The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-04-09

tuC Coth OloWpS anu StlduGS
all other growth. if the land is rich
and this it must be to obtain heavy
yields. Ten to twenty-five tons of
green fodder per acre is the ordinary
range OF production. Cut when about
to form cars, and shocked at once
without exposure to sun or weather,
1t cures readily and makes a fodder,
not perhaps of the highest grade, but
good, aud which supplemented with
other concentrated foods serves an
admirable purpose for stock of all
kinds. 1t is probably the most rcla-
bic OF all summer forage crops. Milo
maize and sorghum have the advantage
Of ripcnjng seed while the stalks arc
still green and succulcnt, and while
the sorghum stalks, at least, arc still
sweet aud rclishcd by animals. They
stand drouths, perhaps, little better
than corn, but, per contra, they are
more delicate when young, and more
difficult TO work because the seedlings
arc very small and readily covered up
ny Il pow. The promptncss with
which corn grows off, and the consc-
queht case with which it is worked is
greatly in its favor, viewed as a cheap
fodder crop. We are afraid there will
DC disappointment about milo maize.
III has been praised ovcrmuch. We
have planted it, but not enough to
reach final opinion about il. II
started carly on good land, and the
seasons are favorable, it will make Il
large yield OF grain and Il good deal
OF fodder. The grain is probably
excellent for horses and cattle when
ground; good for hogs and poultry
not ground; but it will never stpplant
corn meal nor wheat flour as long as
these can be produced Us they are, and
have been, in this country. or sor-
| %hum as forage crop, we arc more
ami more disposed to thnk< will :;
every part OF it is eaten readily bv
stock, and lis yield Of seed large. Let
every farmer set aside two or three
acres ut lcast--and Il great deal more
II he Keeps much Stock break il very
deep, harrow ii over and over again,
manure it highly, and about the first
OF May seed down in corn, orange
and early amber cane, and some milo
maize. If he wishes TO experiment with
II. The time and Labor rruuircI TO
work these few acres win not he
missed out OF his crop, and next win-
ter his heart will he yladdcncd at
The sight "i' well filled barns. 1t is
such an easy matter to have an album
dance Of forage, and Vet 50 few farm
rrS hav" it. Don't wait to raisL pea
vines and gather crab grass out of the
corn licld; that is well enough in its
way, but that has been the practice of
generations, and it has always had
pretty empty barns. Pca-vincs are
excellent, and later in the season we
shall havc something to say of them:
but bc@in now, by planting the crops
named, and if YOU choose plant more
at Intervals "fa month until the first
of August. AS the weather Gets
very hot hungarian Millct is proba-
hIy the most reliable Of these ioramc
plants and is hcrcforcr bcS; adapted
to the later sowings.
Although bacon is cheap, there is,
we think, Il glowing feeling if not
opinion, tina; it is better to raise ones
pork at home. Where iudicious ar,
engagements arc provided it can be done
ut little cost, especially where clover
can be grown. Glover lots, succeeded
by oat fields, and these by pea and
sorghum fields, and these by potato
patches, will leave but small portion
nl the wear not provided for. Arrange
to have the pigs come in February aud
ny the following December they can
hc turned into pork. In such Il pro-
%rammc, an carly pea should be plant
cl the last of May, that they may be
ripe by August. Later kinds mirht
hc pr"litab!y used to extend their
season. In like manner early varic-
ties Of potatoes, like the ST. Domingo
yam, could be used tO aIvauf,rr hv