Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-09-01

we poorest pats of the felis. This ronsidc, Z
- '''"sp'e mode oi improving. thai might
ne I'+',hed ~ using s'rong tern,S IN speaking
oi 'ls Importance. l. forms an admirable rove,
'"' me- 'a""-'t "to'erts the ung clover, encopr
ages "nd fosters the g'owth OF all Kind. ri vege'a,
''es' also Improve much by penning my stock
." 'he poorest parts of nv fieida The mode 81
p'nh'"e i, suppose, somewhat new. nave ,,olcs
cur ana hu'hed of about q inches diampfer ahd Is
or ~ eei long. In each Of these. ,wo leg in
serted on one side and three the other. rs 10
i"i" KIND OF bench. four and half feet high.
" 'he s'ha OF 'hr"e legs, i,ths sawed about three
ny an" me- IRE nailed 10 the legs ahou, foot y.
aa''' The benches thus prepared ARE put end 10
fh', three or foui or more according to the nun
DER OF stock rruned and placed s,as TO form
SQUARE, the ! tbs nard op, being on tn outside
!, no area OF tn pen IS then covered With straw.
ne convenience" OF this pen will readily be dis
r"Nefef "a tho "ens require moving every or 10
days Two men and a bov mny Easily raj I've
benches aud alter heir position in 5 or 20 mn
"fe' u Il is necessary 10 move them 10 distance,
tae NV" lra. on "nr side (havne been put in with
on 'cdgmg) may easily be taken out tn ben h.
es PIT III n wagon aud conveyed 20 tn pot
let y, when the legs may soon be replaced and
the coaches SET up One Of The benches j. about
'ish' iee' long. so as II be moe easily mavrd than
III rest. IN order TO form a conv' MEN entrance
info he pen. The above mentioned rotaton aud
use OF na snre. with the IN de OF cuitivation soon
To be described. have produced All the result. as.
a'ne ,hai the vast" land has all been reclaimed.
there "a not gnll, quilted pot to be seen. aud
Yield sai"ir calculated o. OF from six TO eight
barrels OF corn aud from 30 2o hishels Of wheat,
per acre, ON an average. Cio,eitpn. Ghr farm on
which resite,) con aims about 800 ares neaIlv
all enclosed. 800 woods AMI 900 ceatc5 the
cleared Land Is divided into sx fields av.raeing a.
pom ~ acres c'ch VARYING n little IN s,z.-tie,e
| are besides a few grass Its The mode Of cult
walton Is as fo'lo"S-my corn L. planted from the
4 IA. IF, I.. -
grazeJ. The PREPARATION Is mad IN tie tall ~
h"fore the winter SIS in, by Grs laying oE rows
with coulter, siI feet part then running n cou-
ter tnrroS each side OF the rows lard off,
to have three i1rrows togethtr 10 he covered nv n
list tbs should be do"s very deep ia o,der have
The ground well broke then with large two II
three horse plough n furrow is ron each sid" o
| the ihrre coulter burrows. barely making the,"
meet there will then b. three sur faces thrown
g"heT whore The corn is 70 be planted, aud good
portion Of vegetable m after Covered winch, (e,
menting ahont the time the young com gets above
the ground, adds materially to is vieour and
ero"th In the spring l cA"sea small harrow T."
| be ron eng ihw,se on the lists. wi ate,
warh' opened with shovel plough. aud corn
dropped or grains Iog -th-r, from 10 l-2
feet apart The intervals are then broken up as
deep as possible with The coulter ; they remain IN
This condition until the clover growing 10 them
blossoms. Tho clover is hindered from iloursh,ns
by the coulerIng and almod Fl ciuaily secures
corn ftnm destruction by the worm that insect
feeding he clover until the corn IS on, OF d,n-
ger OF its derredations. As soon as III" Is OF
'uIable size il is thin ,ed to two stalks IN n place.
| and we'd with hoe, some lines small IRON rake
% used soon after II furroW Is run, with two
| horse plough on each side Of the llst throwing the
Earth to the corn aud wed with the hoe. When
The clover is ~ bloom, as stated above the " holt
ot the intervals are broken up with two horse
ploug' forming the diver as well under as posi-.
bic. 1t 'hen run With cult vator or har
row; tmas be Necessary to run the culnvah.r
over ain just brioIe or alter harvest to keep i,
clean for serdiug.
have been 'hls particular, as | think il very
impnr ant thai corn shonll he cultivated closei,
aud MOI stubble land. lndepcnde ! of othar
advantages, such as prevention from Washing and
"a hau>, ton, afer the land has been well covered
with clover and or 3 crops well seeded and
turned in, thrre will be no necessity OF SOW
ing. Corn land cultivated IN ih, way will be n
/ GOD preparation for wheat crop, and will vifld
neatly much that failow, My tune oi
sowing wheat is from the 2Oth September 10 the
/ 10Th of October. The preparation is made by
breaking mp the ground after harves with a three
horse plough (thc coulter is used when the ground
has beea rendered bard 10y dry weather. then har-
rowing, sowing the sh"at, AMI narrowing II in.
| provided Their" be moisture enough, otherwise,
| plouching tin with small plonehs. In" greater
pat ct my corr laud IS soWn in wbca, the balance
generally IN rye 1 is IL done Il The efound i,
|
plough aud narrowing IN The gram. or II not foul
ny poughing il in VITA a one horse plough. SOW
but few oa's, and those on corn land thr last Of
! February or first Of -rch, Ct yer seed abooi tle
same time. II inay br rs wei l. tcmTrk hef- ihai
Consider The white Il n' and purple straw vines.
| most pr oduc,ive, and ,ha have always been We
" pa iieuar selecting the best OF the product OF
eacn crop for seed. Also, that in seenriog the
wheat crop, have about half Off cut WITH the
sckle On account of not being able to WORK TO adj
yantag where It is rank. Even where IT Is 'anlt
and -ianding up, my h, nls having been well prac-
used, secure nearly mucn - day MS iney cao
with the cradle. Ths iabo,cts employed IN my
,arm amount to II men. two bows and two
men, excepta few small boys hch reader as ~
but little se,v,cr. | seldom ever hrrr, eyrn IN ttne
IF harvest any day labourers. In addition % this
/ force ! work six mules, four horses and ",gnt OK
en- two riding horses ara also used. All Inc ~
sources for its improvement have been furnished
nv my farm. with the application OF tbs iorcr--s
! force which has expended a considerable portion
of lis time aud labor ia clearing up and inprov-
ing small farm purchased some years ago on an
adj .ceut mountain, and which IS intended tor
o,,zing farm. 10 feed and cloihe IN, iaborIng
hands .ell, to keep them in good, day and com
| iortabl, houses, warm in winter, and airy IN SUN
n.r: 10 be careful not % have them Expos
cd in bad weather consider to be the die ate
ouly of humanity, bn, oil the -irctest economy.
| | hour this remark will he attended 10. Work'pg
! Negroes IN wei aud very cold weather. all riding
thr IN low c IN racted nut., argues TO say ~ tn ~
wor So n del tive jnhgmen,,aai ma row aud mis-
| taken policy. hose who pursue tins plan VIII
find tneu hauds IN good weather corin"i ~ dis
"a ses W leu have rgina,ej from exposure IN bad
| ~ -f.r mules to horses, " ttn they can be got O
good size considering III IN longer lived, m'ch