Georgia, historical and industrial . ssession of a field. Being extremelydifficult to exterminate, it should not be planted on land intended foi>tillage. But Eev. C. W. Howard, who was in his life-time a well-known^rriter on grasses, thought it very doubtful whether any acre of land inthe South thoroughly set with Bermuda grass was not worth more thanwith any other crop that might be grown upon it. A good Bermuda sod, says a writer in the Southern Farm Magazine^will yield an almost incredible amount of pasturage that cannot begTazed out by the severest treatment in the hottest summer drough
Georgia, historical and industrial . ssession of a field. Being extremelydifficult to exterminate, it should not be planted on land intended foi>tillage. But Eev. C. W. Howard, who was in his life-time a well-known^rriter on grasses, thought it very doubtful whether any acre of land inthe South thoroughly set with Bermuda grass was not worth more thanwith any other crop that might be grown upon it. A good Bermuda sod, says a writer in the Southern Farm Magazine^will yield an almost incredible amount of pasturage that cannot begTazed out by the severest treatment in the hottest summer is highly esteemed for hay, wherever it grows to a sufficientheight for mowing. It must be cut early and often to make good left until the culms harden, it will not do for feeding. To makegood hay and make the largest yield, it should be mowed from three tofive times every summer. Under the Bermuda sod large numbers of earthworms may be add fertility to the soil, and when in summer hogs are turned into. \ GEORGIA: HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL. 219 tlio pasture, the ^vorms and grass combined make a fattening food whichthey much enjoy. Bermuda grass will not bear dense shade, but thrivenbest where most exposed to the sun. On the same fields where cotton grows best Bermuda grass is mostthriving. A grass which affords such excellent pasturage for cattle iscapable of carrying also large flocks of sheep. There is no reason whythe cheapest wool should not be produced on the same lands that producethe cheapest cotton. It has been estimated that one acre of Bermudagrass on soils entirely suited to its growth will, in many parts of theSouth, maintain ten sheep for ten months of the year. Bermuda grasspastures in Georgia, supplemented by pasture of winter grasses, suitablefor grazing sheep, would add to our people another source of untoldwealth. If Georgia should become a great wool-growing, as well as cot-ton-growing State, who can measure the degree of her pr
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