The Progress., 1894-02-24

ouly crop under the sun that coui4}
stand such treatment and still 3e,
marketable at any price.
Bnt, with hay and grain theseosli,, o
shod methods won't DO. Mr. Owner
or Mr. overseer has got to be tss.e
IN person 70 see when tho hay Is.
ready for the mower, ana then Nv q
must be careful not to let it dry ona
too much or fail to dry enough Ther4
1t must be carefully shocked, so that
rains will not penetrate and run it.
IN other words he can't tell Nh. N.gt
go out yoader and cut and cure and
put away that hay" and then 90 otitt2
town Or somewhere else, and exuea$
1t to be done some sort Of Way
When he comes back. Mr.. Mig don't
know anything about it, and Mr.
Owner don't want to have to teach.
him, and VI. Owner don't want 10
have to teach Mr.. Ovcrsper. Wits
cotton l&o5t any sort of handling aud
managing will do. ard some sort Of
result will be- accomplished. Bns
with bay end gain old dogs mnlt he.
taught new tgjcks, and it's tocqmnci
trouble, But, in all seriousness, Is il
not good sense, and5 good policy fo,-
us all to raise our own hay? Does it
show good Judgment % put l,O00
acres in cotton, and work 40 mules on
it, and vet not have an acre in any
thug from which to- cut hay FOR thers
to say nothing of the green RS
tnrage to be gotten from it during
open SPELLS in Winter and Spring.
IIs)oes it look right for us to spend ~,
600 or $1,000 for improved machinery
and buildings to handle cotton that
we don't use, and that barely pays ftE
its production and at the same otizne
neglect to spend the 10Th of thas
amount for implements and honses sp,
harvest hay which we do use and
which we must buy if We do not raish
it?
l. it sensible to prepare and plant
and cultivate year after year at M
Temuneratlve prices an article f,f
sale, and refuses to raise al article Of
home consumption, which planted.
once, costs nothing further than The
harvesting for at least several years.
There Is yet plenty 0& time to.
thoroughly prepare few acres os
} land, spend % per acre fog. seet1.
plant during February "a. wIlad wilt,
be worth more to you than four TUNES
as many acrss in cotton and corn -
F.! Alfalfa. W. Il. FOSTER
February 10.
For The Progress;
4. As have had SO many inquiries,
from parties III person and by letter
with regard to alfalfa, gness l
must have left ont something in the
former letter. Hence this oGse,
]. Alfalfa may be planted any
time from September to April. L
think the early Fall the better slime.
as it gets growth enough before ous
cold weather sets in to withstand
l most any freezes we may have, and
then it has such start of the weeds.
IN Spring that they are not Sin it D
Of course in the middle of Winter il
IS apt to be caught in freeze lust
a. 1t comes up, and then it will ysys
likely kick the bucket. [ had sonas
planted in the bottoms and some in
the hills that was about month old
when the recent revere freezes came
on, and about oue-third OF it Wig
killed.
: The ground should be rich and
lnpls'--BUT DRALNED-and before
planting it should be put in fine con
dltlon, as if for turnips. The seed.
are small and difficult to SOW bv
hand, and should be covered yery
very slightly. Indeed, if sowed jnsh
before rain, do not think it neces
sary to cover at all. 1t is Yecors,-.
mended to SOW alfalfa on oats ia the
Spring, just after the oats are I'D and
let the rains beat the seel in the
ground. The harrow should be run
over the oats before hand to feeshen
ZIP the surface Of the sol. This. I
think is the safest plan III the bills.
as the oats will protect the young AZ.
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