The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-01

civil district with instructions to ascel
tain LIST, No. Of farmers in the distric
, cd, No. acres cleared, No. titled. Sd, N,
ofeccs To wheat, No. in grass 4th, n,
! h09S anu beeveS fateened. - CSA Gas
In the'epfing similar work should b
\ done for spring. crops These CON
mtsesmen would prove the best elst
tisnoerors for the club that could b
sent out. because they. would beget
solid interest in its work. In time th
enquiries would naturally extend :
many minor details. Here is wild
field wherein all may labor. With bee
1 wishes for the prosperity of the clut
X ,U0aVery respectfully, 1.Uq r5f z.n
1 Fad - "a HUNTKR NICHOLSON.
y E. KgHN-I have anticipated Msjo
Nicholson. rc The remarks Of mine t
which he refers, were made purposel.
/ tos'shake up" the members.
\ J. n all felt discour
II aged, In November, at the slim attend
a1ce, but we should not have been. Tn
Club h In live condition now. Iu.
4 KUHx-Ncthing is calculated to Civ
more vitality to the Club than the ap
pointment of committees, II they viii
investigate the matter placed in thei
hands, and furnish. promptly, q vel
written report Of their Investigation
and discision. 11fs committee does III
duty, the people everywhere become
4 Interested in what it is doing, and tn,
Club becomes a power, known and felt
But, ] regret to say, our committees do
not perform the duties assigned then
! with the same zeal that they would e
about doing anything in which they are
personally interested, and which prom
Uses to remunerate them. And yet they
must have this feeling, IL anything
good IS to be accomplished. am tired
OF having people make sneering remarks
about our Club. We are not q humbug
and I want to show them that we art
not. I have come to the conclusion
that the greatest humbugsi are those
people who are always crying "hum-
bug" In regard to Major Nicholson's
letter, would suggest that the best
be to have blanks printed for the pur-
pose and give them to all Tax Assessors
and let them fill them up, while they
are assessing the property of farmers.
| Tho Assessors come in contact with
| every farmer, and eau easily obtain all
the information they have in relation
totheir products, etc.
| y. Is. HANILToN-I agree with Mr..
Kuhn, as to the means proposed fol
| getting up the statistics, but it is toe
late for this year. s.-;rlGl 81 .ra:lisiIg.
L. w. kEEsEE--In appointing conf
lnittee to get up the statistics, it would
be we'll 70 instruct them to also secure
| similar facts in regard to the previous
year, in order that comparison may
be instituted. l''" 'aHi ,+zi"" -e'll
w. 81. Timmons and Horace Rainey
Joined the Club. e. latt r.I .u.l.l
Il. w. BLACK--u we would have more
system in the despatch Of business, and
perform it more rapidly, We would add
greatly to the interest Of our proceed
ings, and members and spectators would
not get tired and leave before we adj
jOufn0d, i"H4 To iG 4Lis -.BT - ilGt o uI..
The cultivation of grass being the
subject for discussion, j. B. Hamilton
remarked that he liked Bluegrass bet.
ter than all other grasses, for pasturage.
He did not know what grass was best for
hay. -. -'-. Ia '. ''''.-.- ID
b. J.. EsrEs-I desire to put this
question to the Club: Will Land Plas-
ter benefit wheat9E yr.i5 ll-.3 Us t--l.
l.. w. BLAcK-I have had no expe-
riepce myself, but the most enlightened
and successful farmers in the Northern
States, say that it will.
T.. II. WILLIAMSON. Wade and and
John w. Mayes found that it cid not
benefit barley much, but vacant places
i'll their clover fields could be seen at
a great distance. yr,tr.g..rl ! uta. ~
L. w. BLACK want to know the
best grass to SOW for pasture; will some
gentlemen give me the benefit OF their
+. H. wiLLIAMs-For my own use. 1
prefer clover, but if desire to sell the
hay, think timothy is best. Clover
requires more care aud trouble in curing.
Timothy will shed rain. T-.--..it;.5 =.
j.. b. ,HAMILToN-Orchar Grass is
next to Blue Grass, in my estimation.
Glover and Orchard Grass will make
you good pasture - ini- .-ie'.-f'i.
y. II. DEw-Orchard Grass is my ia
vorite grass. ] have tried il with clover,
and by, itself; and even at this season OF
the year, have q good pasture. 1t will
grow anywhere blue grass will, but 1
do not like 1t by itself, as il forms a
tuft like broom sedge. When sOwn
with clover, it gives nice appearance
to the latter, after it is cut. Orchard
Grass is even better than blue grass in
thick shade, which makes it specially
adapted to orchards and wood lots. l
have tried it in my orchard. 1t does not
take full possession of the soil, however,
like blue grass, nor does it spread over
the around SO we'll. have made no test
of the relative yield, but orchard grass
turns out we'll. 10 rr.I-...-s- SAT-
j. B. HAauLTOS-I once failed to get
a stand of blue grass in wood lot. .-..
L. w. BLACK-The lunches in or
chard grass, to which my neighbor, Mr..
Dew objects, can tie avoided by thick
sowing. Glover hay is not good when
cut late. II makes cattle slObber. Last
season 1 put orchard grass and clover
together; two years ago, soyed clover
and timothy together, aud except short
time, kept twenty head Of catLle on it.
I cut it, and the yield was very large.
Orchard Grass is much moderated. 1t
is one of the best grasses. think far
mers do not SOW it thick enough. Iput
ono busbel on an acre. . .l.t az.
J. Ii. DEw--l sow four bushels of
orchard grass, and one Of clover, and
get three or four tons of hay. ...az
| WALKER SC0TT-What makes the
best pasture -. -...'-....-
L. ". BEAcK-Cloyer. Large stock
should not be put upon it, il you wish
to NOW it. Calves may, So 4. H-'-
THE PREslpENT--I wish TO call the
attention Of the Club to that pest and
scourge of the farm, White Top. It is
tagging mo country 1t is infesting the
country. Worse than dog fennel did
fifteen years ago. In what way can we
get rid Of it u In my neighbOrhoOd
there arc two fields close together, one
sown to timothy and tho other to herds
grass. There is ten times more "white
top" among the timothy than there is in
the herds grass. h!tJ p-Big'l fii
l.. w. BLACk--That is doubtless caIls-
cd by difference in the. quality of the
land. Timothy will not do well on high
land. .-.r..--.s 5-..., - g.,
PnEs,DEsr-The field to which / re-
ferred is good land. ,.o.. -..5''
WALKER Scorr Z My pastures are
troubled with broom sedge. t' 'EHi hr.i
PREsIDENT--Not long since / read an
article in a New York papar, in which
the writer, an eminent agriculturist,
stated, as an evidence Of the .exhaus>
ton" OF the Southern States, that they
were beginning to be GOV cred with
broom sedge. Broom sedge may be an
evidence OF exhaustion in the North; Of
that do not know, but it is no sign Of
poverty. Of soil in Tennessee" sifII -'Hi
j. B. HAMIIroN-l have seen it on as
rich land as 1 eyer saw. 1t was not
fresh land, however stiE Gs1 si-1'G1a
j. H. lnEY--lt grows in my wood lot.
which has never been cultivated. i-is j, .
L. W.. BLACK can tell how not to
get rid Of it. took it up, root and
branch, in the spring, and threw 1t
over the tence. 4 thicker and better
crop came up Immediately on the same
j. b. HAM1IToN-You took it up
when the seed were ripe. Mr.. McGinty,
| overseer Tor my neigbBor. Mrs. Perkins,
plowed mp held oft, and killed it. ii-
| #. H WILLIAMs--I broke up field
1 soy> Id