The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-01-26

protective. coat, Is eAPeCteh W s''"
splendid cropof grass; and altogether, to
max iheland permanently rich.
NV hilly lands areskept mostly in small
grain and paslurase, and my bottoms
except for meadows, are kept in corn
small grain, and used without grazing, ex-
cept partially. in tie fall and beginning of
winter; whicrsyslem am satisfied with,
and shall continue it unless convinced
of my error. The g,ound allotted to
corn will, as above stated, be manured
The year before :tillage, faIlowed in fall
or winter, raked and planted in the spring
the crop titled by The cullivator.s as rot
to lift the grass seeds to the surface, fal.
lowed again the next fall or spring for a
crop Of small grain, when the5Sgrain and
grass will all start together. So soon as
the small grain is harvested: the field
again ready for the manure and plasfeg.
and the third year is rest for the land, and
ti@Bifeo for.,he sheep and calves, or cows
and hogs if you please, from August till
the fallow is finished. z
NV ground intended for corn in 1s43,
is now well taken in while andIed clover,
and in the spring is expected 10 make
handsome show OF spear grasses; the
seed Of all Which were previously OIL the
land or carried with the, e,manure which was
spread for the corn crop. For this pnr.
pose, the clover are: far preferable 10 all
others. Before dismissug this part Of
nv subject, would remark, thatit might
be we'll to be cautious in Pasturing stock
sheep on highly dunged land, as | am in
clined to think this is nj least one of the
generative principles of rot.
Let us now compare the customary.
mode OF moving and applying manure
with my proposition. As to nanuring in
the hill, or on the planted and growing
crop, it is out oil. the. question. Broad.
cast and before the fallow for planting, is
the only method for a substantial South:
ern Planter. If the landto be planted is
clay, il must be ploughed in fall l.or winter,
for the purpose Of exposing it 20 the FROST;
that, thereby, il may become pulyerized:
And if infested with worms, or other pes
'iferious insects, although sandyo other;
wise porous, it must be plonghed in<the
same season, for their destruction. 1.-THE
agriculturst has on hand the, wanted guam
tily Of manure, he must start his carts,to
move itsout in March, and perhaps CON
tinue through 5Aprit; and Whe ther5 his
field has already been ploughed or not,
BY The time The job is done, il is badly.
po,ched, by the treading of The wheels
and teams. If the ground has been
ploughed, it must be pl"ughed again, for
the purpose of tutning down the manure;
and this isdouble work and cloddy to boot;
nay worse, for the team and ploughman
have tough job in getting through the
trodden earth, and tangled cornrstalks,
and straw: and if it has not been plough
ed, the last mentioned objections are
equally applicable.
Ny mode is to get out the manure at
myleisure,-lhe sooner the better-but il
by June not much difference; and if the
land should be po,ched in sodoing, not
much difference for this either, for the
covering matter will prevent the land from
baking, ard the growing roots will open
the pores anew.
Unfermpnted dung when applied direct
ly to growing vegetables begets rust and
other diseases; and if these be eaten by
man or besst, they have a deleterious eff
feet; but if instead Of converting these
vegetables into food they are ploughed
down for manure, the deleterious quail
tty must by decomposition, be thoroughly
dissipa,ed. Col. Taylor has justly re-
marked, that"the earth wllno more bear
gorsing with dung, than the stomach OF
man with food" and / say lha, disease,
will as certainly follow the one practice
as the other. A weakly constitution, and
poor land, will bear less; and robus,
constitution, and rich land, will bear more
food
The custom is to spread the manure,
plough it down, and plant Immediately;
by which process poor earth is brought to
the surface, consequently the crop takes
a wrctched start, the puny roots presently
enter and feast on the rich dung. which
! gorges the plant, and disease is the conse.
quence. BY my proposed practice, the
/ ammonia, or essence Of The manure, has
time to sink six or eight inches before the
fallow plough shall again lif, it to the sur.
face, when and where it is ready for i'm.
mediate and congenial action on he young
plants; and The course manure which shall
be turned under. will, with the aid of in
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