Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-10-04

t0iuNiS uP thO SmotuS oud ShpoSh9 W.
the drying action ofthe sun and air. The
cultivators, or any other harrows. { prefer
the cutivator,) are again used and contn.
ued, increasingly, till the sward is rotten,
which will generally be about the last Of
June, when the plough is, for the first time
since the planting, introduced turn up the
sward, which, having been SO long buried
and undisturbed, except by the cutting OF
the 4" scariier,"- "--and, under the cumulative
agency Of heat and moisture, is now fully
decomposed, and thus incorporated with
the soil, which IS thereby improved, and
adapIed to the subsequent wheat or other
small grain, which may delight in dainty
and we'll cooked food, when tho corn had
flourished upon the vapors and gases of'he
preparatory process. After the plough, |
take up again the "culiivalor," or any other
harrow, under the classic precept " muAans
adeo, rustris glebas qui franga inertes."
And the drier the season, the more use it,
to promote the sbsortion Of atmospheric
moisture which, at night and in the driest
season, is more abundant than generally
supposed as we'll as to assist, by lisht.ning
The surface, soil, the Transportation through
it, Of the waters ofthe sub-soil, which being
more forcibly acted upon by the greater
permeabili'y of the earth in this loose, por-
Gus, anil lIg gh,ened condition, to the rays Of
heat, afford considerable resource Of hu-
midi,y.
You have then my mode Of culture, and
the principles on which it is founded. |
never cross plough, even in ordinary wide
planting, untilthe s,eard is rotten. Because,
by this process it is turned up. and exposed
10 The drying and evapora,ing influence OF
The sun and air, by which even animal sub.
stances, more pu'rescent than oegeta6fe,
may be, and are eAeclaully preserved from
pu'refaction, as in the ordinary practice Of
curting, as it is termed, fish, beef, &c. &c.
Because, have finer culture, and the soil
is better pulverized without it md though
not thorough going advocate OF the doc
trine Of the well.known Tull. that pulveriza
ton, is, in itself, sufficient" yet. hold it an
essential cooperative, and without which,
the best crop cannot be produced. And,
because, by the operation of early cross
ploughing, unless under deeper furrow
than my experience will justify. the sward is
exposed, before decomposition, 10 the an'is''
optic agencies which have named, and
becomes iuduraled and. il it can then be
subiued at all, 1T will require much cost and
labor and will, when done, have lost much
ofits pabular constituents.
In consequence ofa sueep- stake, which |
have taken, upon the crop alluded to
though conceded, and paid over to me, with
out measurement--yet, held it proper, un-
requested, 10 have subsequent measure
ment and ascertainment, as accurate as pos
sible, Of the product, which will annex.
The remarkable uniformity ofthe crop,
and the hazard and inconvenience Of shell
ling the whole, so long before future
market. probably of next summer, led me
to the following method, viz. " measure one
acre to have its product carefully ascer.
tanned and to obtain a Ger iiicate from
disinterested, judicious, and extensively
known character" oflhe uniformity of the
growth.
For the latter fact, wrote to Adam
Wulde, esq. of Philadelphia, who had re-.
Gently seen the fed IN its full growth and
because his well meriled eminence, as m
editor and publisher of literary and scientific
journals, Of extensive circulation, would
give add,i nal currency and strength to
the fac, and he politely favored me with
the following reply:
IL well remember the pleasant ride had
with you, through your corn-feId. ltreal-
ly required ocular evidence to produce
COW c,lon Of the growth ofsuch magnlf-
cent corn, in such an unfavorable season.
| am really desirous to know The result to
know which, the correct measurement OF
one acre. should think sufficient for all
practical purposes =; for, the difference must
have been too small to notice."
The following certificate of the measure.
nent of one acre, was then made by my
self with affidavit.
IL hereby certify that | carefully mea.
sured and marked one acre ofmy corn-feld
Of the present year, at my APpleby Farm
and requested the overseer TO ascertain the
product of said acre in corn. Sworn before,
JNo. Newton,
Justice Of the peace for Dorchester county,"
November, 1885,"
The following by the overseer, Mitchell
Shore:
81 hereby certify, that did, at the re.
ques, Of Dr.. Muse, carefully ascertain tho
product ofcorn on space in his corn field,
at his Appleby farm, The present year, meas:
ured and marked by him, for one acre, and
that it contained II bushels and pecks OF
shelled corn, the growth of said space.
Sworn before JOHN NEWTON.
Justice Of the peace for Dorc. ester county,"
November. 1885,"