The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-12-21

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W The experimsnl Was - srea field, :
Z wkirh is sixy Iset above the le,el Of the
sesa This soil issandy y,<esiing upon
subsoll s( sand and xatd Ofssealdepih,
. Mad 50 llsSuughIy drNySx1by tho iecli.
VI Nity or DE ssQoundine nod. that waQI
Y & m0isilke Is iesSQs,ursl dsess. There
NJ is\hul 1.-the dilIerenxs <he,weeN (sSxbiI
y and the sirA,sS On VII .Iesis, ~ oSSd1
.whlt ealturA AN manu- Z mace w.
~ from sinking VI Nsel, u lnSg ofhoNl
IA rss. and pressas e Of the 30 yss< alter
8 <>year, and age s4AS<agS' The srsoifS had
beSome crasled. Gsrd. and u ~ a. =,
l.. road. In shorts ey, fhalIcw, Exwing
NkkS there was but liise deFth 6kauIN&ed
n EARTH. AMI. IS on alb.such soN my
Il seasons, ,Ils cfsp was scorehed a II scaii,
= With aviek ,SFense; Ibis 6slI issi,-
- fal in anylseasAs, Awss sOb-soFea viii,
Nlhe Deansgbn ploA ehhleen inches keep,
ADD sawn lEilh wAx Tor crop k37.
The great tigof and \sIiance oil the
-, crop auract general ~ Z; aud il must
Isare yide,l M rxlraos finaS Increase, il
III had not behn lodged by 4hial and rain
FN Spshorlly after tie ear appeaVd, Nere-
Ore il gave only ,pr,y-eight bushels Of
lain per acre, but fiyee tons Of sIrawf
which prov cd its eStgrength To this
a crop Of potatoes and two OF wheat sue
ceeded; but il is the culture OF this fel<
for crop ls4l, and ihsf altgwhieh chic
ly consSmte this rep
II waA all equally dressed with sea
ware: andNQur acres Of the same quality
4 - and description were measured and slak.
ed off. Two of these acres gere plowed
twelve inches deep, with Two horses, and
twoo them D Inch sdeep. wirllnQr
horses. ~ two portions .iu ~ other
: respects wen cultivated and mag ed ex-
IL actly alike. ~ were lian,ed v the.
~S-Aan, species, IL ihe last week. Apnl,
eight inches dee. Twelve .ipchts - -
.and.il thirty ipches Vide. rai&fg
.AN. at Sym al Va hdfarsoA Of ihssx-
Mn nMmenialt lowpg The PSlaiS2te
NkAanied dee erilA usual, il4reIefe ~
IL u shools were longtr ,Apiing -AFoSgh the
NAgroIfd Blu. thea'il d seIksl i was
witt greals strength bd teeuiafss u hey
- expf gief their broaA deeP-gJeen leaves.
IN. tow vi oropsly Mn The dry sandy.
r. soin a veE severe tad I5ng-eonlinlleJ
- drou i. Il was SOON evident that The
deed NJ plowed portion had The adyan-
tagd the stems and branches of its plants
AI were stronger, and they FIRST covered the
ZU ground. go .ngr, 5.a : =
. The potatoes were lifted in the last
week Of October, when il was found that
y. the land plowed Twelve inches deep pro-
- :. tuced 6Ity-seycn bolls per acre, and the
~ land plowed.eighleen inches deep produ-
fed sixly-,iine bolls per acre, being diff
ference oftwclve bolls per imperial acre,
Of four cwt. 10 the boil.
1t is condition annexed ethe pre-
minN offered by the Highland Agricnllu-
raj So>iely for experimenIsdn deep plow-
* ing, that one half Of the lall9sed g shall
be cultivated in the ordinaiy 11ay." BY
:. evidences before the Agricultural Com
~ nrttee id 1895, the depth Of psowing in
this couky is from sir to Minis inches.
Ifihat dekth had been taken for the low
est extreulk in this experiment, the dilfe-
renee in tht production of the Two por-
lions, il is\beieyed, would have beer
" greater; but A this. field had been plowcd
twelve inches Weep for years, lis ordina-
y. ry depth was aNhered 10, and the difle-
renee is certainly sufficient 10 establish
y the advantage Of Nep pioughmg.
As TO the qualilA tits excellent for the
season from both pAtibns Of the Land, and
a in that respect the is no difference,
LIZ The potatoes from TIL deep tillagc were
larger, more Of one sizA had fewer small
ones, and not so many bNs green color as
those from The other DIVISION.
i TIfS quantity on he deep AilIage is
eighiyAeven bolls pedScots crfer which
is good crop lns any year;Sn it willre
N dSgbs granted that il is far abo'e the av-
" essgs>s( the distfs. this year, many fields
] \--~-aoA producing half Sgop. A snperiori-
ty 81 striking must therefore be ascribed
\ to deep culture, being on bo,h portions
deeper than ordinary, which furnished
moisture in very tiry and scorching sea.
sonic a sandy soil, and raised its pro-
duce abo,e that Of richer lands. But
:. though this is a great crop for the season.
it must have been still greater il The field
had been less exposed as ii had no shell
ter; and ihree-days of very allen, wind.
\ in the first week &c August. broke down
y the plants, which, from their great luxh-
h'ice were then very tenler, andchecs-
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