The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-11-13

trouDIeS ana veXatl0nS, / therefore did
not lose my temper at all, but said mildly
to my mixer, you turn all those cows
down in the pasture with the dry cattle
but the one with the youngest calf, and
put hor every morning in the clover
patch for about two hours, and the same
thing in the afternoon. In short time
had moro milk and butter from the
one COW attended to than / was getting
from the eight neglected ones, and every
viei.or ! had complimented mo on my
milk, &c.
But will close this part of my subject
Arthur Young, who is considered the
father in Old England, states that he
pastured sixty-four swine Of various sizes
on two acres of clover gro I'd, and they
did well.
DR.. Deane. the head Of improved farming
in New England, says: II suppose that
one acre of rich land in clover will sup
port twenty or moro hogs, large and
small together, throughout the summer,
and bring them well forward in their
growth. 1877
BY all means have clover patch. In
my humble opinion the grass proper
for the South is orchard grass. Ihelieve
am an enthusiast about this grass,
and before I say anything of my own
knowledge about it let me. as the law
yers say, give you some Of the authori-
ties. These could be multiplied indefi-
nitely, but will give you one from John
Washington, Of Virginia, in the Southern
Planter and Farmer.
After expressing to some length his
surprise at Virginia farmers not raising
moro hay, instead Of saving fodder, he
comes TO speak of orchard grass, and
says: '"Take for example an aero of
land the coming sprirg that will produce
three to four barrels of corn, plough it
deep, manure it with good manure Of any
kind, seed on it from three quarters to one
bushel Of oats, (this quantity will shade
the grass and not crowd,) putting them
in nicely, then seed on the fresh surface
one hnshel Of orchard grass grass. and 0re gal
lon OF clover seed; pass over the surface
with light harrow or brush, and roll it
with roller or log of wood, and let it
alone: If yoa can afford it, let the
oats fall as an improyer to both land and
grass. After the oats are harvested see
that nothing grazes it until after the crop
of hay has been saved.
'Now for the result. The next spring
or early summer, 80 soon as the orchard
grass is in blossom (not brown or seeded)
the clover will be ready also. Cut all
for feed, or cure and put away as hay
in place of fodder. You may safely ex.
pect two or three thousand pounds of
hay. Suffer nothing to Craze it under the
first of December, then let your COWS run
on it on hour or two each day in omen
weather until the 18th March. This
acre will supply the horses with more hay
and grass in the fall, winter, spring and
summer than any other grass yet intro.
duced into Virginia. 1t is the only grass
that grows with us all the year round,
except only when the ground is frozen,
It is not as exhaustive to land as t;mo.
thy. 1t will grow on any dry land, not
excepting q sand bank. And here let mo
say, the best grasses love dry soil. We
usually seek the bottoms and moist
places to grow timothy. Why? Because
the grass is not we'll suited to our eli
mate. Nor are we the losers thereby so
long as orchard grass and clover are
accessible. $3.50
'"Fhe orchard grass will stand the inva-
sion of broom.straw. If you will prac-
tice little patience and not suffer it to
be grazed until it has formed sod, then
you can't hurt it except with hogs or
ploughs. If any farmers are usually
scarce OF fodder about the first of June
or little sooner, let them try an acre
lot. 1t will be just in time for your
wants. If you want a lot always green
for an idle horse to run in, this will
supply it; or green grass in winter for
your cow, this is the only grass that will
furnish it. Try it on sand bank If You
can't do better. have never been with
out orchard grass patch since com
mencsd with It in 1870. I have had an
acre adjoining nay yard that has been in
this grass for six years. It was used en-
tirely as q pasture. The fowls lived al
most entirely upon it, and ell The stock
were allowed to run on it, as coon as it
would get y good start.
| II ploughe3 it up this year for the
purpose &C reseeding, but more 70
thoroughly manure it, as really believe
ifeverythi1g had been kept offthe orchard
grass & ould have reasserted itself. had
another patch Of foE- acres that had been
In this grass for three years. It had
been pastured SO constantly by hogs, colts
and calves, and often mules that I
thought, as the saying is, it had run ont, :
and l concluded that late In the fall ]
would sow orchard grass; that I would
:nanare 1t heavily With cotton seed, SOW
in oats and then this fall SOW again in
grass. The winter was very severe and
most ofthe oats were killed out but in
the spring saw something putting in an
appearance that knew was not oats and
found on examination that I had fine
stand oforchard grass. Imention this
incident to show the hardihood of the
plant.
/ "Ny choice of time for sowing is Sep.
ten. hsr. Sow with e.:s, or best, if you
will dc It, SOW it pnd clover by them.
selves. I would be glad if you could
have seen como hogs have raised almos,
entirely on orchard grass and clover,
They would maks believers If there are
any doubling Thomases.
i "Our next beat artificial grass, 1 think,
is Lucerne. Some few years ago sowed
q few handfuls of Lucerne seed in one
corner of q clover patch, more for curios.
ity than otherwise. I soon found if anv
kind of stock were turned in the patch ia
4 graze they would find the Lucerne spot
and seemed to prefer it. So concluded
tn t.v mnrn nf Il. I .aat fall tnois - 2
Z garden spot of halfan acre that was liter.
ally run away with nut grass and aowed
1t in Lucerne. Now all the books said
SOW in drills two feet apart; cultivate un-
til 1t takes possession OF the ground, but
I. my idea has always been in sowing any
l forage crop to get riG Of thie cultivation,
So mine WIS sown broadcast, it and the
II dock chicken-weed, &C., and had lively
time in the spring. snt e. cutting in a
hand every wet day and pulling up the
4 weeds the Lucerne soon got the mastery.
and whilst it has not entirely Killed out