The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-26
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ment.
Mr.. Andrews.-Ought it to heat
or terment while curing?
Mr.. White.-No; you can cure in
feed barn, in damp weather, by put
ting it on girders, poles, etc, in lay
ers eighteen inches thick, allowing
air to pass through it, or by putting
in alternate layers of wheat or other
straw.
Pres. Parker.-Never stack clover.
Always put in barn or rick and COW
er with boards.
Mr.. White-Orchard grass and
clover grow we'll together The or
chard grass cures quickly and aids
in saving the clover Orchard grass
does not improve land like clover,
but lasts longer for moving; an OBJ
lection is it becomes turfy it makes
fine hay. Glover and timothy will
not ripen together in this climate !;
clover for hay or sod will last about
three years. | find crab grass hard
to cure. Manure is our key note in
bringing up poor lands to state
that will produce grass. Fresh lands
can be kept up with clover and pay
all the time. Commercial fertilizers
with me seems to be a habit. On
old lands it is almost necessity to
grow clover, but for grain exclusive
ly | think it doubtful whether it
pays.
G. III. Joyner.-Situated as we are
with the stock law, [ think clover is
necessity. | once cured seventy
five acre crop of pea vines this is
the way l did it; | set some hands
to pulling up the vines for wagon
ways through the field; sent other
hands with team after small poles
they drove along wagon ways
through the pea field, sticking down
those poles at proper distances apart.
Then follow other hands pulling the
vines, laying good sized bunch on
south side of pole, then similar
bunch on north side, then one on
east side, then another on west side;
continued as high as could be conven-
iently reached, or to top of poles, then
cap with a good sized bunch on top.
At the proper time, when cured, |
took them in and had fine crop of
hay.
J. E. SUMNER agree with Mr..
White we cannot get along without
clover; it don't keep well in stack !;
have lost some in that way; tried
packing alternately with wheat
straw and succeeded well the onl y
trouble is straw is scarce with me at
that season; nothing better for stock
and land. | would like if Mr. White
would give US his plan Of curing
clover.
Mr.. White.--I commence moving
in the morning, when dew is nearly
off afternoon rake with horse-rakc
in rows, if thick, let it remain in
rows that night; if thin take it to
to the barn that evening. If thick
and heavy, next day | put it in
small shocks and let remain thus for
about two days. On third day after
dew is off, with fork | take off
about of the shock, invert it on one
side, then another ] on other side,
then loosen up the remainder. After
noon the third day, take it in, you
loose the leaves if you attempt to
cure without punching.
Mr.. Sumner what stage do
you commence cutting?
Mr.. White.-As soon as it is in
full bloom. Never wait for the
blooms to turn brown.
A. Parker.-All admit the neces-
sity of clover. The important point
is to grow it on poor land. On tol-
erabIy good land clover can be start
ed with 200 lbs. phosphate to the
acre. On very poor land dressing
with manure is necessary in conjunc-
ton with the phosphate. l have
fine stand of clover ON land that
was poverty stricken a hundred
years ago. I prepared it for turnips
by broad casting manure at the rate
of 40 loads to the acre--the turnlps
failed. l sowed clover in fall with
200 lbs phosphate to the acre, and
now have good stand. ! think it
will WELD two to three tons to the
acre. When will man set poor
farm i'm clover at this rate !? 1t ap-
pears discouraging. After a few