Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15
The Lincoln County
Farrnarss C1yih

The question for regular dis
cussion, was ''The best way OF
making and saving Hay" in til,
discussion of which there became
involved the question of the bee
kind ofhay. Mr.. j. w. Holman
who was absent on account OF
sickness, sent an essay on the sub
Ject which was read by Mr.. W. P.
Tolley. Mr.. Holman confined
himself exclusively to the best
mode of saving Clover Hay
From an experience of thirty
years. he was satisfied that clo-
yer was better adapted to the
wants of our farmers than any
other hay making product of our
soil. 1t was not a difficult nat.
ter to cure clover hay,1 but re-
CURED some care and Judgment
Whenever you could take a twist
of clover in the hand, and no sap
or water exuded from it after
twisting it, there was no danger
in putting it Immediately in the
barn or stack, but if put in the
stack, it should have a cap of
straw to turn the rain. Mr..
Dwight Hill had cut one very
large crop of clover and saved it
without trouble. He thought il
ought to be cut when a third or
half the blossoms or heads were
turning brown. He commenced
moving about nine or ten o'clock
in the morning when the dew was
off, and moved no more than he
could take up the next day. Mr..
Harrison Rees had moved clover
and stored it away in his barn the
same day, and had good hay. Mr..
Henry Dusenberry thought Orch,
ard Grass and Glover made a first
rate quality of hay. Col. Nc.
Daniel desired to know if there
was any way TO keep the weeds
out of timothy meadows. Col.
Tillman thought the great trouble
in getting a good setting of tiIno,.
thy was attributable to the fact
that we did not sow enough seed.
He stated that DR.. VIM. Bonner
had fine meadow, the best he
had ever seen, sown last fall, from
which a large crop would be cut
this year, free from all kinds of
weeds-that a bushel OF seed was
sown to the acre. Questions from
other members of the Club elected
the fact that DR.. Bonner sowed on
very strong land, some of which
had never been in cultivation.
Some of the members of the Club
thought that while d bushel of
seed might do no harm on strong
land, that it was more than was
necessary and would be entirely
too much on old land, which had
been cultivated. The . opinion
seemed to be general that it was
next to impossible to keep weeds
ou' of Timothy when sown On Old
land.
Upon the whole Clover
seemed to be in the ascendancy,
because it was not only q mach
surer crop, but made az excellent
feed.
DR.. Noblett, appointed atltiseI
last meeting Of the Club to read
an essay on the disease Of ami.
mails aud their treatment, was
presen. and read an article on,
the clog, his history, habits, uses
and diseases, and their treatment"
Col. J. D. Tilman, in obedience
to a request at the last meeting Of
the Club, delivered an address on
,'the dignity of labor and our
moral obligations 10 posterity in,
preserving our lands"
DR.. Noblett's essay and Cpl.
Tillman's address were listened
to with marked attention and
contained some interesting state
ments of facts. We may in some
other issue of our paptrgive. q syn
opsis of the above mentioned essay
and address.
After the meeting Of the Club
was over, there was fine display