The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-10
COVER BARREN PLACES.
They Can BE Made Productive. saws
Prof. j. II. DcLoatc}l


Prof. +. H. DeLoatch in Atlanta on
StitutiOn.)
Very few farms throughout the er-
tire South have not large uncoverad
spots where the good soil Wasl IS
away during all the long Wintoc rains
These clean and barren looking spots
help to redden the rivers and creeks
Of the South. Shall we not take ad-
vantage of the present crisis and
turn them into money? Can we not
develop them and thereby build ~
our outlying soil areas for future use
1t seems that this would be the moro
sensible thinS to do, especially If hy
so doing we could add to our aani:4i
| income.
| English rye grass is very fine
grass to plant on these barren looi-inG
spots. OF course all plants do better
| on rich soils than on. poor, but this
| grass will come up and make good
| grazing all winter as soon as it ran
establish itself, which is about three
| or four weeks. 1t is equally as hardy
| as rye and may be used for a lawn
and for winter grazing at the same
| time. 1t will grow almost as we'll un
| der and around trees as it will in the
| open and for this reason can be grown
! with as little inconvenience as any
other crop known. If planted now it
| would afford fine grazing most of
the winter for cattle, horses and
hogs.
Seed to Acre.
1t will take about 25 to 80 pounds
Of seed per acre, and the seed weighs
about IA pounds per bushel, SO one
could purchase two bushels to the
acre for planting. They should be
planted on all space that could be
spared from other pastures, and then
in the barren spots about the place
and under the trees in the groves. A
little fertilizer applied with them vii
be profitable, but plant whether you
have the fertilizer or not.
Preparing the Land.
If the land is located SO that it can
not be broken, run a disc harrow
over it and soften up the hard crust
then run a tooth harrow, apply the
fertilizers and plant the seed. Afte1
the seed have been planted, run over
them with light harrow in orde1
to cover lightly. The grass Will sOor
establish itself and can be used as ;
pasture when it is about six or eigh
inches high: when it develops a roo
system sufficient to prevent its beint
pulled up as the animals Craze on 1t
| For emergency pasture there is moth
ing that can take it's place. as it ca
be grown under such a variety 0
canditions On a Bermuda sod it vii
| 49,
rnuda leaves off and animals can hav
green grass all winter, as we'll as a
| summer, and at a very modest cost
the farmer. This is very practica
especially in a year like this whe
farmers are likely to be without foo
stuffs for animals and with very httl
: | money to spend this way.
: Care Of Animals and Poultry.
= 1t should be the purpose Of ever
: farmer who has horses, cows, hos
and chickens to study just how
j, keep them in the best of conditio
= during the winter months and at tf
a least cost. To keep up animals durin
II winter with bought food stuffs is vel
expensive. and as a substitute for tn
cost the animals usually suffer an
r. get very poor, all but the horses tt
e horses may be entitled to more foo
9 than other animals. but certainly tf
: others should have a showing. al
n they do not get this IN thousands
n cases. The reason is that cotton h;
h been planted in all the farm and +
4 place left to grow other things for q,