Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-01-04
AGRICULTURAL.

PAsrURAGE FOR HoGs-"With regard to raising
of Hogs, we shall think find it necessary to pro-
vide pastures for them also, to make it profitable
business BY seeding down part oil our farms to
clover, we shall effect two important objects; the
raising of hogs at much less expense than by
feeding them grain, all the year and at the same
time resuscitate our exhausted land as clover is
the best grass known for either purpose. Ii | am
correct In this matter, why do we hesitate? Ii we
can by this process raise our pork for-say one
fourth less, and at the time restore our lands
to their former state of productlveness, why not
enter upon the good work at onccl What say
you, farmers Of Edgar? Shall we as one man
up the task, and resolve that, let others do
as they may Edgar County shall stand No l.
in the State of Illinois, for fine stock, and agricul
tural Improvement"
HEMP AND TOBACCO. -" There is perhaps not a
single farmer In this county but could, In addition
to his usual crops of grain, cultivate say two acres
at least of hemp and tobacco; the former requires
no more labor to put it in, than any other
small grain after which needs attention until
the crop is LAID by and the harvest over, when
it may be pulled or cut, cured, and laid down to
rot during the leisure time always accruing be-
tween harvest and fall feeding time /; the balance
of the work may be done in the winter when no.
thing else interferes. Thus by little additional
labor, each farmer in the county may add from iii
ty one hundred dollars to his ordinary business
Eight hundred weight of hemp may be obtained
from acre of land at a moderate calculation ;
under favorable circumstances ten hundred have
been frequently obtained. But assuming eight
hundred the average crop, and five dollars per
hundred as the average price, which will be found
nearly correct, we have $50 in cash the result OF
the employment of two acres OF land, and from four
to SIX weeks labor, and that performed mostly at a
time OF the year when little other work can be
done. | sold fourteen hundred wei ght OF hemp
this summer in Terre Haute, for eight dollars per
hundred, and that for cash or very short credit
No crop perhaps exhausts the soil more slowly than
hemp; and crop leaves the land IN better order
for a succeeding crop of any kind extrpatlng all
weeds and other plants by It's overshadowIng luXu-
rance. We have the following on the authority OF
Henry Clay, who says, AN old and successful cul-
tlvator told that he had taken thirteen or four
teen successive crops from the same field, and that
the last the best | am aware that many far
mers look upon the labor of cultivating and break
ing hemp with some distaste, and think they can
get along well enough by raising merely crop OF
corn, but think II they would try the experiment
of adding from fifty to hundred dollars annually
to their present incomes, the many additional com
forts they might enjoy, would richly compensate
them for the extra labor bestowed
GAS to tobacco, have no data which to base
any particular calculations; but | am aware that
many farmers in this county have cultivated, ana
continue 10 cultivate ii with much success. lwouid
therefore recommend the extension OF TINS culture
among US as much of the labor OF this crop also
may be performed at such times as not to interfere
materially with regular crops.
''The rearing Of Sheep, also, think should en-
gage more of our attention than 1t has yet. If
wool can be grown at the East at a profit, where
land is dear and pasture Is comparatively scarce, it
certainly can be produced here to greater advan-
taoe as three cents on the pound at most will en-
able us to compete with the Eastern growers in their
own market, which is a small discount from the
value of the article. LINTON Agrieutturist.