The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1839-11-21
CHARLOTTE, n. c., NoSEsIBER 81, 1880.

result rs, that he has al this moment thirty
acres OF reclaimed meadow, which, for
grass or any other crop he is not afraid 10
compare with any thirty acres IN the county
of MIddlescx that might be selected FROM
one or dozen farms.
lie cut last year from eighty four rods Of
| this meadow, by actual weight, of well
made hay 3,so5 pounds, and is confident
that he has taken this year at the rate Of
four tons per acre. He has also raised al
the rate Of ninety bushels of corn TO the
acre. We have never seen, SAYS our in.
iormant, more promising field of ruta ba.
gas, or hner oats than were growing at the
present time on his place.
Take another illustration. A late New
England Farmer gives an account of a Mr..
Pennlman'S place at Dedham, near Boston.
Ii contains about one hundred acres. Mr..
F. is a Bostouian, and has taken Il recently.
The first thing he did was to make a geo
logical surrey OF his premises, and he was
rewarded by the discovery OF two valuable
mines, VIZ. One OF fine gcaute where
out for underplnnng, door steps, DC. very
valuable 10 Dedham, as there IS dcfc,en.
cy Of good granite for building. Secondly,
valuable mine Of meadow manure OF which
there is an inexhaus,IbIc supply. II IS re
marked that, although tins farm has been
cultivated probably from tue FIRST settlement
Of the town this treasure has remained uudls.
iurbed. The case reminds us Of a similar
one, not far from the same locality, and
which fell within our own knowledge.
Young man, seifeducaied, but weH cduca
Ted, came up from Maine, With cash 10 his
pocket, 10 buy a place" He wanted one
near Boston, and found one TO suit ham.
The owner showed hlm over il, and among
other things, extoIled little spo, OF green
stone which ~ one place peeped out OF
ground he thought 500 wo,th might be-
got out there as likely as not Our young
man saw for himself, and said nothing. He
bought the place very low, the owner hay
ng 10 fact no idea Of i,s value aud at pre-
sent IS receiving from his quarrtes alone a
revenue sufficient TO supporLhim, while the
price OF the farm IS a; ,cas, double what Il
vas 10 the market. And this again leads
US 70 good story, somewhere told by Mrs.
Chlld, OF a farmer, no, fifty niles from Bos |
ton famous for the improvement DO has /
made 10 the wild grape. He found VINE (
~ the woods, winch dozens Of h,s nelgh I
bors passed every week as well as hc but I
be obsesIed that where the oxen cd upon
tue yine the grapes we're largest and sHcc, I
est. lie took the hlul. The vine vas
transpIanted, aud closely pruned THIS .
produced the same effect as browsing bad
done the uuurshmenI that, 10 Wild state,
supported o great weight Of vines and ten
tu's, went entirely to the body Of the grape .
His ncighbors wogI4 have known th's a.
.oI as no, Mrs c. remarks, # they had .
thought about It; but thcy DID not ojserre.
This attention II ls-thts intelligence
tais bcrug vide awake 10 business whatever /
II s--nhtch makes the great difference,
after all belSeen one mons success and
lnolher's. II is lately remarked, that the
observations ua9e 10 regard to the grain
worm, or weytl, have led many farmers 10
3ow their wheat late by 50 dong they have
saved their crops. IL has been observed
hat the insect came out at number Of
lays. Hence, By sewing the wheat later,
80 that il should not be beaded out 1t was
expected II would escape the tGyages Of the
insect in question. And 80 It proved.
farmer who will probably have 500
bushels Of good wheat, is mentioned as hav
ny stated that # be had sowed Il ten days
Earlier as he intended to, be should have
ost the whole.