Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-10-21
p. nIIN Or, Secretary.
.EEo@ THE RALEisH REGISTER
FIRST PRINCIPLES OF AGRIcuLIuRE.

Ler ms c~his ate n ground tlaf the poor az uci
d' the rict, may ot fslec Gnd happiReSs md tegce
may be established ter0,LskO1t az tDriers."
Nolbins caud be oimore importance 10 agriculture.
than to dcne and establish those printics npon winch
success in ITS pursuits de pcns such principles
tahshed agriculture might be reduced 10 regular
system aud then j, could h. nr.ed c,,h r.r,,,,v a,,,
success winch are oil the utmost Importance is pros
pCrity Without the hnowlcdg OF principles moth.
ing can heeNpected from an, % the practitioners ofaEr
culture Thy Of attention. acquainted with nrst
pfinc ipies Will never devate i.. he t.y fnd
them correct perhaps they nay Try SOME experiment
consistent with hen and succeed This them is the fouu.
i,on Mu'eh we aic q eNpecta rational y stem of a.
gfc"tuTe, adapted 10 all the varieties Su climate and
seasons with which 1t must ever be connected
To attempt g. reduce agriculture to regular system in
its present improved state would he bnDr,ss task
inueeu n, man pToceedio define some 4" ITS princi
pres "hioh may lie Considered fundamental, aud leave
the completion of This important adler hands
l. Attention and application 10 agriculture are md,s-
penahlt 10 ensure success tleIein.
2 without draining wet lana. ma Improvement.
D. onesS 'and thus drained /, pIuperly cleaned the
olec OF oiain"s rs frustrated, and thai proportion as
cleaning is neglected. =
4. Manures will always fail in producing the desired
effect, in proportion draining and clearing are he.
elected. ~'' "'
8. Selecting and propaeating the best heads OF the most
approved kinds % seeds is the surest ,,thoI
OF preserving them Indcgenerate.
o. change, jutc,Ous rotation of crops is ueces
sary, III order for The soil 10 produce its utmost
a. Llberallty is the economy %: agricntnle.
= Deep plouehing, the foundation agriculture.
fiist-strlct application aud close attention
sential requisites Tor farmer. Without these no matter
no" vel! his plaus are arranged yeti; does not per-
sohaiy attend to their execution he cannot expect them
Il
compared TO hoop, which has no end it is certain
that there no business which requires more particular
attention, especially to minute objects; thing mast
ness done IN season.
The TIVE business of The farmer consists not In eri
Wing the plough or engaging in other mental Offices but
IN aOttng and Iinlend. lahnur i'm recordiy IFS
results and continuing how aud where dispose TO
me most perfect advantage To read aud think and at
end tie public markets and regulate ulseryc
what othersfn the occupation The same
hoo"oi even atsoine distance, are engaged III the
utmost importance Ia the farmer who to
his agricultural pursuits. He sisuid consider Himself Is
engaged M business requiring eculiar and viii
rance; III concern, III which occurring conuye,.ce,
oisn required change OF plan in which the exercise of
Judgment Is perpetually demanded and throunh ,ls
want Of sagaciOns and presiding MIND ibe manual H.
bouf oi many, convertible advantage may "a
silly become productive only of mischief or may H.
substituted Tor IL negligence, Incidence and DISHONEST
benfe nothing pertains has det Tie imnroy
of agriculture tlan Inc ertoneops nnnio, -, az.
Slnpcty OF this science science which is various IN
us branches, conprehendng almost every source of
Anowiedge and opening amuttudr of unsupported ave
uoeso proit or loss tHai cannot be eiter known or nm
Del stood but tn oneh The medium correct accounts
and Intelligent nd interchangeable attention Yet farmers
rave ehtlieE overlooked this subject, concriyei
necrssstyto exercise their quail in Ills snnuoseb
SIMPLE business. and when they commence farming ian
INTO TIE general practice and let their ground on
snates OF hife mah to superntend their business
"hc'ea 70 insure success those who their attention
TO farming, should duslrioasy CLEAN every thing iat
gan pe discovered valuable III agricultural books aud in
tue Practice OF others which should he coIbined win
close attention and economy in their business
Secohd-Wiihout draining wet land no Improvement
without IT, other opr can be effected 10 ,Ir d
proposed When land gorgel with water II eau mel.
ther be oeansd cultivated labouT sufclrnt do
IL except IN very uncommon drought ana in some soils
not even then. ~
If nianue is applied 10 land in Gis situation it will
promote the natural grasses more than any Kind Of Grain
crop. - - - GU"
But the advantages of draining wet lands are So nv
established that ii is needless cnlaTg on this subIect
Suihee IT. however; c say, that experience and skfuI
pave ~ A ages severed the necessity aud u
tly OF draining wet lands by which their and the
value OF their "a ms are much increased
Third Cle3djug.-Gb1 article requires The fayn,er,.
Inv liz otn
fectuaf. one of nios important principles in aori
culture il cieanly umng.
~ not "ly peAsts the eye and exciies admiration hu,
yields more profit. every field in cultivation lould he
kept entirely cream. All Swamps and marshes should be
drained, the growth on them down or grubbed and
entirely removed. All hollows should be cleaned u In ill.,
like manner also all branches aud creeks to the very
eoge OF the banks When field is cultivated IN this man
heI II has an uniform, clean and beautiful appearance
and when III crop, presents undoubtedly one of lie
hos Oea"iitnI sishtS ~ nature We are voluntarily lea
70 aue e pobbeSsor oi such farm, for hiS and
superior cultivation. BY such cultivation The eve is oi
only elsied and an inherent feeling every mans breast
"a taste i"T uniformity gahed, hut sordd is
es a1e also gfailed IN the abundance of the cT
under suon management Whereas on The other Ind |
nothing tan more disgust create un1zvorsbe inrss
sons OF farmers SKILL than fields under foui and
osotdery management. Here pond marsh usdrsin
ed-theTe hollow filed with growing shrubs or trsss
bTiars aud thokets, SC "S'O |
The owners of such dslds IL not for their r roo,,s
sake should for their credits sake farmers pu their
fields in better for cultivation By doing en- H.
would nhd many acres gained aud unrequely prov
they had cOn'idered useless.
10 these ADVANTAGES ale Ia he addedihe greater facility
which Is gwen to the cultivation Of the ground heiny
nov enre whereas before it titled m patches or Sc
paTate parts.
have dwet the longer ON this article from discover
ing, 10 my great regret, hrOugbsut the state htIds and
farms in state Of wretched fOuiness.
fsurtb-ManuTes will always silin producing The de-
sired eject, ia proportion draining and cleaning ae
neglected. NV
When manure is applied to vet soils those gorged
WIN water, u IS soon dissolved wasted and when s
pied 10 land thai Is not clean u is improbable to sun
pose that ~ will hays the desired effect = il will pro
mote werds aud the natural grasses more than any ma
Of grai which may be sOwn.
u - principle well established in agriculture that
soils 10 which HanuTe Is 10 ne applied should be ell
prepared iur IT'S reception. The soil should he well puI.
VsiHsd, b. which means tie can I've moro mn.
Indeiy missed wn IT, and the Intimately the, are
Hen1ch together TIE grr.tsr the benefit roth the cr0p
ano the soil. II ndy DIth trHth be asserted that gell
wen prepared viii yield hctter crop with ha The ma
iiie than another wond, OF tbc ZANE soil which Is
hady prepared. This shows the uiry uf draining and
CeanEg, b. this mcan preparing sud sril ~ urderat
nlAnie wien applied 10 It. MAJ have fnil fiie de
S'tu 'hNCt. AGiICOLA.
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