
.seaS<itswas scsdsd, -
and spfif Jed wheat straw over
cry esealy. III less than a year l
as requested flock at it, and thick
er, nicer 9d heyer before saw IN the
same lensb A time.
| rgarat as being well adapted to
the red stiliands of Eastern Virginia.
! failed 70 1t it 10 take on sandy, fiat
land, bat i've re-seeded again this
Spring. prelermixing timothy, blue
grass and clover. The clover gives
way, andtIere is long struggle be-
tween th remaining two, but am as
sured tha the blue grass finally gains
The asceNancy, and the older it gets
the betterN is. 1t certainly grows la
ter in the NIL, and puts up earlier in
the Spring, Vian any grass ! have tri-
ed. ! have elt myself bound to speak
IN favor Of tbs grass; for grass, and
grass alone, viii be the salvation of
Eastern Virgisia. lfevery farmer will
only sow ten Scres, as | have above
stated, he will at this season Of the
year have rich milk and yellow butter,
when his neighbofs, who stick to rot
ten shucks and straw, will have but lit
tie poor milk, and the whitest and
of butter. -, ,,,,,,,
Buffalo Springs, Va, 1851.
Cutting Timher.-If oak, hickory or
chestnut timber is felled in the eighth
month, august in the second running
II the sap, and barked. quite large
zee will season perfectly, and even the
wigs will remain sound for years !;
that cut in winter, and re-
naming until next fall, las thick as
ones wrist,) will be completely sap
often, aud will be almost useless for
my purpose. The body Of the oak
plit into rails will not last more than
en- or twelve years. Chestnut will
asst !olger, but no comparison to that
n the eighth month. Hickory cut in
he eighth month is not subject to be
Sorm-eaten, and will last long time
II fencing.
When | commenced farming in 1902,
t was the practice to cut tlaber for
'ost fencing in the winter. White oak
,osts and biack-O rails, cut at that
me, | found would not last more than
en- or twelve years. In the year 1903,
commenced cutting fence timber in
he eighth month. Many of the oak
ais cut that year are yet sound, as
'ell as most OF those formed of chest
at. IT the bark is not taken Oft this
lonth, however, it will peel of itself
he second or third year, and leave the
ap perfectly sound. The tops of the
fees are also more valuable for fuel,
laa when cut in winter or spring.
advise young farmers to try the ex-
erlment tor themselves, and l&postl
,nces Will not last twice as long for
ut all my experience as worthless.
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