Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-11-19

10 the Shoulders Of Horses fo being Cha,, hy the
Collars Extracts from Pnva. Correspondence compii.ing
Aiabama Management Mesd~'s Durham Cs,t,. Mai in
the Northern Neck Rail Roads Eenc~ Law OF V,rpnis
Cana Grass, Wa,erb0r"e Mail, sc. &c p; Commercial
NfSV m,;; no The ne.dsr' ct the F.'me.. Register
Destroy ing the iesisn Fly Wheel Insect and iies.ian
ny; Ms"gei wur'zel; Rail Road from Raleigh to New.
bern; Cora Injured Ivy Cutting The Top.; Successful
Method oil Rearing Young ducks; Quantity Of Indian
Corn to the Acre; Natures. Eject. ol Poor Laws Rail
ho'd to Charleston; S@iPetre in MeM; Cost OF " alter.
ma'kabie Benefits Of Gypsum; ExiirPaiiug Sa,sairas
Jana Gras.; On Planning on The Southwestern Prairie
Aphis lanai. Seeding. from Grated aud Unrr.ned
Fruit Trees; Formation Of Mortar; Cutting Cor,stsiks
Ameriesn F'r"er; Gathering aud Securing Potatoes
Ni'"un"g; Culture OF silk To Destroy Ants; Wee.n;
SIC smlT.'er Tran.pl.nung Tree.; Gathering Apples
T +" p s,.s'"r. Co'1sn OF Shell. in New Jersey
crops 4" New York; Planting Vines in Yards.
tr.om Ruin. ra.nc,.' Reci.,sr1
THE IMPROVEMENTS THE w rsrov en- FARM pro-
pocEp BY CLOVER AND THE foUR SHIFT RerA.
10 the Editor IF lss Far~~.' R;;;;a@.
:, Wesfceer. August 20, 1888.
Dear Srl have here enie avorc, to answer vou,s ,f
July last i" the best o,anner my feeble abirs will all
low. You desire Wc 10 give yo,-
'u'' aud detailed s'atemen, Of my manner Of max.
"E w"r" ON Grover lay: tile iWprov thereby made
Wesover; aud my opinions, as TO what exi.n, ION oe,
sosD TIE practice will be found suitable; aud all other
op,mo"s may think proper to offer the subject
10" urs,'e TOO, IAN expression OF tny opinion as 10 the
danger oi i'urug the of soils nv ,or
10 ne SUI" Gas Is necessary in August faows and wh.
me: e me advantages OF my system can be expected %
good clover" " P''uue"g
Ana hnaliy, you desire inc "to communicate, the COM
en'e"enN' progress and results OF the inproy enen
made i'll Cure.' Neck"
MY prepaIa'io" Tor the wheat crop 10 commenced. a.
800" - The previous one is disposed OF usually from In.
i- to The 18Th .. August Tn. Land Tor aIow hich j.
Grover lay and IN eleven feet beds, reversed with
large AZ or'"ck Ds,i, pous a. deep as it can m
IL Tr.n Ia A
A' tue "'d Is 100 hard Tor the TO be oe well
oy one '.r'ow When this is the case we are Obliged to
Pons" Tor run one after the other in the same fur
ro" As our time IL limited, Their. must he none os,
Aho nave generally found, after dry ialluws the sue
eei'S "he'' crop to he much better which is strong
"uce"eht Tor us perscvere II the land i, i'm order
'ena'ey narrowed; hut il the p,oue hing should be
uohe IN very dry the cods will be too hard for
ie successful use Of The harrow therefore left nm
" Fa'' wheh all The harrows started and continued
un'ii The i"iowed land is narrowed over or I'LL the hnr
row nave caught The Poughs II done when the land
70 "''", w"ich Is more frequently the case al this
season OF The y ar the time and labor OF the teams he
'o"n away, as the harrows will make bui little ,nro
% 1 'e e'ous anu close but lew OF the seams left by
"e plough IN sHch cases. have found great be N. Gt
on 'he US. OF heavy roller which facilitates erea.Iv
e operation oil pulver'zng the earth. No farther prepa
RATION Is Necessary, tut repeated haro,ynss un,;i h
ground is gotten III such order that the wheat vii, h
we" covered by tho harows. But if the season has r.
we. onr' The land will be filthy with gras, and weeds
gu are men Obliged TO allow the land with all
sc Po"ghs, or 10 use the double shovel plouph go;n
e'ey deep enough 10 destroy the grass and filth ,ni ,
10 nj.
eon 'ne earth Is sometimes baked very hard by b..vv
rams st oeor seeding. and before much crs.s can
up In such cases, recommend the double shovel "a
one oil The best instruments have ever useJ far nn,
M wheat OH fallow land ~ Pu""H
h've ,ca' cey ever found it advisable to comm. NO.
se,s ~ne" sooner than the 10Th October, though dis
e"oud ne regulated by the ,esson; il sowed s,risr II -
generally injured by the fly and the land ia mncb i
Cy HE partridge pea, il should be POSTPONED ur,
,lcn S some cool weather. ha, the pea may vegete
III, Wy swallow cultivation, IL may be kept from murine
na' crop. It's remarkable TACT that tie p.rIridSe No.
I , COMES up In cool weather. The pIsn,aon on which
I'VE IL abund"ny ,et in this grass vet I b,va ,
oeen unch pesiered with il in my whea cro,s own .,
nay leaving such parts very badly beset wi i, So
si" un cool weather throws up the pea; lis then
k""y p'onsheu, or repeatedly narrowed; ard second
crop WI not makei, apps arance that wear IT, howsv
S 'es'o" Is TWO deep you return the seeds Of he
f e surface or near thereto, which before TOO
oe 20 'ege'ae; and consequently. you have returned
upon you that crop you were attempting 10 destroy am
convinced that iy pursuing this course and mowng your
iaiow hed (r such parts of it, as are veIv much
'eu WIN M. pesi soon ge's into poJ il uigb, m
eA'efihn"ted r"m fields altogether: II move ed in ,,
STATE, there will be .econd crsp of ne, and I u,
season wi" not be too far advanced TO have goo cron NJ
cl yer. s'ou e'oP oi
quantity Of wheat seeded 10 tho acre should be re
Su"'e" oy the time OF seeding, varying from to no ck
so"n IRON the 10Th 10 25,b Oct am incliueJ IN riL
'e pecss sufficient Tor any land that is ureparcd RAJ
'eI le lana VIII require grsin as il will have
,e 10 come up aud branch, before the weather pe "a
700 cou, lille more Perishes in the ground A. MOT
VI MS !" me season before the last between the IOh
aud 2Oh OF October, seeded on field of ;nf.r;or ,d
s"ei o. purple straw 10 the acre; and in Noy,nber
thereafter. seeded l / 2 bushels OF the SANE CO.., y,
mnca o" much superior land and the wheat ON tbc in
ieI'or a"o was much thicker douby a. much 90 anna
rehy va 'he spring. The later the ,eednp the
II 'nond oT AMI IL possible, il should never be later than
"e o1 OF November The iaow field being all .adv hv |
'"o' oc'' we start every thing getting the whe
as SOON as possible; the scotsman goes on followed nv
m ne bed burrows then opened and .trsipbi
nrro "ey require by the plough; then the eros
tor grips are afterwards well opened with hoe
gu" sP"ues, anu hniy, the whole is chonp,d oy.r 49,
e noe h'iius These operations should be carried nm 40
% oge'ner as possbie so that every nig Int the whole
idhh with the wheat sowed and not dragged ,,a II,
VIII most probably sprout before il can be barroy.d In
ana me o'her operations will be impeded in lilo ..,
Wy n'd FIX beds caught in this situation last ar mot
" s " carry oacS 10 HE barn remnant of wheat as
,'e'c was no appearance OF rain. We had bowever ,
"e"'y ram uufi"g the night; ne n day the ,,Laa,
commenced sproutng before the land was in order for tl
a'"gs ne consequence was, that we were ob,igeJ In
1870 " VI we' '"ese beds were percepiibly worse the
"noie year. the land became very much baked ,vL. Il
go. nry, aud the crop OF it never recovered 800
nc '""oWng operations over, commence ON Tho cor,
o"gn " rarely happens that the corn i, sudicieu,ly
'"Ieu 10 DE cut down early the 10Th Of October
nc corn rows being I2 feet distant two of ,I.sa
,'owh together, making eleven feet beds The pIouob
ing mere Us done tquslIy as deem a. ,I,e cio,.
perhaps deeper, as the land IL more easily ,IounI
co.. oeing cultivated during the sumner II is mattel Of
Importance TO deepen with the plough our s,iG soils
In. ir 81 * UP some OF the snbsoil it is pulverized by
"os o' Tue winner IL is OF great inheritance ,,so
d' me corn land intended Tor wheat .bouI no Lsn 80
s,.s' o,netwise u would impede the plough and conse
q"y 'oke much longer TO put in your wheat and leave
H. many no'ows and irregular cavities into which
po wheat VIII ia, aud probably perish oyying ,o ,L
ueP.h "t WiHcb the seeds will have To yeretae zeal.
prefer eeVep or twelve feet beds for wbea ON or &
"o' ny throwing Two corn rows together the beIs
"o, t"'Se" TOO high while the water is more easIy !
""Ihen rom ihem. The ploug hing and Jr,inro of 49,
ia