Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1842-11-28
lie that maTis sand
VIII soon buy land (;
But he that Inarls clay
Throws all sway"

efficiency of mari on clay soils that clay large proportion
Of mari and the addition Of clay clay be eI
peeted produce good same reasoning ,oui
furnish solution OF the supposed adaptation lime to the
red clay 'ols of the southwest proper and Of its un
questionable efficacy the adjacent gray Il chemical
analysis Of The soils has disclosed the existence
already Of of lime former and Of hardly any
sensible quantity whatever n latter.
Nothing can be theyhghy beneficial effects Of
lime manure. large majority cf -oi in which &C
corng analysis, by Mr. many ns sixteen differ
specimens taken from paris of the State
lime very rarely found original and natural ngedi
dent The important practical question whether the ex
Of the application justified by
This is question which every determine for himself
according his particular and his profit and
loss For myself VIII only say always found the best
application could make OF money derived land was 10
return hack to the land in the shape improvement There is
no investment Of capital which he ninety
nine out Of hundred half profitable by ayinr
out FIVE dollars in manure Of land you produce
you 90 bushels Of busle when it produced
but five bushels before and product to you every
four years an ordinary rotation Of have
of hundred outlay you made and
the increased hundred
cent And results such these eItnvagant as they NAV
and though may them oreves arc
often achieved by liberal and spirited system Of
The passion Of Us Virginia farmers - to
make the land already productive farmer
should add yearly TO his possessions hundred land he
the world But II expense make hundred
of land twice thrice productive they were be
fore Is ne not doing much better with the advantage
Of havng more compact surface which labor
and earei
The misfortune of Virginia agriculture that we have al
ready much land for labor bring 10 cultivate H. Az
likely make voluntary curaimcnt Of the CT
tent ~ farms the greatest practical that can De- intro
duccd nn their arabic surface on
each and lay down portion Of our lands 10 grass In
stead Of the of y annuity spreading
wide surface superficial negligent cazng cutya
ton yielding comparatively nothing better would II he
To cultivate half ldd space we now DO 10 con
centaic upon that al Of and Improvement and
TO leave the itself by healing processes of a
Ichg has explained very nrcnou. and philosophical
the process by which lands down o grass arc con
stany and improving themselves has thus confined
the DEDUCTIONS Of observation by demonstrations of
Should any doubt We should derive from te
reduced surface better cultivated product equal t. tina, II tho
whole uter inadequate lct rccoee tie instructive
story told 10y oh Coiumea in hi ne rs,i1 n Roman vine
dresser who had yard and daughters: when his eldest
portion anI h. had the quantity fruit ~ before when
h second daughter Married her the half OF what re-
NAMED and tho produce of hs yard was fnnbed
This anecdote n tie Roman agrcuiufal gentlemen points the
ION force n ~ moral that fatal emigration which
has hitherto carried lirle valuable portion Of our t
ulton seek wider domains for their families in
the prarics Of The west. Il and gveSnced we
have enough and than enough already. properly cuya
ted and improved for Ourselves and children after Vs. II ~ 10
duty. good hu'bandy develop The ma
tul capabilities Of and adequate n every
reasonable wish and the fondca dream, prosperity and
wealth VIII ccondng gi n providence by which We
surrounded rla nothing envy n the unansd
abundance NJ the tempting cherished sec nes NJ
our childhood and tho Iaowd tons n hap
See Treatise Of Civil sovonmsut ~ ehap 90 and 81