The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-06-08
S0ILING CROPS.

~ sy.,S 'o,, suu 'uere,ore lsa nus solinS crops
oaoee 20 c, s,o"si esaEs the seaoie where Eney
' Gt, oI 80 aPsePara'lon Ior so,nng
t!o ua sA.,u aA' iew acres near tne paSA
d;s,aU. S ,;i " 20 usea m M tptation lot !ne
Ill, ha 'n'ah S'oEs ue aoorsel sSlilne
smni, nuo '' VIZ" = iaise crop snan'
4 W,S~r, Nv, ~
f,,n;ah ,h" as.I;.., on aau apaPeea 20 IL, wiz
.nr;h. III ,'.,sS" Su'.'uh VI e.seu iooc 10
r. sansn,r nv; - ~. sosSn'. .i"ys uut'ns
.nd ao,,u;.L = =" oA0S'en' eoiiine orUP cru
| sn;i, ~. ar, Deos Cu sauuy anu eraVe"y
ell, so;i ~. ous ~ wiz sioN Sisorousiy on ai%osc any
T. Ill ,;O,S 81 Ss - ~ noaye ceuly Dy lrose'
so;,,ia.3o.n,. - W;sSSsgpyyo' o' sreen 1000 ON
oys, @ laro. ~, as xsy ;yvss spleaa ou'
! hsr oS ahsSo,hpnt 49,. .ssS. usn 20.
s:s,;s
4 th - l. vii =, onoo sn~;ss - -
second cron Ifomt hapce hpe .I ~ ,u asu ,ol
II will commoroo ;,a no,n .s,'".I III oau lS:m
" from tho centro of INV ,ho s.JI" s,o,n Ie.ha a'o
is oood and Tho lond sus;o;"n,,, o;s. ~ !.
n1r bo o,,t ,uau,, III m.en'y no'sr, IL
shonld be sown c,rlv for .o;IS @ I~n Io.., asye r'
of Angnst or e.rlv u Sonton,b,, c.. N;IPJs Pis
and New Enolanj St,tos ond f,n ~ ~. g ST.
ern States nav be sown ~ Nor,n,Lov nI S'''. T.
| is better sown With Tho dr;,l ~ 49, nn., -
two bushels nor ,oro 60. sIo',IS 'a.o ..: ~
too Great grov.h :, H. en- :. ".'.u =.
pastured if Tho so;l bo drv. r. not 10y "'ou, ~ -
bipb 50 that Il nav not smother ,uJor sn.,r ~
The nutr;mcnt in s-een rve 10 om;tO % ooU"i onv"i
to that in either t;mothr IT, du.ss siJa' ia
ver bnt ve usmoIi,, us;y i;..I. sIs. u t,. I.o.
with r. ~ vhan cr..;na @ ,o. n..'o 'lDS'i nly
time with clonar ,n;na,o IL. ~ sa -
nor,e H.. Lno,n I'll Ill :" 'qu"'
rve oIona h',. .ho ,.o. "S W W "II on sicen
is not a. torrot Nc ;nscIover - rrLs ,,.SGo.
ton of oreon;c matter in, Groom rro pSpU IT,,
5incr ce5i I'm. III. a,5Sn,;a;S, av'o. -.
which tho c,se;n of MIL i 80 .p. Uos y.
to onIv "a No. oon4 ,s,;,a, ~ "'
matter il; rod clover 10 IS'h nan @ oon. go "nS
tho albnminG;ds "a nor cont ,n,L;nn oio
/ YER comnofof;veIS r;cher in ,b;s ;nnno.,.n. .o
element oe Mill Ros;das ~. hnI;on ~
FEEDING az Great variotv ~ 10 oomuon;on. Wo -
Rive and clover combined mako - mos, nr.
ccIlent rot;on o "'"A' I" n'oS' "a
GREEN OArs-I have inst rooo;rod IN
;nourv in reCaroroe 70 Tho oo,mn,r.,;uo III
ne of oats in bloom v;,h ,ood fan "u .,.a,,
rye for PRODUCING milk T. w,s o,so 90 tod
that some C,rmers roo,ra Groom ont, "a -,
furious, when fed alone. these unfavorohle
opin;ons have arisen from fseJ;na nats toc
green. At the commencement of h,oon,;nn
thev contain onlv ~ a nor con-, nf ornan;,
matter. and at this neriod are .,;oh.lx b;t ~
I fter.-whfie iu tfts-1 1n;it-they eonssiss,l =
30 per cent and are rich in olbumino;ds
If fed in the first milk. and from that r.
the dough state, there is probably no green
food that will make more milk IF oats mr.,
cut before the head is formed. thew will GROW
a ,cond crop and in cutting them nt tbi.
early stage, we have found i profitable r.
feed little hav. or wbcot bran or clover
But oats are most profitable to feed in tb,
milk, and we find it best to run them through
straw cutter. when all parts of straw and
soft grain are mixed and eaten toretber
We have fed them at all stages of growth
from eight inches high to the dough state
and never saw any iii effects, but regard the
early milk stage as the proper time 70 bepir
| feeding.
LUcERNE (Nedicaoo otiya)-Tb;,
plant is the same as the California alfalfa
and has often been mentioned as a soiline
crop. Its nutritiye oualities stand ver,
high, and where it thriyes NAV be cut tbre'
l times in a season. This cron has orea
reputation among the Germans and French
1t was stated that the mowers at the French
Exposition %cre tested in, cutting a cron q
lucerne, on the 23d of Mayltwo and bal
feet high. and that the same machines bai
another contest on the same field, in cuttips
a new crop, quite as large, ON the 26th o
July. 1t is one of the Oldest of the cultiya
ted forage plauts-was in common us,
among the Greeks and Romans. Chapoel
lor Livingston experimental with it in l79l
and reports some three wears of his trial
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