Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-08-28
BIG HAY CROP.
The Largest Ever Grown and Saved Ii
the Best Shape.


sections of the United States and
badly lnjuring many crops, this section
has suffered very little and indications
point to unusual crops in many lines.
This section has produced such
splendid potatoes and in such good
shipping quantities the past past few
years that Cumberland county has
become noted tor that crop. While
the potato crop this year will not be
more than half what it was last year,
some persons unfamiliar with farming
conditions think the outlook tor this
year a gloomy one, bot such is not
the case by any means.
Hay being one of the crops that
some people have felt could not be
proftably grown here,s has proved an
unusually good crop this year. While
it is co mmon for our farmers to grow
two tons of clover and other hays to
the acre, the crop this yaer has been
more universally good than for many
years. At the same time it was saved
in better condition than usual, because
of favorable weather conditions.
The Chronicle editor has taken the
trouble to make inquiry of tew of
the leading farmers Of the plateau sec
tion of the county and we give here
with bret statement of what a few
have done.
There are many others who have
done equally weH with hay this year
and also have q good outlook tor
general crop.
ONE OF The LARGE FARMS,
There are few large farms in the
county, outside of Grassy Cove ana
Sequatchie valley, neither of which
places will be eonsidered in this
article !. s.sss -.
! s@.. as.s .n,tl has she lafsesl number
of acres 6ier cultivation Of any pIa-
teau farmer ip the county. We re-}
Gently visited his farm, which was all
in timber not over ten years ago, and
found him farming i40 acres. Of this
acreage he has about so acre in corn,
20 in soy bean, SO in hay, few acres
in potatoes and the remainder in oats, |
rye, etc. lii his cern he has soy
beans planted and will cut il along
with the corn to go into his two
Seton sllos. He cut over 50 tons of
hay and when his soy beans are har
vested will have saved over 100 tons
Of fist class hay.
He has lis head of cattle, IA head
IF work stock and IS head of hogs.
After filling his silos he will turn
Ills hogs in to clean up the soy beans
and rape that he grows for bringing
hem to the proper stage tor finishing.
His corn will average 25 bushels to
he acre.
Besides cutting over 100 tons OF
lay from his own farm he has bought
he clover hay on the Lemert farm,
which consisted of 40 acres that cut
rom ton and a half to two tons to
he acre.
e. M. Martin, also living here in
,rossvllle. has cut fully 60 tons of
ay from not over 80 acres. He will
ave a considerable number of acres of
oy beans to cut also, which will very
kelly bring his entire hay crop for
this year to close to rs tons.
James Dayton, living at Pomona,
as cut about 35 tons from 10 acres.
hat was taken from the first cutting
nd the second crop is now ready to
ut and will likely yield almost as
luch as the first crop.
W. X. Burgess, Winesap, cut IA
ms from eight acres of first class
over and the second crop remains to '
e cut yet. q
c. H, Mccoy, Genesis, cut fully c
tons of fine clover hay from ten I
res and the second crop remains to
, harvested. These are only few
our farmers who have had good hay .,
ops. There are hundreds of in. !,
ances where good crops of hay have "
zen grown this year. Nor is that "
|: Every year more clover and other Il
me hays are grown as the farming a
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