Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-06-16

an ebros0, prou' II We Sniy permanent
basis OF price and rent aud as The hiel,-
est price aud rent attends the culture of
ARTIFICIAL grasses, the greatest motif mn. 3
also aticncit. Both a. hume and abroad,
the lend nursed by artificial grasses. is
known 10 be so mach richer ait. more
productive. both Of grain anG n,c;ti. thau
laudS not so nnrSed, ;is To- pay tabor fav
hctier, without taking into. tie account
Tong ii>l al other benefit, arising f.rn, THIS
system OF culture. The most produc tite
bread-stutt farms, are those wheFeon grain
Is raised on grass laws OF this fact. Tic
slight ST observation, experience or re-
reflection. would convince the most ia
credulous.
The general conclusion. ina; qrazies
rums lnd, ~ We kroas frpn, rxueri sce,
when applied 10 natural gsassrs ont, bat
enrches II, aheH combined with skiilul
management of artificial grasses, as inihe
cases at Holland, England; and some
parts OF the United States Sutifces 10 ex-
cite those who love their country nrthem-
selves, 10 enquire aiterihe practical modes
OF system, wEIich expefimcntally enrich-
es us boii, and soiiciis an attention 90 the
oistinct items of profit. by which ihese
desirable ends are produced.
l.. HE phrase " artificial grasscs" i'm
pits selection from the gramiveous ia
lnily, and a culture bv hua an as. 0fthe
kinds best adapted 10 TIE soiian climate
of county, in preference 10 reliance
upon the grasses produced NATURALLY. Tie
great value OF li.is selection, is illustrated
by ilie contrast between iiis cfsb of The
Wilderness, and the cultivated piprin of
The orchard; Or bS a compa;isop, heir ecu
the eScuiehts of garden, aud those Of
spontaneous production.
An n * al
culture of artificial grasses, arises from
ihe vegetable matter Of both roo, antf.top,
when ungfazed from the former when
giazed from protecting The GROUND a.
salnSl heat ~ summer and cold ~ vim
Ter; from producing food 20 raise aHiG al
manure from rendering the ground fit
10 bear deeper pioughiHg, bv reason of
the mass of vegeiabic matter mingled
will II, Than il can D. ar in a naked slairs
by which Iis son is decpened aud ir. M
saving four fifl5S OF the farm from tie
hoot and the tooth, by making cne fifth
far more adequate to supply the demand
for grass, than tie whole wiihuut such
culture. The proiil arising from ,i,is i,n-
proyement OF lard by the use Of artificial
grasses, is eXhanstless and incOnipuiai4e.
8. Artificial grasses enable The tanner
70 raise meats of all kinds, for his own
use or for market, OF the be,I quality, in
the cheapest modes aad 10 increase HE
size OF all animals destined 10 slaughter
or labor. The latter, by being raised III
tile climate where they are 10 work, are
harder, healthier, and better adanird Ter
their emploNmenls. And wiis,I the far
mer saves the expense Of pnrt liasing sor-
ry meat and teams, he gets good wilhoul
expense, because by a skillu mana cement
OF artificial grasses, shr manure hey cause
domestic animals to prOdnce, wiH more
than repay IN The Improvement Of scotland
increase of crops, The expense Of their
maintenance. This item of profit Il too
important to be hastily passed over. Men
chiefly subsist upon gram and meat
bruteS, upon grass, green OF dry. lie
difference between The expense Of cult
waiting an acre of gram aud one Of grass
iscOnSidrrable, and yet tie ailerwill raise
far more meat, butter, taltow, leather and
wool. Let any farmer calculate the ex-
perse of supplying himself with these arr
ticies, in tie present mode, even eXClnd-
ing its heaviest item, Chat Ot injury IN
tie land , and he would probailS discover
THAT most or all Of them he raises, cost
hiGl three fines their market vaiHc, The
loss .nweyer upon what he sells IS tntImg,
compared with the loss upon What &c uses;
because he consumes much and sells lii
tie. When the temporary supplies from
the western country diminish or lail, the
evils attending npOn our preseai mode OF
raising stocks, will require 30 prOpf. The
arts OF agriculture are as necessary 10 i'm
prove and increase the susteuauce Of
beasts as that of men. Grass being the
basis Of food in tie case Of stocks, rs
hread.sluh is IN the case Of man, thai mole
Of obtaining u which producers ille most
and best, With tie least injury 90 TIE lsnd.
aud from the smallest space, IL entitled 10 q
preference. Without the cultivation Of
The ar'iiiC ial grasses, Cur domestic stocks
occupy the precise gr"gna occupied by
maEhind, vhpn excluded from he snif-
cia modes Of raising bTead-siuH, and Cx-
perienCe the fate of state Of agriculture.
as 10 them, unciViliZed.
4. The artificial grasses produces CON
siderable profit by saving labcr. II ihe
labor applied 80 an acre enriched By sTti-
fetal grass, Wss equal 10 HAT cXpended
upon al Impoverished acre, vast saving
would still result from tie difference cf
the crop ds tie expense Of labor must
be computed IN relation Tots produce.
Bat the fact Is, tiiatthc poor hand rceui %
The most labor, whilst il produces tb, Wnlst
crop, because bcing filed wlih sreae ~
worthless Of perniCiOus anuual gtassca ar
weeds, and being Incapable of b, sfiHg
ploughing sufficiently deep TO deposit
these eds beyond the ach ot yfgria-
ton, it requires double tie work 10 dos
! troy them as they sprout and grow after
| every rain, Which would suffice if ilav
were exiirpatcd This cannot b. effect q
on poor land Without killing it. On .uch,
| the wheat which follows corn, though the
corn required and received six or seven
1 workings is aiuaNe more infested Nitlt