Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-08-27

To the stockman OF the South the Sc
curing OF permanent pasture Is the
problem that claims his thoughts by
day and directs his dreams by night
Thousands OF acres OF good land In the
South are not available for pasture for
many months each year. as no rotation
| OF grasses has been found that can be
successfully applied 20 these lands To
n man coming south from the Central /
States these fields are like starvation \
staring him ia the face. Many grasses /
/ flourish throughout Georgia. Alabama. I
| Mississippi and the Carolinas. such a.
Bermuda. orchard grass. crab grass. /
johnson grass. oatgrass but no salts /
| factory combination OF these has ever
been found to make permanent pas
ture. 1 am willing TO admit that the
subject has not been as scientifically
studied as it should be. and advanta -
has not been taken of valuable grasses
like orchard grass. herds grass and
the clovers, except in case OF few
progressive farmers here and there.
ON a recent visit TO Wilkes County.
Georgia. 1 saw a sight that did a Viz
gilman good all over. Il was field Of
burr clover. never on our most fav-
ored lands I'm Virginia saw finer
stand OF clover. and l never saw red
clover as beautiful rs this. Il was
dense. uniform. healthy looi2g and
very vigorous I'm growth. l never saw
this clover before. I At once inveSt-
gated it. II was a low clover. growing
much like white clover, with handsome
leaves marked with two black spots.
1t had a small yellow bloom. 1 asked
/ IL IL had tuberclcs ON the roofs. The
man had never heard of these things.
I dug up a bunch and found the tubcr-
clcs punched thickly just below the
. crown along the upper roots. asked
IL this clover did not make the land
rich / was told that fields that grew
this clover for few years produced
} heavily. l did not wonder. II is green
by january ] here in Georgia and
grows luNuriautly. cnriching the soil all
b the while tiu about June !. then it lite
e orally dries up ana there is no more OF
ats beauty TO Dee seen until the next
January. IL is an annual aud the
most certain self-Soedcr OF which ever
j. heard. IL is easily transferred from
b one field To- another 10y simply rakiue
y over the ground after the plants have
q dried and getting together the dCied
q heads ana some OF the soil containing
p seed. 1 brought some ot tle tuDercies
e home with mc and am conducting eN
D. perimcnts wl.h thcm. which hope t'
a report later.
e As 10 the value Of the clover for pas
p turc. / found that the hogs We're jus
a up 20 their eyes IN IL. and were looGin'
% sleek ana nice. The only really nic
r sheep have seen i'm Georgia that haN'
k. been i'm the state FOR a number OF year
ID were Il bunch of Dorsets 1 found graz
ing in this clover field. They looSc'
healthy and good Their skins We're "a
y plnk MS cherries. Cows seemed 20 a.
it. but not so well as the sheep am
- hogs. Horses DO nol like 1t nj all. !
\ is OF no value for hay
" But now 10 tie suggestion that cam
10 me-. ON an adjoining farm 10 this
u. found there another beautiful Held q
& the clover. IL seems TO grow ever,
where down there. In walking throug
K this hcli / found among the clover BE
l. muda grass. 1 asked III it interfere
s. with Bermuda. ! was told that ate
June Tie Bermuda had entire posse
y. sion. The life Of Bermuda pasture
C. this section OF the South is from Ma
No II 10 the nrst'heavy frosts. about u
ccmber 10. Bermuda grass must q
ey ways bc "A disappointment 10 the Stoc
]" man. because it is dead all winter m
viii not make pasture before the mi
Toe die OF May. Give Bermuda grass 81
~ ~, rich land and a fair chance and il "
certainly thrive in the South. though
may be necessary TO get onto its Wa
little. Why have we not great q
portunity I'm this combination of Du
clover and Bermuda grass: The bu
V. clover takes possession in January a
nourishcs amid Bermuda roots enri'
ing the soil all the while. As IL heSi
10 die away in ,Iay the Bermuda tai
possession and holds it till Decent
j.. This is the most perfect nit ha
ever known. Only about three wee
. without green grass. There is hc
vet for the stockmen OF the south
., Is. Arbuckle. DelSal0 County, Geore
in the Breeders Gazette.
x xoa Fertility on a Cotton Farm
his y II. c.. Rose lin. Miss, writes