Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-07-22

ring the FIRST wear ui cultivation TIE wsuh
task Of hall an acre cannot he performed
aud even in the labor Of preparation for III,
second crop. short tasks arc ncccssaril,
gircn. This field will endure constant
cultivation for five or SIN years. Aitcr
that period it will require rest " MA,
uurr. The first crnpit n,'>r he crvCd,
i always an uncertain one. \ prudent
Spccuiator vii! never make Il large calcu-
laliom on the issue of 4 crop sown on fresh
lands. lie, Us now suppose an exhausted
field I" he brought into cultivation with The
nil of limo.
have already stated lha; il required the
labor Of three days 10 procure lime enough
Tor omc acre of land, nj the rate of Il hun
drc.! hu>hcls per acre. rhirty DAYS la
hor viii then hc require! 10 manure ten
acres nj the same rate. Suppose tho
( quaurily dubbed aml Two hundred bushels
he app!cG-bcic then will be required the
labor o! siXIy DAYS. add II equal num-
hrr ni Gav- !orhUuiinc. hauling aad spread
] ing. and Inc !iimc viii he on the ground nj
The cost a. one hundred and ;wcm;y days
labor. Ecducl this amount from thee
/ hun.'rcd and fuzzy. The i;ic required for
( the preparation %. forest lard aE'l there
} viii tcn hnlancc oiIwo hundred nud twcn-
" day~ Left To devote 10 any o;hcr prcpara-
t,on oi ,!:c land Won may !ccm advisable.
The lime omcc spread. the labor i> over;
niI TASKS hccomc the or!crn! tie day; and
lie planter may rcN, with the assurance 81!
cH nho have gwen ihc line fair tFiaI.
that h. has put on his land Il manure whose
hrnciicia, a.cacv time, 80 laE .rDrn dcsirny-
ins, will continually dcyclopc.
1t j. n common opinion, that Clover will
not cntla:c the hn, sun nf South .Caro'lna.
This opinion is moi more prevalent with Us
now riian similar opinion respecting the
alap;a;ion of the climate Of lower Virgin
in 10 Clover. was. - !cw years since IN that
Srn'c. s;incc The Introduction of the use
OF calcarcou> mauurcs the cultivation ni
Glove. has become universal in lower Nlr-
.ina. II is cvjdrn, therefore. That II was
the waar Of somsniing in The soil. aud not
tic warm,hof the suns 'ays, that was NJ
larti in Iir.iuia. have for .hrcc or four
wears "a>;. been watching 7 IIuIc expert
fn-a which induces me 10 believe that IL is
not The ,um hu Inc soil Of Carolina which
i, fatal To the growth ol clover.
\ lew wears since received from Il
i5IIowin. winter oTscrrcd sTnss iHe piafhht i;fh
of clover growing on ilc north border. To
this plant applied lime literally. 1t
ilumrishcd during winter and in May pro-
vc,! To be red cluycr. The following win
ter. the clover was sill there. 1t had
continued 10 improve. and bids fair 10 over
run my garden.
.%tow this admit : vcfy small cXpc-
ri;acnl 20 ha,ca large hyr"'hc-ir upon
but il i noi on tIIa, account rhc less Ha!ua'
bic. icrc i, Il single plant winch has sur
vivcJ the hG>r Summer. observed durln"
the wiGcr. ~'maii an,l ,ichly, treated with
limo. the manure iIich ail farmers have
declared 10 &c Indispensable /" cln"cr. th'i.
YIN. wnulcr lie ifualmcu'. bcai1S with
yu3nl success iIc heat, al -; the dfnp9ht~
of -. anE! the rain, OF 10. i must be
OILS rycd loo that if the Eo; sum ialnn-
nu,to coycr.'hc position Of lh~ plant has
hccn Il mo,, unfortunate "irr. liarr' "m
The ,ou'n ,i.!r of Il wall il i mcYcr >la!cd
but bv The very cary and late >uu> "i our
Longest dars an! ~ ad.liI"u ~ The direct
ray- at til" >rIu. i; !, eNpo>cd'oa'. the neat
faGialcri rom rl!r wal.
10 no' despair Of seeing lime III S"ncr.
Il! u.s. III rnr limestone rr".n0- Of South
CaruIiaH. Improvements Of al sorts are
slowly adopted hy A,rjrUi'uri>'>. IL" c"n-
sequence o. the Great ah~cncc oi planters
from their r>;arc-. they adopt New "ei'!-
rL> more ,inwy than any others wi" de
rive ,lcir subsistence from lhr>o.i \ few
wears since it nas Il rn"rcI question al
every payi>hr.uh urhr iow country. whc'h.
crrhc profits arising from nlam"rinG "nr
field, wrrc great enough to aurhor-c the
expenditure % The labor necessary tn col
ccllhc mannrc. Nor was there wanting
mauv VII, even ,0uh;cd whether !; va, "a;
use Al al.
Il seems ncYcr to have entered im'o tlic
minds oi such persons that riir highest at.
tribute Of man i, MS capacity lor improve
mcnt 10 IN indefinite degree, moi onI! oI
himself hat Of every lhinS conmitcd TO
his government, ani that he never 81 con-
picrcy (uIli,s his destiny * wien cNcrc'-
sin. tins capacity: that Providence has dc
privc,l Us or IN Eden in order HAT VIC
might. by aspiring after is possession, "N-
hibill he srcalncS, OF oar intellectual re-
sources III ihcir most beneficial aspect: that
10 irnpair the value Of That which he Ia,
siycn US To use and transmit To our src-
cc-sors. i di,oncdicncc aui awan'on abuse
of hi. goodness. s;ucir reflections have
come home 10 use when contrasting our dc
cliniu. condition withrhc present proSpcr'-
" OF olhci>. who in a more richly Si'Icd re-
.iunar ioiIowin. Tho destructive example
of our fathers Animal and vegetable
m,n,rrs have forced themselves INTO ecu.
crnl u.s.. aud have no doubt rha, IN a few
wear. VIC shall sec the powerful agency OF
The mineral manurcs exercising the hap
pies, influence over the destiny "I this
State. Sff'' la VA
No7r.-l have carefully ahs'ancd from
any hvpoihcsi, respecting the modus opcr-
anii Of lime. Nr. Ru'lin is disposed To
r ard i, 4. ,a'ua5lt. roirily A. a co5tsctoi