Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-11-17
BY Jean b. Sparger.
INC NEWS BUREAU

CHAPEL HILL.--ASrlcultur III
the South may be revolutlonlZea
as a result of the successful pro-
duction of Cutters Grass on Mason
Farm at the University OF Nofth
Carolina.
This possibility was revealed
here today by DIR. Hugh n. Ben
nett head OF the Soil COnserNa~
ton Service of the Unite State.
Department of Agriculture. who
hailed the development OF SulterS
Grass a. the most important ming
since the discovery of America.
Suffers Grass. which was ilscoV-
cred in Kentucky last year
brought to the Mason Farm here
for experimentation and ~eVelop-
ment, will enable most Southea2t-
crn states TO increase livestock
production substantially and there
by achieve a more diversified agrl-
culture" Dr. Be nett said.
The grass is known officially 4.
"lIentuckv 81" and will assure tn
DEVELOPMENT of important beef ana
dairy cattle industries in the South
eastern states of Virginia. NortI
Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia.
Ke. lucky and Tennessee. he sald
Not only does Suffer-: GraS:
sion erosion more successfully ana
hold more rainfall than othe'
grasses. but it stays green through
winter ans summer and is highly
nutritious and palatable. DR.. ben
nett explai@ed. Since cattle can
craze on Suffers grass the yea!
round the farmer doe; not nave
TO meet the extra expense ana
trouble of maintaining MOVING
machines. hay stacks ana SiloS'
The Soil Conservation: SerVlc
bought one bushel OF the grass
from a Mr.. Suffer. on whose tarm
in Central kentucky ii was dl@coF~
ereE last wear. and brought IL -
its nursery at Mason Farm io'
experimentation and production
Maso: Farm. which is on Uni
vrrsitv of North Carolina proper
" four miles from Chapel Hill on
the Raleigh road. is one OF -
nurseries in the United States main
tanned by the Department O ASrl'
culture for the purpose OF m
creasin" seed of new plants dcNc-
ore. i" the United State ana
introduced from other parts OF IN;
world, Mason Farm was ch"*er '"'
production of Suffers Grass be-
cause climatic conditions her
more nearly approximate those IN
Kentucky white Suffers Grass was
found. DR.. Bennett said.
Enough see: has bee produce
and distributed 10 grow tive-acr'
plots in more than $40 coun'ie
in the southeastern "ta;cs he So
The grass has been 100 pcr cen
successful everywhere that ii wa
planted at the proper time.
said. The astonisacd farmers WI
have seen an! used it are all very
pleased with it. Suffers Grass see@
is row available on the market ant
farmers are urged to take adVan
taue of it in order to produce
much needed beef ard milk in tho
South"
DR.. Bennett. native of Wades
boro. n. c.. who is an alumnus OF
the University of North Carol!na
which conferred o" h!n;
orarv degree of doctor Of science
several years ago. inspected MaSo
Farm this week on a trip from his
Washington office. While on his
trip South ne spoke before a con
servation group in Tidewatcr Vir
sinia and the Raleigh Care: CluE
and visited a number of DrogreS
sive farms in Wake County.
He praised the DEVELOPMENT "
Suffers Grass as "one of the little
things which builds strong ma
tons like ours" ATythin" which
helps build up productive land. h"
continued. il important "becauS"
so much of our wealth os ;"A''''
duals and as a nation is directly
dependent on the land -