The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-09-26

much more luxuriant than thar planted without the
platter; then iuppoed the luxuriant appearance to
proceed from the warmth of the EARTH but found when
gathering the crop (atter dry eaon) that one hill
which was plailter"d was worth nearly that were
not it produced nearly twenty-five buihels to the a.
acre. Some few years after, the again attacked
my corn, again rolled the before mentioned
with the decoction of fwanp black hellebore,
which again reftrained the worms, well as birds
and having favorable fall made upwards of thirty
iix bu!hels of corn to the Twas then fully con-
WINGED that rolling the platter with the corn was the
mott valuable way of uting its and it agreed that
my worth nearly twice as much per acre as
any oil my neghbors nevertheless it Tome few
years after before they could get their objections
againt its being ufed in that way g. II
| This cultivated fcene of his firft improve
ments was afterwards exchanged for the farm
on which he now reides. The foil of it was
10 unproductive that sit was generally thought
! by his friends that he was going to place which
was worn out, and that he mutt itarve on it."
| He proceeded with hisexperiments on the vege-
tative ules of the Gypfum.
In the year 1913, found flowed thereon twenty-one
acres Of wheat and about eight ofryeAthe wheat was
| chiefly corn ground the rye falow. On
about ten of the wheat | flowed FIVE buhels of
platter, which produced about bulhes the acre
the other that piatered produced about five
buihels the rye than FIVE hnthels to the a.
ere. planted this year, after laying the plantation of
into three fields, about fifty of corn part of
which was rolled in PLATTER, and plaitered the hill
when about fix inches high, at about one bufhel per
acre fecond part not rolled but paihered on
the hill i'll the fame manner third part was rolled
but not put the hill fourth part neither roll
led nor paiitered The firR produced between fe-
ven and eight barrels the acre the lecond between
live and fix; the third about the ianle the fourth
not more than three This corn was planted about
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corn ground was flowed in wheat, and Of rye
was TOWN on Hubble, without rolling, (beng unable
10 obtain the plaiter.) In the month of March
plaiitered about two-thrds of the wheat part of
the ground that had been plaitered OH the corn
did not put any platter. Here l perceived but
little difference. The product about ixteen buih-
els pei acre. a part of the corn ground which was
not plafered on the hill, plaered on the wheat
this produced about fxteen puihels per acre. whila
the other, which was not plahered, only produced a.
bout eight. On part of the rye put buihe of
paiiter to the acre, in the fall this produced about
iixteen buihels per acre, Whit that which was not
paiitered, only about feven. One acre of this rye
puts buihel of PLATTER in the fprirg but it was no
better than that which platered-The white
clover among the bubble where the platter was feat
tered, grew abom fifteen inches high by the frh of
OCTOBER and as thick as It poiibe for tito ftand
which excited the wonder and admiration Of my
lneighbors this induced fome Of them to ufe little
on their corn and grafs. Some of them affirmed that
mutt have collected all the manure III the fetenent
and put on the ground, before the towing it down
with wheat others declared they would have nothing
to do with it. for they believed after three fuch
crops my land nun be ruined This idea was kept up
by them for years their injury before they general
y fell INTO the uie of the PLATTER and they never have
until year two Paf, uied it in fficient quantities
to give it fair and impartial trial. [P. 9. jO.l
In the year 1895, cultivated the third field con-
4lCf.-
ground to appearance as ever iaw fevera of my
neighbors declared it be entirely worn out and
raied corn there might be RATED in the main roads
Ii was planted about four feet each way with half
buihel OF platter every buihel of rolled there
with; and i'll this inflance, the had TO more
platter, being unable get it manufactured in pro-
per time. Tine product near four hundred bar
res being the road drew the attention of thofe
who Patied by; it thought to DC the beR upland
corn Ill the county, ana equal hyperion to the ri
yer bottoms this field was flowed i'll wheat between
three and four pecks per without rolling owing
to the difficulty of obtainingit that fall About the
middle of April following ] flowed half buihel of
PLATTER to the acre Except which was worth
Little or nothing) was fuppoied the time of towing
the platter would not produce four bues per acre;
1t produced upwards of fix hundred buflles of heavy
plump wheat. The white and red clover the FUN
mer'foilowing was in general fix inches high and as
thick as it could well ftnd. this year laid off an a.
N4 VI Su SoNeE, NioWn the lpring betore) and lowed
on it one and half bulhels of platter the growth
OF was 10 luxurant that it lodged before was cut
and the reader VIII icarcely credit it when | tell him
that upon Frightening the talks, found great ma
ny OF them fix feet long 1t luppofed to contain at
ea four tons of hay the rG cutting, the fecond cut
ting produced about three thouland weight, which
attrbutedto drowth Immediately after taking off the
frit crop" p. IL Is.
The two mot abundant harvefts, which were
obtained by the ufe of the Platter are reprcfent-
cd lii the following manner:
In the year 1897 planted fifty acres Of corn,
chiefly with two hands and two hories, THE other
part of my force being engaged in work Of difIe-
rent kind) The corn rolled with the platter &
decoction OF hellebore, and afterwards plaitered on
the Hill with buhel to the acre, which produced me
four hundred and thirty leven barrels of corn, and a.
bout ieven hundred bufhels of wheat planted this
year about five Fights Of all acre of corn, which was
rolled and plaiaered from this ground gathered
twelve barrels of corn.
In 1893 let out all the ground intended to cult
vate this fcaion, (y hands and horfes having other
employment excepting ten acres, fix of which were
the pooreit in the field, being good deal wahed into
gnles, and was refufed by the tenant. The four a.
rres planted with corn, drills, ung the platter
with decccton Of the helebore as before mention
ed, and as ioon as it came upI flowed one bulhel of
Nova-Seota PLATTER to acre. The produce was
ixteen barrels per acre."
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