The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-19

one way only, plants them shallow, nlmely
! about two inches as soon At they show
! themselves about ; inches above the ground
/ he covers shout two inches of them in {
or 10 dtss, or when The ieps are about siA
inches high he spreads the iops open, aud
hoes and covers them again to about , in
rhes, aud when grown mp again tn about {
inches h. hoes and covers them ~ before
6y this process he thinks il possible thai
'ue thoustnd bushels may be raised from
one acre of ground,
HIS method for raising Corn.
/ lie has machine thai cruises the ridges
he plants 3 To hill, the ri ses or hills are a.
bout Z feet inches apart He succours af-
ter the second ploughipe- cuts the stalks
aud blades together close 10 the ground
The average product is Il ears to hill the
| corn weighs 60 To GO lbs. Ia the htlshrI.
His general method of farming is To lay
oil his land into las of 6 tn 10 acres, each
lot Is MANFRED once in -four or five years
his usual quantity is 3 Wagon loads, with I
horses, To each acre-Grst year is in grass
second in corn--third in hallry--and fourth
in wheat, spring or winter wheat, with clio
yer and timothy, Hos. clover and : quarts
'Aii'liil I'l 'olt l4lt Ibi liltIu W itit flb
yer he prefers; he mows his timothy for
two Years, pastures il one year, in the fourth
year he turns down the sod, puts in wheat
on the sod--ls, and ID corn, 3rd barley or
spring or winter wheat, and stocks ii down
as before.
Mr. Stimson remarked, he has field Il.
scd is pasture, and what he intends is tur-
uing down the sod, roll il well, give it top
dressing of manure, plough it the second
time on the sod, manure il again, put il in
to wheat, harrow II IN, and expects to make
80 To 10 bushes per acre.
The following is his product from zoe
acres as reported from actual survey and
examination
Ten acres having 400 apple trees ON
them produced p tons hay--8 acres corn,
$50 bushels acres do. 1910 do do,
500 aud iG tons of hay do. wheat, 10
bushcls--l do. fax GOO lbs.--8 do. oats,
500 bushels do. hay, 80 tones-8 do.
do. 36 dol do. barley, GO bushels do.
hay, 1O4 tons.= / do. do. = do DO. do.
"a doe acres 1000 bushels potatocs---2
acres in vegetables, which also raised 400
chickens.
His wheat cost him 80 cents per bushel
corn l. do. do.
Great Crop.-AIcssrs. !. and ". Pratt, Of
Eaton, Madison county, raised the present
year, from three acres OF ground. the as
tonishng quantity Of four hundred aud
ninety four and half bushels Of Indian
corn an average Of one hundred and Sc
venty two and IA half bushels to the acre.
II was predicted some timr since that the
circumstances attendant upon, aud The re-
suit Of The tragic-comic iarce, in which two
characters at the South have played con
spIruous parts, would serve 10 bring the
hoH0ratie title Of Il DuELLtsr, quite INTO
disrepHte with the sensible pant Of the
community. In evidence of the correct
ness of thi, prediction, W. arc enabled to
state from the Daticn Gazette Of the 10th
ult. that the two champions, OF the mcdi-
cal profession, VINO left thai city far South
Carolina, have returned without having cx
changed shots, and OF course without be-
ing wounded in the back" or in front.