Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-26


year after year, on every acre of tue
farm in the cotton states are Southern
bur clover and Augusta vetch-soms
soils are best adapted to one; some to
the other. 1t is difficult to get a good
stand of bur clover on light, sandy
land-soils that pack some are best
clay, gravelly and prairia soils are
fine. There is no better way to helo
{ CALLED place than to SOW bur Glove"
and sprinkle some coarst manure over
! it.
Hairy and oregon vetches will pro-
duce more hay than the Augusta, but
| it is much harder to get them to re-
seed themselves, and for that reason
they are not we'll adapted to SOW on
pastures. The Augusta vetch will cas-
lily reseed itself on pasture, meadow,
or cultivated land, if given half a
chance incubation is necessary for
success in growing it. Vetch has 4
higher percentage of protein than al
falfa. Bur clover is par excellence
with bermuda and the man with ber-
muda pasture who does not have bur
clover with it loses at least one-third
and at a season when he needs graz
ing most. The clover not only gives
this additional grazing in the winter
and early spring while the bermuda
is dormant, but the rotting roots and
stored nitrogen greatly increases the
capacity of the bermuda. Sow the
clover in the bur in September if the
land has been cultivated or the sod
scarified. 1t reseeds itself perfectly
and dies down in May. Bermuda is
the blue grass" of the South-with
pispalum dilatatum a close second 1t
grows well on practically all soils and
will stand the hardest of grazing. ia
pan clover, or jespedeza combined with
il in summer makes ideal balanced
pasturage and lots of it on good land.
The lespedeza comes readily in nearly
all pastures and is a most valuable
plant-it gives excellent grazing from
July to frost In some localities il
makes big cutting of hay in the
fall when sown in oats in spring.
Johnson grass is good pasture plant
on our best lime soils, but is a better
hay plant; with vetch and some phos-
phate, this combination is a perpetual
hay proposition. Melilotus is valua-
BILE pasture, hay and soil renovator
plant on lime lands and will grow wei
on the poorest places. Carpet grass
is the best for damp, sandy soils-it is
not very nutritious, but gives a great
deal of grazing on soils suited to it
and lasts until freezing weather. Cot
ton oil cake, fed in connection with
carpet grass pasture to beef cattle.
would pay well.
In my efforts to get winter pastur-
age, L have experimental with Ken
lucky and Texas blue grasses, orchar
meadow oat and a few other grasses
and legumes, but do not recommend
them for different reasons, the two
most important of which are that there
at better plants, and lespedeza crowds
out most of them on pasture. To sum
up my experience and observation,
would suggest the following for graz
ing and hay, as noted above.
For Lime Soils-Vetch, bur clover,
lespedeza, melilotus, Carolina clover,
bermuda grass, paspalum dilatatum,
Johnson grass, and as experience sug
gests, alfalfa, red, white and crimson
clovers.
For Other Than Lime or Damp, San
idly Soils-Vetch, bur clover, lespedeza
Carolina clover, bermuda grass, pas
palum dilatatum and crab grass.
For Damp Sandy Soils-Vetch, bur
clover, lespedeza, Carolina clover pas
palum dilatalum and carpet grass.
AS keystone to the whole-let the
slogan be "a carpet of green Qegume)
over every farm in winter" No other
thing will do as much for Alabama an