Hundreds and hundreds of Georgia far-
W'.-rs have cursed Is-rmuda grass as a pest
ami have d«-vot.-.l mu* h labor to destroy
ing 1L These Kentuckiai's r:*y that it is
just wl at they want. Mr. W. W. Mor
ton. who ns-ently moved from L-xin: on
»♦><! bought GfSJ urns of land in Ki'.hmoud
county, s ivs that he never saw a- thing
like the *rass crons which som- of his
nelghliors m .lfc. For instance. Major W.
H. Warren, of Augusta. IHclimond * ounty,
Georgia, lu*dcmons*rntcd that there Is
; -rp- r profit to l.e made fr*>m the raising of
grass. Fbom ninety-two acres he has cut
foil tons of hay. weigh *1 after cured. The
price obtained ranged from f:M to $25 per
ton, realizing The expense of at-
tention. cutting. b:’.Hi-.-, etc, was
le-iving a proh: of s."<.V.i. or bin clear protit
t . tin' acre. 'fl. ■ pa a year lie his ra'sod
!*.:> tens of hay on 227 acres, tin tort;'-
eight acr*s, this year, he ra|s-d ai n, 2.435
b’:: 'iris of cats, and. after barv sting ti e
oats, cut two crops of grass from the
same In nd.
Mr. I’. A. Copeland, of Creenesboro. 1n
the bermuda grass section, realized $153
clear prof' from e p acre of hem udi
Ex-Si'iiator Felix Corpot, of Floyd
crunty. cut in one season from one acre
a crop of clover, a crop of Johnson gi iss
ard a eron of mixed hay. getting a total
of seven nm! a half tons and netting $77
on the nt c acre.
