Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-04-22


farmers, you will see that we are Sincere
The introduction of this seed may not be as
successful with You rs nth rs, but this we
dc believe, that it sill prove the best paying
crop of any, with all persons.
1t has been supposed by many that this
grass was more particularly designed for
stock growers, but | conceive that every
man who raised an acre of oats. had better
substitute this in its stead. Not that /
would recommend any man to plough up
his meadow beforeshe gives Tulsa trial, for
the doctrine ''to prove all.things and hold
fast to the good" is the best. You can
then determine how FAR it woald be adj
visable to substitute this grass for other
kinds. With US, farmers are relinquishing
the common kind of grasses for this, and
have ten acres of Timothy that shall give
up for the more vigorous, more certain, more
yieldy, and more nutritious Hungarian. /
would here remark that the culture of This
crop interferes with no other crop that we
now raise. 1t is not necessary TO sow it
until after all other seeding and corn plant
ing is done, and it can be harvested any
time after ali other crops are out of the way.
That it does not suffer by standing long
time. like any other grass or grain, neither
does long standing deteriorate its value, be-
cause Ike longer it stands the greater the
quantity and more perfect the seed, and l
consider the grass none the less valuable
! for it. i'a1i -ei
| firmly believe that this grass is dcstin-
ed to work thorough revolution in agri-
culture in the United States, and place us
| foremost in therank ofaSricultural nations,
if we arc not already there, and that the in
PRODUCTION of this little handful of seed is
of more value to us. as a nation, than ali
the seed distributed by Government in tens
years. 1t seems just adapted to our cl-
mate, and like It's great competitor, corn,
loves warm, genial showing that
Europe or Asia can compete with the one
or the other, as il cannot with the great
staple crop. cotton. In this latitude this
grass may be sown any time after the 10th
OF May, even to the 10Th of July, as it on
~ requires about six weeks to make heavy
growth L have sowed one small piece Of
one and and a half acres about the last lays
of April, anddid not cut till the last DAYS
of August and this is excellent hay. 1t
,loes not dry up rapidly, Ike other grasses.
but it stands ready to be cut at your leis-
ure. The best time for cutting, however,
Is when the blades begin TO turn yellow anil
the see'ls are mainly ripe, as this sccrr y
both good hay and good >ec,l. To srm it
all up. am not saying particle too much,
when say that every domestic animal we
raise. can live fa;ter and do well from the
products of this Hungarian Grass, and that
It's scel makes COOL article Of brcad -
This may seem enthusiasm, but the facts
in tn, case will bear Inc out in what / as
sert. | will here remark that any ground
that will produce Indian Corn, will, with
out doabt, produce this crop 1t loves warm
weather and ought not to be sown until the
weather and earth gets warm. and then on
clean ground. narrowed before and after
sowing, and rolling would lie good. L
would remark here that If at the time Of
sowing, the weather is cool and the ground
dry, the seed come on slowly. and looks as
If it would never make a crop. hut when the
r earth gets warm then it will begin to grow,
Tor 1t loves warm weather and seems to be
precisely adapted to our simmer climate,
like corn
to three acres. ii hay is the object, or four
acres if seed is the object. Cut and put mp
like other grasses. but it does not require
near the stirring as it is. easily cure.l, anil
little liable to injury. 1t may be crallel,
If preferred, and cut when other harvesting
is over
If cut very carly it throws out second
, growth which makes a very good crop fer
pasturage. Tins gentlemen OF agriculture,
+ we present you with grass. that not only
promises, but has actually been proven in
, our four years trial, that it will increase
your winter forage crop for all kin Is of do
nestle animals. one and two hundred per
!, cent. over and above your present crops
1t has done this for us and we know not
, why it will not for you, but of this, you
must be the ju'lges, we have given you our
, experience. Many will ask. why has this
, ofso much valuc not been discovered be-
fore? | ask. why has not the Sorgho been
, discovered before? l reply, because it has
not? sass t4ss Nv. q. CLARK.