The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-04-24

1t seems little strange to us that
with all the suggestions rendered the
farmers of this section by a generous
press, relative to the Investigation
of their crops, no one has yet direct
ed attention to the great value Of the
grass crop. With Timothy hay i'm
ported from the West selling at 81. 25
per hundred pounds, or about 1922
per ton,it occurs to us that genuine
hay farmer ought to make dead loads
of money. Our native grasses may
not rank as high as Timothy for
forage purposes, but if crab grass hay
can be sold for even SIS per ton
there is a handsome margin left for
profit. The late Capt. H. A. Rice,
one of the most progressive farmers
in this section, gave this subject
some attention and always realized
handsomely upon this crop no matter
how his corn or cotton turned out.
1t is a matter worthy of considera-
ton by the farming element.-Co-
AnD,5as Dispatch.
Why, friend Dispatch, the Exami-
ner has been pegging away upon the
subject of grasses and stock, steadily
for the last nineteen years, and many
others of the State press have given
the matter persistent and earnest at
tention ever since their establishment.
More than that, grass growing and
hay making has developed into a
leading interest in Mississippi, and
we hardly know farmer of any
prominence in this portion Of the
State who does not annually put up
large amount of hay from either
seeded grasses or our excellent native
growths. Mr.. J. w. Howard, of this
county, put up several hundred tons
of clover and native grasses last year,
while Hon. L. E. Houston was not
far behind him, and every Monroe
county farmer put up more or less.
In Noxubee county, Mr.. G. f. Sher-
rod has 100 acres sodded in Bermuda
grass, besides a large acreage in
clover and native grasses. DR.. Nolen,
of Choctaw county must have fully a
hundred acres in velvet grass. Col.
w. B. Montgomery, Hon. II. l..
Muldrow and many others have ex-
tensive areas of land in Bermuda,
Texas blue grass, clover, Johnson
Grass, etc, in Oktibbeha county.
Mat Mahorner, of Macon; DR.. Oates,
of Warren Co.; VIM. NJ. Robertson,
of Claiborne, and thousands of others
in all portions of the State, including
many in Lowndes county, are enthu-
siastic grass farmers and hay savers.
in fact, moving machines are be-
coming almost as common on our
farms as cotton gins, and hay making
and raising are going hand IN hand
all over Mississippi. In our town
during the hay season the streets are
thronged with wagons-sometimes a
dozen in sight at time--coming
from every part of the county, loaded
with hay for sale from all kinds Of
grasses; and excellent hay, excellent
ly cured. The seeds Of all the APP
proved grasses are kept on sale in
the city, and the market for them is
a steady one.
Last year the hay crop of the coun-
tY was an immense one, but still
owing to the great increase in the
number of live stock and the unpre.
cedented winter, many of our farmers
were closely pushed, yet had the sea-
son been an ordinary one they would
all have come out Of the winter with
an abundance of hay on hand, and
they will not be caught mapping
again.
If there is any one interest in Mis-
/ sissippi that is booming ahead of all