Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-07-22
Eagchcla Court Mouse, S. ,, July %, ASA.

OF lime Esmanurcr! eighteen acres Of land.
helieYfiiat my hundred bushels "i lime
are iulltsTuai 10 value 10 iir. Rulin'S
three hkgdrcd bushels of calcarcous earth.
Now asst required the labor of three days
to maTsc one acre. ii we take an average
numbeAqf two hundred and seventy days
as The faiGber of working days in tho year.
then Ill4iabnr of one man would al that
rare ofbDanurug furnish enough lime to
cover lifaety acres Of land. Iflhe relative
valscs 9f the Carolina ard Virginia ma
nures tiiSc been Justly stated. we may pre-
su:ne thsf tie value Of the products Of Ia
Dor willie greater in Carolina than in Vir
ginia, heiausc il is 10 he supposed that
wI!cI cItfeliminC is pursued as systematic
part pfaac operations of the farms. The
mcan olhp!oycd in procuring it must !c
more eoihcnicnl than anv | could COM
mandt vSscn only engaged i'll 4 crude cx-
periu@nE
Fo4hhlE the practice universally adop-
ted inCEFolina viZ:-rn devote our attcn-
ton loth9markct crops almostcXcIusi"clr.
ronsidasAs every other rs 81 secondary OBJ
ircr. rhsfIprrmcnts with lime have been
made ms on cotton. have made tw"
cxpcrihgn,s: The first in 1850. Il year re-
rnarkal!efor dryncS> and great proIurIlvc'
ness: t@ second in 1910. wear n re-
markqlls for humidity and comparative
failure, GIN each year the rcsni, whS most
gratifying; The most decidedly marked
successwas in The ,liy year. AiTcr on"
ycar's tuliivalirn the land was suffered 20
rest. rkc field lined in 1850 produced n
l">, ahsujan, crop of poverty grass than
the ciriunjaccnl land, moi Ii'ncd-nnd n
more lixarian, growth of crab and Joint
crass adesirahle object That i y grass
thar is sad 10 delight in 4 calcarconS soil.
it nigh spread more rapidly Oh such. Than
OF lanlsf free irom calrarrnns earth. Eve
~ ono wt,n owus au old plantation, Is
a~arc hat joinr sra>- j. no stranger, even
nrhr Inoyc>' lands. Iirc then bc real
Is ict;iiizinc agent. let u not oljrc' 10 II
hecan+ Q Il d.,cs not prove pnnacca for MI
the evils with which oar ignorance, or our
carclcsness, or the behcSi~ Of a wise Prov.
idcncehnsc strcwu uur pa;!i.
Mr.. Rhiiin observes. 'has i!I"v who wish
to u.c ,atc circous ,nanurcS mas, make the
digging Of, branch Of the REGULAR farm
inr opd5tions. Anv sys,cnn o. manur;n@.
we knswn,us,, to be cfliricn'. hccuinc 81
mar, OF The habi,ual oncra,ons of the plan
ia,inn. Tru-,irc 10 rhc chance Of obtain.
inv I;,ne dnri,o ,hr season between hncinr
anI harvesting. made no other provision
for j, laS;year, bu, classcd i, with tho rest
of thar miscellaneous johhing operation
called f;.ss-srl: Rsl, lnll he water
had taken possession oi my pts, nnh liad
land 10 clear. aud other causes prevented
nc from ob'aininc bushcl OF lin" The
opening oI small body oi i"n'' 'o%e:"cr
wi'iI The rains oi Angus; aAi Scr'"nDc''
have stopped for ,I!I> year my course OF cN-
pcrimcnis. lIow frequently Ia We hear
the opcniss olland, alleged IN excuse Of
neglect in many operations c>'oniIai To
good husbawiy. licNcuscs the wants "i
manure, the inrliiccncy OF dirr!cS. the in
security of fences the ,!cIapi'aird r'a'r of
the plantlion buildings. and the wa"I, Of
many comforts. which Is enlightened cstl-
zcns and NON or substantial wealth, VIC
should not want.
.rrac,icr +, the clcariu. of our ror">;s-hut
think til, ,imc has come - ;ru i, Should
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