The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-21

1t is of much value as a mixture
with orchard and other grasses, that
ripen at the same time it does. ALI
kinds of stock feed and thrive well on
1 it, in pasture or when soiled on it. It
makes valuable hay on moderate land,
Welding say two tons of hay. I pre-
fer it to any other. If the rack of
| calves and colts are kept filled through
the winter with nice bright clover
hay, they will come out of winter
quarters in the spring, in as good con-
dition, as when they went in in the
fall. The objection urged against it,
is it's tendency to sallvate. Age will
remedy that in the hay.
It is however, as a fertilizer hat it
excels; it is peculiarly excellent for
forming a lay for a crop of wheat,
which may be sown to great advan.
tage in the clover sward when prop
erly turned under. Its long tap root
does much for the improvement of
the soil. !
SAVING SEEDS.
Nav be done with the grain cradle,
or by setting your reaper blade up as
high as possible. Allow the grass to
lay for a day, and bind in small
sheaves, when the dew is on, and
shock as you would grain, until cured.
Haul in when the dew is on to pre-
vent SCATTERING seed.
The seed may be whipped out over
a barrel or rail and if in quantity to
Justify, shut off the fan and thresh in
wheat thresher.
CUTTING AND CURING.
Wait until the dew is off, grass will
dry off dew faster standing than when
cut down. AL cut up to two o'clock
run up in light winnows that after
noon to keep off the dew. After dew
is off in the morning open with forks.
After midday you may go to hauling
up, such as was cut between two o'clock
and night, you may run into light
winnows middle of next day and haul
up that afternoon. AS to this, much
depends upon the weather, strength
of the sun, etc.
1 never cock hay unless the weather
is threatening and then put it up in
very large cocks, where it is better
protected from weather and will in II
or Is fifteen hours get hot, if then
opened, it will speedily cure
Always house when it can be done,
in preference to stacking, use one
peck of salt to every ton of hay. The
secret in making nice hay, isin curing
and housing as speedily as possible.
Too much sun damages as much hay,
as too much wet.
Transportation is the great draw
back. A car of hay can be sentfrom
Richmond Va. to Raleigh for about
the money you are required to pay
from Hillsboro to Raleigh. It was
claimed by Vice President Talbot Of
the Richmond & Danville system be-
fore the Legislative Committee on
Railroad Commission, that there vas
a, need of the [ mmission, and the
Farmers Legislature" representing
the oppressed) believed him. He
states that passenger rates over the
North Carolina R. r. had been re,
duced from 5 to 31c per mile since that
road came into the hands of the r. D.
Company.
Before he got it, l paid 81 for a car
of hay from Hillsboro to Raleigh,
now he charges me 500, and further,
if it suits their convenience, they give
you a small car, that will only hold
ITO or lis bales, say $4,000 lbs, still
you pay the 500. If by chance you
get a large car that holds over
20, 900 lbs, then you are made to
pay for the excess. I was given a
Car marked capacity 10000 lbs, I
put Is, 1000 lbs. in it, and was made
to pay $25 for it, lOc per 100 lbs.
on the excess, owe 20, 900 lbs.
They gave me a small car, I got
only 5000 lbs. in it, but they make
me pay for 20, 900 lbs, still we need
no Commission, Great Scott Lets
have no more "Farmer Legislatures"
Ihave ascertained through a gen.
tleman of Raleigh that the rate of
freight on hay, from Lynchburg and
1ClCuI1OAu W IdIo1Su Is AUc pei IUO
pounds, by the car load; the rate from
st. Louis is sic per 100 pounds, by
the cal load. From this statement it
will be seen that I I'm made to pay
(for forty miles, from Hillsboro to
Raleigh, from one-half to three.quar'
tiers as much as they charge from
Richmond and Lynchburg to Raleigh,
a distance of 1875 miles; and from one
fifth to one-fourth as much as they
charge from St. Louis to Raleigh, a
distance of 900 miles.
P.S.-Recently I went to the depot to
procure a a to ship a mare to Rich
mond, when the agent informed me
the estimated weight on a horse had
been raised from 1000 lbs. to 1000 lbs.