St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16
Blades Of Grass.

Texas Farm and Ranch.
There is no better feed for milch COWS
than COW peas (Which are rightly nam
ed.
The South needs moro men who will
prove benefactOrs of the race" by
making" two blades of grass to grow
where only one grew before"
There is nothing equal to good grass
pasture for cattle, horses, sheep and
swine. Deprivation of this has done
more than anything else to make cllole-
IA popular among hogs.
To destroy Bermuda grass on land
wanted for tillage crops, SOW thickly
with Japan clover (espedeza straits).
bermuda requires an abundance of sun
shine, which it cannot got under this
clover.
The prickly pear of West Texas is u.s.
ed extensively lately as a feed for cat
tie. The thorns arc singed off by flame,
| and tho thick, sucCulcnt leaves cut up
and fed with cotton seed meal, aud
gives satisfaction.
grass throughout eternity. The ground
| becomes tired of grass, and weeds and
worthless grasses spring up and choke
out the better kinds. Whenever these
signs OF failure appear, the meadow
should be allowed to drop into the gen
eral rotation, and another piece of
ground seeded to grass.
Where irrigation is practicable, alfal-
ta is the most profitable hay crop
known. 1t requlres rich SOIL stands
drought well, and is especially adapted
to the South. The roots sometimes go
to depth of 20 feet. Alfalfa is also
superb soiling plant.
Bermuda grass is one of the very best
summer pasture grasses lever invent
ed.' And where the land is rich enough,
it pays we'll for hay; but what does u
man want with hay when he can have
the grass green when he wants it?
Green Bermuda is too precious for
hay.
"All flesh is grass" sayeth the Scrip
lures. The meaning is that all flesh fit
for human food is the product of grass
also that directly or Indirectly our own
flesh and blood and bone is made of
grass. Grasses afford us bread in all it's
forms and meat in all its varieties.
Grass Is king of beasts and men.
Dick Gladdisll, assessor of Waller
county, rented twenty acres to a negro;
dUUuC tHc tlHo Inc negro OuSnC 10 nave
been at work, he was somewhere else,
and he continued somewhere else until
it was too late to plant cotton with any
assurance of success. Gladdish there
upon hired negro to pillow and harrow
the twenty acres and leave it. When
the crab-grass thereon was "in the
milk" he put in the SICKLE" and i'm
mediately broke and narrowed again
and a second cutting secured. From
the twenty acres he sold $500 worth of
choice hay and had barn loft full for
home use. Crab grass will beat cotton
two to one.
There is much discussion as to the best
time to cut hay. Some say cut when be-
ginning to bloom; others, when in full
bloom, and still others say, cut when
the seeds are in the milky state. In
truth, all these conditions are right I'M
der certain circumstances. II grass is
we'll grown, and is occupying the ground
when the second crop should be under
way, or when some other crop should be
seeded, then the grass should be cut,
and generally what is lacking in nutri-
tive qualities will be fully compensated
by superior digestibility. Some grasses,
when in full bloom, make a coarse.
woody hay, hard to digest. AS to the |
time tor cutting, every haymaker must |
exercise his best judgment.