Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-11-14

address III the annual meeting of tho Society,
lave prepared few remarks upon III" SUBJECTS
ihat iolm The bass Of tbs Sucich which, wI
Your INDULGENCE, will nnw procccdlo read.
lhlS Is the lhird YEN since the Society WAS or
ranlzej, d the ttpretatiau~ of the Scent, are
IN rapid progress OF b,ine realized. Tie improve
mcnt OF onr domestic ANIMAL, is full, ,lrmnin>trh-
ted IN the various subjects offered lor Pr iuDns.
The many nc specimens, also, of domestic ia
hrcs, presented Nv our wi,r. and Daughters, fur
n'sh an esrmplhcation OF the greet purnosc of
then creation" 10 be tue hclp -mrcs OF man -
aud by thor lnn lahors, the lmppnst results may
he anticipated They, indeed, merit ho thanks
OF our Society Tor the efforts they have made 10
sustain liz IN our patriotic cntrr prAc ; ,hr improve
mint and eonSepuen, ladepenl nee Of our native
Smtr.
II would afford me much pleasure gentlemen, if
could, with equal propflrty, congratulate YOU on
the improvement OF ON iarms. The late huh phi
orS of Tobacco have. ina measure, para, zrd our
/ efforts towards repairing the waste which tho con-
] tnurd application OF farm, ward manure upon To-
haccn lots has brought upon oar CALLED fields
W ihn the last ten Nenrs, portion al almost eve
~ farm IN the counties 81 Bedford aud tamphc
has been sowrd with clover but Tor nj plaiS-
ter and farm ward manure, very lutll advantage
has resulted, as far is my observation has extend
ed. Another cauSc has had its influence in re-
.
the pasiuline OF the land the wear after the rovcr
is sown.
Ia the il>t annual address which Wis Il. liycrcd
to the Society, by my worthy predecessors he rep
/ rescued, very totc,hlv, the necessity Of deep
plou1hng, is an essential prerequisite 10 the i'm
! provement Of our old lands, Which have been
worn down bN a long course of shallow plough
/ ng. fully concur with HIM in that opinion. y,
deep plonehng two important advantages oh
! nlned--the heavy rains which frequently occur ia
/ tins region more readily absorbed anl the re-
moval olthe soil thereby prevented and III l,ue
dronehiS, the moisture, which constitutes the plin-
/ cipal food of plants, IS preserved in much great
err proportion tlan shallow plouehcd Lands,
! Which few days OF hot SIN, IN the months ol Ju-
! ~ and AnenSt, " il diysipatc and leave vegetation
in perishng condition. Bat TO accomplish thl,
most important dcsldrraiun,, deep pouglnng hra-
. W plonghs, drawn bs llrre horses, musl be- USED.
/ The Lille Dagon plough, which vas in general USE
in this part OF the county, until within Il few yeas
past, must be- utterly discarded 1t IS nconcciy-
able that, within the limits OF the same State, Sc
paraied b. no, more illan one hundred miles, the
. system Of husblndrv, as ptaetscd in lbc counties
of Loudoan aud Fanqnier ON one side, and Camp
bcl and Bedford on the other, by the same peo-
pie, should he 80 very ds,imiiar When reno
we'd to Ibis part OF the country, fifteen seai, ago.
| brought with me the first MCCormlck ponglN
that were used on this side OF James River. !
sent ON a Young son, ABOUT sixteen years oi age,
taken Immediately from school, with few hands
and horses, 10 iaow Lon Il crop OF wheat and
knowing lbs IneXpcrience and want OF knowledge
to conduct the business, wrote 10 one oi the
most considerable farmer, in the nfghbor-
hood, now unIapphy no more, requesting the
favor of Inn to STE how my young son was
managing my business, and that he would as
,ist him with his advice. | soon received
an answer from him, WY politely aecedng to
my request, and AT the samc TN" informing me
that le had been 10 my ia,in, and was solly TO m
form me ihatny son was poughing my Ian too deep
which would render ii utterly nnprodnctlye. Tins
information, far from alarming ne, relieved mo
from much apprehension, lest my ground should
have been plonghcd too shallow, IN consequence
! of the fatigue which my horsrs had suffered, from
a long Journey, added 10 the unusual hardness OF
the land in the montl, Of August, when TIN iallow-
/ ug was made. Some time alter my arrival here,
! | had conversation with the same gentleman, on
! the subject of ploue hing, when he expressed his
| bcIicf that ii ! continued To plough dep as
was then doing, should impovcrish my land. |
mention this sfljcct 10 show lim drlualon 9ndc
winch the hu,bandry Of the county, IN this part of
! the Stale, labotcd at thai Time, and which have
no doubt has mainly conduccd TO tive rnln ol the
finest portion Of Eastern virginia The many
gals and deep eucS with which ON fields abound,
may fairly be- traced 10 shallow p'oughing The
lirmer who wishes 10 ienovatr In, exhausted
fields, need be under apprehension oil reiard'ng
! their improvement by deep ploughng. II hr has
not sufficient force OF team 10 urn up the clay dhd
blend it with the sand that is very generally found
on he uif,cc, his only fear will be that he has
been iaborng IN vain.
Where 50 large portion of our lulls require
Improvement, it viii be IN vain to expect the ac-
complshncnl OF so desirable an object by the APP
plicalion oil farm yard manure alone. II must be-
by the aid OF plaster or OF lime on clover
that extensive fields III be reclaimed. he
quantity Of lmc, wherever it has been success
fully applied. is too considerable and conscqa n
" too expensive to be used. Plaster Is nhlo"p'-
eddy the cheapest of all substances winch the lar
mrr can bring to his all in recalmihS ms eN-
haustel fields. Oae bushc ia Two Successive
wears, To the acre ON clover, VIII atId from MY
/ to one hundred per cent. his crops OF small
, GRAIN If the moot be kept off, And ii the Canal,
which is nov in progress from Lynchburg to
Richmond. shall be successfully carried ont, the
price of pi,sler, it is hoped, will be much re-
] duced as tD enable every farmer 10 apply II
! with IA bonntlln hand on his Impoverished held';
The use Of plaster, as an auxiliary III The M
/ proyement of lands, was unknown Ia the husband
man, unll within the last fifty or sixty years
The honor of tli, great discovery has been claim
ed by various persons, in different countries
citizen OF our State, among other comlrhiorS'
entered hi, clam for this high honor. Bins, OF
Loudoun in the year 1870, observed ON q portion
of IA clover lot, near the mill Of certain Quaker