Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-08-20

CT tuteNiSU luUlSnen
sable, know but two or three small mea
doNs sf the kind in my own county, a
few more In Caroline, and none in any
other part OF The district although I
cannot undertake to say, but that there
may he more Ia all the counties, Than
have mentioned. II there were however,
lis probable, think, that should either
have seen or heard of them. Ii IL certain
mat we have many streams flowing into
our various creeks and riv ers, the adjacent
lands oi winch streams afford situations
Tor meadows, as eligible as could he de-
sired. In some few places " marsh hay"
| as II Is called, is cut with laudabie fore
cast OF HE winier's suffering; aud many
individuals are getting clover lots or
paddocks about iheir houses, chiefly
however, To feed green 10 their horses.
In regard to" the rotation in u l.ich The
Respective crops succeed each ether
II Is almost universally, | may say--corm,
| wheat, pasture such parts OF the corn
land, as are too poor for wheat, arr us,.
ally sowed IN oats or rye, or irii out, as
past recovery. Some instances Fhrre are
OF corn and wheat taken alternately, aud
| without intermissiOn from the same fields
| IN all winch cases, the stock, u any, is
| left to irespass as they can, upon neigh
boring lands; giving rise to emdless feuds
| and animosiiies.. Indeed this lit emii-
GUS and shameful conduct in relation
TO stock, Is one the soresi evils of our
country, and calls loudly (if | may he al
lowed to speak for Legislative interference
Naked ialows for small grain are not
used with us at all; nor do | recolieri a
single instance of ever having seen one III
the district.
| Query 4th. With respect TO " the aiien-
ton paid 10 The improvement Of land by
manuring and aAtliorating crops" my
! information is very limited, but such as
II Is, lwill giyeit. Aliho' apparently mex
| haustIble beds OF clay aud shell mari
are known 10 exist both on the Kappa
hammock and Matapony rivers, little has
yet been done with them, except by some
few farmers in King 81 Queen d King Will
ham, no hear have been amply repaid
Tor ihelr highly praise-worthy enterprise
IN trying the efficacy of This most valuable
substance. haoW one case in Caroline,
| mentioned IN former communication,
where great success has attended lis APP
piicailon on the farm of MIR. Francis Ia
liaferro: and | hear of another about to
| occur I'm my own county, where, strange
TO say, there Is on the River Bank bed
of shell mari some hundred wards in SUI
| peThcial extent aud OF unknown depth,
which has never been noticed until within
a year or two past. In that neighborhood
| not far above the MiddlespX line, there
| is single instance OF a farmer, Il MIR.
| Mann, who has used lime with astoniSli-
ing success, on land almost eHtmely worn
out yet his laudabie example, If | am
correctly informed, has failed to produce
a single limitation, or not more than one.
The usual manure Is that made in cattle
and horsepens, which generally speaking,
is poor both 10 quantity and quality. The
Stable for the saddle and carriage horses is
usually quite distinct concern The ma-
nure OF which is almost always applied 10
the garden aud orchard The quantity
however, scarcely ever sufficient for both
purposes. II is The practice, nearly lnva-
riable TO pen cattle for the night -iuring
part of the spring, the whole OF summer
and part OF autumn sheep also III some
instances !: but so little attention is paid
TO regularity aud consiancy in this i'm
portani business, that few, comparatively
speaking, manure much more ground by
this process, than will suffice for the tar
nip" patch" which is rarely ever neglect
ed, the tops being considered AN indis-
pensable substratum TO our staple dish
bacon.
Although little can be said in common
dalton of the general practice of the dis
! trict with respect 10 manure, either as to
the manner ut Raising, or applying it,
yet there are farmers, who deserve much
praise. Al the head OF these, may ven
turr, | hope without offence 10 The rest,
to place our president, Col. Taylor, who
not only raises much more in proportion
to his stock, than any man of my ac-
quainiance, bai manages IL, according
to my notion, III more jndicious manner.
His invarIabie practice is TO plough ii
under, astast as II is carried out III the
Spring, and whilst ii is little more than
halt TOtted whereas the general Gus
tom is 10 haul II ont at "leisure times" as
tie phrase is, and 10 let ii remain moi un-
frequently for weeks before IL be spread.
These remarks il is % be understood, APP
ply exclusively 10 farm pens and stable
manure made by liilerlug the cattle and
plough ieapiwIih The corn and wheat offdl.
With respect 10 summer COW pens, which
Col. i. pioughs alaays up, as soon as the
cattleare removed, there are, think many
well founded doubts, whether his prar-
iice is best on all soils. In regard 10
ameioraiing crops" | can say but
little tile lew who pay any attention
TO them when compared with the mum.
Der Of those who neglect them entirely,
being like single drop in bucket vet
thepractice OF sowing clover in the spring
or small grain, bPgiils by degrees TO be
adopted here and there but in very
limited and partial way.....A green
lay, as an ameliorains preparation for
any kind Of small gTan, so common in
highly cultivated Countries, is Il ibiag
which | have seen tried on very small
spots, some three or tour times paFhaps
in thirty er forty years.
(TO DE CONrtNUED)