Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-05-04

was good, and the hand well tended. The growth,
and production, was ccrioinly, for county al
~ ost untqnalled II most completely Exhibited ia,
full efiee's, second rate nds Of ludeiously
eomrsand'd manure, aud good cultivation. Plsnl.
ed al h,te fret and about twelve inches, from
stalk to stalk, the wef, as fine, as have seen,
! frequently TWO on the stalk Whilst II could not
be viewed rs juclous mode of planting that
rrain, II was no, plying tile sHte game, Of
planting for al seasons II WIS valuable exhibition
of .lat ,anhufing viii do IN our climate, mud ON
second ,etc lands. The season saved u, and a.
united the manure and cultivation to do all thai
they could do. The land without the fir I, would
| not have exceeded fifteen bushels per acre.
After formation OF receptacle fur Collecting
| and formtRg compost manure, which nave here
t5iore suggested, and which shall hereafter intend
10y the term ditng sicad and il may be nccossery
before gong work in u, 10 10y down some Two or
}hfee positions & which WITH ho who have enher
| observed, III become informed on the subject, will
give sufficient view, taken IN connexon with the
foregoing roma,ks, without eeins much in'p detail
ri the agricultural theory on winch my system oil
applying manure, will rest=hs also OF the chemical
theory have adopted IN the formation Of II.
nm perfectly satisfied that rotation n etops is
indispensable, manure or no manure-and that 10
be continually cx,otIng from tho earth the .ame
plant IL violation of notules laws, and proved by
ample experience, niudlcious, and consequently III
the result Improbable That in the rotation We
must have tcaU3hS crops, or resting &tddtHg,
satisfied that the action OF the burning rays OF
summer heat, is Of the great causes of the de-
teroraton Of soil, when II feqceny turned over,
and exposed 70 this action during our summers.
That IN this rotation If VIC go on tho improving
or even the fr, serving system, pnJ cndeavoutlng
to nike much for the labor bestowed, and the land
labotcd, us either can be made 10 yICl1 we must III
that rotation have crop, especially calculated
for the winter support OF our CATTLE as the theory
tina, holds good with respcc, TO The best and most
prof system Of cullivang the earth, will apply
equally To stook Of all kinds VIZ that the improving
system Is the prcftate in epcfy Po,M cf picrc
u eo0d Cow, S0oI Steer good par Of
Steers, will sell well indifferent or bad, of either,
viii not My rotation den s-the FIRST year CONN
with manure, along with the Cor peas, Street ppta
tocs, DE-.
,S,cond year, CorroN. Third year, RYE, the
stubble tIrned in on peas, the Rye is II.
ken or can be taken from tho field The fou,h
year OATS, with peaS. ploughed IN on the snbblc,
IN the Rye crop The fdh year 'tN-and pas
ture until September, when the grass, weeds, &c.
are turned under ond Rye harro. cd IN, preparatory
10 a Conn crop wi n manure.
This rotation embraces five years, and five fields
will be corn and PEGS, in field, one field IN eot
ton, ono IN rye and peas, md one f. M of each oafS
and }cos and pasture. The cuittuati0n Of these
crops wll come in hereafter. In this rotation,
give my whole manuiing to tho CORN crop, and
th manurlng must be well done, rs II IL intended
by my mode md monncr Of cultivation, 10 secure
the Whole rotation, heavy crops, say seven crops,
in four years
ConN is certainly the hog of the vegetable world
Ii readily receives the worst OF food and thrives on
It, most ropidly-noIhlns too gross, or unpreParcc,
If there is only a suiiciency of fermentation, and
pu,refncton. 1t is Il most generous plant, will re
cevc food half prepared, sni show fully It's keeping
il a generous allowance of even such is distributed.
Give il elbow room. and keep away com petition,
and this plant, friendly to man, and his labors,
will do It's best
The Irish po,a,oc, is of this cass--,hc cabbage
sweet potatoe and some others. Not SO with the
small grains, cotton, and most garden productions
They require better food, and better prepured-lo
do their best.
Whoever wishes to see practlc u proof OF this
may take pea OF potatoe pines when at maturity
open trench, and lay them In, covering them up
well with the earth, planting on this earth in tie
following spring Indian Corn, without disturbing
the docayng vegetable matter. The grow til Of the
| corn will asonish those who have never boiote
the Trial made bu, let hio put those vines
in the dung stead few weeks IN such position
that lhey become fairly saturated wih the liquid
part OF the dung, and the result, although great
in the first will be sngula,ly ncrcasl by the lat
ter.
Chemical experiment think has pretty well
settled that in the minute subd vision of the paItl-
| ccs OF matter which takes place IN the dcconpo-
| ,on, the food of plants is prepare 3D. ond also that
a part most important flies off if not arrested by
some absorbing mater, and none is found superior
| TO the earth PLANTER.