The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-05-05
Winter Pastures.
From tive Georgia Grange

uo>.bIr, an annual expenditure toI
l,i,ny in the mA"aHrlnrnt> nl "u'
lands. We require rr!'"''l amount
If forage for winter. PnIlny fodder
is one rf the r,Allon> Of the ta'ni
Well rurrl fodder is thr most pAlAtA
bic forage which can be given t" hoTS-
rs. So is champagne the most a@rrca
bic of all fluids to man. Bat the t"l
drr is too expensive for the farmers
hu,>e, and the champagne to" eNI"u'
>ivr for the farms man Jl>' iI''''N
of il farmer going into y hundred acre
corn, field, with a gang "t hands, ANA
handling every separate blade on
every corn stalk. Contrast tins with !
a mower cutting down eight acres OF /
grass a day. say 81 Strrn tons, rakcu
ny hy a horse rake, tvid"rrd by horse
power, loaded into the wagon aud
thence into tnr ba.n 10y IL hay LITER
untouched by hannah hands in the
whole process.
Bat lhrlr is a cheaper process Than
this. Ii is one which Cluno! be adopt
cd 4, the north htrun>r the climate
will not allow of it. Tins cheaper
plan is to provide "int"l pa>tn'r> for
mules, hnl>r>, colts, cattle, anl there
by ,llahlin. them to NOV and save
their ovn hay without cost t. us,
either in the way OF negroes, moWrI>
hay stacks OF barns.
Tue way TO obtain a coed winter
paS,ulr is simple AMI not expensive.
Fake u prirr of wood iaud, thin ont
the worthless timber, leaving iAll
aces and mast hcAIIng Trees. Tue
exact li>tlnc" cannot be gwen, he,
cause trees differ very mach in the
an,onnt of >haac whi"i they produce.
The Kentucky rule is t" thin timber,
so that the -lonNd >hAil get sunlight
at least potion Of The day. "'h"i-
wise the gas, will h' SOUR, and 'rj Get
cd bv live stock. The Sr"und ;houi'l
be well >p:"ut'd: @lnhhi,.y is nos
necessary. though It IS best. Eve tire"
tons and brush shouId be piled and
= burned, ard thc n,hr, srnttrrrd. FIX
! crpt for appearance, the logs need moi
he piled and burned. The ground
p should not be pIowca; grass seeds
: should he sown. The available live
) stock Of the farmer should be lurnr,
D upon it to tramp!r in the seeds. Hog:
e are excellent to, this purpose, trrd'"!
G them Shcl|cd com, scattering as WI''r
It " as possible, and feeding IN differ
!. ent place ev'ry day.
The seed sown, >honll consist o
{ orchard. hInr, herds and meadow GA
Is ,:a>S, if the latter can be obtained
o One bu>hrl Of this mixture to b,
l. Sown to the arle-- 0nrhalt OrciIal'
u Grass and the other half of the othe
T. seeds. IN equal proportions.
" Persons wishing an immediate MS
20 of this pasture, may pI"w or har'o'
~ the surface, and SOW rye with G'a>
-. seeds. In such a case tic logs mus
s" be burned The rye will not max
:, good grain, but will give exce(|rn
II winter and >ping feed. This orrr,
, ton must be performed in August q
, September. But most persons wi
w prefer the cheaper plan. and SOW !
70 February grass seed alone. As ST."
VI as the native grasses and weeds wi
~, apprar. live stock should he tnrnr
vi in TO eat them down. They will NJ
Of hurt the young grass, but benefit
W. by consolidating the soil. So long ;
" these weeds and native grasses spni1
~ ~ up they must be fed down. In Il
- fall they cease to grow, and the SOW
w. grasses should DC lett unyrazch mt
NY New Year, when the stock should |
do again PIT upon them. In year
vo two the native gra>Scs and weeds W
.st disappear 10y close grazing and tram
In, ing and IA good Swald of the artitici
w. grasses will be formed.
i If the land has been sprnutrh, y
~, b,nbhed, the sprouting must be +
,"r peated two or three years, unlc
'oa coats are used. Sncha park or WOO
ho winter pasture will not only be an {
No nampnt to the farm, but source
Is much profit to the owner.
-; We have u good deal Of dead cal
is tai in woodland. BY adopting {!
~, course above suggested, We prc>cr
Nc for timber and make our dead capt.
his active. The cost of such WOO
pasture need not he large. 1t is
:, creased if rye or fall oats are so,
III from the necessary pl"wing or h;
pa "a, rowing, and burning the logs. /
,''' Q, ass alone. the whole expense ne
u.s. not exceed five or six dollars an ac
20 In Nashville. grass seed can hr bong
aus at the following rates: Blue a
''' herds grass. $llO per hn>lrl: tin
'''e thy and orchard grass, :! so to
e" per huShrl. If the lot be already ,
l'"' CLOSED, the whole exp. nse will he
~ Splou,ing and burning brush, aud
ne seeds and sowing. 4 comparative
'o', leisure time is approaching to
*" s farmer; he cannot better employ
W than in putting some of his II
! - useless woodland to this Valuable I
''n Almost every farmer can IA
, ','' without appreciahle cost, as MI
W. stock as he can winter.
by
the
r r':. TO Clean Silver. Within. appI
",> with soft flannel and polished
W. with chamoiS skin, is the Simp
l'' y" and hest possible manner of keep
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