MANAGEMENT OF MEADOWS, 



CONCERNING MANURES. 



Meadows exist in various sections of the State to a limited extent, 

 and' it being the object of this work to foster this branch of agricul- 

 ture the best plans for encouraging and treating them will be dis- 

 cussed. The subject requires no argument to encourage it, as every 

 right-thinking man will see at a glance the great importance of 

 growing more hay. It is, in the observation of every one, that 

 vast amounts of baled hay are brought by rail and river from those 

 States already embarked in the cultivation of grasses. While we 

 have the best climate in the United States for this purpose, as 

 already stated, we have a soil unparalleled for fertility, and well 

 suited to almost all varieties of grasses described, and, besides, 

 being on the border of the cotton States, we have a market at our 

 doors for our surplus. 



If we do this our country will assume such a charming appear- 

 ance that it will delight the eye of every passenger who travels 

 through it on the many lines of railroads, besides repaying the 

 owners all the care bestowed on it. Our citizens are not so much 

 to blame for this backwardness in the cultivation of the grasses as 

 would appear at first sight. The routine established before the 

 war was hard to break up, but they are looking around for some 

 more profitable method of farming. To establish meadows is the 

 part of wisdom. Just how to do this we propose to tell here as 

 fully as our space will permit. We shall consider: 



1st. The preparation of meadow lands. 



