The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-06-26

every young farmer in che State to
lay aside the prejudices and dragging
slavish methods Of the dead past and
come out into an atmosphere of new
thought, new hope and new life. But
to the interview: -
"Capt. Williamson, I learn that
you have just harvested 81 tons of
cured hay from "a acres of your Fair
View farm and for the benefit of my
readers will you kindly give me the
leading points in your experience, by
which you obtain these results ?"
Capt. w. said: Gland must be
in good filth, and well fer
tilted to grow good crops of grass
and clover. Any stiff or clay
land in this section, hill or bottom land,
that will produce % bushels of corn
or 1000 pounds of seed cotton, with
the use of 200 pounds of good ammoni-
ated guano in the drill, is suitable for
grass and clover. Commence to pre-
pare it as soon as dry enough in Janu-
airy or February, brake deep and close
with n or two horse pillow, so you
brake six inches or deeper, follow
the breaking with 10 loads good stable
manure, harrow this we'll into the land,
brake again about first of March about
3 or 4 inches with small pillow or cult
vator, then SOW on 400 pounds of good
ammoniated guano or 800 pounds of
pure ground bone meal. Harrow and
o harrow this into the ground
until you get a seed bed ffSya6e and
smooth enough to SOW mustard or
turnip seed in, then it is right to SOW
grass seed and clover-seed that
are smaller than mustard seed. Good
monursng, good taUage and liberal seed
an9, are essential to get a stand of
grass. Without the stand you cannot
get the crop. After narrowing in the
guano or bone meal, SOW Immediately
the seed and brush in with a light
thick brush-he harroW puts IN seed too
,...
"You will get another cutting and
will you tell me what you consider is
the profit per acre that you realize ?"
Capt. W.: al expect to get
another cutting of one ton or
more to each acre; if only one
ton, that will pay for cutting and
the crop, and leave enough to
dress each acre with at least $500
worth of commercial fertilizers or
manure which should be put on
n December. The profit as, the first
of grass which is worth, to sell
n this market, no less than $500 and
'ften $4,000 per ton. But that is not
What we ought to do with it. We
hould keep stock-either cattle or ]
lorses, and feed it; save the manure
nd sell the cattle and horses. That is
he way Kentucky and other States l
re getting rich" |
What do you regard as the best 1
nd safest method of curing hay, L
specially of mixed grasses and of +
eavy growth ?" I
Capt. w. "Sunny weather you Il
have, to cure hay. I T.
refer the grass getting too ?
Id, to cutting in rainy or cloudy ?
Gather or between showers. l wait I,
settled, sunny weather. Start the u
lower at 5 p. NJ, cut until night; then y
art again at J a.. m. next day and :,
1T until 10 a. M; that you cut, the =
ay before, and all you cut up to 10 :.
M. next day, will do to turn twice Il
I'd go into cocks by 5 p. m. Open Il
70 cocks the following day, as soon Il
the dew is off, and the hay, if you Sc
had good sun, should be right to ..
} into the barn by 1 p. n.y." u
" is it, o r is it not, your opinion IL I
at clover and other leading grasses o'
ay be grown to profit On most of the IL
Ills, especially red clay soils in Cen o.
Carolina ?" oe
With GOOD ,,u qr