The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-11-01

who held without a sigh
sweet %fcssiODs, where clear memory rat content,
E'renely tatislied with HE well fpenii
And immortality.
There are Two graves beneath two apple.trces-
I've happy gave, made by the sweet spring brc'h
With apple blossoms whitGi
Lnppe I In J0l grasses when Jnne's roses blow
In dutumn'r sIl'nd0r, or In winters snow,
Away peaceful sight.
'rmuda Ginss-Is Origin and value u,
the south.
In your issue of the Weekly Courier
Journal, bearing date of the 9th inst.
appeared my letter in reply to an inquiry
made through your columns in regard l'
Bermuda grafs, Since its publication,
have received u number OF letters from
Kentucky, Indiana and other states
making further inquiries relative 10 THU
peerless grass, its growth, yield and ad
vantagcs over other grasse,. ! have
chosen TO reply to many OF these letter.
through your columns, inasnluch as my
attention is 10 closely occupied at present
as to force me 10 forego the pleasure o
answering many Of them through the
regular channel of epistolary corresp)nd
enCc.
In the beginning of this letter | desire
10 cay am not cnjeavoling to create n
%Bensation or a demand for this grass that
will advance my p%ecuniary interest, but
on the contrary, TO introduce a grass into
n stock country, that will eventually
prove of paramount value Of thOst
engaged in such an enterprise.
In view, then, Of these facts, | hay,
chosen tn & medium TO communicate my
knowledge Of Bermuda grass TO those wh'
have already intimatcd their desire I,
try it, etc.
. bermuda grass, when first Introduce
into this part of Mississippi, was br0ugh
by carloads to plant IN railroad embark
ments to prevent them from washing
and has proven to be an iniallible pre-
v%cntive.
II wa imported from the island OF
Bermuda in South America. A geo
graphical examination will show this
island to b. situated in latitud1 33 deg,
aud Clinton, Miss in 80, In view OF
tho fact that il grew luxuriantly in n
more northern latitude when it was
scattered on the embankmcnts, | am
forced TO believe it will grow in other
more northern states. AS n forage for
slock, ii is equal if not superior t,
red clover, because it IL of an
everlasting growth, and not quite -
woody. IT furnishes fine grazing for
cattle, sheer, hogs, etc, during the
winter in this climate, and with n favor
able spring can be m0wn M early rs April,
It resembles blue grass in foliage, md
grows from ak to fifteen inches high, and
so dense that it isa difficult task to cut
it with Il scythe. II is 80 tenacious OF
life aud Of such vigorous growth that is
regarded among some classes of cotton
planters as II great pest, II grows lnxu-
riantly in n lazy farmers cotton fields
when the cotton is young, and under
these circumstances crowd il out. IL was
brought here twenty five years ago, and
or reasons stated above it som became
imp, pular with the more irdulent cases
ol cotton planters, while the industrious
and successful farmers claim that it is
very valuable, because il furnishes
nutritious food for their stock, enriches
their lands, and, when once broken, the
land, will produce cotton, c)rn, G c.,
per acre than other land. Its immense
yield, its rapid growth, its nutritious
properties, its endurance OF cold or heat,
It's ability to grow and spread wei ON
our poorest soil, while undergoing the
ordinary process OF blowing, force me to
claim that il il the peer OF any grass
grown in the south or southwest. Since
its introduction into this community it
has spread for miles north and south of
the railroad. and now covers many thou.
sand acres of valuable land. | have re.
ceived many letters %propoundinc the
following iDterrO cations: How is Der
muda grass p%ropagated? Will il grow
I'm clay lands? viii it grow in sedge,
other grasses or weeds? and what time
i. best 10 plant it," etc. In reply to
these questions | will say Bermuda grass
IN produced in the island Of Bermuda
from seed but in this latitude they do
not mature, consequently it is produced
from the roots. | have reason to believe
il will grow on any soil that will produce
peas, corn, oats, wheat or clover. IL
may he planted in a field of sedge, other
grasses or weeds, and 1t will eventually
crowd them out; and no other nipple
ment of less capa;ity than n two.horsc
pillow can turn over the grass sod. IL
lourishes here when planted in any
season of the year, but in Kentucky,
north Alabama and more northern
states, ! do not think il would grow only