Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-08-18

- ..teNe" were enloafkeu Tor Philade phn in the
snip AneSh'ny, and the remainln. nine, under
charge OF the agent IN Person put1n bo nd lne
ship Portsmouth, which, the 4 h of juno, SAILED
tor this city. Having two hundred steerace pas
s4hgers on board, the Captain with the view OF
avoiding sickness Oh his passage, took what my
Dc called northeriy track and a,r much suffering
and encounterIng some heavy dl5,es and rough
weather, arrived Va this cly, and lnndfd the AMI
mails, ia hue condition, on the 26ih JaIv the other
o'Vlsion having previously reached PhIadalpha
| IN safety.
Great care IS observed il England ty the brce
defs oil hoe cattle, 10 preserve the blood untainlel
and unmised. They have their regular Herd
Book by means OF which they can trace the eenea-
"gy OF their animals almost az fac back, from sire
10 sire. as the arisoclntie sporsmen his stud of ra-
GERS, or as spfs of nobility would recount The
names aud Seleaogy OF the ancestry of which he
boosted
Yhetwo bulls which arrived here were three
years old, and were by lar tie nobest ANIMALS OF
the species tlat we saw. They we're ten OF twelve
eeI lone-not measuring the ails- four cen OF
fifteen hands bish-very large, aud OF heanfful
form aud proportion. Que Of ,hrm welehed , III
lbs. and bc o.her wards OF 2 900 ibs. he hei-
fefs were also all of very m tx b. u for then
ages The two year DDS We're larger than our
conrnon full gown COWS. ONO has already b .
come distinguished for the enterprise OF her Ler s.
aen, and her danes are producing rich returns
But If she ills her uxurianl prnries and her rieh
valleys with cat l. like these, the agrcolturs.s of
Other Safes must needs soon bestr themselves or
tncy WILL b, left far in the rear by the noble spirt
Of Western competition.
MIR. RenIck being anxious to proceed with his
valuable charge, remained but few days in this
Guy Many repal.ed, however 10 see his fine cat
lie, and liberal advances offered on cost. Five
hundred dollars were prodered fo ball calf only
lew months old but the company having higher
objects in view than Immediate gam were not dis.
p sed to sell them We wish Nh. L. a safe orr-
val in The Great Valley Of the Sciolo Ii has been
sud that he who makes two blades of grass grow
on the spot tina, had only produced one, is grco-
ter bcnetactor of the human race than the whs,e
nerd OF politicians put together Nilh equal JUS
tee may the compliment be paid by the people OF
The w est TO the authors OF tins enterprise.
Comparatiuc estimate of 6uektohcat and red clopcr
as green manufe-haSJand,y Of The Valley If
THstata.
RocKINGnAM, JUNE IL, 1884.
To TIC Edltors Of Tie Farmers Register.
In sending 70 you my second Yeas subscri pten
for the Farmers Reglsicr, have annexed some de-
~uItoIy remarks, Principally upon the SUBJECT of
buck~hcal as Il green manure. | have not oDserv-
Cd IN any of the communications on this subject
published IN the Farmers K slser that properly
ascrlbed 10 buckwhelt, winch IN my estimation,
constitutes lis chief value in the Improvement of d
farm; tina, is, is tendency to cleanse the Lam OF
noxious weeds, blue grass, brieEs, &c. OF It's vi
ne as green manu- q, do MT thank hishLg. In
this respect d fe' wholly with YOU co responderi
who IN your 8 h No G. believe, for have not the
No before me) expresses the opinion that an "a la
mount ~ value IN clover seed buck Wheat ava
plaster, would al the end Of the FIST year wIih the
bnckwhea' l'wo crops being II stored and plough
ed ~ bereft the land as much or more th IN he
clover ould DO (tnanage II as you willy at the End
of the second year. | have certainly never mad,
any experiment merely for the purpose Of t, sting
the relative mc,its Of buck hea: ami red clover as
ag n,s IN fertllIzing the soi though have several
uncs usedthc former, and all my hfc Gas iarnicl
! mean been IN the constant OF the later wiih
the we" both 10 p0sturagc aud the i'm 70 emcnt
Of the !anl-and am very decidedly of the opinion,
that upon my land at least, tgeneraly sandy
loam) the buckwheat (manage il us you mny) can
not impair, fourti--pcrhaps not u tythc of the
fertility 10 the soil that tho clover would, # proper
ly managed. From tho suits OF my several ex-
pcriment. believe, dat upon such SOIL as Inlne
Gt might perhaps be ltiereht in stiff hand clay
lands piece of land veil set IN clover and having
proper dressing OF plaster Of paris would derive
more benefit from the roofs and slubble of the clo
yer (when the first crop had been moved for hay
and the seed saved from the second ciop) than amy
quantity of buckwhcat straw, that could grow up
on and be pIoughed under IN one seas IN, could i'm
part TO H. But whilst believe that there can be
but little comparison between the value green
manure, of buckwheat ard red clover, (whon il Is
sown upon lands IN proper state for the reception
of tho seed do not mean to depreclate bucl~
on the contrary | think II d valuable aux lary IA
the improvement Of our lands. Judlcously used
il would be an excellent pioneer 10 the introduction
OF clover INTO lands that are too poor, or TOO foul 10
produce II without the aid of manure, or some
cleansing crop. have found 1t valuable ia subJu
ing Stubborn blue grass, and IN preparing alds
infested far wheat. This blue Tor as II Is SOM
Eimes here called wire or iror) grass, frequently
dispOssesses the clover in paris Of our lbs the Sc
cond year that they are in CLOVER in winch case ii
10 frequently extremely difficult so to pfcpare the
land for Whea. 10 prevent the oncioachnents Of
this grass in he spring. have often seen Fl Ids of
wheat sown on clover lay, almost totally destroy
ed by it. Last year u snail part Of the field that
cultivated in corn (sey seven or eight acrcs) had
become completely sodded over with it. The field
had been in Whea the year before sown n a eiJ-
yer my, and this Nuisance had sprung up and III
minished the produce ofthe wheat al least y per
cent. upon this spot where the Eiass had suppdn ed
the dover the year before. Upon this spot lasenu
Of planting corr, Diet rmincd to SOW bu. kwheut,
say bushol 10 the acre, ohouT the last Of May
II produced very heavy crop, ~hIch when IN
full perfection had rolled down eHi pioOghcd e
The whole fsid Is now IN whrat where the buck
what grew scarcely sprs o. blnsg grass orpcots;
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