The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-12-25

poor lana. In some places 20 is p..
lremoly poor % taat IL win hardly grow
anything beyond sedge aras, aEi soae-
times htio Japanese clover Lands
Rave reached This condition as the re-
suit OF abuse aEd improper cultivation.
They are Of necessity nm cycsoro ANA a
menace to the prosperity Of the agh-
cultural community Each year the
yaWuing gulliCs grow wider and
deeper making the land more difficult
TO reclaim as well as CndougeTlng the
destruction of the richer bottom
lands. How to reclaim these lands
probably Is a problem OF momentous
Importance to many farmers The old
method was to try and stop the gullies
by brush dams. by contour piowns
and hillside ditching These methods
are both laborious and expensive ANA
do not tend to build mp the land as rap
idly as IS desirable and besides the
cost is too great
The first solution OF this problem
would seem to be I'm laying the lands
down to grass, but when the top soil
has ap en- washed away it is rather n
difficult matter to farm on the subsoil
unless it has been very carefully treat
ed, ana even then plants as small and
delicate as young grass find it a diff
cult matter to readily establish them
selves. AS a result people having this
character Of land have abandoned the
attempt TO lay it down to grass owing
20 the numerous failures encountered,
and worse still becoming disgustci
with the attempt 20 render its cultiya-
ton profitable have thrown il out and
left nature TO cover up with briars and
scrub forest growth.
AS grass can not be obtained sue
cessrully in the beginning and the sys-
tenn Of hood crops generally grown is
not satisfactory. some other means Of
raclalming these lands must be found,
and while the method here outlined is
not q panacea FOR all the ills Of those
having waste lands on their hands. still
its judlclOus application will generally
prove effective. enabling the farmer to
make these lands profitable and even
tually set them in condition to lay
down to grass. This system, too, has
a much wider application than the
reader at fyst might think. for this is
not a local problem By any means, aud
many of the crops mentioned can be
used for pasture over a very wide ter
ritorv.
The climate OF thawholo Appalachian
region fayors the production of cereals,
so that lands OF even moderate fertil-
fly will in the beginning produce profit
ably if seeded to these crops. AS the
winters are mild the crops Il seeded
early can be grazad for a Ions period
during the fan; in some instances dur
ing the winter, and again in the spring
until the first Of May or June. Cereals
in order to furnish the largest amount
Of pasture should be seeded early, from
the 10Th Of August to the list Of Sep
TENDER. Rye is the most vigorous
growing Of these crops, though winter
barley and oats can be used to adyan-
tage, some varieties of barley and cats
/ making a very thick mass Of heritage
that effectively covers the ground and
prevents washing and furnishes a rich,
nutritious food for live stock. One OBJ
lection is found to grazing these lands
during the winter and this is the care
/ lessness Of the owner in permitting live
stock to run on them when wet This
is a serious mistake and especially is
it true in regions where red clay soils
prevail, rs these lands are inclined to
be tenacious in character and being re
tentiya Of water are easily puddled.
BY growing two or three cereals a bet
Ter succession Of grazing can be had
during the fail ard winter, which is an
advantage. This also permits the wOrl.
Of breaking and resaading on at differ-
cnt seasons ana thus makes 4 better
division Of the work.
In the carly sDrine as soon rs pr&cti-
cable one section of the cereal crop
that has been grazad down closely,
Soy, rye should be broken up, q Good
seed bed prepared, and 4 mixture OF
corn and cowpeas seeded broadcast.
BY the time the Other cereals are c|-
hausted the last one being gra2ed until
the FIRST of June, this crop VIII be ready
for pasture. AS soon as the second
area Of cereals, say. the barley i,
grazed down, it should be broken uD
end seeded to q mixture Of sorghum,
covpeas and soy beans. This cro1,
like the former may be broadcastod,
but it is probably bette" TO seed all
OF thcm VITA the grain drill. permitting
every tube to SOW. This distributes
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