Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-11-08

to sow in rye and cover in with two
or three shallow burrows in n trip
with a cultivator.-Professor Soule.
Establishing . Blue Grass Sod.
J. L. NJ. writes: How is the best
way to get a good blue grass sod?
What soils are most suitable for blue
grass? What is the correct way to get
the number of bushels of lime per
acre?
1t will take both time and patience
and good farming to secure a good blue
grass sod, some Of the best sods l have
ever seen being from twenty-five to
100 years old. Blue grass comes slowly
| and does not become well established
for several years, but of course it Will
| yield some grazing and continue to I'M
| prove in quality if handled judiciously.
| Many persons make the mistake OF
| not sowing blue grass at all, but rather
wait for it to come naturally. This
tak,s too much time, for II thing, and
unless the conditions are very fayora-
BILE the waiting may be in vain. On
the other hand, many who sow blue
| grass attempt tn Craze it at the enc
of the first Or second season and over
| stock the ground, with the result that
the crowns of the grass are eaten down
too closely and much of it dies, or at
least it does not grow and spread as
rapidly as it should and weeds come
in and choke out what the cattle do
not destroy.
Land intended for blue grass should
be very carefully prepared and we'll
enriched with farmyard manure, or il
that is not available, a legumihous
crop may be plowed under to advan-
tage and supplemented with liberal ap-
plications of high-grade acid phosphate
and potash, say at the rate of 200
pounds of the former and fifty pounds
of the latter per acre. Be sure that
the land is free from weeds. This may
be accomplished by putting it in a
hoed crop a, year before seeding to
grass and is probably a better and
more satisfactory method than summer
following. Strong limestone soils are
best suited to blue grass. 1t does not
give good results as a rule on thin,
light, leachy Soils or very tenacious
clays unless they are well under
drained. Blue grass loves lime, and
where the underlying rocks are well
supplied with this element. it gener-
ally provides satisfactory grazing when
once we'll established. Dry, thin lands
are not well adapted to this grass. This
does not mean that it must of neces-
sity be sown on low land for blue
grass in sections to which it is adapted
does well on billy, rolling land suf.
ficiently porous to retain a good part Of
the water that falls on il IS rain. 1t
also gives its best results in semi-shaded
pastures, as it does not like too
strong open sunlight. ">
There are many ways Of applying
lime and it is hard to say which is the
best. That depends 6 good deal on
local conditions and on the lime used.
There are many forms Of lime SOLD
on the markets which a be distribute
special drill is also made for the ap.
plication of lime. 1t is not an eXpen-
sive implement and provides one Of
the easiest and most satisfactory ways
of distributing a substance which is
very mean to handle. Lime can be APP
piled by buying it in the unslacked
condition and distributing it at salts
factory distances V e the field, de-
pending on the amount to be applied
per acre, scattering over the ground
uniformly after it is slaked and incor-
porating in the soil with a harrow.
The distance apart to place the piles
| of lime on an acre of land depends on
the rate Of application. For instance,
if you put the lime approximately
twenty-five feet apart in each direc-
ton and put half a bushel in each
pile, you would be applying between
fifty and sixty bushels per acre. If
you put twenty-five bushels per acre,
the distance of the piles would be
twice as great, but twenty-five bushels
is q light application. The ordinary
grain drill will not apply lime in suffi-
| Gent quantities for heavy applications
unless it is especially constructed with
that end in view. For ordinary farm
practice lime can be distributed from
the wagons in piles as suggested. Lime
should be applied about two weeks
before seeding, so that it will have no
injurious effect OF termination, and as
4 rule, it should De applied separately
from any commercial fertilizer which
may be used.-AndreW N. Soule, in
Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
E1-Secretary of the Navy John D.
Long prefers to make a speech rather
than to listen to one. He declares
thai both are bores.
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