Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-09-24
REMARKS

AVIAN hINho
On the general principles ofhusbandry.
L. Whatever may be the nature of
your soil, and the situation of your
farm. remember that there is no s1il so
good, but it may be exhausted and
ruined by had tillage, and that there is
none so bad, that cannot he rendered
fertile by good tillage barren
heath, if it can be ploughed and sward-
ed.
Z. The true art of husbandry con-
slsts III suffering NO one crop to grow
upon your land, that will so far exhausr
your soil, as to lessen the value OF your
succeeding crop, whatever suca crop
may afford you. ~,
3. 10 avoid this suffer no one ecroD
to grow two years successfully, upon
eeGsaft gvNand, <excepfing
grass aud buckwheat, without the fer
tilizing aid of rich manures to support
the strength nf the soil and then
change of crop will generally do best,
excepting onions, carrots and hemp.
A. Every plant deri;es from the earth
for its growth, such properties as are
peculiar 10 itself; a plant when followed
successfully for two or more years, up
on the same ground, will exhaust the
soil ofthose properties peculiar to itself,
without lessening its powers to produce
some other plants: this fact is most
striking IN the article Of flax, VIII CHI
will net bear repetition oftener than
once IN seven years. and it is common
with all crops, with the exception of
those mentioned above.
5. To avoid this evil, arrange your
farm into such divisi ions as will enable
you to improve all the variety of crops
your lands may require in such regu-
lar succession, as TO form a routine
OF hive, six, or seven years, according
to the nature, quality, and situation of
your farm.
=. This method will make poor land
good, and good land better. Try and
ee,-Montgomery Co Press.
NIX Pans.-A writer in Poulson's
Daily Advertiser, has the following re.
marks on the properties of milk pans.
Io the stone aoare, / can see no pos
sible objection; on the contrary, am
thoroughly convinced from theory that
1T alone, is the proper material Tor milk
pans. Consider it as you will, its supe-
rlor fitness for this purpose is evident
The most highly concentrated acids
have no effect upon it the chemists
daily avail themselves of this capital
substitute for glass, Of which the faces
are composed, an absolute vitriication'
taking place during their baking by
means OF salt. Stone ware milk pans
then are the proper ones. and | shall
hereafter conclusiveIy demonstrate that
stone ware or glass is the only proper
material for such vessels as are intended
toPreserye butter e. variety ofobjects
wholesome in themselves, bet rendered
deleterious by being prepared or
being allowed TO remain in improper
vessels"
improvement an T'anning.-Nr. S.
Hulbut, of Oswego, in connection with
Messrs. Hunt and Sbrove, have discov-
cred method of tanning hides, which
Is supposed to be ali important improve.
ment upon the process, that has usually
been pursued. They have thrown a.
side the use of lime altogether. and in
stead, have adopted the method from
experiment, OF extending them, after a
thorough saturation, IN large vat,
about two inches apart, and excluding
the atmosphere entirely from them.
In this situation, the damp air has the
same effects upon the hides as lime