The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24

classes from the small b c's up to Greek Latin.
German and higher branches of mathematics ara
properly systematized and doing well. In fact
Cedar Chapel can justly boast of one of the finest
schools In the county. Not only is her literary
school in a 1ourishing condition, but her Sabbath
school is and has been in fine running order for
several years. Indeed it is rare for the coolest
days OF winter to prevent good attendance at
Sunday School. Our young men are becoming
better looking and more enc. getic; our young
ladies are growing fairer and sweeter every dav.
while the old folks seem creme and happy and
thankful to a good and gracious God for the priv
ilege of living in SO blessed country.
Our people are rapidly extricating themselves
from the old routine rutsof cotton and mortgage
one year and cotton and poverty the next. In
fact there seems to De general revolution and
wonderful. increase in everything necessary to
the moral and financial development of a commu-
nifty. Fifteen years ago, young colts, fine mules
and good horses were occas ionally talked of but
rarely seen in this section. To-day there are a
surplus of colts, good mules and considerable
number OF fine saddle and harness horses. In
this section we have jacks from the ordinary to
the finest Spanish strain. Also stations of near
ly all kinds-the. Clydesdale, the improved farm
stallion with well mixed strains of Clipper blood
which gives a fine combined horse. We have
others of extra fine saddle qualities and together
with all these improved strains we have stallion
blood sired from the most famous trotting stock
known to ancient or modern civilization.
Clover, herds grass, orchard grass and really
quite variety of the forage plants are now orna-
menting good deal of worn out soil with an an
nuai foliage of lovely green. And right here the
writer would say, though a resident of Hardeman
county not quite twenty years (haying been 1ais--
ed In gr'ss and stock country that he has rails
ed right here in this community as fine clover
and grass as ne ever saw raised in any state in
the union. From frequent and careful expert
ments the writer would especially urge upon the
farmers of Hardeman to sow red clover, herds
grass and orchard grass, mixed together upon the
same land. This combination sown upon piece
of land previously well prepared with a light
dressing of compost, if the land be worn out, APP
piled to the surface of the ground and lightly
narrowed in (after which yon can SOW seed and
either use brush or roller to put them in) will
give fine yield for either hay OF grazing. The
clover and orchard grass come early, especially
the orchard grass-in fact as early or earlier than
rye. and comes again in the fall and lasts until
the hard freezes of winter. During the interval |
of hot months the herds grass is doing well while
the clover and orchard grass do but little. So you
see the herds grass coming between the other two
gives You fine grazing all the year. Again, the |
early and late tramping of stock upon the other 4
two gives the herds grass fine cultivation. 1t /
is now conceded by the most experienced grass
men that herds grass amounts to but little for /
grazing purposes unless tramped a great deal.
Again, by the time your clover dies out. which /
viii be from two to three years, according to the
strength of your land, your grasses are well set,
the clover roots have enriched the ground; hence
yeu have apasture free from the depridations of
yulies as long as you wish. However, to fertilize
land rapidly in order to its early cultivation in
corn, wheat or cotton, we think to SOW in peas,
follow in fall with rye, and ia spring turn rye
under and sow exclusively in red clover. Red
clover thus set with but little surface fertilizing
md not grazed or cut the first year, will improve
and faster than almost any other vegetable pro-
less known.
For fear weary the patience of your readers
will close. Wishing the BULLETIN ian old
riend. to whom 1 have not written in long
ime) much success in all her laudable enterprises
am truly yours, BEDE CurHBERr.