The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02

does not produce the mould, but it h
caused by the hay not being well cured
The clover should be cut and cooked the
same day, to prevent dew from falling
on it, and remain until next day, beforV
it is put away. @Fs
| CAPT. HAMILToN-Twenty years ago
I cut my clover and put 1t up the same
day; sailed it heavily, probably toe
heavy. II moulded, but the stock ate II
| ferociously-as hay not moulded.
CAPT. BLACK-I once heard of fire be
ing produced by heat from aclover stack
GEN. EwELL-A friend of mine put uE
his clover so green that it blossomed in
the stack. Mould, think, is not pro-
duced by salt.
GEN. PoLK.-English writers say thai
| ricks are better than barns for storing
cloyer hay. The gases from the green
clover ascending, and failing to escape
through the roof of barn, are forced
back into the hay, which damages it.
GEN. EwELL-I recently saw mar
who says he fattened his hogs land they
were very fat on green clover in the
| spring and summer, and on CLOVER hay
| in the winter.
j. l.. WILLIAMS-Pigs are fond OF clo-
yer hay, and if allowed to run about the
hay racks, have no doubt they will dc
well.
CAPT. HAMILToN-I have lost six head
| of cattle from eating green clover, this
season, and would be glad to know
how to prevent this in the future. When
1 can get to them in time, 1 can relieve
them by sticking knife in the left side,
| near the hip. 1 have never lost any after
applying the knife. When they are only
slightly affected can relieve them by
running them across the field. One OF
my cows was so near dead that the knife
had to be applied five times before she
was relieved.
j. II. DEw-Mr. John w. Medley re-
commends that shucks be given to cattle
before they are put on the clover field.
Twas advised to keep my cattle off the
clover until the dew would disappear
L kept some on the clover all the time;
and others L keptqut until ten o'clock,
and the latter were seriously affected by
| the clover, while the former were not.
J. l.. WILLIAMs-Your cattle you kept
up had no doubt become SO hungry that
it caused them to eat more greedily, and
this, haYe no doubt, was the cause OF
their being more affected than those
running on clover all the time.
would like to inquire if any member OF
the Club has ever lost cattle from the eff
ltCJS Vi clONtT WuST6
grass was mixed with clover.
Answer: No one had ever lost cattle
when grasses were mixed with clover.
J. j. WILL1AMs-I have for several
years been in the habit of sowing other
grasses with clover, and have never lost
any cattle since 1 adopted this plan.
Mr.. J. III. Webster was called upon to
give his experience in grazing cattle on
clover. He stated that he hal consider
able experience, and found that by
throwing shucks or other dry food in the
field, or where cattle could get it, that
they were never affected by eating too
much clover. The reason why Mr..
Dew's cattle were affected, they were
kept up until they became hungry, and
ate the clover too rapidly, and the rea>
son why milk cows are more frequently
affected is because they are usually kept
up all night without food. Several
years ago he left home and was absent
for some time, and during that time his
cattle were kept up. On his return he
had them turned on green cane and left
them for a few hours. When he return
ed he found five of them down, and four
of them died. He was, therefore, of the
opinion that, any green substance would
Kill cattle when hungry, as surely as
clover
ORCHARD GRASS.
GAIT. BLACK-I think orchard grass
is one of the best grasses we can grow.
1t affords early grazing, and will bear as
much grazing as any grasses we have.
j. l.. WILLIAMs-I fully agree with
Capt. Black, that orchard grass is one of
the best and earliest grasses we have,
and makes excellent hay. 1t is a good
grass to SOW with clover,
APPLEs.
Col. l.. ID. MYERS have some apple
trees upon which the leaves have died.
Can Mr.. Rainey tell me the cause? The
trees are upon well-drained, gravelly
soil, and bore good fruit last year.
Mr.. RAINEY-My apple and pear
trees are similarly affected Icannot ac-
count for the cause, and would like to
know myself
MISCELLANEOUS.
On motion of j. IT. Dew, a committee,
composed of j. l.. Williams, ]. H. Dew,
Capt. Black, ID. J. Estes, Col. d. +.
Wade, was appointed to select subjects
for discussion at the regular meetings.
HORACE GREELEY. ..#
On motion, the President was request
ed to appoint committee, with Gen.
Ewell as chairman, to invite Hon. HOr-
ace Greeley to visit our city. The acting
chairman appointed Gen. r. S. Ewell,
Maj. J. NJ. Williams, Col. l.. ID. Myers,
4. 5. Horsley, and j. II. Dew.
SPECIAL MEETING.
Gen. Ewell invited the Club to meet
at his residence, near Spring Hill, and
dine with him on Wednesday, the 9TH
of June. Accepted.
MAI. W. b. WILKES.
On motion OF J. 1T. Dew, Major VIM.
b. Wilkes, of Aberdeen, Miss, was in
vited to be present at our next regular
meeting, and join in the discussion.
J. l.. Williams offered an amendment,
which was accepted, that the same invi-
tation be extended to all fruit growers
in our county.
QUESTION FOR NEXT MEETING.
The Couture of Fruits" was selected
by the committee, for discussion, at the
next regular meeting.
NEW MEMBERS.
DIR. A. l.. Pillow and w. S. Rainey,
Esq, and S. III. Armstrong were admit
ted as members.