Sharp County record., 1919-03-28
PASTURE AND STOCK
ARE A NECESSITY
No saetion Has Been Able To sue
coed Permanently Without Grass
and Cattle.

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system of farming. Livestock lul-
nishes a cheap and sure way OF Keep
ing up the fertility of the SOILS II
giyes a method of turning some Of
the rough products on the farm into
readily marketable material, ana ge's
rid of the idle days, especially dur
ing the winter months. In order 10
keep livestock economically good
permanent pasture is necessary ana
every farm regardless OF the size
should have at least e 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 its
superior.
Bermuda Rich in Protein.
There are many things in its
favor, it is one Of the richest grasses
known in protein or muscle making
material; it makes firm sod when
will withstand the maximum amount
Of tramping; it holds the soil and
keeps 1t from washing on rolling
land, a vital factor because many OF
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 in getting d
stand. On good soil the seed method
| has proven satisfactory where firm
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 surest.
Five pounds Of seed should be sown
| to the acre after the weather has
warmed up we'll, in April or May.
Care must be taken to get seed that
will grow. The farmers of Arkansas
| may send a sample Of the seed 10
the Experiment Station at Fayette'
| Vile and get a termination test made
free Of charge.
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 breaf
the land in the spring, lay 1t off ir
rows three feet apart and drop small
pieces Of sod in the rows about ever
two feet and cover It with the foot
harrow, or other tool A method
found satisfactory Is to put In ro7
of sod between the corn or cottoi
rows and cultivate several times dur
ing the season, A good crop can d
made and the following year the pas
ture will usually be ready for grazing
II the land is in timber and the sol
Is loose and free from other grass
may be cut off and the sod put 4
without other preparation. TIL
earlier In the spring the sod Is nut I
after the weather warns UP well tn
greater the growth will be the frs
year, although It may be planted an
time during the spring or early sun
mer. On q worn out field 1t Is usua
ly best to haild up The fertility by q
ding manure or by growing crop {
cowpeas and pasturing them Off
turning them under, because II
grass will spread slowly and not mar
the most pasture on poor soil Be
, muda will usually sod much MOI
satisfactorily II the rows are cultlva
I'd during the first season,
Seed Glover On Bermuda Sod.
Seeding bur and white clover on
. Bermuda sod will pro'ong the gree
!, pasture for several months, becau'
these plants make growth in th
fall and especially in the early spyn
before Bermuda starts Bur Glove
may be seeded at the rate Of q bush,
=, lin the burr to the acre during tn
last Of August or In September IN
covered with a disk or harrow Doi
Ing the seed for one minute viii Il
crease the termination White Glove
may he seeded at the rate of tw
pounds per acre In September or
the early spring The bur Glove
u VIII reseed Itself yeal after year
not pastured TOO heavily, while th
white clover 10 n perennial and whe
once started viii last Indefinitely
Most men nnd that Japan or Lei
pedeza clover works we'll with BE
mudN, increasing the quality an
quantity Of pasture during tho he
; summer months, although II there
a good growth Of Bul clover the u
pan clover Ia likely TO be killed out
bermuda can be controlled
breaking II shallow IN the dry weNtl
er Of summer dekIng It thorough
and seeding the land In winter oalt
THIS viii shade the ground until III
oate are taken off II COW peas ar
bfoadeOsted thlckly as quickly az po
sible after the other efon Id remove
The Bermuda will be whipped out 8
much that II viii not give much tro,
BILE the following season II corn {