Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-03-08

Retaining waste Lands.
Farmers are beginning 10 be sensible
of their true Interests, in bringing into cult.
[ ure. lands which have laiE dormant, or
worse than that. for ages. The work IS
but lust commenced; there is wide field
Tor action, and one which promises rich
! reward. Many meadows and bogs, which
a few years since produced only brush
wood and the coarsest herbage, now yield
grass Of the first quality. There. are
hundreds of acres in almost every Town,
vet in state of nature, but it will ere
long be subdued by our hardy and indus
trious yeomanry. and prove one Of the
most lucrative branches of agriculture. |
saws acres Of meadow together, the past
season, which few years since was con-
side:ed worthless, that could not now be
bought for one hundred dollars per acre.
| II required much labor and expense to re-
claim it, but it will now return Jour fold.
Farmers of moderate means can pro,
coed on moderate scale; one acre I'M
proved, like one talent improved, will
have its reward. Our sandy soil is sus-
ceptible of much improvement, and much
has been done in England, in this way !;
many large tracts Of land there, which
once were nothing but barren sand, have
been converted into fruitful fields and re-
turned large profit after defraying ex-
penses. By The addition of clay and loan
or mari, and incorporating them with This
kind OF soil, its nature is so changed that
il is capable ofretaining moisture as well
as producing great crops. The like bene-
fetal results will follow in spreading the
sand on cold meadows, which renders
them unfayorable to the growth of coarse
grasses; great Improvement has been
made by this process alone We have
many tracts OF rocky land in New Eng
land lying waste. which might be convert,
ed to some profitable purpose. | have
seen good orchards on lands which were
too rocky toadmi: Of cultivation lhetrees
may be KEEP. in a thrifty condition by Dig
ging about them where it is impractica-
Die 10 plough.
Much Improvement is yet to be made
in our clayey lands, which, being almost
to water, retain the rain which
falls upon them for long time near the
surface. By draining sufficiently to car
ry off this surplus water. and proper cul'
ltivation, this kind of soil may be rendered
productive the sub-soi plow is peculiar
ly adapted to this purpose by moving the
soil deeply without bringing it to the sur
face. Lands of this description, where
this pIow has been used, are found TO pro-
duce much better crops and TO be in fl
state to cultivate much sooner after rains
than where the common pillow only is EN-.
ployee; the roots find their way down in
10 the deeply pulverised soil, which would
otherwise be so hard and tenacious that
they must run near the surface and suffer
severely in dry seasons.
1t is frequently the case when farmer
has few hundred dollars clear OF debt,
that he invests il in land. and adds acre to
acre when his farm is already too large,
4 aud even his best soil does not produce
one quarter it is capable OF BY enric hing
and skilful management. Let them ex-
pend this surplus money IN improving
their waste lands, and they will not only
find it profitable, but check the tide OF EN-
igration which is rolling from New Eng
land Westward Concord Freeman.
Ashes on Coral have been 10 the
habit of using ashes and plaster on corn,
and believing that ashes was worth the
most. 4 tho'tlast spring that would as
certain the fact.
j 1 therefore left 6 rows through The
middle of my field, No. without plaster
CRASHES; Grows do, No. with plaster
in Inc hill on the corn; 6 No. 8 with
ashes in hill; do, No. A with ashes
4 and plaster in lheshill; 6 do, No. 5 ashes
and plaster in the hill aud on the corn af-
ter the first hoeing; the quantity used
was about a taole spoonful-ln each hilk-
The rows were lorg enough to contain
! acre each Grows. The result was,
No. had % bushels acre.
No. 2 had "a do. do.
No. 8 had &c do. do.
No. 4 had &c do. do.
No. 5 had 81 do. do.