The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-04-20
rvo EXCELLENT EssAEs.

III 10th, by ~. ~ 4'oio, "au
I'D BY the Grange to be published in
Ty1rLLIGENcER:
Forage Crops.
:, Oats cut before they are ripe
D,operly cured and housed make
EXCELLENT feed. Cut up with q cut
knife, they need be supplemented by
her corn nor fodder.
's .oDd Indian corn, sown at the rate
T. bushels per acre, on rich land,
,ut and cured when in the proper
Yields largely of very fine forage.
shi,d, Cow peas, vine and all, cured
s hay. makes a No. forage-all
4. Of stock Icing fond of it.
h. objection to the above is they are
sn.,s You have both the labor of
r.r;np the lands and sowing the seeds
gOnr,h. OF crab grass, the expense of
s;vstiou alone is against it. Lands
4 mapured with ammoniacal manures,
ired. narrowed and rolled, any time
ore the middle Of May, with fair sea-
will Weld more pounds of hay per
than fifteen acres of corn will of
ser The writer has made six thou
! a pounds per acre Of as fine crab grass
as spy farmer could wish to see, and
h too, on poor up-lands. but manured,
course. The grasses of most impor-
bce to us now under the fence law are
! perennials and pasture grasses.
RED CLOVER
sSell adapted to our climate, and when
1 7rly treated viii give the greatest salts.
lion. / saw an half acre in October
h had continuously since May been
azed by two large COWS, and was then
hing and rotting, as they could no.
ep it down. 1t springs early in Spring,
a causes large flow of rich milk. 1t
build not be pastured before blooming,
/ during the heat of July and August,
Icept on bottom lands perhaps. The
np.ation to disregard these necessary
Iscautions are great, but, if allowed, the
built would be killing, and then it is
ID clover is not adapted to our climate.
pasture, red clover is of more value
hogs than for either horses or cattle.
is astonishing how many hogs all acre
fine clover will keep iu growing con-
lion.
WHITE CLOVER
also valuable in = mixture of seeds for
sture, furnishing an early e to stock.
,ce land is seeded to whit clover, and
comes natural to it, whenever it is from
der the plow the clover springs up.
&c pounds Of seed are considered
ough per acre, as it spreads both from
} seed and root.
BLUE GRASS.
This celebrated grass will flourish here,
my observations deceive me. In the
IN Of Anderson, and at the time grazed
by stock at pleasure, have seen iso-
ed but fourishing patches of it. l
s walking the streets of Greenville two
lters ago with friend from Louisville,
;. We noticed front yard well set
h it, and he remarked it was as fine as
ever saw in Kentucky. 1 have it
wing in my pasture, and it promises
j. We must rem ember that in Ken
ky and Ohio, VIII are it grows with such
or, the lands are capable of seventy
bushels corr an acre. Make your
ds as rich and see if it won't grow.
ORCHARD GRASS,
rich upland, furnishes g. large amount
'inter grazing, comes in early in
ing, spricgs rapidly after being grazed
stands drouth we'll. No pasture is
lplete without it. 1t is q tussock or
ch grass, and should be sown thick to
entire possession of the soil.
FALL MEADOW DAT GRASS
IDS ct the head of the list among
Ises for the South. It stands drouth
, yields largely of fine hay, makes the
: vigorous growth in a pasture, fur
les the most abundant bite in winter
springs very early in Spring. AT
lstmas the ends of the leaves are
Tned by frost, but underneath there
astonishing amount of green that is
u with avidity by cattle. On rich
and it will grow six or seven feet
and yield a large amount of seed,
eh ripen before the straw turns, and
'les us to save both seed and hay. 1t
grow on lands more sandy than any
cultivated grass; and whilst rich
OF soil tells with it as we'll as with
'ther grasses, we can grow very good
'rass on lands not SO fertile.
10 above three grasses and two clovers
la be sown together on we'll prepared
IN September, and used as a Winter,
ng and Fall pasture. If you cannot
them all, leave out any but the oat
}; and If but one, by all means SOW
'at grass.
HERDS GRASS
III adapted to lands too wet for cul-
ION. There are hundreds of acres Of
''pe clay lands that are fitted for no
crops, that would yield good crops
Is grass. Grows we'll also on rich
md. It is more of a hay than pas.
grass, as the aftermath is rather thin.
TN veil set winter pasture on fer
aud to supplement our usual short