The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-12-09
RUR.EE ECO.S'D.WY.
IMPROVEMENT or POOR LAND.

!. IMPROVEMENT OF POOR LAND.
Another way Of mendlng land, IS wba
thoy call IN England, green dressing th!'
ls W sowing tacknhoat, oats or rye, auC
@heo grown up and Is fu!l Of sap, they plos
Il IL a.ier this, lei It lie t,l fully rotten
thou pioS again and SOW your wheat.
am ted tue Dutch people, on poor pine
/ plains, 10 this way have fine crops of " heat :
but for green dressing, ! should prefer
above all, sowing mile; on account Of the
chaapuess Of seeding land the cost is tut a
irfe; the stalk aud leaf rowing large, ii
luast 10 good large coat 10 ;uru Uae0
plougbe5. Beng ouce 10 Kent, 40 CID
country farmer told NE he bad been n the
practice Of green dressing no had ploa ed
10 green oats; It seemed to alter The color
Of The aud II looked much better than The
rest CT tue lot, which bad not been so serv
ed. The farmer SAID that be could raise
land or increase the strength TO j great de.
gree 10 few years. IN tue following man
ucr; after his oats we're harvested, be al
dcd same seed TO tho scattered eats, DloVed
summer, when the rye vas we'll grown and
foil Of sap, ploWed that in at the common
sowing ume, It would be 6i 10 produce
Large crop Of wheat. All the cost Of plough
ing and seed, is pot so much as tho cost Of
dung, carting and spreading, it We can get
il bu, the difficulty is, Il is DOT 70 be had
upon Guy terms there Gre very few such bad
husbaudrneu to sell their dung.
Mr. Edmund Quincy, OF Boston, gentle.
man Of learning and integrity, 10 WHOM |
am indebted for mauy useful hints aud Oh
srrgalions--informs me, that having son
residing a Portmore 10 England, the young
gentleman writes, that some farmers II that
neighborbood are entered into new p-ac
,ice, winch is to SOW their dry land which Is
not fit for pasture, with rye, and feed their
sheep upon it, 50 that It may not spindle or
grow up lha: tins feed makes excelleui
mutton and Will continue to grow froiG
gear 10 year, without any ullaEe or resow
lng-he doth uoi say how long II will CONT
nue. possibly the practice IS so new that lLey
do not kuo~ themselves. have observed
that where sheep are we'll KEEP, and remain
upou the lard uight and day, the land will
grow batter. AS rye sill endure the beat
Of strong sun much better than grass, Is
seldom huTt With drought. ! suppose this
may DO Of great service in our Southern
Colonies, where the heat comes SO fast
that the grass has not time 10 cover aud
shelter the roots from the piercing rays of
the sun. Tho advantage of the grass
growing up before there is q strong beat Is,
that The grass gathers, preserves the dCWs
or the benefit Of the roots; when dew tails
upon naked aud ursheltered land that IS
not poVed, made soft, aud 50 fitted to drink
up aud retain the dews, or well clothed With
grass, what iaIls in the night is exiRled
in the day, ard thus the ground is robbed
of that which IS the chief riches Of tie at
nosphere.
If | understand i, night this being tie
state Of some OF our colonies, the above
named method Of making artificial pasture
with rye, may be Of advantage TO them,
and of use also to lis where the soil IS Day.
That wheat and rye bear drought much
better than grass is an old observation pre-
served Ia one Of the English proverbs.
"Wct May makes short corn and long hay,
"Dry May makes 'ong corn and short hay
AS the cid English proverbs contain
truth and good sense, founded on due ojser
WALTON and experience, have a ionduess
Cor them.-E llio.t's Essays, Published IN
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