Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-08-28

held gets two entire years rest in Eve which unde,
GOOD cover OF clover, and bu, bel Of plaster L.,
'n' acre, with as much manure as thu farm will
produce converting every thing susceptible nj u
INTO manure, and taking sres, care 10 &c, The
"""ie on 'he ground before IL goes through the r.
mentaiion II possible, gives a good assurance II
| .o','urrau'e 'mprovem Mt. Daring the simmer
| seldom move he manure out of lii. stable until
ne cart u ready TO haul it out and during ia,
not weather prefer TO have /, ploue he'd in nmr-
| ate'y.
That part Of he farm lying "a the east side of
me K'vanna, of which have been in possession
ee' OF nine years, rs divided into six fields 81
y unequal SIZE. Two causes render this up.ouai
'l"is'"n necessary. One ia, the irregular mean.
d'rs oil The river on side of the farm while il
IS divided in two by public road running direct.
y '"ougn I" The other is. tn running the fences
10 'ae S"les thai horizontal ploug hing may be
more perfectly done 3, ,mpor,au' in our hlly
| lands for their Improvement and for the greater
expedition and facility Of p'oughing deep And
am decidedly Of opinion, that our lie per plough.
ing - one great cause Of the advaucem eni in Ar-
! fcn'nra' Improvement of this county, beyond
some OF those adjoining. believe there ia no ,ne
among u.s. al this day. who i; not sat, .fed thai the
deeper he plonghed hr more ms Lad ~ improved.
now o'iier"n tom tze state Of things twenty
ytas ago When. "ines"n out OF twenty II the
OLD settlers thought II would ruin the iaad. have
been asked thr que5 ION very often if | was not
afraid OF in u,idg he Ian by pious hing so dep !;
| so lar from II am disposed to consider tins as n
Ptihcipa' cause III II. Improvement There Is no.
thihe IN which am more particular. than IN see,
ing that p'o.ghing we'll done-and my coos,an,
ortcihns TO my plonehmen are never 10 fear
plonghng to deer.d tie hor.es pull the plough
l still prefer the old bar.snear plough any o,ner
nave ever used considering IL superior both ip
durability and TIE ease with which il works both
TO man and horse.
have now plough Of this description which
| nas oeen 10 constant use for eight years while
hoe nj lu h. Il A
mat VIII last me two years The great ohjecio"
10 the MCCORMICK plough, is, that II has mol
strength enough for our rough laads.
II was my practice some years ago to break all
my lands with four horses, but from thr great dis
advantage 10 turning and ploughing round the
hill with four horses, l now york three horses on.
iy, which think are as few as can possibly do the
work well.
My long and constaa, practice has been to ra Isl
every 'hhe on TIE farm Tor IT'S support say hor-
ses. hogs. cattle and shp.pi have on my Itiler eni
i-rms, thirty hpad OF horses 'hriy.iwo OF
which | raised myself | not only find II more
conve nent tn raise than 10 our haze, bur the ho
scs are really mole valuable ; aud Is much IN o, e
| convenient tc sell IA hor.e now and hen, than to
pur base one, when have not the moury To pay
for II Every farmer cert aniy has i IN Ills power
10 raise his own horses. Some of he best horse.
! bave ever owned we're raised until they we've
ut tor work, without having eaten one barrel OF
| corn or grain OF any KIND. have no doubt It
u will DC found he the interest of every farmer to
| feed all ihc provend,r he raises on the farm TO
his stuck, in preference to selling Il aud tnat
the farm w,I Dr. uuch more ben, fitted by II. | have
also endeeNotCd /, manufaCtute much OF the
clo'bing necessar, Tor the use OF the family. (back
and "hte) AS possible. tom materials raised on
The farm say wool, fix and heunr, the cotton
yarn being purchas.j In preference 10 spinning II
must be excused by tue Commute irom STA
ting any precise amount OF the net proceeds st lhr
farm now offered for premium, having always,
without distraction, blended together ihe cfops
| rom my different farms nor am able to say pre-
! ciseiy W at force NO on these iatms-Ii Is npt
| however. less than eighteen steady hands. III, aud
women, with the addition OF tour OF five boa,men,
during the season hat boats are no, running.
As lar as | am abe. viii oow pro, ed 10 give
a statement of my Two last cr"ps. cunn" ncing
w,ih the field No. 3, a, Franklin. The crop OF
1927, was seven hundfe aud iit'j bushrls oil La W.
len wheat ON less than thirty acres. The house
yaf1, and garden staud IN thu m,dde OF the field.
| and must occupy more mao one acre. Ny crop
| OF tue last year Iron, the same farm. field No l.
| containing ninety one acres, produred twelve
nundr,d aud hity PUSHES. Ihls crop was very
much injured by tae ris'. none OF the wheat
| " ighing more than hty seven pounds t. the
! .ured Uushei. leu or twelve acres of this field
also were very poor, hayi"g been e1trey guided
! when purchasen the Ian ; and thii the FIRST
| crop IA adr from u. Ny crop Of wheat, rye, and
oats, from the h,ld No. !, on The Park farm, was
! wheat, four hundred and fifty bushels rye four
| aandred bushels ; and, oats. five handt.d hpsh-
! els. This was after very heavy crop OF corn the
Vrecedng year. On this same fed the present
year | have cut more han uHe hun lre1 thouqan !
.e,gh, Of clover nay, trom less than hall the 6etd
| not having cut any except where the ciov'r was
! very heavy. Ny constant care has been 10 krrp
every part ofmy land covered with clover, and
! nel,evr you viii not, al this time, 6n' one acre OF
NY iand not under cultivation, that IS not PIE ty
we'll covered with clover, nor Is there single acre
ii pnilird o. CALLED land that has been brought
| under cuitiva' on | must here mentiou what
| should perhaps more properly have been mention
I'd before my plan OF impfoviig this Kind OF land
| oi " hich have bad great zeal to manaGp.
! have always made II point TO haul as much OF m.
straw back mo The fields, as could Conveniently
| SPARE from the USE oil my stock during III. winter,
! and to cover these gals or sores about twelve OF
fifteen inches deep. In return loads whne thresh'
/ ing. Ia this way | get at least one baH oil my
wheat straw hauled back into be fed. scarcels
missing the time required for he operation aud I
beiieve the straw thus spread upon land III ns de-
scr,ntiou will be much more beneficial than IN any
other way.
! NV general method Of mauuring, which | kno"
is d frreut irDm the usual practice, aud AT vdrtnee
!. ith the opinions OF QUE most idicrus iatmers,
is o commence manuring ia tie poorest spot "a the
field. and proceeding on IN this way tom spot to
| SPOT uu ri the MANURE is Exhausted. By TINS MODE
4 , have got Iand that would mol have produced any
hing in such heat. as TO be ready TO Ieee'vh ben-
eft from the use OF Glove: and Ilaislei-o,hcf-
wise on these spots they mi h' have been used IN
vain Again, b., tius mode OF improving, have
generally got my f'l1s into an untatm condition
| nj (rr,,iiy While is rich, II - all IN SUI n
heart that | seldom SOW without rearing pref
GOOD crop all which is respectfully submitted to
shs Judaes. by JOHN II. CRAVEN.