The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-07-21
AGRICULTURAL.
Go the right way to work Brother Fa?-
mer5

am sorry there IS so much need Of the ldino-
nitions am about to givc,-Depend ON 1t you
do not "teorkH righP or you would make Your
farms and stock tgcc as valuable rs they now are.
Many Of you fitrm Ion mUch. You would find II
much more profitable to farm twenty acres WELL,
than forty By halYes. The last season, | made
my ground produce at the rate Of one hundred
bushels of Indian corn to the acre. Is this not
much better than crop OF thirty or forty bush
els! You will certainly say it is, and with the
same breath ask how manage to make It pro-
duce so plentifully} My land being much IN
tested with ground mice, Or mole and also over
run with grubs and ycrmin, | put on, early IN
the month Of March, about seven bushels ot salt
TO the acre, which thoroughly destroys all kinds
ofvernn, being an excellent strong manure, and
pIoughed and worked the ground over and
over, until itbecame completely mellow, then
had every corn hole filled with hog Manure, and
:fter dropping ny corn, (Which had been previ-
ousv soaked in warm watcr) scattered pint OF
lime over every hill, and then covered the whole
with little mellow earth. In about one week
the corn came up plentltdy after which nurs-
ed it with the plough and noe every other week
Tor eight weeks, at which time il was rs high A.
my head, and no. sprc OF 1t was destroyed el-
1hcr by the frost, grub, or birds Wy other things
manured and n,uscd equally well, and have
been amply paid for all my extra care and truu-
Bile as raised IL, re than twice as much per acre
as any Of my neighbours and did II in much less
tmc. mean got all my harvesting done two
or three weeks before many others. This Is &c
cOmplished in 4 great measure by redeemnS
tne, rislng hetwecA three and four O'Clock III
the morning; tllcnif the day be very sultly snd
hot, lie By from twelve to three, and rest,
then feel refreshed and able to work until quite
dark. This | call "tcorktng jiUgdti" whereas
should lay in bed until the sun be up and SHANE
,trlt flpttNl- tpft Itsl
whiskey, Uul hsli manure, half plough, half plant
halfhatvest, and do every thing else by haves
sarely should yor ''tc0rk IL right" nor get half
a crop.
Shall now conclude BY giving you, for fur
thcr consideration, 4 few excellent observations
from a wiser head perhaps than my own, which
shall entcavor 10 improve for myself, and hope
every brother farmer viii DO 50 likewise.
81 of,en say to myself what pity it IS our far
meYs do not lco5h IL rtgh when see a man
turn lis cattle VITO tliv road to rtn At large and
waste their manure durilB Il winters day So
this man dues nj lgofh 4 right Ten loads OF
good manure, at least is lost in season b? this
slovenly pra- a-tce-lud all for %iar Fur nothing
indeed but , ruin his farm.
So when see cattle late in the fall or early IL
the spr ng rambling in meadow or moving
field pouch,na the soil and breaking the grass
roots, say to myself, this M an dyeS not uorc q
right.
so, when see a barn yard with drain to it,
SAY the owner does not work it right, for how
easy is it to make yard hollow, or lowest in ths
middle, 10 receive the muisuuc and all The wasl
of the ides, which viii be thus kept dry for tn,
catte--The wash and moisture ut the yard mix
cd with any kind Of earth OF putrd straw, is eX
cccnt manure; yet how much do unf farmer
lose BY naglt cling these things, IN fact they q
not uni ii gh.
When set farmer; oi,en going to the retail
er's store WITH bopl, OF jug, or iounSng =
bout tavern, OF wr~ngltnp a5ont potics, 2
q,srreing wi.!,, AMI dcianing his neighbour
good name. an certain sucn a man does hd
gcork i y,git" AN OLD FARMER
In Bradford's History of Massachusetts,
is stated that the Legislature, after the bril-
liant affair at Bennington, presented Gen
.oterk with a 8ut IF Clothes and tiece c
linen. They had no idea, it seems, that b
should be Stark nnked.
On the goth May, a young man employc
in mercantile house at Lyons, shot him
self with pistol. \ few minutes before, h
wrote letter to his fellow clerk, begin
him to put his accounts to rights, and aas'gl
ing as the cause of his suicide, a dread
miserable old age on account OF physic;
sufferings that he endured lie adttet
that if his friend had need of him in I'll