Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-01-28


have prevented me from carrying out my
plan on a more extended scale than have
been able to do, for the amount of the
Honey Blade seed which / have been
able to secure is necessarily limited. Ii
will, however, be sufficient for fair dis
tribution in all sections of the country
and thus sufficient quantity of the seed
may this year be produced, to bring il |
another year into general cultivation as
one of our staple productions.
In setting forth the advantages of the
Honey Blade Hungarian Grass, I have
thus far presented its claims mostly as q
forage plant, but there are other qualities
in it which are equally worthy Of notice
| refer to the value of its seed as feed
for horses, cattle, hogs, aud all kinds Of
stock, and also as a substitute for fax
seed in the manufacture of oil, coasid-
Grafton of no little importance, for these
qualities will render the demand for the
product, at all times and under all cir
cumstances, unlimited.
| Estimating its Importance, therefore, as
staple, in comparison with other pro-
ductions, we present its claims as fol-
lows
First. twill produce double the weight
to the acre, in any soil, Of ony other kind
of grass.
Second. The same weight possesses
more nutriment, and, consequently, will
sell for larger price in the market, thus
lnsuring the farmer more than double the
return for his grounds than he can obtain
from any other forage plant.
Third. Both hay and seed can be pro-
duced from the same crop, the hay being
equally valuable as other hay, after the
seed is taken from it, while the seed is as
valuable as the best of other grains, As a
feed for horses, cattle, pig,, chickens &c.
or it will sell at a fair price for the manu-.
facture of oil.
, Fourth. 1t natures in so short timt
that ii can be sown on grounds where
: other crops have failed, either by droutt
r or other causes, and, at the same time
, will yield a large return.
Fifth. In northern climates where clio
? yer and other grasses are killed out b,
! hard winters, this will yield large crop
, and, in those sections of the South wher,
/ other grasses will not thrive at all, il vii
!, grow very prolific.
= .Stcth. 1t will stand all kinds of wea
$ ther, aud whether the season be wet o
dry, the farmer may always rely upoI
5 his Honey Blade as a sure crop.
: With such facts as these, which, how
d ever Incredible they may seem, are bu
h stern realities, who can calculate the in
e crease to the agricultural wealth of ou
e country, which will accrue from the gen
it eral introduction of this product.
:, In order TO present to farmers NOR
r definite idea Of IFS advantages, | will es
of innate the return Of a single acre deyc
Is ted to it for one year | shall not, how
n ever, base this statement upon any enthu
le siaStic statements of parties who hav
Ii raised unusual crops, nor shall | calculat
in the price OF the seed as sold for the pul
n pose of sowing, which must, Of cours
n tor the next few years, be much abov
:, any fair standard for il as staple pr,
n, duction.
a Ii cultivated exclusively as forag
o. plant, an acre, sowed about the end
p. May, would at the first cutting in Ju
o. yield, at a fair average, four tons, and
as the second cutting, about one month |
he ter would yield two tons more, maku
as SIX tons TO an acre, which, at the prese
price of hay, from this grass, in my oV
ne section, would bring return of nine
be dollars per acre. This estimate is bas
IN upon crop at the first cutting at le
Ct. than one halt the premium crop retur
NJ ed at a late agricultural fair, as previot
an y stated.
ke If the production of seed is made
de object, according 10 the statements ha
,re already given from reliable sources, ,tbr
1m or four tons OF hay and twenty or thin
of bushels OF seed to the acre would be |
,re moderate yield each year, which "
'ge be an equally rich return, AS in the p
vious estimate.
ige The product is well suited to the wa
Lhe Of all sections of the United States a
to Canadas, and Possesses more uniVer
wo adoption to all kinds of soil and elm
ms than the most prolific OF our present :
md pie productions. At the South it can
OF sown after other crops are haryested,a u
Ied will keep green for feed through the "
the Ter.
ply The time OF spring sowing at the So