The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-06-11


be foul, replow With ligh, scooter. and make
the surface smooth. This should be dons
sbou the middle Of August. and # BY the 10Th
Of September. your ground Be foul, rePlo~
With q ligh, scoo'er, and make the surface a
IN a fe~ DAYS, n the ~eaiher be .essonsb bic,
and take care Of ITSELF 1t 70 difficult getting
a s,snd With tins clover the first year. but
when once obtained you have no further
trouble ~uhh.
! ! came, satisfactorily ansssr how much
seed should be sown to the acre. put from
t~en'y to ,h,ry five gslons to the acre last
fall but owing 10 the excessive drought, II
DID not como up until after tho RAIN 10 NOvem.
Der. That rain. you may recollect, vas sue
ceeded by a h.avy tresze, ~hIch threw most
Of the seed to the surface and | had a bad
stand. 1t 10 however, the only fall 10 seven
that the clover has no, come up within Sep.
tembe,. II is almost throwing time and Ia
Dor a~sy TO sow this clover late 10 the fall, as
II comes up bad, and gto~s off Isebly.-
When II g.ts an early start. cold weather
does no, SEEN 10 check us gro~th, and It will
be from a foot to eighteen inches high BY the
10 sns.er to your third ,n:errogatory, l
will state, ths, he oil ice, IN view 10 any an
ssrr to yuut second, 10 directing the cold
crushef To lie used after so~iog, 10 TO prepare
for ,avug seed When the clover 10 fully
mstured. the seeds fall from the plant, and are
saved by rak,ng the straw fl, and then, with
q commun or brush room, swseping the seed
into heaps of sevetal bushels. They are then
c,en,ly large 10 the meshes to aIlo. the seed
to escape. This take. out the most of the
straw and cosrser clods and trash. They are
then passed through a finer sieve, winch al.
lows the dust and finer eiods 10 escape, re.
,slns the seed IN . tol.rabIy clean condition;
the state ~ which hey are sold. find that
hand NAV save one hundred gallons (proba.
bly, ucre) IN da, Ga. acre o. good land
~e set IN his clo,e', vii yield from ,eo TO
fifteen hund ed gsIluns
Your fourth lnter'og ,tor, ~, s,to II. man.
ner Of growth. The nunber of shoots from .
root, aud theusza aud iengrh and your e tn
inleuogslory Is: What amount Of graz,og
all an acre Of this clover bear, and for shat
perlodl | will, for coave ntence, an.~er the
las, first; as | hsv- but titis experience, I
will give that. 10 November ls49. | turned
s1 or seven calves on my clover It being then
about foo' high) and occa,ionally from one
10 three grosn csttle, every Saturday night
aud Sunday, Eve head o horses and mules
About the Is Of Fsbruaty, found II had
not been '.cuced 10 height, although the
sock we're very fond OF 1t. :hsa ,urled 10
40 addition OF all ny cattle and Oh ep, (sboul
hly he d. and il took until the frs. of March
TO eat it level Nth he ground, or Us close as
sheep and oiher stock can es, gts.-in adj.
dllon 10 tbs, | turned IN number OF hogs
daily for 'ew hours. My otJset vas TO see
how u would bear close graz ng. and re-
moved The hogs, 80 | had not more than an
acre, and . bad sand On half Of that, for fear
they nigh, root It up, and impair The stand.
Ga the 6f-, Of Mach took every hing q,
aud about the FIST OF June. one OF my neigh.
be" M. Iiobrook} drew VI, w'ihou, seIec.
ton, plant and measured IT. IL rds ssren
feet long. Its manner Of growing Is therefore
tspid. The SIZE Of the straw 10 that OF Red
G over. lie shoots are numerous from each
root, aud IT gross ss ,bIck as It can stand on
The ground. Ii mstured las, wear about the
20 of June previously ! never pas'ured 4,
and It INSURED some time 10 May. You can,
from the ,,zs when commenced grazing and
iB growth after the stock we're taken of, 10
fer The period !, might have been gtszed With
more accuracy than | could.
/ Your sixth ,ntsrrogatory IS: What quaint.
~ Of vegetable matter will be restored TO the
cath when not grszd at all, and whs,
saoun, hen gtszrd until the Is, OF March
April aud MAY Il gro.s rapidly IA The isI
and winter, and Yields a large return Of vsge
table matter, and . dsnser shade Than any
other grass | ever saw, both OF winch have
a ieuilz ny intlueoce. My first crop wa,
sown 10 drills, and only grew 10 tie ~hol,
season abou, seven feet. The only addition
| nj GerIiIiln nIven b.. lie cln.a.