Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-11-05
From The Southern Cabinet.
GREEN CROPS AS a MANURE.

Mn. EDIruE:-Locate,l as my farm is,
so near town. and therefore, having lmi-
ted pasluracc, it is impossible 10 keep
ihrnug h winter, except al great ex-
pense, il stock of cattle of sufficient mum
ber 10 furnish any considerable quantity
ulmanurc; and y"u may well judge of The
labor and expense ii hauling manure from
The city t" my farm, when lnr each Iua'l ii
Team will have to travel FROM six TO eight
miies-consequenlIy, have been led To
think very serious y on the suhjcrtol green
crops as a manure, and 10 make some few
experiments on The subject.
Al prcscn, shall couiue myself To my
experiment with the swrct-pntatu, Il ronr
decidedly mnre valuable, in my opinion,
10 the Southern States, thaa any other
which can he cultivated. The results
have hastily thrown logetIIer.-
Early in October, selected Il piece Of
ground containing ore acre u half, from
which crop ofhay had been just taken,
and which had heen deeply p!oushe,i over
in order to turn under us much Of The
slubbIe as possible. sowed down this
piece Of ground with rye, al The rale of six
'pccks to The acre, and Immediately har-
ruwed it in. Abon! the first of April, the
rye having attaiurd an average height
of two and Il hall feet, it was listed
down, AM! furyiour horsecart loads "f
compost manure from, The callle-pcn were
spread To the acre on The list, and The
ground hctlded and planted with cut hriul
stonc potatoes. They came up beautiful
ly, hut owing 10 the excessively wet season
which ensued they became very grassy,
and it was with considerable difficulty
rha, The crop was at length cleaned aud
laidbv. commenced digging them about
,he first of August for market; they then
turned out one bushcl hasket 10 the task.
row otone hundred and i've feet. On the
frsl September, saw one buShel aud Il
half dug ID The row. On the llth, two
bushels and Que peck, aud on the 18th.
four rows were dug, from which ten bush
els were gathered. making ,wo bushels aud
Il half 10 the row, or NO hundred au'l ten
bushels, unless we have All carly FROST
This is the result Of my second years ex-
pertinent. Before using green manure, |
could never make Il crop of roots which
would pay The expense of planting, wurk-
Ing. and gathering, although planted on
the same kind of land aud attended in The
same manner. My potatoes have been
and are still exposrt' for sale in the mar
kets daily, and think equal in size to any
that lave seen this year. AS the season
is at hand for sowing rye. trust you will
he able to induce some Of your friends to
Try the experiment. and communicates the
result. This year | shall endcavnr To test
the value of rye with some nIi'er crops.
think it judcious to add Que 9th + re-
mark for the use of those who may he dis
posed to Try the experiment. In my OK
pcrience, tie superiority Of Southern rye.
seed over the Northern, has been fully
developed. The Southern rye continues
to groo up steadily all the winter like oats,
whereas The Northern will remain spread
ing on The ground, aud not >hoo up until
February. Should you feel disposed, you
may make what use Of this commuuica-
ton you think proper.
am very respectfully,
Your most ohcd't serv'r.
CnAs. WIN. SIMoSs,
Charleston Neck, Sept lSa, lS4O.