Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-14
PASTURE AND STOCK
 ARE A NECESSITY.
No Section Has Been Able To Sue. cssd Permanently Without Grass t i. and Cattle.

No agricultural section has been able to succeed permanently without grasses and livestock SIS a part of the system of farming. Livestock fur. nishes cheap and sure way Of keep ing up the fertility of the soils. It gives 2 method of turning some of the rough products on the farm into readily marketable material. and gets rid of the idle days, especially dur ing the winter months. In order to keep livestock economically good permanent pasture is necessary and every farm regardless of the size should have, at least few acres set out in permanent grass. Bermuda will furnish more pasture on soils where it is' adapted than any other grass. Not even the bluegrass in the famous blue grass section is it's superior.
 Bermuda Rich in Protein.
 There are many things in it's favor, it is one of the richest grasses known in protein or muscle making material; it makes firm sod which will withstand the maximum amount of tramping; 1t holds the soil and keeps it from washing on rolling land, vital factor because many of 1 our fields are almost ruined by the deep gullies cut in them by the water. Both the seed and the sod method are used successfully iE getting 6 l stand. On good soil the seed method has proven satisfactory where firm 1 seed bed is prepared and high grade seed is used. 'The seed method is usually a little quicker than the sod method but if the soil is not very. strong the sod is apt to be the sures,. ] Five pounds of seed should be sown' l to the acre after the weather has warmed up we'll, in April or May, Care must be taken to get seed that wall grow, The farmers of Arkansas. may send sample of the seed to i the Experiment Station at ,tFayette. vile and get germination. test made free of charge. 5 f% i 1 Sod Method Commonly Used
 The sod method can always be used where there is plenty of avaIl.> able sod as is the case In almost ev- cry part of the cotton section. The, method commonly used is to break the land in the spring, lay it off in. rows three feet apart and drop smal1 pieces of sod in the rows about every two feet and cover it with the foot, a harrow, OF other tool. A method found satisfactory is to put in a row rows and cultivate several times dur ing the season. "A good crop can pe made and the following year the pas Gure will usually be ready for grazing. If the land is in timber and the soil is loose and free from other grass it may be cut off and the sod put in without other preparation. The earlier in the spring the sod is put in after the weather warns up we'll the greater the growth will be the first year, although it may be planted any time during the spring or early sum-. mer. On worn out field it is usual ly best to baild up the fertility by ad- ding manure. or by growing a crop of
 cowpeas3 and pasturing them off or turningt them under, because the grass will spread slowly and not maxe the. most pasture. on poor soil. Beri
 nuda will usually sod much mora satisfactorily if the rows are cultivat7 ed during the first season.
 Seed Glover On Bermuda Sod.
 Seeding bur and white clover on a Bermuda sod will ipro:ong the green pasture for several months, because these plants make a growth in the fan and especially in the early sprsng before Bermuda starts. Bur clover
 may be seeded at the rate of 8 bushel Gin the bur) to the acre during the last of August or in September and covered with a disk or harrow. Boil ing the seed for one minute will. in- crease the germination. White clover may be seeded at the rate of two pounds per acre in September or in the early, spring. The bur clover will reseed itself year after year if not pastured; too heavily, while the white clover is perennial and when once started will last indefinitely.
 Most men find that Japan or Les pedeza clover works we'll with Der muda. increasing the quality and quantity of pasture during the hot summer months, although if. there Is a good growth of Bur clover the Ja- pan clover is likely to be killed out. l nnv hn al Jnd 1,Nr breaking it shallow in the dry wealth CT of summer. disking it thoroughly and seeding the land in winter oats. This will shade the ground until the oats are taken off If COW peas are broadcasted thickly as quickly as post sible after the other crop is removed the Bermuda will be whipped out s0 much that 1t will not give much trou- ble the following season if corn or