Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-02-25
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Orchard Grass for the South,

An Atlanta, Ga, correspondent OF
the Plantation says of this grass ain
the catalogue Of grasses adapted. TO
tho soil and climate Of the South,
both for meadow and p~asturage, this
l regard as the most valuable for gem
eral cultivation from the Potomac to
the Gulf of Mexico. II withstands
the fCOsts of our most rigorous win
ters, and we'll endures the heat of our
hot and frequently very dry summers
Weddings fair return for cultivation
on moderately good soil, and a most
abundant yield on that well MANFRED.
it furnishes a good pasturage during
the winter months, and if stock be
removed from it at the proper time
in spring, it yields an early and bOun-
tiful crop of choice hay in May and
June. So acceptable is the hay to the
best Judge Of u good article, the well
fed and dainty horse, and if we place
in the rack before him a mixture of
that from clover, timothy, herds grass
blue grass and orchard grass, he will
first select the stems of the latter,
supposing all to have been out at the
proper stage for curing into the best
forage.
"This is the Dactylic glomcrata of
%bontanists, the cocks foot grass of
the English farmers; in this country
generally known by the name above,
because OF its adaptation to shady sit
u%atiOns. This and blue grass arc
especially important to us of the
South, for our forests are rapidly dis
appearing, and we should utilize
what are left to us by clearing out
their underground, not suffering the
AK to hurl their oaks and by convert
ing them into woodland pastures for
horses, cattle, sheep and hogs.
"My opinion in favor of their grass
is based upon experience and cultiva-
ton, as well as observation of It's
growth, by Others in the States of
New York, Virginia, Tennessee and
Georgia, and that opinion is corrobo-
rated by others. John Washington,
an eminent practical farmer OF Vir-
ginia, thus speaks of it. 1t will sup
ply horses with more hay and grass
in fall, winter, spring and summer
than any other grass yet introduced
into Virginia. 1t is the only grass
that grows with us the whole wear
round, except only when the ground
is frozen. 1t will supply horses with
more hay and grass in fall, winter,
spring and summer than any other
grass yet introduced into Virginia.
1t is the only grass that grows with
us the whole year round, except only
when the ground is frozen. 1t will
grow on any dry land, not excepting
a sand bank. If you want a lot al.
ways green for all idle horse to run
in this will supply it or green grass
III winter for your dairy COW, this is
the only grass that will furnish it.
Try it on a sand bank, if you can't do
better"
Edward johnson, a farmer in Della.
ware county, Pa, says he soWs a few
acres of Hungarian grass, and con-
slders it a very valuable addition to
his winter supplies. His COWS and
horses eat it readily, and thrive on it
and its rapid growth, in the event
OF indications of a short crop of grass,
makes it an important and profitable
substitute. lie says his crop varies
from two to two and q half tons per
acre, ready in two months from the
time of sowing, which is usually the
first week in June.
Whenever the seed shows signs of
rlpening by turning yellow, he has
found to be the proper time to cut.
1t grows three feet high, and the ouan-
tity Of seed sown is 20 quarts TO
the acre, well drilled in with an ordi-
nary wheat drill. The sowing of
patch OF Hungarian grass may prove
to be one of the elements of high
farming, and enter into u soiling sys.
tenn, as it can be made to follow
sown rye, and will make an agreeable
change for the cows,