The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1855-12-05
From the Arator.
GRASSES AND GRAZING.

GRASSES AND GRAZING.
Mn. EpIroR: have read uitb much inter-
est the following article from the Southern
Planter. and as the climate and soil Of vir-
ginia, in corresponding localities, are SINH
lar to those in North arnlina--as the policy
Of the farmers Of both States is the sape--
as the raising Of grass and grazHg have been
much neglected in North Carolina---and as
the season for immediate preparation, (and
many Of our people are desiring TO adopt the
system nf raising grass artifclaIly,) IS at
hand. il will be read with much interest and
prohtb your readers. w. r.
have nearly every kind Of grass grown
in Virginia, and for many years have made
q support by grazing cattle aud sheep.
Every grazier is bnnnd 10 have grass !;
the farmer aud planter ought 10 have it. The
quickest way To improve land is by plnwing
down successive crops Of oats. rye or peas |;
but the chraiest way is 10 plow down the
perennial grasses. alter they have stond three
ur fur years untouched by scyihe or tooth.
The kind Of grass to be sewn should be
adapted 10 the locality /; for although nature
may be coaxed little. yet she cannot be
whipped or spurred out of the track the Cre-
AHdtrtd buts ~ - ttHt llldl NutH
may be grown either in the torrid or IN the
temperate zones but let II be remembered
that although northern corn can be grown
in southern climate, southern corn can
not grow in a Northern climate. Ii north.
ern corn be transplantei in the south. il
will in few years become southern corn !;
\ take the same corn dire, tly back to its orig
inal place, aud the frost takes ii; bur nave
the annual produce only few miles towards
its original home, and when there all is right
again-it is what il originally was. The same
cannot be said of the grasses; Tor 50 far as
NV experience and information go, they are
all nov what they ever were.
/" Some Of our grasses are ANNALS. some
are pcrennials. some are natural. others lor-
eign or artificial.
''0f the annual grasses. | say nothing. be.
1 cause they are worthless when compared to
the prrennials.
"Of all the natural grasses, we have in yir.
ginia the green sward. the white clever, and
the Virginia blue grass; all Of which are 81.
4 perior Tor grazing purposes; especially for
sheep. The green ssard and white clover
will generally be found craving togeth r. and
on rich land NAV be cut for hay twice in the
year but because of t'ieir difficulty 81 cn.
ring. hciter for this purpose have sume 9TH
er. The natural place for green swar,i aud
white clover is on cool. Inoist Ian !. contain
Ing potash in abundance, a. well as a due
portion of lime and gypsum. II the poissl
is wanting it mu.t be suppl ed either ~ The
manufactured article or 81 the Ashes. Only
SOW The ashes aud the green swatd will s,.nn
show itself without Swing; without The ash
or ashes you have no green ssard. NJ,
mountain home contains. perhaps, a supera.
bundance &c potash, produced by the de.
composition oi the felspar aud green stone
racks, aud ashes from the burnings Of woods
and weeds aud here have these grasses
in perfection.
!" Abuut thirty years past. the blue grass
was growing all over Amherst, aud had ex.
elusive possession oi the larger mountains !;
but nn~ the green swaiti has taken is place /;
nature has ordered a change, aud am glad
Of IL, Ior the green is now far prcl rsble
10 the blue. hut | have no doubt that in
time 10 come, perhaps hundreds or thou.
sands IL wears, this same blue grass seed
will be called lurth bv nature aud then
il will not be the dwarf seen here in my
day, but superior plant. Although aware
&c the difficulty Of performing the task, |
will attempt To- speak OF the adaptation ol
the different glasses TO the different sOils and
locations.
.on paor land, dry, SOW herds grass and
ribbed plantain.
.0n puor land. moist. herds grass.
"tln punr land, wet siaguant. herds grass.
"on poor land. wet slopc. herds grass.
!" On f,ch land. dry. We have nonc.
"On rich land, moist, if warm location.
SOW meadow oats, Italian ray anI Kentucky
blue. u cold location, SOW timothy. or.
. clard.
"on rich land, wet slope, j warm loca.
tiun, sow velvet. ribbon, Kentucky blue,
!. herds. lf cni,. timolhy.
, "On rich land, vet stagnant. herds.
On sand, cold location, something ma,
grow.
"On sand, warm location. nutiing unless
irrigated.
I" ly cold land, mean our mountains and
: northern sloprs, including the valleys be-
,ond the blue Ridge. ~ warm land. ulraI
all uthrr lueetions IN nur State. IL Virginia
i thusan,s oT cattle die annual, during win
: ter Cor want III IOwl; particularly eastward
lrum Tie Blue Ridge. Better kill one bal
!; for the dogs and buzzards, to ensure ID,
lie Of those remaining, aud have them y
good condition 10 the spring; ur better still
: drive the surplus aeruss the Blue Ridge ant
: sell them. Better be without cattle thar
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