The Progress., 1894-10-13

but you are perhaps not interested
IN bottom land figures. I have not
yet been able to make Alfalfa 90
through the Summer on hill land
though have now on hand my third
planting and have some hopes of get
ting it through this summer. AS the
seed are not very expensive | shall
plant at least a small piece every fall
for Winter and Spring pasture for
my pigs. | believe 500 would not
be too high a value to put on al acre
of it at my house, such as it grows
in the river bottoms.
But, il the hills are denied this
good thing, there are others that
must not be overlooked. OF course
1t is fine to have something for pas
tnre during Winter and then during
Summer cut fer hay, or continue to
PASTURE IN other words there is a
widespread desire to get rid of the
eternal round OF blowing and plant
ing. Oats make good Winter pas
ture, and then good amount of hay
or sheaf oats after stock is taken off
in Spring. Then after oats, peas,
and rebuild land same time that we
make some nice pork.
An equally good, if not indeed Il
better plan, is to plant barley early
III fall, pasture till next April, plow
mp and plant late corn, peanuts, pota-
toes-or if hay is short, plant the
whole in millet, and follow that with
peas The amount of stuff that can
be thus raised is truly wonderful, and
to my mind the oaly paying way to
farm is to raise two or three forage
and hay crops on the same land the
same year | do not think mil!et
near SO popular as it shonld be. I
lind it yields well, whenever given Il
living chance; is very easy to cule
and much relished by stock. As to
it's nu,ritive qualities know little
and Can only quote from Phares, who
says: "For feeding alone to work
ing animals, I much prefer it to
corn, oats, or anything else. | have
made many experiments with many
kinds of feed, bnt never fonnd ary-
thing more satisfactory than Ger
nan millet alone, fed for two mouths
to teams working daily"
Peavlne hay we ali know is fine,
when properly cut and cured. Bat
right here [ disagree with nearly
every other man | ever heard tx,
press himself. l do not think drilled
peas worth anything for hay-they
are not thick enough to pay. grow
woody-in fact | want peas, wbeu
planted for hay, to be broadcast, and
lot less than four bushels per acre.
! Laspedeza, or Japan clover,I sup
pose ever. one is familiar with. Fol
my part, I am ignorant Of it, except
for pasture, as it crops upeverywhert
throughout the country. 1 haye see,
it come in heavy Bermuda sod, anc
in a season would clean out d place
for itself about the size of Il barre
head. When [ see man, howevel
low in the financial scale, who has
lots of vim and energy and stick, wh(
never gives up, no matter no" hare
luck goes against him, / know NJ
only needs chance to make himself
Just 90 with regard to this grass, O
rather clover. There must be some
thing great in it when it can hold 1T
own, though surrounded and over
Swallowed by weeds and grass, an<
finally push them all out of its wa!
aud occupy all the land. At the
State Agricultural meeting t. year o
two ago this statement was made b.
one of tho speakers, Mr.. Frierson, o
DeSoto parish: "A good stand o
Lespedeza 5 inches high will max
more hay than good stand Of oat
4 feet high, and l know OF no Ia.
that is better" Phares says: "Ol
medium to good land it produce
| to 3 tons Of hay per acre; and thi
may be obtained after having Gu
during the Summer from the sam
land good crop ofgrain and straw.
j. Rurruss McGehee, of Lanlel Hill
this State, says: In addition to tn
foregoing testimony. | will add mine
/ ~, th,t nf tho laruast prodncer alii