The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-16
clover has become firmly established on

clover has become firmly established on
the soil
And sixthly another obstacle may be
stated IN the failure to prepare the soil
properly Tor the reception Of the small
seeds
Now where all these causes operate, or
even one or two of them, there can be only
failure, but when all of them are fully
disposed of the highest success will be
obtained
We know of number of instances where
farmers have made start towards hav-
Ing good pastures, but were able to get
no further than sowing the seeds, for
they never came up.
Seed tests at several of the experiment
stations have shown conclusiVely that
therels large quantity of utterly worth
less clover and grass seeds sold to the
people. This class of seeds soon lose their
vitality, and many of them, after being
kept two years will fail to grow.
The only way for farmer to do is to
deal with some reliable scotsman and
stlpulate for freshly grown seeds-of the
latest growth that can be had. Purchase
them some weeks before they are needed
for sowing and test them. Determine
about what proportion are good and then
SOW accordingly. Where one bushel of
fresh seeds would be sufficient, it will re-
quire two bushels if they have been kept
any length of time.
1t is impossible to make the best of
pasture or meadow with only one kind of
grass or clover Our Bermuda grass
comes nearer making perfect pasture
Just by itself than any other plant, per-
haps-that is for a certain period in
| the summer time. IT is dormant for six
months in the year, however, and to make
the pasture of value in the winter and
| early spring it becomes necessary to sow
some other plant with it that will make
It's growth in the winter, while the ber-
muda is dormant. There are two plants
especially adapted to this purpose, and
there may be others, but these are so
good 1t is really unnecessary to seek for
others. Either white clover or bur
clover meets the requirements Of the
| case, and if sown in October or
early in November will give splendid
grazing quite early in the new year and
without detriment to the grass. In fact,
the decaying of the clover roots will so
add to the fertility of the soil that the
Bermuda will grow better afterwards.
If the Bermuda has been Prazed closely
up to the first of October about that date
it will be well to scarify the land with a
scooter or sharp tooth harrow and SOW
the clover seed thickly over the Bermuda
sward and the clover will give excellent
pasture during April, May and June
before the grass begins to grow.
English and other European farmers
rarely think of using less than a dozen
different plants in making a permanent
pasture, and oftentimes as many as TWEEN
ty-ive different plants are used in making
such. They have found that it pays to
use a great variety so as to keep the pas
ture green and growing all the year
round. They use at least half as many in
the making of their meadows. Our farm
ers must learn a lesson from them in this
matter, for it is a very important one to
learn. The farmers of the south have got
to come to understand the value of good
pastures and meadows Just as much so as
the English farmers have; and the south
ern farmer that disputes this assertion
will find himself in the rear ranks of
progress.
There is no country in the world that
has such glowing opportunities in the
matter of stock raising as the south has,
and if we neglect them it will be our loss
and great loss too.
In the following issues we shall give
some combination of grasses and clovers
that make fine pasture and meadows as
it is possible to have in any part of the
world
And we invite our thoughtful readers to
give US the benefit of their own experience
in this direction. There is no use of our
longer cOntending against the inevitable.
We must change our system of farming
or we will be utterly ruined. We have
gone as far as we can go under the old
system. There is no hope for the man
who longer disputes this statement.
What say our readers9
Shall we discuss this matter? We think
we should, from practical standpoint.