The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-07-21


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enorgolioally directed 10 tho production
u sNcd, tho stalks become woody, and
longer they stand the less nutritious
thnY Income. far this feasen lhe
'cYthns were started IN tho meadows M
'lho home farm when the grass wnA
N full bloom IN a couple Of honfe ntbe
reserve corps' Of Tho place followed
WIN forks tm0stly wooden IN tbose
aud turned tie grass over. and Il
vas put into cocks later In the day, A
days later II WINS put into ricks or
taeks.
Az this work came NJ n limo when
arm labor was hard 10 obtain. II re-.
uifed, on large farms whore consider.
nle stock was kept several DAYS 10 !
oHnpleto tho work, even when there /
,ns no interruption from rainy weather.
'ht TINS Is all changed, The moving. {
lhctlnc, tho horso-rakc, the teddcr, tho |
a%y-loader, the bay-fork. and the chr. =
'er make II possible 10 accomplish all
Us work with no increase of the ordi- |
aty iarm force, easily, speedily and
economically. +,
but our object, ut the outset, was TO
leak OF n practice which obtains among
'ino farmers of moving meadows too Il
ose. This practice Is not general. for II
amy persons understand that It Il not d
10 nor economical. But, as a rule. f
ass Is shaved too close to the sward, II
'peclally Is II very hard on timothy To 81
TOO low. This plant is the general p
nance MS n hay crop over q vast arca. n
~ II i often badly abused by low cut. HI
" LISA perennial plant which ro- 70
ws Itself by an annual formation OF b.
lbs or, as they are sometimes not In. hi
Wy. termed, tubers. In these bulbs So
' vitality OF tho plant is concentrated In
ring the winter. On the habits OF This
lVersal favorite Of the farmer Prof. Al
rtland says; TO insure a perfect do. an
oPlnent Oh tubers a certain amount fo
mutation must be assimilated in the wi
YES and returned 10 the base of the Is
mt through the stalk. AS soon as tn
process VI nutrition Is completed IL hi,
'omcs manifest by a state Of d~essica- Bu
\ or dryness. always commencing NJ be
either above the first or second pn
OF tho stem near the Joint of tho ct
ers' From this point the dryness chi
uually progresses upward, the last pr,
lioh oil the stalk yielding its freshness sur
1g that nearest the head.n RI,
TN the dry appearance Of stalk and ara
'cs near the crown Of the tubers the I
Tess OF maturing the seed of tho ,ha
begins. At this stage tho tubers IN,
heads have received the requisite ao'
unit OF nourishment and substance i",,
tne development Of tho fruit or seed. r,ra,
me leaves aud stalk have reached ifh'
highest point OF nutrition. The ~ !,
yer ~ for cutting timothy Is lust am,
lis stage. II is important To rance ~ I,
moving machine sufficiently hight the,
mo timothy above the second Joint win
The tnhers, or bulb; and this Is. aha.
Gu, the only safe course TO adont' Viii
cut closer, In the event of hot md !, a
Weather, serious injury. II not the Clos
Q destruction OF the meadow will tbo,
". W." 'ha'
any case, whatever the kind OF Carr
may be, close moving of upland and
Iows Is nnwise. Wet lands win, of rolI
o. bear closer mowing.-Prairic in"
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