Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-10-23

H"fetap'e luxury, instead oi being des OiC,, 10
Denchciai eJociS. New attitudes NAV reca IA
| 10 more careful consideration If old rcriain.
iies an,t ronse IL TO eiortS. which lead To tiie
beneficial employment OF uresent lime, and
| save Ms from tie diSappon,Wc,., of distant
haticip3uons. The food Ot ,ll;tuts Ike taa; u.
man, H. sufficiently known TO, general nee
,hey are nourished ly iiei' earth. as men are
by tai meat; aud whatever beueiisuiay enSne
~ particular cases f,cm absiruSe prescrip-
lions, .e, AN exchange az the paiH"r su. . -.
lions Oi nature, for iie ca, iev,urai diti az The
| most profound plS siciaus. would har,lly add 10
! the general health OF either, Had ~e exhaust
eu the obvious means Tor improving Tie state
OF our agriculture, and ri~poiled il 10 The point
| OF perfection TO which these eau conduct il :,
imagination might give Itself the rein dive n,o
theories, * soar la equation, after disco vciV
but where II now stands we innSt slant,
beiOte we can gain The station. which NAV
nsge>t other resources, inspire d by Necessity,
or denver FROM new circumstances. 4 hose
considerations have Sage. ICED ihc prapi.ciN at
treating OF aPricn allure, IA state % infancy on
Ofutcay, rather than as having arrived al Il
| great degree ofpericciicu; AMI OF pieieriit.
| an attempt 10 awaken thr mad TO Il inure al.
| tenCNe contemplation 1t What IL knows. 10
au'th'tri"g npon the more aIdn0nS task al
btsiOving rccoGdijc Instructions. al which IL
may be unwilling &c accept. - Tell you ;hat
whsch .cu yourselves do know"
ia. Nee, sites 81 dgrcaltWc.
hese ar. fertility, toos, Industry aud bouses.
W i'hOut iPI'ili;N, tools axe useless without
tools, industry must fail ~iihuut industry,
ftt'iiiiy ana ;Ools are uurroductivr; and with
our houses, c,oPS are lost aud stocks PERISH.
Acdiaciiy M land 10 produce something, does
not satisfy an iilisp V.sIiie nrCss>.iN ut agri-
| culture iinu>t i.tOdncs cuou.h 10 icfiaH al
| The eNrences OF cultivation. 10 supply the inev-
Mamie wants Of Tie ifbor employed nn il. and
10 pay t'c taAcs. /! II produces less the farm.
~ must PERISH. ar resort iOs some other mode Of
>ubsiNtc"rr. iimu:Cr. iEe iuuSe>i professor OF
| moral icciitude, must become III, precrplor;
ahd he poverty a'isin: 'rdn, hea,iies,"tteml.t
! 10 gaia sGbsisivHCr. ~ his last comforter. No
ic!Hsc 4 Aisto irc,!I :. Ciian.lts, ptOtuced with
,nsirAsi'ie certainty hy an u,.;t,iClirc, ia tie
| sea- i0 supply tnni viii Eece>saries, bat In
desert ms i.cme, I" en'INt mhder t.ic banner at
| vicr,or to improve his LAID The insu.!iciencN
| ni great number oi iaIn,S in Virginia 10 Weld
Inc bdre nFct NSarirS rcClteG iGit>i drive many
| tanue'sto one ui these remedies. 1he fist is
| voluntary bariShneni from our country and
! ouritendS the struAd, bdmiSlincDt from
heaNe" and the third. an assertion Of a ,irou",
NIrtiiuuS and patriotic iHiud. The succpss ui
ne t'Ht Is certain II we use the means placed!
| %! providence within Uur reach Land, In
| proportions 10 nLr Numbers. aboHnds; nor are
we tess bGuni,iuii, cnhuwtd v th s:nipcmcais
| lOv rs iinpi OteMencnt which carefully hus-
| ianG"d, aUd S.ituily applied, will save as
! i'unl exile III guilt, and hCStow upoB us subsis-
! icIcG a!,d wealth.
'shcSe means me, mannri"g. good poughing
| grass seeds SoWn win or upon small grain, and
| iucioSns. An opinion exists that the common
| resources tor manGling, are scauty, aud une-
1 i'd' 10 me tNu OF icftI!lZibg poor Snll. lHiS
| opin0n is the offspring Ui AWAIT oil industry or
! SAIL 10 collect. OF combine them with the other
specified means. The deity, lar fion commit.
| ting au egregious hiunder la balancing eXpeII-
! ditnrc and supply, has provided the latter
| amply tor the encouragement and reward OF
| Industry. BY absolute sterility, nothing is
| produced. aud of course nothing is furnished
| iov improvements; but whatever he the deg c
| OF ptodnciivehess, II furnishes resouices for
| improvement, which Will exceed the eXpend-
| ture OF the soil. By preserving every species
OF litter, especial! c0rnsIalks and applying. ii
| before or abont the commencement OF iermen
! tStion; by Penning every species OF stock ih
! sumner slightly iiiicring their pens g. On with
| leaves or broom straw, aud folding them on
litter In winter; aad hypfes6 q, ing the manure
| arising from both means from being wasted by
| ~ sIaEtf puireSccnce or evapOratiou a poor
farm may be gradually improved, uni! ii will
| yield internal resources, adequate to 4 coiiiOus
| annual manurinS of one seventh M least OF lis
| arabic contents.
Such cultivation, as will produce both sinh
SiNtence and an Improvement OF the oil is
| Indispensable 10 any tolerabe system OF s.ti-
cniiure On rich laudS, that which is bad,
apPHed 10 large space. or that which i, good,
/ applied 10 Il small one, may yield su!,Sirtruc.
! bui large space ot poor baud badly cultivated
or small oHe well cultivated, are equally
! incompetent 10 the object 4 mntifuIe q,
| farms in Virginia ar so exhausted as !, he
unable 10 swpp!yihe wants OF their cuitiva;ors
! i'Ic eNpenceS OF cultivation, AID the take.
/ GOOD l;3u9i;In= Is IcsScniiai ally ofinauUriu.
tor redeem.uG their OwuCrs from a stat. ot
bonda2r To iaiigcnce Not that Kind NJ
rionshius bS wlIcl, the cari!, is exposed IN
reiterated strokes OF the sun, a thinsniI is
exchanged ioI Il barren one, by "A deep reversal
| OF "a level surface bnt that, which by tie use
of narrow ridges, VIII diminish, The in,nry ON
| too piucb heat deepen the soil nv revolution
beiwecnrid.cs aud burrows, and admit era,lu-
ally oi being very deep, without eNcbangin., a
surface having some fertility, tor a substratun,
| having none.
| O. al of tIn l. r..
uhZuig thr earth, depends in great degree
upon 'inbniD,ing mass OF vegetable matter
below Ihe surface, aud tlius protecting il
| sainSt tie deprcddtiOnS Of heat moisture aud
air, un!,ilts essence IS caught aud absorbed bv
the crop, lnStta d of being evdpordtCd into The
! atmosphere. Manure is vegetable matter and
OF course vegetables are manure. liy sowing
| %'h's seeds WIN gram, we prepare a cOadjutor
! tor tie plough. from which il derives its chief
| cintIency III tertililiug the earth; and provide
| 4 cOpious supply Of food for other vegetables
| which like fish, snbsist ana fat,cu by eating
! each other.
Enclosing vastly accerrates ihe process for
! 'ertiii2Ing the soil. by increasing the quantity
| OF vegetable matter or manure to be consigned
| 10 The plough. 10 practise il successfully.
! however, ii must DC combined with snne re
! source equivalent TO the loss Of the scamiv pas
| iuragc, from which il excludes the en,aciated
| cattle. ArIitlciai grazing aud hay meadows
! OF high or low laTd. is resource by which
| whist ninet acres are maturing themselves
| w.thOui human toll. one may he niade TO pro.
| duce mare grass tiIhD tile wiIole twenty now
| do; and stocks of every kind may be thus rem
| dered iu!iiteIymarc valuable. both Tor furnish
| i've Subsistence To niau, ana Tor icrtiziug the
| earth.
| Smch are the elementary principles for com.
! ing at tie inst necessity OF agriculture Which
| II TOO simple for country. wherein Ibis sci.
ence oNiSi> in practical perfection, may vet he
more suitable for Omr circumstances, ihan the
| chymicai experiments of SIr Humphrey Davv
! him'cii. The vast portion Of our lands def. |
rient ~ fertility. Or,.it 10 be the object of So
/ lciiude; and TOne within Tie reach OF every
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