Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-29


to almost entirely take the place
Of corn, although the yield Of lard
from hogs would be less. There
IL hot one-half The work about
clover land that there is about any
other. Thinks when q man has
plenty or land The best plan is 10
divide into four parts for aliernat.
ing-two, say, in clover, one in
wheat and one in corn. Thinks
hillside land may be made to last
much longer if properly managed
Requires Observation-Disclosures must
be opened where wanted, or the
rain will open them where not
wanted. bitches are needsd also
in low lands, and when dug, most
of the dirt should be shauled
away. A ditch, he thought, should
have n decline of two inches in
ten feet, but if there be too much
fall it will wash into a gully
The banks of his bitches are SET
in blue grass-it keeps weeds out,
In reply to query, he thought
that the white blossom was the
worst enemy of timothy.
Maj. Buchanan said that in
1880 his father sowed a field of
twelve acres in timothy, and that
meadow is now the most produc.
tive part of his farm. Last year
he cut six stacks of excellent hay
from the meadow, of average size.
and one of them weighed $500
pounds. His experience is that
as a single feed it is deficient in
fattening qualities, but with corr
is good. About the first of June
the meadow looks as if nearly al
cheat, but in eight or ten days the
cheat dies, young timothy comes
up, and the yield is fine. lie
thinks the black marshy lands of
this country can be made more
profitable in timothy and herds
grass than in any other way.
Mr. Vance says that every fall
be sends man with a grubbing
hoe to dig up dock and iron weed
from his meadow, and thinks
every meadow should be treated
the same way. Particularly, he
thought war ought to be waged
against the Canada thistle. lie
said that he cuts off little Of the
end of the noses of his hogs,
which does not hurt the animals,
end prevents roofing. By thin
means he saves his grasses, al.
though he does not think blue
grass is injured by roofing in the
winter. He said if he were 9
young man, with only 40 acres.
be would divide it into four tracts
He sows wheat before and after
corn. He sows clover in the Fall
when sowing wheat.
Where leaves are not thick
enought TO burn, he sows corn on
the land, and turns on the hogs
until March, with decided advan.
tage.
Col Mcdaniel has noticed a new
species of grass, rather yellowel
than common; the seeds are al
on one side. Stock readily cal
it, but its qualities were not YET
understood. 1t dies in the fall
President Stone said he was g
great friend to clover, but fol
grazing purposes thought blue
glass has no equal. As good a
stand of blue grass as he ever had
was sown in the spring, after SOW.
ing oats. His stock often runs on
his blue grass all winter with nc
other feed, and in the spring they
are fat. Hogs do we'll OH it but
not as we'll az on clover. Fall il
the best time for sowing. Thinks
timothy is the best of all grasses
for hay. There is some land that
will wash, and a sodding of blue
grass will save it, and it is ques-
ton, he thought, whether there
is not as much money in thus say.
ing land as in cultivating it. lie
made, also, some very sensible re-
marks on the Importance of saw
ing timber. The time has come,
| he tbouoht yUhan mora caro ahould