Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-10-27


| commence. Onetwelfth ortif;eentll OF the farm
OF suitable land in three or more grass lots
on farm of amy size, 10 be sOwu IN green
swafd. orchard and herd grass, meadow oat
anu red clover, will he of as much value as
Tue same number sf acres, in any crop, deduct.
ing the expence of culture, that ought To be
charged To either grain or tobacco. When the
common pasture is opsn TO stock, or when IL
siiai ne sustained by sOi.ing the lots TO be shut
up ior summer use, after the first of September
there is never want of pasture. From that
tihc until March, the lots should not be deDas.
,nred the fall growth will be very considera.
PIE, which viii he valuable food in March and
April; the top oi il only being Injured b, the
most. Where there are two fields OF clover in
the rotation, perhaps IA better Use for the land
cannot be made of one OF them, than To pasture
WIN stock with due caution. Exclude every
thny until the clover is in full bloom, continue
the stock upon IL Gully long enough to make
way tor the second crop, exc iudiny Tic I'M ALWAYS
when The land is wei. There is no stock on
a ia,m more benefited Nv clover or less iuiuri
Gus TO it or the Land than hogs Except for
the comfort of resting Themselves i'm wet or
moist places in very hot weather. hogs will not
root, particularly when The land is dry, II they
can get plenty OF food without il. They have
the ability TO procure snstenance i'm that way,
but am satishediti only necessity that make
them resort TO ii. By using one of the divi.
sions Of a farm for pasture, with the aid OF lots
am satished mat as much manure may be
made and applied every year to tie fed i'm
corn as will make il a fine CROP that hsrses
enough may be raised in Virginia Tor our own
use, and that nstcad ofpurcllasnga great pro-
portion OF tue meat we consume, in a very few
years we should have a considerable quantity
for expectation.
Here beg leave to call the attention of the
society TO the effect of tattening stock on the
farm win a proportion oitts produce. Ii is to
make the land more productive IN every thing
from the vast quantity Of the richest manure
IL affords, which iniparts its fertiizmg power 10
every part OF the farm in its turn III tho crop
81 corn is consumed 10y cattle on the farm,
there Is no question but that the subsequent
crops both ot corn aud wheat will he increased
by Inc application ot the manure il will furnish
which excess may oi Itself pay ii good price for
the cOrH so consumed. ifm addition YOU can
obtaln TAR price Tor the corn, by the iatten.
Ing OF cattle, with a saving of the trouble and
expense OF Transportation. the farmer would
he doubiy paid. am warranted III recon-
mending feeding stock lbs The success Of an,
south Branch Farmers, whO have become II,
tlniiy years the most eaitl,y in Virginia b,
The culture of corn, witaont ever having e.-
ported from the histiict on" .uShel in grain
thr whole crop being consumed on The re-
spective farms. H. hieat Ettain, the advau-
tdee and propriciy OF tbs practice, are so tai.
ly understood, that there il never more than
from one third 10 halt their farms appropr,at.
ed to grain. The vast product at POTATOES tur
nips, cabbaees and grass, are applied 10 the
feeding of stock, on Their tdrAiS. la Ibis way
they believe, and have nO tinnbt OF the fa.i
thai they make more grain than they wouid
10, VI greater proportion OF tie land were
made To produce II. In England, This practice
Is carried SO tar, that o.. cake Is purchasc.' aud
used tor fattenihg cattle, with u knowledge
that its chief benefit Is derived from the rich-
ness II Impacts TO the manure made by the
cattle 10 whom IL is fed.
The wisdom audeconomy ofmthiug az muCl,
grain upon twenty acres oi land ID, iney for
merly made upon fifty. are there fully under
stood, aud they are 80 rational! as to believe IL
is better TO have their farms improving than
decreasing iii fertility, and this is done Oy men
WHO have only short and temporary inter-
es, III the land, while we, the people DIVA. who
pride ourselves IN being the lords of the soil,
show so mnch indifference TO its preservation.
Ii is believed, and fear justly, that our climate
| is unfdvorable 10 the product of potatoes and
turniPs, which / consider "A misfortune out II
rs not pretended that either our soiI or climate
is at ali so, 10 carrots parSnipS scarcity, Jeru-
salem artichokcs ar The sweet potato, cabbage.
| rape, or Swedish tuFnips. We have great
resource too III pumpkins, notices. VaiGa HE for
| the quality OF the food, than amy OF the roots
anu only made so, by the time at Which they
must be consumed. MUCK of our grain both
corn and rye, might be fed to great advantage
| by being grOund and fed cut straw or
steamed, and perhaps more protitably, than 10
| sell IL III graft AT the common prices.
| Tie benefit TO the farmer aud 10 the land
from feeding stock is 80 We'll and, rstOOd IN u.
| Britain, that II has become Az agricultural
maxim, that whenever Il farmer discovers he
can he as well pad, by Culiivatlng food for
cattle as for man, he shnuid prefer ii, becaiist
OF the cieaNed quantity at manure II gives.
MIR. a. lounG remarks thai = that Count y ,
that farm. viii be most improved. aud most
productive, upon which the greatest i!tiaullty
OF cattle ANA shee are kept. tbs mold, GOOD
"Of an acre, a field, "a farm, a district d pro-
| vince, or d kingdum"
by providing food for 4 due proportion of
| cattle, hogs AMI .iIeci, the quantity OF grain
| will be increased, aud" ,he meat cieese milk
| butter, wool aud leather. are so much addi
honai produce gained from the land; by
| means OF which The wcat! OF a country aI.d
| its pow er OF providing Tor d numcje popu.
| htIuH, is enormously increased.
| trust there Is no possibility OF my being so
| far misunderstood as 10 have II supposed, IhaI
| IL is my desire TO convert all our arabic INTO
| grass iapd, or that wish to increase the auan
| ity of grass ny diminishing the product OF
| bread stuii. recommend stock as ali auxiliary
| whose agency rs 10 be made To contribute to
| the increase OF the grain crop, and To be sub
Servient TO that object Ii is essential 10 tl .
| utility AND chance of profit from stock that
| they should he abumddntly fed through the
year, and the quantity OF stock kept, proper
| toned 10 the TODD prOUided; remempsring al
ways, that u Is. better Tor every purpose that d
| farm should be under than over stocked. Ia
| the neighborhood of my estate IN Albemarle
| we have no resource Tor the sumner supsOIi
| OF cattle, hui those furnished by oar arabic
| lands. We are without swdmpS or MARSHES
| and we are 80 fOrtUsdte DIS to be able u cuitI
| vate all our cleared lands in SUCCESSION i d,
| not believe within eight uIIieS OF Warren, HER,
are fifty acres of waste umlnCIosed lands. Jn
! der these circumstances, We Hn>t abandon
stock 81 depend upon IS hal can be derived iron
the farm, 10y pasturAse and SoIIiDg+
". &. NICHOLAS.
Tile folio" ing is an extract II Letter from gentle
man OF t1e hTst TssprCaDIiiiy Ito Distinguished
farmer, and who Improved mighty auH1t lana liza
hdd been very much eXhaustc,i. IL pnhiiseu Col
robuTde ny CpiniUn O tue Importance aud value sOr
both with Vlew TO The Improvement OF fdIn ana Ia
| profit 10 BE- derived ffOn o..
regretthat us NJ, ia NY power TO give any THU
like satisfactory acCoput Of the mode Of cali
waiting The soil which has fdiien my lot uanag,
The modern aud more improved mode of farming ba