The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1839-11-21
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From he Journal Of Conm1rce.

From The Journal Of C0mm6rce.
PROFITS OF SCIENCE FOR FARMERS
The more any man thinks Of the agri
cultural interest, the more thoroughly be
mus; be convinced Of the Importance Of II
20 this country collectively, as well as 10
vast mutltudes of lis citizens one BY one.
OF course we mnsi take INTO consideration
the improvement OF the science, art, or pro.
fesslon, as II may be called. Al present,
II is comparatively in a crude condition
throughout the country, though much more
advanced 10 some sections than 10 others.
In New Eagiand they are generally ahead
Of tue rest II Us; al least 10 many things
a result brought abou, partly BY the slerner
necessities at soil and climate, aud partly
b. tie greater age OF their seiilemen. and
ciwi,zat!on. They have found on, that not
hrmg merely IS to be found by 1t, but
"moqeg nay, fortunes; and this is a Sc
Cret which we wish TO circulate 10 other re.
gions, where at present the richness of the
soil, the general climate, speculation, tran
sent circumstances, SAD good luck, are
more relied 90 than skill, aud where agri-
culture IL made 10 fact o mare shift rather
than a science, or even a b0slBrss. LeA
Illustrate our meaning BY les fresh spec
mems Of Yaukcesm. Take peat land 10
begin with. Ia some sections Of this coun.
tr, there Is vsst dedi OF IL entirety waste.
Not 50 10 Massachuselts--no SO 10 Middle
sex county at least. Dr. Jackson, IN hls
thrd Geological Report on Name, gives Us
a letter fron Mr.. Phlnney, Of Lexington,
Massachusetts,, who SAYS that be considers
peat grounds By far the most valuable part
Of his f4rm-mnre valuable than his wood.
lois for fle aud more than double the value
Of an equal number Of acres Of his upands
for the purposes Of cultivation.
Some years since, II appears, he occa
sioDally sod to his nelghbors a few rods Of
bis peat land yearly, to be cut out for fuel,
a, three dollars per rod, being at the rate Of
four hundred aud eighty dollars per acre
out finding the SUN to be less in its value
for cultivation especially when laid to grass
he has declined making further sales at that
price. lie has raised on his reclaimed
meadows, he adds, seventy Eve bushels Of
corn, five hundred bushels Of potatoes, or
from four to five tons Of the best hay, al a
first aud second cutting, to the acre, OF
less expense OF labor and manure than would
be required to produce half ihls crop upon
the Jplaads. He su6ipins nh account Of
the process BY which these results are Oh
tanned, but cur purpose is fl cited by call
ing attention % the subject, and for the de.
tails we must refer to the repor. above cited,
or 10 the New England Farmer Of Septem
Der llrh. But We must not omit to mention
that hHage is but one use Of peat ands.-
Mr.. p. says " | have for twenty years past
resoued to my peat meadows for fuel. =
These, with the prunings Of my frul, trees,
and the brush from my uncleared lands,
have gwen me my whole supply" THIS,
m some sections IS a great consideration.
There IS something very pleasant, too, in a
peat light. The smoke does not lnure the
eyes, and il j. in every way more healthy
THAI coal. One hunt more
81 have annually, for some years past,
used on my farm some hundreds Of loads of
peat mud, which is either thrown INTO nv
hog styc OF mixed with fresh stable dung or
Ime' When mixed with green stable ma
nure, tho proportions are two parts OF peat
mud to one Of dung and an confident,
from repeated experiments, that load Of
'1s compost well mixed and termontod will
give az great produce, and moro perma
nent Improvement TO the soil than the same
quaniay Of stable manure"
Tbs, Mr.. Phnney appears to understand
himself all round. He is the gentleman of
whom II vas lately stated that he cleared
three thousand dollars by his hogs THIS,
no says, Is an exaggeratlon, but he confess
es to part Of it. He keeps two or three
hundred, besides pigs.
Again, We have an account Of the farm Of
Col. Moore, Of Concu.d, same county
Much Of his land, few years since, was
thought worthless and, by the mass Of far.
mere themselves, low, soggy, meadow, land
COVERED wth dog wood aud skunk cabbage.
Nothing daunted, however, the Colonel vent
70 altcalOg and draining, and so gu, and the