Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-08-05

N is29, the chorck WAS suffered to grow on the
'aha appropriated to Iye, until It had auoiped It's
growth aud was in full blossom The LAID was
hen plooshed very carefully and the chatllck com
pieteiY covered in. In short time a second crop
Appeared more vigorous than the first, This also
was allowed to attain lis growth and then plough.
cd III us before. third crop soon appeared. which
al course was destroyed, when the Land was again
pioeghed Tor sowing about the middle OF Sepem-
'ef= l ms piece OF land WIS parallel strip run.
nlha nom The river, and containing two acres
Wo bushels OF rye We're sowed The crop pre-.
scented remarkably promising appearance aud
yielded seventy-four aud hAfbnsIcls
In $50 The land appropriated to rye included
nearly all the lighter part of The soil aud IN. to
a pres sure of business WIS not attended to as We
could have wished. II VAS i,ioush he'd in the curly
| Iaii OF the summer. Rut narrowing To destroy the
weeds was substituted fer the second plouehng
ih's, and the unusual blight Which affected all the
SraIn IN tbs parfufthe county led us to anticipate
small crop. 1t yielded, however, fifteen bushels
10 the acre
The land on which the crop Of rye was raised
The present had for the three or four prey
yeats been planted with luan corn aud OWING
10 the extent Of our ulage land NC have mol been
! able To apply more than four or five load, Of
manure 10 the acre tins season. The chorlick was
s"iiered to attain IT'S growth as usual and ON the
| 18th and 18Th of June. II was carefully plouehed
IN. Tie scconi crop Wa poughel in on the 6th
! aud I'll of August On the l1h aud l5lll oil Sep.
tember It WAS sowed III the usual manner, namely,
a small strip vi land was plaughcI and the seed
sown Immediately upon the fnrrow, and then har-
fowed IN. Then another strip OF land was plough
ed, aud SO on until the whole was completed
tine boshcl FER acre was soWcd usual The
N,
vicinity and suppose is similar to that which is
generally used. We have never prepared our aeed
IN any manner, bat have directed ourultenton sole
y to the preparation of the land and to this we at
tribute our success. Owing to the unusual severn
" the winter, the crop WAS considerably winter
Killed, hut recovered very SOON IN the eprin =,
eeptlnG IN the md furro"s. Thee, as Inc land
lies very level, the water settled, and complete
y destroyed the rye that ,hey continued bare the
whole season. This would of cause cause some
d'mtnoaon in the cop perhaps Lusi cI or TWO
! he ,ye was rcHpcI al tie Usual scNsOn and, as
fhr weather was favorable. Immediately put int,
! tie barn. The Ind coninlrrd one nsrr and lhlr
ten rod. and yielded fflg "r 1t,At!s and ht.t.
ntakS. jemGrtabis fnt 2aalpie.
IN ,utetiu{ rtIm tar you premium, woull
ask YOU attention particularly the process Of cul
t.sal.su 1t IS JehtYe .natcy new. and orpab
oipsHeroi "rphcaa II,
oa4la. the sec ! Immediately after the plough v,
consider very advantageous TO the cIu,'. lac sH
my then moist, causes the seed to spring ,mme
dta ely, an gives n forw 4flnc5s ana vIgor 10 III
piahts which they ever eitrl retain.
Tic process of plonshng IN tire crops Of we'd
before the seed is sown, very mucn ennche' III
soil Il ould be altogether unne ,cssaly to attemP
10 rtlule the no ton, that 10y such process n0i4n-
II ore IS applied to the soil than was before denset