The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-05-09

returns made some years since, published
in the American Farmer, think. from
small piece planted 10 Wheat, which as
founded all farmers around ihere-l cannot
now refer 10 page and volume as forget
but II was owing TO an ample return made
to the land Of stable manure. | would
then say 10 every farmer, give your land
food, suited TO ITS digestive organs, if you
would expect 1t 10 feed you 10 re,urn.-
THIS may be easiest done, by change OF
crops, aud | doubt not every judicious far
mer will adopt II 10 "A greater or less extent.
Many will ash Why objection 10 rotation and
yet advise it! My reason is, iha, we are
told, continued succession Of one crop is
ruinous, and rotation beneficial; whereas
there are many who think as the old coffee
drnker SAID OF coffee If It is poison,
II is very slow one, for have been using
II 20 years, and consequently pay no al.
tentlon TO What is their interest. verify
believe, if field Of good lively level land,
we're well cultivated, all the stalks, aud
seed plou2hed m yearly four to SIX Inches
deep, that II would improve 10 quality and
yield for century, and appeal TO the
woodlands and fence rows and briar patch
es, for proof. We cannot initiate nature,
IN keeping ground shaded, and taking moth
ing oif-Lu, believe the culture if proper.
ly pursued, would come so near il, that
there would be improvement. am an adj
vocaie for rotation, aud urge it, for the rea.
son assigned, not on account of poisonous
eScre,inns al all--W hich sounds TO me very
much like forcing child 10 tell The truth,
least The devil catches him, rather than in.
culcatIng into him the intrinsic merit of
truth It's beauty, and if no other reason, the
interest he has for so doing.
The great desideralum OF farming look
on il is, 10 make the most cut Of ones labor
and to do this eifectually, we should
make II primary object 10 endeavor 10
improve the soil, for plague and pes,ilence
or disasters may sweep of tho gain il In
ken from the lnrd, but II returned to moth.
or earth, she Indulgently returns US ,woiold.
would then define good farming to be, a
steady Improvement Of the soil, with the
greatest yield. Nor do | By any manner
OF means yield 10 any man preference q
being best farmer" because he adds
the fastest to bis property, because he may
, scratch on and waste 10 TO 20 thousand
dollars worth Of land, 10 buy 10 or 2C
thousand dollars worth O property, where
Us his neghbor has bought or only a.
much property, and hns kept bis land ant
stock, &c. &c. up 10 a condition to sell fol
, prime cost, or even al moment. Thu
! has been unfortunately The mode Of ludgn.
10 all our slave holding country, which sht
brought Us 10 The necessity Of manurlng d
; rotation, It We would do us well as We have
doDe.
, 10 connection with manuring or rotation
; would urgo the great advantage OF thor
> ough deep ploughiuc-l mean by this, tha
every particle Of earth be turned over a
early IN the year as i possible, from /,
inches deep believing from trials mad
for the three past years, that deep ploua b
ing WILL unaded, give a very handsome
return. ! did sow corn last year, on sam,
soil precisely, that yielded from five 10 sew
ca bushels more per acre, than on lauC
some three 10 five years later in cultivation
tho only difference was deep and thor
oueh ploughlng for tso years-on ehicl
! vii plant cotton this year, and expect ;
yield d 70 200 lbs. per acre more, i, be
ing Old land on which some or q crops o
cotton have grown out Of l3 orI II.
will come to close, rs SAYING 10 you
II this kind Of or hand shots will suit ycu
Twill try again; remarked 10 YOU IN Inc
outset, YOU would have 10 take mo am
nine, "ior better, for worses that
wrote "Nhcn The spin, moved me ant
Ilsi rs my nature led me-. Sometimes
wander Of, but oil this you have to put VI
with.
Al leas, viii no, wander, hone, from
Ihls-in wishing yourprcs and nv ayri
cultural friends and brethren successful
return Tor their labors this season, aud be
ing
Sincerely your agricultural brother.
w, NJ PHILIPS.
'Sincc writing tho above, I have refsrrod IA
my bound Vols and Elcs Of American Fsrp,c,
and find tho crops OF " heat grown on the Same
land for i" > successive years was hv Adam
"harm, ESQ, Of Elktou, Md."--on The 91Gth
page OF present vol the editor rcmarks-There
arc two features about Mr.. Wharm'- culture HAT
70 to asionnd US, such heavy crops and The
success attending his using stable nlannn.r
aladc 10 this case IN point. PARTICULARS. BE-
cause there was succession Of the SAM crops,
a yield that even for ono year was vcrr great IN
ihai country, aud there was mauurins.
CEMENT FOR GRATING.
Two pounds and two ou,ces OF rosin, SIX
ounces of Ialow, and ten ounces of bees.