Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-02-22

upon a y ri of the iahd al uie rate "' eb"
bushels TO the acre; and IN anoh er part sixteen
bushels. IL short time vegetation disappear
ID totally. and during the month OF April soi
lowing no, a blade OF grass was To be Been. II
the latter end Of the month OF May, most
flour,sl,ing crop OF rich grass made its appear.
ance onthst part where The elgh' bushels mad
been lad. In the month OF july the other por
ton produced still greater crop; the cattle
were remarkably fond ct IL, and tor ten or
twelve wears afterwards the laod G shibited SUI
perior verdure to the neighoorlng fields.
Horticultural Arioms In no DE-
partmen is Bacon's celebrated maxin
more true, c knowledge is power,9
han in regard 10 Agriculture. Henc'
90 farmer can be accounted Skll!u' III
hi, profession. 40 does not avail him
self of the information to be derive
rom the experience OF Others, and vino
loes 90, IMPROVE his knowledge OF
lu,bandry by the perusal Of the ab'es'
works W nich have been written On tins
subject II rs absurd to imagine, tina
the communication Of knos ledge 10y
printing which mas promoted the sd
ancemcnt Of every other art. should
be al uo use IN agriculture
Endeavor to ra,se good grain, for il
Will always sell, even IN years OF plen
,y; whereas 1t is only in dear and
scarce seasons that there is demand
for gra,n %, all interior quality.
Let your sock OF cattle, horses, SC
be of the best sorts, and more remack-
able for real utility ihan Tor beauty or
fashion.
not aheve your profession. and
always consider it as the inst that any
man can follow
A dmlt no guest into your house who
cannon live Oh the productions Of his
own country.
No farmer ought to undertake 10 cul
tivole more land than he CON stock and
mnnage to advantage. IL is better to
Till .wenty acres we'll tnau one hundred
IN ,'ovenly manner.
a mans owning large farm is no
excuse for imperfect ullagc. What
! he cannot improve he need not under
take to cultivate Most OF our lands in
New England, Il left to the operations
of nature will be profitable for fire
wood and TIMBER Large pastures
may be proit.ole with no other labor
/ than is necessary to keep it clear OF
! bushes But TO run over twenty acres
of poughi,nd or moving land for
what may be obtained from five acres
is the quint ssence of bad husbaDdry
A large farm without skill, capital
and industry, is plague to its owner
Ii is like what somebody said of sell
righteousness, the more you have OF il,
the worse you are of.
J Be not afraid of trying experiments
bot let them be on small scale at first
and few at a time.
Book knowledge in Agriculture
Agricultural knowledge, like all other
knowledge, rs founded on experience.
Experience is the result OF experiments
1t we derive our knowledge solely
from Ocr own experience, it must oil
course be limited. If we call 10 our
aid the experience olothers, our knowl
edge is thereby extended The ex
perience OF others can only be Obtain.
ed by observation, conversation and
reading. What we obtain by reading,
may however, include every other
mode OF in!oI nation. Thus A finds
out by experience, or by he result of
divers experimt hts the best mode OF
destroying bugs or catterpilIars. A
obtains his knowledge from the fOun
tain head, his own experience A
observes one of his neighbors IN the
'uccesSfui practice Of p ocess for de
stroylng bugs and catterpIllArs. In
this ease he obtains useful know ledge
by means of observation, from the
experience of another A communi
Gates this process toB by the word OF
mouth. b then obtains his portion OF
useful knowledge by means of CONVEX
salon. Thus far all gees on swim
m,ngIy. But A or B takes it into his
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