Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-08
Hungarian Grass.

Mo., farmers make q mlsi,se 10 not
raising NOR, of this variety of hay. Ills,
/ or Al least shuud be. the deslre OF every
ttllsr % The .oll 10 get ss large crops s
/ possible from The LAID without too much
i imp.iring the elements of The SOUS and
/ when by TOO close OF consecutive crop
I ping the soil q. run out, nothing viii so
i Quickly or sfsciu,llv restore u s ne
fai.lng OF grass crops. When TIE soh -
40 t1hsusiei that the grass Is hght' a.
other erops are raised a. . dissi'sntasr
ant The larger The grass crop the larger TIE
manure pile. thus tnsbhng The i.Tmsr to
/ rAi.e more grain crops. By this means ne
1. enabled - Increase his g Jcks and herds'
I thereby making bis business more laefa-
tive.
\ Hungarian seem. "a be well adapted Tor
| thi. parp1se; nrst On account OF TIE shoI
time required for its growth, Allowing the
I farmer 10 raise Two or more crops ron
| N. San. land In one season second 90
account OF The quantity that can be raised !
/ third. on .ccoaut % the qu,lity, Tot ton
/ of rightly cured Hungarian Is tqlh In val
De 10 a ION oi Eugll.h hay, and some even
/ claim itis better
\ A..n Illustration Of what can be done
18th A In our Northern Ststes, the writer
propose. 20 give tie "details OF The sowing
\ b.r,,.,iuK. etc. OF . feld of Hungarian
\ grown The last season on the farm Of WAY
/ a Thompson, buckingham, Vermont
The fsll previous 20 saving, piece OF
i Soar ,err. OF normal fertility VI. broken
ua. with the Intention OF patiiug Ia . hoei
/ crop the following spring. Ba, owing 10
a delay In the .priug's work, 10 remained
untouched until the the last OF jane, ~
which time the grass had grown tos con.
adorable height between the furroSs, ard
IN, farrous themselves were beginning 70
cover With grass AMI weeds. disc bar
ros-~hlch ~ the way, isA valuable &C.
oulsltlon % any fsrmer-wn pat on and
the The piece gone over twice, hslf'lapplng
each time. thas ,feciing q deep and thor
oush pqlyerir.,iou. The seed Was then
.osn Al The rate OF about q bushel per
.er.. and narrowed In with . smoothing
h,rrow. Immedisily after this sbout hoo
pouud. OF phosphate was applied on The
.hole piece. The growth Was vigorous
,pd uniform. The herbsge was nne and
.,oeky. harvesting ~as commenced on
ths i5,h OF August For several weeks
pr,yIou. 20 this there hsd been several
showers. accompanied bv wind after each
TIE rrss. lay a. f.i ss though roller had
passed over IL. bat each time IL straight
susd up fully. and when cat, stood As Wei
As Any grass, Notwithstanding that The
nice. va. situsted on q side bill, aud The
head. were large and well-seedsd. Al
though some claim IL IL hard 70 cure, no
gr,.t diffi .ulty was experienced In getting
N ready for the now. The yield Was
hs,yy and would average two and one.
h,lf Ton. per acre. Ga feeding this winter
N va. found that most cattle prefer t 10
b,ri.sr... or clover. For mllch cows IL
4. s.eslleut. and IL also good for working
teams. whether oIsn or horses. Some
ts,m.ters attribute its superiority over
Other hsy 10 the large number OF seeds
contained In the head, which. when cut In
an. How contain much ngtriment. The
farther north Il IL raised, the earlier II
mu.t bs sown. Farmers would DO well To
cut Of the grass early nom some OF ihelf
ushts.t fields and plow them up and SOW
Win HungArisn using phosphate or hight
co., OF doe manure ss fertilizer. Oi
! eopr.. n would not be advisable 10 take
,Ai. course on stout. well.rooted Geld OF
Gnsli.h grass, as the latter does not re-
oairs 10 be sowu each year 10 ensure .
crop a. is the case with HapgsEirn. os
farm. where grass IL light and hay has TO be
hoosht 10 winter the stock IL would be bet
ter 10 devote the money paid oui for such
n,, ana The time drawing IL home TO raising
Uans.rlsn, although the time mast be TAX.
On out ofthe summers work. Hay raised
on The farm aud csrted into the barn In
sumner /. better than hay bought and
drawn bone through the snow OF win
teri. A. T., Rockingham, Vermont, IN
New England Farmer.