Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-04-28
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We TAX the tollaFing Font De.
BOWS Register.
The -calIiyation Of Grasses should
receive al the South much more at
tention tia n it has in the past. The
support of stock from the crib or gra-
nary is an expensive affair. We can
not expect Northern grasses cthrive
among rs, but should adopt those of
Southern attitudes DR.. Withers, of
Alabama, has sent us a paperin which
he reco mmends Guinea grass as alto
gether adapted to our wants:
1T is tr le thatit does not flourish
in perpetua u veriure here as it does
in Jamaica, but it grows luxuriantly
for eight months in the year and
at time when almost all our other
artificial 8 rasses are parfhed up by
the heat Of the sd n. Being native
Of the roPics, it rejoiees in the ge-
NAL heat of the su mmer's sun. Spring
ing up in our eli mate with the first
harbingers of spring, it be rs repeat
ed moving till the chilling frosts Of
the Eall. AS is known I'd all Of US,
We had on the 9TH April Of this year
a severe FIRE ze, which destroyed much
Of our corn, and all the cotton which
was then gr owing. The Guinea grass
was at that time high enough to NOV,
butt was killednearly to the ground,
Subsequently, the location on which it
was growa vas entirely overaowed by
the unprec4 dentedly high fresh ct at
so late Sc son as the lst of May,
and RENAME I'd upwards Of week I'M
der the water from the river; yet it
has already yielded us fine crop of
grass, and is now nearly ready for
second NOV ing. 1t is frequently cut
five or six dimes in the course of one
season, anb yields a large crop of hay
each time During the last season,
we measured small lot in which it
was growing rs accurately as We
could by stepping it off, and found it
to contain l 900 square yards which
is little oven one-ifth Of an acre.
After the grass which was cut off of
it was suifiei emily cure ed, we shocked
till it, was dry enough to stack, and
weighing an average shock, we found
that the PIED e of ground had yielded
1000 lbs of hay, which, though not
entirely cure b, was sufficiently SO as
to allow Of it 5 being safely stored in
house. This would make an acre
yield nearly 5000 lbs at one cutting.
This was the second or third cutting,
and it yialded four crops, but none
as heavy as t ne one we tried the ex-
pertinent With The soil in which it
was grown " rs deep sandy loan,
highly ma nuf ted, and originally rich. .
It is in vain to expect any land to
yield SO large a crop Of any vegeta-
bic product, nnless it is amply sup I
Piled with rich, stimulating manure.
"The meth Pd of propagating it is
by the roots, which resemble very
much the cane roots Of the country,
but more nearly the calumus, root.
In the West Indies they PROPAGATE
it by seed; but in this country, as far
as my experid nee extends, the seed
do not yegetate. | see in some of
the books, however that, it is said to
be raised Fl ON seed, but that is not
my experie enc with it, Ny origi-
nal stock " rs brought from Virginia,
bv{Gen. ]. III. Cooke, and consisted
Of about Double handful BY bed
ding them in d rich loan, we pbserv-
ed roots enough in the season to
plant about an acre during the next.
Asst doesnotpropagatei itself by seed,
and is not liable to be taken up and
by the birds IF the air, the {
wheels Of vehicles or the hoofS Of an
mais, it spreads very slowly, and
may be entirely eradicated by cult v
vatipg the land; or more leifectdally S
BY turning hogs on it in winter, as t
jbey are very fond of the roots, and
70 to d great depth to obtain them.
It spreads. however, gradually into
he adjoining hands, and should not
,e planted near garden, or any place
nto which hogs cannot be turned, a.
then you wish to eradicate it. Il
"The method of planting is to iay j
IF burrows about two feet apart, md d
rop piece of the root about as long h
5 your finger, at two feet distance al
i, fba fitrrow. This can be done 1T
nv time during tho winter, and it
,ust be covered deep enough to pro of
ct it from tie gold. A slight work ne
- IN the sping will give it t be start Cl
= ibe weeds an Il grsss, and it will til
on root out every thing else. The |
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