The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-15
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Last O f all, but not least, peavines make g
most excellent hay, fully equal dn our Judg
menD to clover hay. Think OF 1t An acre
dollars, will make as much peavine hay IN
one season, as an acre of land, say In Ohio
worth one-hundred dollars an acre, will make
of clover hay. and make crop OF oats be
as much for any purpose as the crop Of clover
hay. What q wonderful advantage we have
in our climate! No wonder the farmers o
Ohio--so many Of thein-are asking for homes
and farms in Georgia and other Southern
States.
But the great merit of COW peas, which per-
acre OF ordinary land will yield from ten to
fifteen dollars worth of peavtne hay, and af
terward-without further help--a much bet.
ter crop Of oats. corn or cotton than IT would
have done without the crop Of peas: In 9th.
er words, the land Is all the better for having
produced crop OF peavines, although the
latter be entirely removed.
For the reason above reiterated, we urge
upon the farmers to continue to sow every
available space In peas. May and June sown
peas make much more vines, and are proper
tionately more beneficial TO the land. than
those later sown; but 1t will pay we'll to con-
possibly IN the northern edge OF the cotton
belt. While on the subject we repeat also
what has before been uged, that II is not a
wise disposition of crop Of peavines, either
under. Make them into hay by all means.
II you have not stock sufficient to consume
the hay, and cannot sell at fair price. 1t
would probably be well TO buy stock (cattle)
to consume the hay, convert them into beei
and save the manure. 1t Is the most prof.
table use to which a superabundant crop oi
peas can be applied.
1t will not pay TO use good food as ma
nure. Feed the hay TO live stock and apply
the resulting manure to the land. The ma.
nure resulting from an acre of peavines cut
and cured and fed TO fattening animals or
grazed Off on the land, will be worth very
nearly If not quite as much to the land as II
the vines had all been turned under, or left
on the surface to decay; and the increased
product Of beef will be the measure or the
product due to first using the vines as
food, as compared with the results of turning
under the vines This Is very importanl
consideration and should not be overlooked
by farmer who would get the greatest
benefit.
1t IS now too late to plant seeds of crops
that must mature before frost. except IN well
prepared and rich or highly fertiliZed soil
On such soil, paintings may yet be made o.
sorglums, forage corn, mlllet, turnips AN ano
The late planted potato vines make the best
seed potatoes, small but keeping well and an
swerlDg the purpose just as we'll as tubers
from the earlier planted slips, and costing faI
keeping. We would be strongly inclined tC
eulogize this otherigreat Southern stock food
were 1t not too late to plant for crop,
After peas and potatoes the transition ]:
easy to oats. The past season has witnessed
another failure of the spring oat crop. and q
successful harvest OF the fall sown, the fail.
ure OF the first due TO the dry April and May
the success OF the last in spite OF the drouth
We have seen OATS to-day that were sown In
October, and now being harvested (June 1sD
that will measure probably forty bushels pei
acre; while Immediately alongside Is patch
of February sown oats that will barely yield
to0 hp IA reDRat
that farmer can afford to SOW oats In Sep
tember If the crop escapes winter killing
nly one year in five. We only allude to the
sub ject now, because now Is the time TO com
mence making arrangement for seed oats fol
September and October sowing. Having the
seed ready 1t Is very little trouble TO SOW oats
in cotton land in September, October or No
vember according TO latitude)