Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-10-28
No. 80.

we hesitate mol 10 say that, i'll our opinion,
the cos, Of the necessary labor should not
be considered TO stand in the balance
against the advantages 10 l.ault from tho
cnursc we recommend. We have most
notable example before US Of an eastern
farmer, whose fields had become so filled
with chariOck rs 10 render its culture i'm
practicable-and who with resolution wor-
hy OF all praise, turned in first, second,
ani third crop of weeds, no: permitting
either to rippen lis seeds, and the result was
tI.at by this simple aud providen, process,
he not only cot rid o! his enemy, bui added
TWO hundred percent 10 the productive ca
Inciiy Of his fields. Much, then, il is evil
dent, can be done, towards The lcrlilza-
lion o! lie soil by The mere ploushing in Of
a lew successive crops al weeds, and il'dUne
at a proper time, u clcanlv husbandry will
be the effect. This should, therefore. be
Que oi,hc means used by farmers to impar
fertility IN IIc!r possessions.
IL IS an observation founded on the ex-
pcriencc ul years, that w0rn out fields will
mol bear us heavy Il dose OF lime as Ihoso
which are not exhausted the reason is OBJ
vinuS and resolves itself into lhis-ihat by
Il long continued cOurse"i improvdent cul-
,urc, lhc soil has been dIvcsrcd of its vegi-
table matter. aud that uolE!nS remains in
the shape 0l undo composed food Of plants
!or the action of the mineral; and hence il
is, that we often hear the allegation made,
thai lime is slow in maniicsiing It's good cf-
feels. Ills can only be true when there
is The absence Of matter in The soil CONVEX
tiblc into uourishmcnt for The growing
Vegetables.
Bu. vi here there are no Vegetable car
pets TO be turned III. 10 generate the food Of
plants, il should be the business ollhc far
lncr TO provide il from some other quarter.
Marsh mud, brars, weeds, the scrapiugs Of
roads. Of tie barn yard. and Of lLc wood
pile, leaves and mould from the bitches,
aud hundred other substances, which
will present themselves 10 the eyes Of INTEL
lisence, may all be successfully pressed in
10 the service the ia.mcr, who has The
esprit du corRs about him which all who
expect To succeed ough, 10 have.
Our recommendation, therefore. is that
man and Il horse ard cart be employed, the
year round ifpossiblc, in The gathering of
these material, and forming them into Ina.
nure piles, and TO these substances let ten
bushels Of lime 10 every two hundred Of the
compos, be added, and thoroughly mixed
up with the other materials. By appropria-
ting the force we have named, 10 Il G nc
Lcumuin,ion Of materials, there can be no
tqucasisa- -ifnrap pihppsaila OF: smaaafa
could be annually collected, independent
OF tue usual supplies derived from the cow
yard aud stables. And will uny one tell US
that The lime and labor we recommend
would uot be prolilably employed. We
think not.
IN addition TO these piles, and still far
ihcr 10 add Ia Your manure pile, we sug-
yest !!e propr!cly oI Your occupying tho
| spare time Of Your hands in The collection
OF leaves AMI mould from your woods, suf-
icicnt 10 cover your cow yard foot deep,
takin: care 10 have The yard SO filled up
rs 10 present basin-!ikc shape, being high
CO al the sides than III the centre, TO pre-
vent the escape Of liquid manure. BY
placing such substances un your cow-vard,
YOU can furnish the means OF absorption
Tor all the liquid manure OF your stock, and
convert this bcddin. Of leaves and mould
into manure as valuable Us The dropping
Of The stock themselves.
Thi, plan you may say, takes labor, aud
/ that labor costs money; but rs farming
canno! be advanIaseou,Iy conducted with
our the use of both the one aud The other,
and this is The cheapest mode by which
manure eau bc procured, aud i, will great
y increase the productive abilities Of your
estates, we hesitate no, to say that YOU
should ADOPT il.-imcricGa Farmer.