Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-07-29
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Fro akac Farmers Register.
LEAVES FROM ~ TRAVELLING NOTE
4 Wax MrongA 'stVrg Farm. !Nsv. 25ta, 1882

A Wax MronsA S.it ~ Farm. Nor. 25h, 1882
One Of the early steps iniscn by Mr. Carter for
the npro OF SURREY, was the reverse OF our
general practice of extcnlld cultivation. Flom Il
bout seven snd'cd acres the prcvio, extent o. the
arabic i.,ni, he reduced Inc whole space of high
lni subject 10 tage 10 four hundred acics, diyi-
icd INTO four fields, ocsides sonic twenty acres III
lots, which are m05.ty ktslt IN .r.,ss. The remain
ns body three nu dfej acres, tho poorest OF the
f,rn, formed standing pastprc, until lately, when
it vas gain brou- lit dndcf cultivation, and uhjeet
ell To the general rotation of crops. he purchase
aud substitution OF two hundtcd acres OF poor land
for stan ling pasture, mad, this change practicable
and expedien A tide swamp of ghty ii re acres
was also added to the extent ,oi cultivation eight
years ago, when ii was first dlked and drained
This has been under cor every year since, aud
by It's abundant pioouc' of gram aud Of forage and
litter for manure, permits 10 be excluded alto
gcthtr from the general rotation, which is as fol-
lows:
1st ycar-Whca on clover ay--not moved pre-
yIously, and but partially grazod.
2l.--Oats.
3I.-W heat on oat srubbo ploughcd in, and clio
YER seed sowcd.
Ah.-C 10, cr-to be turned in for wheat in au-
tumn, as before
The y'ou.hns of IL clover lani is begun in tie
first mo ST state al il. sol IN August, aud coni'n-
ucd usually uniii October, before It is completed
The Pourbing deep as can bc done by three
good hdrses u each plough All the manure IS
given just before the Latest of ihis deep oushing,
and usually serves for fifty acres, including the
summer running COW pens. This is the only deep
r'o"@hins given To prepare for he crop; ba, shat
io% p'ou5hing repeated harrow'nss are gwen as
required before and after sowing the wheat.
shhnl iet,- souls SlS
exhaustion under tins severe rotation, oven wHh
all lho aid here derived from manure and general
gooi NINA cement: though Mr.. Carriers observa-
tion AMI experience have led hin. to form very
different opinion. IL think, that even ON !ni'
rior soils, with proper attention 10 vegetable ma
nurcs, three grain crops may he made IN each 10.
taion OF four years. and vel the land be kept m
proving in product.
The general soil of Shrl3y is d,rh brown clay
loan, deep, aud originally very rieh, and Possesses
IN high degree the valuable qualities OF The low
level tracts the tide water of James river which
seem to have been originally formed 10y aliuvlon.
The higher part of the farm is of different and
inferior soil. Mr.. c received the estate greatly
impoverished ~ the Usual management OF over
seers during his minority -aad SINCE has restored
it to nearly orquite lis former fertility. The soils
naturally the poorest, he suppos S. are now more
productive than ut first. Fortunately for the sue
cess of his labors, the ulface was too level TO be
much hurt by being washed, Che most eiieciua
means for destroying land,l and yet 1t is sufficient
ly undulatlng 10 be kept perfectly dra'neh--aha
great care is used for this purpose The hcids are
kept in beds of fifteen (cet-and that lately soweo
IN wheat has every water turrow wei ana hea' J
opened and cleared out by the ploushs, ano small
Shallow bitches Cor grips cut across the beds II
every depression of the surface, so as to draw Ill
surface water from the burrows, and discharge !
from the field. These grips arc opened ny p'oosiis
and spades after sowing and covering me w"eu,
and are so small as not to obstruct the future u
IaSc. Inc mos, productive crop oil heat yo' "'"a
ny MT .. Though not the lrsest) was some yea.
ago, before his present, rotation was completely II
operation. From 10 acres OF wheat on Glove
lay, and 80 more succeeding oats and corn ne reap
cd and examined 5 322 bushels, or between ~ aho
20 OF average product to the acre VI ms TN
part succeeding clover wasottoutse much TIC pes