The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-24
Commissioner of immigration,
Jackson, Mississippi.
will Glover and the Grasses Grow
i'm Mississippi:


This question is asked in nearly every
letter we receive from the West and North :
in answer
We will simply give the testimony of
some of the best farmers in the State who
have experimental with some of them.
Mr.. G. NJ Spencer, of New York. now of
McCOmb City, Miss, says: 1" l had on my
plantation, in Noxubee county. Miss. a
field of fourteen acres, of as fine clover as
l ever saw at the North"
w. B. Montgomery, of Starkville, Oktib-
beha county, Miss, writes: 81 have proba
bly, two hundred acres in grass. consisting
of clover, Timothy, red top or herds, Ken
lucky blue and orchard grass Every day
this winter my cattle have had no other
feed than grazing on my 'MahOon place,
and many of them are now in good beef
order" We have been on Mr.. MCntgom-
ery's plantations and know that clover and
the grasses grow upon them as well as they
do in the Valley of Virginia.
w. l.. Noel, of Holmes county, Miss,
writes: "The opinions and assertions of
many to the contrary, l do not hesitate to
state that red clover can be as successfully
raised here as in the Middle States. In
1850 plowed up ten acres of old hill-land,
and, in February, seeded it in clover. 1t
remained a stock lot until 1865, then
planted it in cultivation, to kill out the
curse of this country, broom straw, which
was beginning to make its appearance sin
the land. 1t is growing here now, luxuri-
woods, and there is a fine bunch growing
in an old worn cart-road, no vegetation
near it, except two or three bdnches OF
broom straw, though the weather has been
very hot, and we have had but one light
shower in five weeks. l shall sow another
lot next spring"
Col. Thos. S. Dabney, of Kinds county,
Miss, gives his experience thus: Il have
sown red clover two or three times but
without using gypsum or any other fertlll-
ger or promoter, throwing the seed on land
that had never had an ounce of manure APP
piled to it, and yet the clover would grow
four feet long (not high, as 1t laid Hat
doWnO and so thick that | could not cut it
at all. The clover would have been esteem
ed good anywhere. | am from the best of
the tide-w water country of Virginia"
DIR. d. L. Phares, WoOdville, Wilkinson
. unity, says:
"Orchard grass is onr preference among
the grasses. Red clover and herd grass do
WE'LL" We have visited DIR. Phares' planta-
ton, in Wilkinson county, and have seen
his large barn filled 10 overlooking with
the best clover and other hay. He has sent
us specimens of clover over five feet in
length that cut over three tons to the acre.
Col. III. o. Dixon, Jackson, Kinds county,
Mississippi, says: 81 haYe succeeded fully
and profitably with red clover, herd and
orchard grass" We have now hanging up
in our office specimens of clover, herds
grass, orchard grass and timothy, from Col.
Dixon's farm, six miles west of jackson,
that average four and 3 half feet in length
equal to any grown at the North. Col.
Dixon sells a large amount of good hay in
the city of Jackson every year.
Mai. 7. Z. Dockery, near Hernandez, De-
Soto county, Mississippi says; "He grows
successfully red clover, herds and orchard
grass" Maj. Dockery also has Inc vine
yard, apple, pear, and peach orchards. we
have visited his hopitable home and know
whereof we write.
John Handy. ESQ. near Canton, Madison
county, Mississippi, says: "Has grown
successfully red clover, orchard and herds
grass"
W. l.. Brown, near Coffeeville, Yalo5usha
county says: ''Red clover, herds and or
chard grass do finely in this county"
Mai. w. III. Strickland, of Holly Springs
Marshall county, Mississippi, says that red
| clover,o richard and herds grass can be grown
| with great success in Marshall county, and
| is very enthusiastic on the subject.
Col. John A. Binford, OF Duck Hill
Montgomery county, Mississippi. on May
| 18th. 1875. writes: 81 had over fifty acres
| in timothy and herds grass, planted on sec
ond bottom land. l only moved once, Dut
satisfied it can be moved twice year
which yielded fully two tons per acre. Red
clover grows well here.
C. Ii. Williams, Meridian, Lauderdale
county, Mississippi, says that red clover
orchard and herds grass grow very Wen IL
| this county.
S. e. Ragland, of Lafayette county, Mis-
sissippi, writes: t.Orchard grass and herds
| grass do well here, also red clover"
We might go on and give extracts from
letters, for nearly every county in the state
| bearing testimony to the fact that red elo-
yer, orchard grass, herds grass, and many
other grasses can be grown successfully IL
| Mississippi, but the above will suffice TO
| the present. Many of the able writers TO
| this paper, treat more fully on this subjec
| in writing about their different Localities
Mississippi can be made as me seoci
country as any in the world.