Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-06-24

urea lawyer 10 mo noblef professions Its title IS
as follows -" new system of Agriculture OF a
PLAN, easy and demonstrative method Of speedily
! growing rch proving by undenioblo arguments
that every landowner IN England may advance
his estate 10 a double valae, in the space Of one
years tune Together, with several very curious in
strucuons, how To- feed oven cows aud shocp to
much greater profit than has ever been known in
! England London printed for A. Ml,lerl - This
Portico 10 his structure rather in the style Of that
day, but like other portcos II might serve 10 attract
attention 10 that of which l. was the mere nppcn-
dagc As the mottos are somewhat quaint, they al
| so suboned.
" The only gentlcman-like way Of gro wing rich
is by the art of husbundry All other profess ions
have something in them ot the mean and subscrvi-
ent This alone is free, and noble and The wealth
due So'tcn may alone be said 10 be Of man own
creating G1oec 81 He6tutyg,
" Male asltnr cum Domino ,laem, tutteHS doc't
Ctio De .Igrfeai0a.
This latter maxim is not nappIicoble 10 many of
our southern farmers and their ovorscers rs some
of hem have felt 10 their cost And possibly II sen
tlmcut somewhat analogous TO the former being
deeply seated IN the heart Of the aslculoulsl, may
have aggravated the tariff controversy.
llctc follows the extract taken from near the close
Of the work
" can't Introduce very useful observation in a
more proper place than this and thatis when the
land yon are 10 plough Is the splc ct very steep
hill, is II often IS tbs DOWNRIGHT madness 10 pro.
coed rs most countrymen Do, by pIousl,ng directly
up aud down the steep. In HIS case, Us pity the
diver IS not IL the place Of his tclm he would
lheu perhaps, discover TINT 'twoui be the wscst
way 10 plough across tn hill, 10y which means the
cattle world not only draw with the el,e, as
II they WORKED on pltn ground but the burrows,
lynn atWaft, would Prev at TIC rams fon wash
Il. E, = Il ..t ~
5 misfortune 10 which at present, al tire lords are
yearly able, and often ruined aud lmpoyeri5heiby
IT."
This passage certainly contains the idea IN qucs-
ton and phly describes the bmbarlty On more
! senses than one) Of It's neglect Nor does II seem
: 10 BE- announced as any new discovery. Rut as
e.; in authority is IN n measure unknown, Will aid
f,Ir.r ,hdt II IS not necessary 70 20 abroad, or To
obscure, atft3t- 10; tco mony. 4 i1,Hd, to Y bonn
! | j;al sgoAaa OF the above passage, informed me
lfrtl .Iaai b sr1 the late Col Taylor, Of Caroline
/ IN cotcafsatoh en- this subject, mention tint hor
1,uta poughia!- bad been prsctised IN particular
dist let of Scotland, i9T more than century Since
| rccc.yIn your narcr 10 lay have looked into
| q Arat9rn and fnd in the number on ploa2nns
remark, tho which If had before KIN wn, do not
! lnI sdoali have troabled you with my former
l,crieg) It is this deep pl2ughlng combined
with enclosing &c. vastly ob>trutts, the formation
Of guIics in hilly lands even tflIIo~'ei with aleV
| eli surface Bat such lands will admit OF hhfF'"
| ridges well as level, by degree Of Skfd ana
attention easily attanable that | observe !"
| have existed IN Scotland above century pest, nc
der state OF agriculture otherwise cXeerablt. nl''
/ among he I2a9ra.t hgaandsf@ II is effected AJ
carr, Ia, III rides horzonDy ~ SUCH Infection,
IS the h,Iilness Of the c@anl may require, curved
or z,g7 2 preserving ,h,It bfea ith.' Farther on.
| he observes. 4" this classic system of agriculture
! mas been inlredaced in Virginia by gentleman Of
Abcmarle, in style completely adapted TO the
state of the country, sc
Here thsn Is additional, and perhaps sufficient
confirmation Of NV f1,m.r impression TINT tue idea
wa, not new. even if ori.,,na with Gov Randolph
Itsrarcely anpaars TOO tha " the theory, although
eighteen hundred years old, bad been passed by as
Unworthy of attention during the whole ofthatumo
or that .hle ,dvercd to as we have seem by VII
lers, it foilcdfo be reduccdto practice
In relation to the otheriop'c, one Il FoPr re-
mAik- seems somewhat eqaiHocaL You say mat
horizontal ploughng was most probably lrac"S
al by the Romans aud Of Course, hIi8nie plough
of the sort vas used by them. h"hef no''
scqnItuf soplos'' s'net ''o''"'''' l -,
mode in our country without using the hillside
plough properly SO called, unless the common III"
plcmonts be dubbed with this ate while tIoa2hn
the Steep aud anon receives another whenli reach
es the plum The principle on which ms III
slrumont IS constructed, Cand which meht.'he'
as having been suggested betor,) IS mat oil '''
double mold board which Is made to pafiefm d So
mi revolution on the single axis to winch they are
both fixed 50 as always to present one OF them to
wards the base of the bill.
My authority for this Is another English work
"Fo boss Agriculture, wh ca though, " lth the one
first above mentioned left oat of Loudon', CATALOGUE
Of English writers on this subject, opreals to have
r.. ,;,I IL, ono of the a ,rlcultural journals of