. The American farm book : or, Compend of American agriculture ; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, draining irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits, cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, rice, and every staple product of the United States, with the best methods of planting, cultivating, and preparation for market ;illustrated by more than 100 engravings. Agriculture. THE GRASSES, MEADOWS, ETC. 12a. Spitrry {Spergnla arvensis. Fig. 31) might probably be introduced into American husbandry for forage, Avith decided advantage. It is a hardy plant, and grows spon- taneously in the rnddle State
. The American farm book : or, Compend of American agriculture ; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, draining irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits, cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, rice, and every staple product of the United States, with the best methods of planting, cultivating, and preparation for market ;illustrated by more than 100 engravings. Agriculture. THE GRASSES, MEADOWS, ETC. 12a. Spitrry {Spergnla arvensis. Fig. 31) might probably be introduced into American husbandry for forage, Avith decided advantage. It is a hardy plant, and grows spon- taneously in the rnddle States. Its chief merit consists, in its growing on soils too thin to bear clover. On such, it can be judiciously used to bring them up to the clover-bearing point, from which they can be taken, and carried forward much more rapidly by the clovers. Van Voght says, " it is better than red or white Fig. 31. clover; the cows give more and bet- ter milk when fed on it, and it improves the land in an ex- traordinary degree. If the land is to lie several years in pasture, white clover must be sown with it. When sown in the middle of April, it is ripe for pasture by the end of .May. If eaten off in June, the land is turned flat and ano- ther crop is sown, which affords fine pasture in August and September. This operation is equivalent to a dressing of ten loads of manure per acre. The blessing of spurry, the clover of sandy lands, is incredible when rightly ; Three crops can be gro\vn upon land in one season, Avhich, if turned in or fed on the ground, can be made a means of rapid improvement to the soil. PASTURES. It is too often the case, that pastures are neglected, and like woodlands, are allowed to run to such vegetation as un- assisted nature may dictate. As a necessary consequence, their forage is frequently meagre and coarse, and incapable, either in quantity or quality, of supporting half the number of cattle in a poor condition, that might otherwise be full- fe
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