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

will not buy fertilizer, machinery or
tools for my farm made by any ma"~
f~acturer who declines to sell directly TO
the Farmers Alliance.
LANDS FOR GRASS
should be worked in a hoe crop
corn, cotton, &c for their better pull
v~erization. Peas leave it in good nix,
if you will cut them off; better, still,
if pulled up.
| much prefer seeding grass in the
fall. say from middle of August to
middle OF September. There is about
equal chances of being killed by heat
and drought after spring seeding, and
freezes after fall seeding. The ad-
vantages in favor of fall seeding is,
if a partial stand is left, the land in
the spring is in condition to admit OF
a re seeding and narrowing and roll
ing, besides escaping the annoyance
of weeds. Not so with spring seed
ing; if partially killed by heat and
drought, by fall the land has become
too hard and compact to admit OF this
process. [, however, seed both spring
and fall. All manure made from
October to March is used Tor spring
seeding, all made from March to Sep
TENDER for fall, being applied to land
well ploughed and narrowed. Sow
seed and put in with the smoothing
harrow and roll.
IN SEEDING GRASS.
1t is a great temptation, after the
expense and thorough preparation, to
SOW grain with it, but do you forego
this temptation and Gl0dys SOW grass
alone-it does not pay to add grain.
GRASSES.
Some of these are best calculated
for moist or wet soils, some for dry
and some for the different climates in
which grass is cultivated; some, again,
are best for pastures and some for
moving.
My experience teaches me that it
is only necessary to call your atten-
ton to a few of the most prominent
of these. For moving, orchard grass
and red clover is as good as you want,
sown together ON upland or bottom
land dry enough for corn; to this you
may add tall meadow oat grass. 1t is
of the same nature as orchard, being
inclined to grow in tussock, which
can, in a measure, be remedied by
thick seeding. I never mix my seeds.
In sowing the above, 1 should sow
ten pounds of clover on one acre; go
over the same ground, putting down
one bushel of orchard; and still, again,
putting an additional bushel of tall
meadow oat grass. If sowing only
one of the grasses I would put two
bushels, but always add the clover.
A good season, you will cut this the
last week of May or first of June;
again, last of July, and again last of
September. The July and September
cuttings, combined, will give you
about two-thirds the amount of the
first cutting. These three ripen and
do well together for pasture or the
scythe, and they withstand drought
better and spring quicker after being
grazed close than any other OF my &C.
quaintance, You may Craze your
calves, colts and sheep on your now
ing lands of these grasses in October
and November, with little or no
injury, if you are careful never to let
them in when it is SWEET or allow too
close grazing. They will last three
OF four years for the scythe; pasture
one year and then cultivate one year;
heavy manure and return to grass
and your land will improve.
HERDS GRAss OR RED ToP.
This is one of our natives; it is in
digenous to our soil and climate-so
is blue grass and white clover, and [
feel that l might add red clover. You
see every day these growing by the
roadside, in fence corners and places
that have never been seeded in your
recollection.
HERDS GRASS
delights in moist or wet soils, thrives
well, though, on dryer lands; it pos
sibly produces better than any other
grass on thin soils. 1t makes a beau.
tiful fine hay. Stock of all kinds eat it
with avidity, but it yields but one
growth, is ready for the scythe about
the first of July. 1t is also a good
pasture grass and stand grazing well.
For moist bottom lands I would
recommend herds and timothy sown
together. They are of the same
nature and ripen together; the herd
will survive the timothy; neither pro-
duce but one crop in one season,
though herds gives a fair return on
thin land, that is adapted to it, still it
pays well to make your land rich
for it.
TIMOTHY,
l always thought, greatly over-rated.
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