Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-06-06

When presset Tor tune, Used heavy faffo"s Is
a substitute for second ploughing, often WHEN
there WIS a strong growth oi summer grass; such
portions have always produced moie grain, Per
!,aps less straw than that which had been twice
plouqhed. once falowsd twenty OF thirty acres
of land in February, ploughed i, with two horse
plough. whenever the grass and weeds grew i'll
summer it wa, pougi,sd IN all five tunes before
seeding on the first of OCTOBER and although IL SUI
fered from DISASTER II produced wrelehcd crop
for the wear aud the land. have occasionally
couered aud narrowed small pieces of land and
prepared them wthous turning the surface with the
plough aud have uniformly found the straw bright
er and ,he wheat To perfection than ON the adj
lscen, land which had been pIoughed aud the .u,
face inverted, although both were very fine. la
1892 on four plantation, then under my direc-
ton, the cora crop being very forward about hall
of il was removed IN September and the land
plourhcd with three horse plougis the preparation
appeared to be perfect, the eari, light and thor
oughly pulvcrizcd, and the grass entirely rotled
the land was narrowed aud then aud the seed
narrowed in. La the mean time the grass had
continued 10 grow on the portions OF the helds not
ploughed when the seeding oil the iirstwas conf
pIetcd the rest was sown among heavy crop OF
grass with scoops merely scartyng the surface, for
nothing could be done vet the perfect prepara-
ton by which the soil had been inverted BY the
large plough, produced Il much inferior crop 10 the
other. The result was tn slime al each plantation.
Inputtng IN wheat on corn land with small plonghss
| have often land thon ASIDE for the large plough,
on account OF the heavy coat o grass fch spots,
old tobacco lots, &c, re,uming the small plough
again on passing them The product and appear
ancc OF those spots OF better land thus prepared,
were always inferior 10 that OF inferior land
ploughcd with the small plough. could add ma
ny instances OF a similar kind with ,imila, results.
From my observation and experience deduce
tho following conclusions.
]. That to insure the best crop, land, should
be followed carly, viz before the middle Of Au-
gust.
of rciormnlion 4 so,I !, the proper one into
which the grain ,hYlld,be put
3. That seVm ploughins with large plough
in ialow, and is use in'preparing corn land Tor
wheat, is di,advant.eeous: Nature in both in
stances la, prepared beiler surface li.n bc
prepared by art.
4. Tha, the mixing the newly formed soil, full
~ saturated with carbonic gas, with the inferior
soil, prevents as quick and vigorous growth Of
wheat and early aud Is perfect maturity.
Ii the alluws lave bocn ploughcd early, and
crop OF summer erlss has grown upon them, TRY
may be stirred with the small plough coulter II
hard, or hIrro.ed II mellow. 50 10 puyerze
and smooth the surface, without reeafdn. the erass
and tho wheat so~n amongit: the frost Kills tire
grass and 1t act, Il, beneficial covering 10 thc
wheat When the iallows prepared and the corn
crop sufficiently forward TO take oil III september,
the corn lands may be p!oughed with h >nla lon2h
Il narrowed ready for seeding, thus enable the Ear
mrr to put all his team, 10 the harrow and SOW
a large crop in few days. Selecting hi, own
time Tor seeding, hc may hope 10 escape the dan
gers OF carly aud late fl, and do much 10 insure
tuir crop from his land. In anticipation oithis, ii
IS desirable to plant corn which will mature IL
self somlwnntt earlier than the kinds now cult
waited. We hdVed corn IN tins nelghbofIIood well
adapted 10 til, purpose, which yield, well. II
the com is too to late commence removing IN time 10
prepare your land IN September, the baulk, can
be broken before the corn is taken Off you will cn
upon removing the corn in the latter END ol the
month, have only 10 plough the list, and harrow
the land, to be ready foi seeding. liza proper sred
bed is prepared narrowing is sufficient TO
cover the grain. In the October of 1898, | had
S0wn IN this manner 300 acres in four day. and
half, employing eight harrows, with two horses
each, and two with yoke OF oxen each in all,
ten horses The teams were never hurried until
the last day, few hours, when there was an APP
PGdrancc ot RAIN. The hands and team.
were closely employed the next four dass IN put
ting in forty acres Of rough corn land. This pre-
sent month, October 1880 six days have been
taken, TO put in three hundred and forty acres of
land, 80 OF which were rough with stones and
stumpS. The team, employed the same.
When tobacco is cultivated as IA mixed crop,
the earlcy corn ought to be planted 1t does not
attain suc, size OF stalk aud be renewed with
less labor scvering it at the ground and stacking it
on the field without pulling the fodder cutting
the tops. Hay enough should be made TO serve
the farm, and the time given 10 tobacco and other
operations, which is usually spent unprolltaby
about the fodder. am satisfied that corn is less
injured to be cut up with the fodder and top on,
han to take them off and leave it standing in the
field. in TIL frs, case il cures. in the latter it
aithcrs. have heard a judicious Farmer es,i-
mate as fair work, 2oolbs per day the average of
hands employed in gathering and securing fodder
Of hay lO0Olbs the OF the revolving horsorake
On smooth lands, would much increase the latter
average. | am aware thit in recommending the
stack ny OF corn the field | am running counter
to the opinions of some of our bost Farmers. |
would not recommend ii where the corn could be
housed, but where ii can not be done from atten-
non to the tobacco crop, lateness of ripening
deficiency of labor, deem il better 10 lose the
ground covered by the stacks than the greater loss
from late seeding. The injury OF run, hing yoar
teams and carts over the fields in dry weather after
the wheat is sown and up, in removing the corn,
estimate very lightly.
Blue grass tallows vii! probably require
cond ploughmg to destroy it. The first ploughine
on the grass should Away, be made before the
grass seeds all plants easily destroyed if dis
urbcd about the time of their seeding Ii tallow-
ing is postponed until July or August, the crop