The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-07-02

Charleston.
Grnss-Io make Meodoso.
1. The kind Of grass The Ber~
muda is recommended. It is best
to select for meadow lenI we'll
set in this grass, because it does not
seed' and is proplyate1 only by
transplanting,
q The manner Of cultivating grass
Plow the land thoroughly in the
spring, or early summer next
scatter together, broadcast over it,
two bushels of COW peas and five
hundred pounds Of ash element to the
acre, with seed of tho vetch, if the
vetch is not already on the land, and
narrow and roll it until it is even
anl smooth enough for the mower.
The pea must not bo used as food
for man or beast. Suffer them to
dle on the land in the autumn it
is believed unnecessary to turn
them in.
The vetoh having seeded itself, aa
it always does, appears again spon-
taneously in December, and tha
two, the ash element and the vetch,
combin to fertilize the land for the
crop of the following summer.
4. Experience thus far at these
farms indicates that the meadow,
where SO established, must not
again be touc he'd with the plow.
THE SMALL GRAINS.
The land is to be prepared for
small grain through q crop of COW
peas, as for grass. Having been
thoroughly plowed, two bushels Of
peas, with five hundred pounds Of
ash>element, are sowed broadcast
per acre, and narrowed in with q
heavy harrow. If, when the peas
have matured, there is time to allow
them to die Oh the land, it is moro
economical, and just as we'll, in
other respects, that they should,
In this case, plow the land and SOW
the grain. But if there is not time,
the vines must be turned under
with heavy piow, and the land
narrowed for the grain.
The use of the drill in planting
these crops is recommended. The
field that was drilled at the Atlantic
farm the past season yielded one
third moro than that planted
broadcast.
If it is intended to put land in
grain second year, ETC., etc., as
soon as crop is harvested turn the
stubble under with a two horse
plough, and repeat the process of
preparation by sowing COW peas
and ash~element as already de-
scribed.
The peas have been sowed broad
cast at these farms, but every one
will of course SOW and cultivate
them in the manner experience
teaches him to ba the best
*Note-The quantity of vetch
seed to be sowed to the acre is not
given because the plant was already
on the Atlantic and Stono farms
when these experiments were begun,
and no experience has been had on
this point. But it seeds abundant.
", and few plants will cover the
land with it in short time Seed
Of our vetoh is not nm article of
commerce and persons must collect
it for themselves in the months Of
April and May.
tNote-'The vines at this time
(about the lst of Oetober) being
too tough to be cut with a coulter
on our light lands, it has been
found best to roll the land and
with care get clean cut furrow
through the field by taking the
vines as they accumulate before
the plough, and putting them in
the furrow. After this there is no
difficulty
The vetch comes up in December,
lives through the winter, and dies
in the spring and early summer,
Then the grass shoots and must be
cut from time to time in the course
of the summer, when ripe for the
mower. The meadow is then es-
tablished.
8. THE Manner Of Maintaining
the Fertility Of the Meadoso.-This
is managed through means of the
ash element and vetch. Every
autumn. when the grass has died
down. scatter over the meadow Ave
hundred pounds to one thousand
pounds Of ash element per acre.
The quantity is to be determined by
the weight Of hay taken from tho
land if is two to three tons to, the