Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-08-13

| considerable quaniiiy is distilled, and
! Large stock Gf hogs Is the necessary atten-
! ddnt on rv-ry well conducted disiillery.
4 Alter supplying the wants of the district,
| considerable quantity Of whisky u pork,
! or bacon Is sent To market. AS the
! prOhiabie management OF a. disiillery
requires a large stock of hogs. so the
profitable raising of hogs requires fields
| Oh clover. Hogs thrive extremely well
and grow almost in proportion to the
'uAurance OF the pasturage, and require
no feeding while this continues good.
| From the best information have been
| able 10 obtain, Ill the section ut country
| lying imm ediaiely below the Blue Ridge
| IN The county al Culpeper, containing per.
| haps between two and three thousand
| sqHare miles, there is usually sent out OF
| The SAID section about 10000 barrels of
| flour, 10000 lbs. OF pork or bacon, and
about - 900 gallons of whishey, manu-
| featured from corn and rye cultured here.
and that no kind of neal ar grain Is
brought IN, 10 supply Tie ,nhabianis.-
| Mach of the surplus pork Is raised from
the oifal OF grain dis,iirries, aided by
| clover pastures, though many farmers
iaticn more than is requisite for home
| consumption, and this also is sent In
market. The attention paid In the rear.
ing of beef cattle, has moi heretofore
been considerable, but il is increasing
and II Is probable as farms improve, still
more attention will be paid. In Tins sec
ton OF country, think there are about
one hundred beef cattle Of middliny size
| annually sent 10 market these are mo l.
| " iaiiened on grass, but few being kept
through the winter, and fed with gram
| vi The relative value Of horses and
oxen have but iitiie >nnwledge, having
never used The latter. James Green, Esq.
he present sheriff of Cuipepei, d neighbor
| OF mine. however, has long used oxen 10
| great advantage, and his experience and
| information enable INN 10 give the socie-
| w much valuable Information OH the sub
| Ject as well as many others connected
with iile interests of agriculture.
| In the early part OF this communication,
II was remarked thai this section OF coun
| Try abouuds with stone Ina great many
| places II Is so abundant, ihai IL is acces.
| ssry IN order 10 cultivate lie land well,
either TO pile II IN the field or 10 remove
| IL out. was long of the opinion that
| land without stone was greatly prefera-
| Die; but my own experience convinces
| me, that independent of the value OF stone
Tor building, and fence, the land on " hich
1t abounds, when freed iromii, so as TO
admit OF good cultivation, is more pro-
duciive than land without sioue, and on
| such land The crop will sustain "A longer
drought. The labor of removal, how
| ever, was no small obstacle 10 my attemp
Ing IT.. However, | commenced in d
small field OF or 10 acres, and which was
100 rocky To be well cultivated and iav-
ing disposed of the stone in long, we'll
butt piles, II produced crop of corn
| d0nbly as great as the preceding one on
| bel .fip
lhg from this experiment encouraged me
to proceed aud pro, ding myself with
pick axes, crow bars ant sledge hammers,
! have no% so disposed of Tie stone in all
m'fhelds, thai the land can all be well
kcah walled. When convenient, | have
hauled The stone out side Of The field, anu
proceeded 10 make fence of ii ; in other
situations II is placed in well built piles,
WHICH may be removed at leisure and
applied 10 tie same purpose. With con-
venieut fools and little eXpence, the rails
ing aud removing OF stone, and CON
veTiing III MO ieEce, is moi so tedious as
might he Imagined. From our own i'm
providence and that of our ancestors, in
an unnecessary waste of timber, a search
~ Tor fencing and fuel is already felt I'm
some places, and II does not require The
siii OF prophecy 10 fUretel, that al no very
degree, 10 other means of fencimg than
timber, will be ndispensa bic 80. MANY
farmers he,c, convinced OF his, have
! begun To make fence of stone and TO
be very careful OF timber. Some have
already made a considerable quantity,
ana more is made every year, and while
1t saves timber by substituting most
durable enclosure, II removes from the
land all ImpedIments 10 good cultivation.
Stone, which WAS once considered an in
tolerabie nuisance, pow begins 10 he
thought valuable, IN proportion 10 the
scarcity oi timber, and promises 10 be
| extensively used here III place oiit.
lac opinions Of farmers here, relative
TO the proportional wood land necessary
TO supply farm with fencing and fuel
are very varIaaf. j lie general Impression
l., that from one lourih TO one third OF
the farm in wood land is necessary 10 a
permanent supply. However the quaint.
~ Of wood used for fuel is much greater
thani should be, in consequence of the
"asieO i heat by open houses, and the
large quantity of wood usually consumed,
ny hre places being generally too large
| ana Ill constructed. Tie consumption of
TIMBER Tor fencing and fuel, must III most
case be supplied by permitting the small.
Ter tees 10 remain I'LL they attain suffici.
ent SIZE, as few trees put forth vigorous
shoots from the old siumps. Chesnui
timber, however, IS an exception to this
remark. After The old tree has been used
tor rails, for which it is excellent and
durable, humber of vigorous shoots
VII spring up from the stump, and fresh
supply OF choice timber will be thus pro
duced and IN much shorter time Than
from any other tree know. There is
small mountain OH INV farm ON WHICH