The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-03-04

but that now il is four or five inches
high, and in pretty fair grazing CON
dition, while the good field i just
starting to grow, Seemingly He
'sowed ton barley could notsee that
il was benefited, but that the clover
he had sown the same spring paid
him well for the labor and expense.
When he reaped his barley his clover
was in bloom, and he moved this
clover i'm September, and it made
him fine yield. He had never been
able TO NOW a field of clover before
this, the same year. after reaping a
crop of grain. lie also believed it
the true policy to sow plaster after
the moving, as it inyigorated the
grasses, and effects of the sun would
be lessened OH it. He had seeded a
field to timothy and clover, that the
plaster had caused the clover TO grow
so fast that ii sImOthered out his tim
othy, and he don't think he has
one stalk of timothy to the square
yard, where he had a fine stand be-
fore. Does not however, think the
clover will root out the timothy
when /: is older, if the timothy is
thick r than the clover. Thinks the
stock prefer the pasture on which
plaster has been sown.
Coll. w. S. Ridley said there was
Il small l.arcel of ground in his yard,
on which plaster was sown, that the
horses turned in the yard to Craze,
showed decided preference for it,
aud in his opinion would be the
choice of all kinds of stock. lie had
sown plaster on meadow of timothy
and clover; the timothy was almost
entirely eradicated, and that he had
a meadow ofred-tOp or Hurd's grass,
on which he could scarcely see any
clover, and that he believed if he con-
tinued to sow plaster the clover
would predominant in few years, if
not entirely rot out the red-top.i
Col. Wade had sown land through
his wheat; had not seen any benefit
to the wheat, but thai the clover was
in bloom when he reaped his wheat,
where the plaster was sown and no
where else. IS
John Mayes had called his attention
to cattle feeding in his field, and stat
ed that nineteen twentieths of his cat
tie grazed OH that portion of the field
where plaster had beensown. That
YOU might almost at any time see this
proportion of the stock feeding there
and that the clover was as good or
better after standing this test of graz
ing as that where no plaster had been
sown, and but little fed upon by the
stock.
The subject for consideration at the
next regular monthly meeting, which
takes place Oh the last Saturday in
March, is, 'The relative value of gras-
ses for hay, and the best machinery
for cutting and curing the same;" at
which time the Hon. James III. Thom-
as will also present an essay upon
''The proper rotation of crops Two
more important subjects for the con-
sideration of the farmers of our Coun-
ty could not be presented, and we
hope that as many as can will avail
themselves of this opportunity of Sc
curing the best experience of the pro-
gressive farmers Of the land.
The advancement in agriculture is
keeping pace with its sister sciences,
and when we see the almost universal
enthusiasm manifested by its vOtaries
we can confidently look forward to
the time in the rapidly coming future,
when it will be mightest pillar in the
architectural glory of our land. The
Farmers Club in our County is a sue
cess and adds a bright feature to the
evening landscape which hope paints
for the future of our Southern home.