Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-06
,i,tr or sepentr acres nf thrifty clofer; and

,.a I,r., ;rf;,rn,t t;or, from, ssvar,l other pen-
t,emon whicb % Loads ns to believe that the
cl;,nats hr % Mn means mean f,rb;ds the nroitable
production Of this most valuable and renova-
tino r1raoc nl,nt Eyprvwbere it does best
on LIMESTONE land. clover seed was the
main crnn ,,roxp t;,r market ON the pretty
Iaroe farm wher.op the editor was reared.
After the seed was tEra>hed OUT, breeding
mare, Young horses ami mules, Sleep and
your, cattle, were wintcrei. to large extent,
on tut. straw that remained. The value of
the straw depends in a good degree on the
way in which the crop is handled and mal-
aoed
Neither clover nor any meadows should
have grown cattle tre,dng ON them when
the ground is soft and receives deep foot
prints. Sandy soils, and clover growing upon
them, are little Injured Uy cattle; but damp
CLAW ground NAV 6e parched up, and both it
and the crop seriously damaged by allowing
stock to rua over it in wet weather, or when
tba Surface i sott Trom excess of water.
In reference to cutting clover for feeding
in stables, horses, oxen at work, and cows
giving milk in place Of permitting them to
craze in pastures, the practice is every way
comnendable. All working animals ought
,o have ti,air necessary food placed before
them. that they may eat thoir allowance
opietiy, lie down. sleep and rest Nature
soon recuperates their muscular And nervous
energies for renewed labor at the plow or
elsewhere. Treated in this manner, horse,
mule, or OK, will live long, and perform from
three to five times more work than II hall
his life is spent in search for food where little
is to be found, after he baS toied IN tue yoke
or other gear, all day, for all unsrateful ow-
ner. TO yield much milk, COWS also require
plenty Of green forage in one place to save
them from needless travel. Cool stables,
dark enough to keep out flies, where all ma
nurcs may be saved, are tue places to feed
domestic animals with the greatest atta'nable
economy and pront. 0iYe tnem ory swamp
mud, or muck, or some other good aosoroen,'
for bed to lie down on whenever tney WILL
and haul out all their au'ig every le" WEEKS
and plow 1t ihto tue grounG at ohce 70 uecay,
and produce near Tue ssa3Is niore 'otase ,ot
stock. In tins way, Snali iolS oi clover, iu-
cerne, cow.peaS, corn oaiIey H &C. may We
made to yield an almost iilcreulole quah''ly
OF Tch heritage at trlll,'s eos'. ,,,,o
Clover aid ail peIehlai grasses suouiu te We
topdressed WIN staoie MANURE 'Atei VI .ue
lall, waen the ieeole ray "a VIC 'ut', uno Ion'
siderable ram VIII aiio" tne 'oia'ile anu 81
luole parts OF the manure 10 pass ih'o .pe
ground about the roots ol pants, 10 hourisn
them. II one mas not manure az Tue oeel.
ming OF winter, he Snouio Apply IL a. s''o'. 40
made. All our manure fotS e'tner IN Tue
SOIL, or on IL: never III neaps aoou' 'ne oa' u
or ssaole' 49,, :.
By reSeeuhl6 every TWO years, lc'oseI 10
biennial. OF permitting Tue seeu W susltef
On the ground, clover may be Kept growing
indefinitely ou the satne surface, il properly
manured. 1t is possible that our climate may
be less favorable TO the growth OF seed than
that Of the North; of this we shall know
more hereafter.
a good machine for separating clean seed
from the chais will cost some sixty dolIars'
unless the price has been redlce,i since the
writer ceased to reside at tile North. tvr
horse USE, it is quite aS well TO 81" SEED II,
tic chatf. The best way 10 get out Inc Sceu
Is to tramp 1t out of hor>eS' II tie fn"n''t!
Is large; ana pound IL out Win 'iic HAIL. II
small. 1t Is very easily thra>tea wren Tue
seed Is ripe ana dry, on 5ooa iailu' tne i,tse
crops may pe cut "hch Inc neaus are III o'oS-
som, ior l"raee, a"a ''e seco''u r.. ,ot Ss'.'
Lime, mari, ana oone ans', III ald:l'oii ~
Stlble manure, oeiGnt c!oVer very iucn.
Gypsum Is standing iertliI'er WIN all large
clover and wheat growers; l'r tne '"o st'
erally go together. Clover anu peas, cult