Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-07-29

'sa''s "oooie as much as the sumo lind will bring
~ Gus a'er, when succeeding oats. Besides
u '9oS''oh 10 tins rotation of beipe too exhaust.
s ~, "os' lands, should have supposed tina, IL
"'a'a Keep The soil full of wceds--ns there is no
cleansing or horse-hoed crop introduced Buttbis
| e'ii docs not seem to exist herr. Ia, ,honyb AZ
:. complains loudly OF his annoyance f,om bl,e.
.'"s.' anu partridge peas, the appearance of his
"s'os "hen seen under grant, ,.nd the au,o,n, a {
Ups 'eoi'eo ana sold, sufficiently prove that these
| pes's must DC Kept from DONG much inn,ry The
oeep and ciectial poushing Il rapid succession of
crops, followed by heavy, smnilofinp Gro, or
cover, must be the means which serve 10 keen
down The growth of weeds.
gypsum tctS here well on coyer and has bcon
used extcnsve'y-but is HOT continued II be an
'iiea TO every crop Of clover 1t !, Used. however
whenever the young growth is endangered by
dry season. stone line (from Mane1 to the H.
mount CT 900 casks Was used II few years ago. lin
such mode of application us 10 be mostly carLona
ted, OF made mild, before acting -and with creat
benefit TO The first crop, wheat, which saw when
heafly ripe OF course the benefit will be perma-
heht' lie line was bough, At a price unusually
low, Cess than 81 the cask,) and the effects SO
wei pad the cost, that like applications would
nave been made every year since, but for the high
er prce ofsonc lime. The scarcity Of fuel forbids
The burning of oyster shells for manure, as is done
so eehehcialiy on some OF the estates lower down
the tiver Mr. c. proposes now, as cheaper than
me III any way, to give calcareous manure to his
Il IDS, by bringing mad across the river, from the
bells IN Prince George county
Tie deep ploushing tho clovor lay, and the
soi hot benz turned back by second plous hing,
prevents most Ct the clover seed from coming up:
and TO avoid any risk of loss by relying on the vol
nheet growth for crop. a full allowance of seed
IS sowed at the proper time III every of crops
The thicker The clover plants may stanG, the more
seed Will be made TO the this was 10 me u
new 'aii-and IS directly opposed To opinions ,hot
liave b. pub shed.
lhe partridge pea is one Of the worst pes IS on
such souls us thai of shney, and have found It to
increase 50 much on sandy land after marling that
Il seemed that wheat culture would ultimately hr
rendered altogether unproi,ble These wo,st
evils welc experienced alter early sowing. Any
SOL over winch this plant has been spread Is
50 h'led wrh It's hard ard almost lndcslruc-
llble seeds, that the most oareiui liage Viii
remove tcm. Every deep l,loughing brings to
the surface q new supply Of doinan, seeds, which
viii sffout soon rs the irs cold weather IN
! October begins, and nal bcfotc. To keep this
stowia IN check Mr. &. hurrows his clover lay at
ter ,he deep poue hins, aud does not the wheat
uli.ii the weather has been cold enough sprou.
| m 81 oi the plants ueai the suiiaee This may be
expected to take place om IL lodi 10 the 3Utb, On
Land plcughcd no; less lh.le fifteen lays before
| Then, a very shadow PI'us@ ing, or rcpeocl bar
roN ings, serve TO cover the s2ed heat ana NJ the
sum time TO destroy every pllni OF the partridge
pea IN their tender stuto-zand not enough plants
ill again rise to materially hurt the cfvp Of whca;.
Thus the partridge pea makes std later sowing
necessary than the iiessian ily. My own prGcucc
of pioughing Con corn lmd) deep and well and
then ing and han moving in the seed wheat with
little delay possible is no safeguard whatever
against this wecd-as every seed brought NJ
By the plough, is lcti to spring up with the wheat
At cmies' Neck, was shown piece of excellent
lani under wheat sowed early last month"; and on
which the partridge pea had sprung in abundance,
although in the course OF :he fotaton, three previous
successive growlls of that plant bad been broush,
up by the plough, sprouted and thon destroyed by
tlliage. The individual plants otParrldec pea atc
easily killed by the plough and harrow, as any
plant whatovcr-but The succession OF plants is
endless.
Mr. c. has usually kept D horses, about 100
head of horned cattle and sufficient stock of hogs
for home consumption He has also 300 sheep,
but not here, they being kept on a poor fam few
miles distant, the cutlypiion OF whIch has oeen
abandoned. With the stock above named, ana
the vegetable materials for Liter imnlshed by The
crops OF grain aud hey only, there NE usually ma
| nured about huy acres. Vsry lh"c nay Is mace
because not needed for food since The narSh "uh
reclaimed NO leaves are useo' because '"o'' a,e
none sufficiently accessible and abundant NO
roots or succulent crops Ito any eNeh') ave useo
for feeding ethe. lean cattle or oce'cS J " oI'"s
supposed that all acre ofland III corn wan produce
more amcnt, than the same land and labor can
brirg in ruta bsga, or mangei wur'ze &c
The winter cow-yar1 IS no" beng prepared
! with enclosure and si DIS to receive Tie cattle.