The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1837-05-26
WEEKLY ALMANAC.
NAY, sun san MOONS PHASES.
is1- rises scts.
'Y,ysEL wuRTzEL OR Held BEET.

1 y . -
vAyGEL wURTZEL OR FIELD BEET.
remarks on the culture OK this crop,
- The season has arrived Tor commencing
nav 90, bo unacceptable.
TIE Soils best when a elayey Ioam !;
a any soil If pIoushed deep and well ma.
ard y III produce good crops, as The prln.
r,a,l requisite !, depth aud fertility.
The SoriHg--Should be done IN the ear
yr Of NAV, although 1t Is frequently
q fonncd later. Where the ground Is yer,
i 10 st., should he so~n upon ridges bat IN
q, binary ea.es, Il succeeds bcsl when plan
n n ia dnii. ~Hho0i ridging. i and H..
n ,uie, Il Nssbury, Mass. pho raised up.
% sr,is 81 ,1,t,s toms TO one acrc, prepared
"a s. rso1d aud spued IA the following
.naaper. Alter one deep ploughlng, the
81 rJoi vas lguowed tao Eud bali feet
= ri. afi the manure put IN the burrows,
j q covered with the p.cw; a roller Was
IN passrd on The top OF tho riGge thus
et, 10 pulseri1e the Jumps, lescl the
x s~rsce, aod press the soil aud manure 10.
Ier. The seed Neru then dubbed With
h~ger over the manure, aboul slx %
nche. apart. John Hare Powell sua
hsc'up thus; The holes for the seeds
tsfe a.ade by a wheel. containing pegs N
/. circumference, which penetrated the
lat about m inch, leaving intervals a
O. inches the ross acre made iNo ioci
tslrr tao capsules cor bffresl acre
fg@d 10 each hole; tic aheel d a com,
Nffos was lhou pssscd over them.
d, expressing the earth, and leaving a
~ ul ~ the retention ri moisture"
lAt ;.aqniy Of rid acre should
i5sA l.4r pounds TOT ~ ough this q G
fge a.I9aancr, the cv' .or g IS small wheu
ajarei Nith the Insurance Of an even
aa Great carv should be taken that the
'vd q the common red aud y huc bcei 4, 10,
Iti wtia Il. Unless lhe ground lie yer,
81 the seed before soa,as should b.
ssrd aaout s. hours IN sail satef At
lae pants have come %, thry should De
-nra to abou, cish, inches distance irou,
ss ther 80 The roas.
n, after cskarc-Cons,sts principally
. 'rfc usr 81 the cultivation. ard III Keep.
{. thn hnd perfectly clear Of weeds. Col
sei ascr0cs his Success IN the culture d
b. crop 10 deep and thorough plpushiug
lhe usc VI culuyaiots, ~hlch complete
Protection Of tho ui,h to the des,ruc
q Of weeds on their fleet appearance; e
''rs the sna'lcs, space upon which
''c can Suik between the rows; aud a
~ oil, 10 planting fhr ac,is u a propsr
ID Upon strtooc irbich u kept Jvrtocf',
6ldcon u, Smith Of Raiumore. Il
w, planted one SIXTH al 40 acre whicl
~ been intended for early corn, aud hat
manfred the previous year. Ih,
We're so~n 10 dnls two feet asubdcr
+''Sh' 'nchesspart ~ the drills. aud cover
y corn. When tho plants were up, {
Su'ns hoe vas passed over the field, and at
'iids asmali plough run throush Il twice
- " wv "'tbN Win tHfs W.
"4A 'ha cultivation II had and the Who'll,
- including the original preparation
~ ground, did no, exceed tno luIl day
- 30 one man. The crop WIS upward
NNeh'y'm bushels; aud might hav,
" much larger, as there we're many Va
:" PAGES OF SIX OF eight feet length in n,
anu other places where tho rout
"I'ted by bciug crowded. the sol
d't medium mould, a mixture o., clay
"" ~, 'nd vegetable matter.
:" produce PER acre. Under ordinar,
may bc estimated at from SIX hun
=. " Thousand bushels Where, how
IN "o ground IS pluughcd very deem
manfred, and well cultivated, mncI
e'ops have been obtained, vi whicI
a., INSTANCES are here gwen.
o Foster, Of Charleston, Middle
III, "'S' Mass, raised forty three ton
L,u}n ,er' Vt crop of Trstram and Hen
" . OF Newbury, Mass, was 33 ION,
D,,es. p''u "a lbs. 10 an acre, or more ha
%te" hundred bushels.
fe.d y, ,owe' nclosed certificates to IN
ac,a, o'" OF Inc Pennsylvania Agriru,uro
i,,' ~ = Show'og that arteea hundred 49,
wv" bushels Of mangel Sur,ze