Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-12-22


a short i'"s alter the plnughing will aid
materially in It's destruction. Very close
grazing from its first putting forth in the
{ spring, until July, will often destroy it.
A'tho' !iae grazing grass, It IS not COM
parable 10 green svard in its capacity to
endure the tooth and hoof. This is veri
fled by the fact, that it is rarely il ever
found Oh read sides, commons or other
lands perpetaalIy grazed. 1t has not
ss.uci after mathe or ground leaf, each
/ sp're is seed bearing, and it does moi seed
so close to the ground as green sward. |
apprehend it would be found upon OBJ
servat!on, that grasses endure continued
! grazing IN proportion to their ground aeat
or alter n.atne. AS the lands become
Improved, the lodging Of the straw on
light lands, becomes il serious evil, mat
erialiy lcssen,ug the yield, and adding
greatly Is The labols OF harvest. On sjiH
lands the stlaw Is rot SO tall, the yield
oi grain is better. .i'his wou,d indicate
he advantage OK cuunteracting, as far as
prac ticab!e, the defect in the tenatity Of
soil by the mode d culture. It's said
that lands. that have been long culivat-
! Ell abound VITA al, eXcrament!iious mat
ter thrown OF, by the plants growing up
on tiiens, and that they require exposore
to the ali, fer q longer period, to prepare
tiieai ioF the ensn'ng crop. is njt de-
! nled ,hat repeated ploughings, ard per-
lect ti!;h Is beneficial and necessary for
most crops but the labor IS jai!ciousIv
directed when applied 10 the wheat crop.
J We can neither remain stationary nor
! advance In our agriculture. without res
torlng and continually renewing the We
| setabie matter exhausted in the process
( oi cultivation. 1t is true there are soils
which derive great aid, f:a;n applications
OF lime and ,iaric, but this apprehend
will not be found 10 enable their rr9pric-
tors TO dispense with The use OF vegetable
manures. The use OF clover and pias-
ter, is ii powerful auxiliary in the career
OF Improvement, and upon its first appii-
cation. ,nduces the novice to think hat
1T Is OF itself ali sufficient: but The land
tires OF clover as it will IF cverv other
crop, il too frequently repeated. Ia Eng
land, where it is called the mother OF
| wheat, witt! all tnei. snanuring. it is belle
we'd that from this cause it cannot be re-
Peatesl oitencr than once in eish! years
and thei. practice is to pe,ni, it to remain
but one year. lie use OF plaster on our
lads, certainly enables US to repeat it,
more frequently with manifest advantage
The "'an5 Of healthy and vigorous
growth IN the clover after successive |
| crops, attributed to the plaster'S ceasing
fn pnl Il.
gree, totiie.Iand firing ui the plant. The
fast that land will not continue TO pro-
duce with the Same Insurance success
siyely the sane crop, is one TOO well eS-
tabiIshed among practical farmers to be
'toubted here. If pastures are permitted /
to lie longer unbroken by the plough, +
turf and other grasses succeeded clover. |
and the crops succeed turf The land has
then an interval OF rest from the clover,
and when renewed it grows luxuriantIy,
and adds more 10 the fertility OF tie soil.
Under system Of this kind, The wheat
AID corn crop progressively increase
the increase Of their oiial. and the hay
that the grass enables the farmer to save,
and stock in good and profitable condi-
tion, adds lncalcuIab,y to the supplies Of
manure. In his tobacco lie need not fear
The monopoly Of the west. He will not
cultivate SO many plants IS formerly. hui
he will obtain better profits. The blight
Ing effects Of drought upon his corn. will
be lessened. He will tiud his old land
mere productive than his new the abra.
sions and gals ofsformer bad husbandry,
will gradually disapp oarfrom the app'ica-
tons ct his surplus manure, after having
supplied pro!usey his tobacco lands.
The provent!er which makes the manure |
gives the means. By well fed teams. of
removing it to the lands. The product
is more certain, rich land with good cul-
,ture is less dependent upon the casaaa;i !
ties Of season than poor: the crop is less
an aIiail OF accident Or chance, as we
most appropriately term it. lis steps vii
tie slow at first, proportionate to the ex-
hausted state Of his farm, but he will adj
advance with an accelerated pace, his
profits will increase like a rapidly Com
pounding interest. His progress at first
will be scarcely perteptbie, but his ca
reer with patience and perseverance, will
elicit results bevond the most san9Gine
/ expectation. 1t is now no logger "a mat
ter Of choice with US, whether We improve
or not, the subject is forced upon Us III
spite of all efforts to shun it. The but
bic of a redundant paper medium. with
It's inflated prices, has burst, and we are
awakened to the great reality ofless than
a hard money circulation. and he who ex-
poets 10 escape the results by any iegerde,
MAN Legislation, Of human device, other
than time, labor and economy, is as wise
as hun who sits upon the river bank,
waiting for the waters to pass away, that
he may cross dry shod.
An appeal to the patriotism of asricul-
turls's is misplaced and unavaIing. The
benefits OF an increased population ard
national wealth; the beauties of golden