Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1817-08-19

60 under the firroy, and the land planted with In
dian corn. The SECOND year the land was plough
ed and narrowed smooth, the manure spread and
ploughed IN IL ives then narrowed again and SOW
Ell with grain and grass seed, about six quarts OF
red clover and three OF herds grass, 20 The acre.
well mixed, and one bslfis pIoughed in with the
grain which is always put under light furrow.
the remaining half Is then sowed and narrowed ar
brushed IN. Since the practice OF poughing in the
grass seed has been pursued. Mr.. II observes he
has never failed of having his land we'll stocked.
Any mode viii answer for wet season to guard
against the effects Of dry one,is mportent. Land
thus laid down, Will produce good crops OF hay for
several years When piece OF ground, which.
after thorough manuring has been sown in grss
is TO be again pIoughed up, the bottom OF hay
stacks sedge from the hoves, and other coarse.
litter 's.spread and pioughed under. Good crops
CT corn or potatoes can be raised with such dress
lag, ii well tended. The following year the field
sto be sown in grain and grass seed as before di-
rected. his mode OF cultivation is profitable and
the ground is not Impoverished by il. Two crops
ofindian in succession are inadniss;ble exceot
on new stubborn soil, and thea to be both wears
well MANFRED. Ifland is 20 be planted two years
in succession, corn preferred for the first wear and
potatoes for the second.
The barn yard and stable manure is carefully re-
served Tor raising every year new piece of ground
from barren To fertile state By pursuing this
methoc hr. Hillhouse has converted nearly an
hundred acres of his farm from an Indifferent pas
fure and which was not worth cuitvatng for corn
or graia, into good upland moving. And now
when planted, viii produce from forty to fifty
bushels OF Indian corn, and an excellent crop OF
grain which issucceeded by good burthen OF
grass for several years. Mr.. FL. observes had he
adopted the practice which is too prevalent of
scattering manure ut the rate of six or ten tons to
an acre once in three or four years, aud taking a
succession OF exhausting crops, he is confident he
might have used the same quantity of manure, had
less produce IN proportion to the expence aud la
hour, aid his farm would have been little or none
the better. The situation of several farms within
his knowledge justi6es this remark. For the ow-
ners oil these farms at the time author commenc-
ed bis system, were able. from their own stock TO
make more manure than he had or could purchase
but from their having followed this practice of
scattering their manure. Their land is not at all
bettered, their ability to keep stock increased
whereas his means of supporting stock and thereby
enrching his farm, has been every year increasing
The system adopted by the farmer in this section
is similar.to the one which prevails among Mr.. HIS
neighbours, and the same effects are visible. Land
Intended for cultivation is ploughed but once, ma
nured at the rate of ten twelve loads per acre
commonly spread on the furrow and narrowed in
or manured in the hole Tits frequently planted
an indian corn for two three years; il is then
sown in grain without manure and laid down to
grass. often without sowing any 'hayseed. have
seen many large fields ofupland moving that did
not produce on an average more than five hundred
OF fodder to an acre The crops ofvege, ables are
better, but never abundant. Tits hoped that some
Industrious and enterprizing person will put into
practice the method ofmanaging farm here rec
ommended and ascertain, by fair trial, its prsc-
ticability, and superiority. We. believe one half
Of our present grass lands. treated in the manner
Mr.Hillhouse did his; would yield as large guam
tity ofhay as we now obtain. Should this prove
tosbr the case, there would be great saving OF
labour, and greater crops of corn and grain, and
Other advantages. which, though not evident at the
outset would be realised in due time. h
is * A FARMER.