San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-10-27

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sueh grass in the vicinity, and this only
. rod by half rod. S.,.
II must be destroyed. We said. or lose
the garden; and we went at 1t with
shovel. grubbing hoe, and rake in the
spring. II was dug to the bottom. the
roots carefully separated and put into
o wheelbarrow and wheeled into the
street.
1t required several days. 1t was
carefully raked over and leveled.
We looked at it with satisfaction, be-
lieving' it was all killed. But in Sep
TENDER following it came up asthick as
wheat. <ssss&sA
Not discouraged, We repeated the
work next sprips, prttips every spade
full Of earth through y sieve. and the
roots into wheel6isyo gov, and then into
a fire in the lischen fept,, up for that
purpose, lsscs6ss what We put in the
street gtexfnSy and was coming at
us from that point. y,s%
Wscompleted the job. and felt sure
we hid o. triumph. But next. season
it CAME up again ssthicknss whsst. We
gave \ aps,as il vav now entering into
We thSA piopghedl itup andrset the
ground up M manRsx Of forest
trees, not excepting old field pines,
sweet gum and maple, elm, etc. From
this, this grass took Eatonton ana Put
nam county. It now covers all the
adjacent counties, 4
Fifty yearsiago, Mr.J. Il. Moody, a
thor ughcultiEas sdcnthe Wade
farm, six miles from, Madison, on the road
to Eatontpn. Bepad DBL grass gpt set
in his lane, between two fields Of choice
land. WIS was d man q strong purpose
and determined vii. ana "a Tia had i. ample
men and horse power,and resolved to-
exterminate it. He ploughed. hoed
and raked it up, and hung it up on the
fence and stumps and stakes, SO that
at midday it made one feel as if the
shades of evening or the long moss
that hung upon the trees ION the Flori-
da line were about him. Moody thought
| he had killed it, but next spring took
the field. otnoaotlla
Forty years ago I passed, Moody
had left. The plantation was in Ber-
muda grass, and waste, while good
two-story brick mansion looked like a
deserted castle. ,n , asses
During the war removed from Eto-
wah to Athens and Wilkes County, !
found this grass u in possession from
Chattahoochse River 70 Augustaon that
line; also so, from Atlanta to Macon and
Columbus, and from Columbus to New
man. - =, ..> ~ ~ y
Ihave not observed it in Cherokee,
Ga. 1t would be sad to see it here, as
this section is now ruined and impov-
erished by cotton and guauo. Glover.
rye, and pea vines are the rescue
These will not, stand with Bermuda.
Without these and q change Of crop
products the country will be handed
over to Bermuda" and the present
owners must leave.
| Middle Georgia is its place, climate
and soil. It needs warm climate.
Very cold weather kills it.. It retires
from dense forest covered with leaves,
and goes to sunny places. 'oe
It is self-sustaining, will live in stony
ground and thin soil. Luxuriates in
rich land, and in wet places. 1t sods
| in quagmire SO that You may walk
over on it, It will cross small streams,
grow in the water, and dam them up.
It will hold up railroad entertainments,
and live and grow on:the bare, naked
red clay hills. cross and fill up the gull
lies, making on the clay in its innum-
cradle fibrous roots rich black mod
to feed on. It is the best for cattle,
horses, sheep, and hogs to grazes on.
They prefer it, and the hoof does not
hurt it. 1t is the first in spring and
last in fall, but the upper growth dies
in winter. GA ga"
A moderate crop of corn or cotton
may be made where it is by determined
purpose and power enough.
Best means to destroy small guam
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