The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-11-14

getssiaas - mai qua liiy. nill beeaftrrt.
- y III sun and AIR. II is de oxide Of
Iron. which gives ill<ired color ID the clay
underneath the sand AZ This lisId, Which,
Il Y werc N Too great quantities % b.
brought into immediate roniart with he
Bouts Of craving plants, might possibly
inJnFs them, bul the quantity | name.
could do no harm. Ifynu had Time 10 ap-
ply 10 your land. the oxide Of irnn would
be converted inta \ Substance similar 10
PLASTER. and an immediate benefit would
cnure 30 you. IL iwo-f,,ld sense, frst BIZ
nentraliziDg the bad effects az the iron.
and secondly By converting de lalierinlo
plaster"
Who ever hearIlnf Iron being in The
ground cxeept in lamps hard a. siOnes!'
/. Many before Won were born"
|" Bas lel me proceed. by annually
turning up . portion u your clay. instead
Of having . cultivate an slm0si barren
sand a. ,0u now have, in Few years,
you would have good mould. that wn, Ia
resist the influence &c the searching RAYS
ofthe sun, and your crrpi would avoid
BENG burnt up by slight droughIs. Your
manure, insie d of bring drawn up and
bst through the heat Of The sun. will re.
main in die eaIiiS rot gradually. and ss
gradually supply your growing crops with
food, and you win find that, ms cad nf
having 10 manure every year. once In
four years will answer. and particularly if
you SOW clover and turn thai in every &c.
cond year." @
Why. bless YOU, clover woh'l grow
here"
4" Yes il will. if you will do as tell
you. plough deeper, turn up and mix tie
clay with the sand and ime your la,,d. n
you can't afford TO lime, plaster il. A
bashel TO the acre inr year or two will
enable you 10 raised clover, provided you
turn up tie slay aad get the patash into
action" -
Potash! why, there never was either
potash or ashes put on this ground, and
I'm Tn Ear 10 haul it. If lwas able 10 buy
il, which | amt :"
"Ilold you before that there was potash
il the red clay sa
sllow did u get there g. 49,
"Pfovidence placed il there, for wi e
and benefcen, purposes, and il remains
for you % u.e il or MT, rs you may see
f,. Plough deeper. ] tell You. aud yoa
! will find pnts.li enough, 10 add 10 tie FIR
tilily Of your soil and increase your
crops"
Al rfckin your a book farmer--you
talk so :'ae the strange things rs hsan
on"
+! mo my good sir, I'm NOT hook far.
mer, but like yourself, farmer in ssmall
way, even smaller Than you are, yet do
read books, and papers too, on farming,
AMI have read them with delight, aud |
h,pe pr,ii,. from NY earliest recollection.
What | see in them that my judi meni
approves, practice, 4! an occasion offers
what | see that ! do not approve, re
ject-anG il you were to take an agricul,u-
raj paper, beth you aud your children
would profa byit. No man ever yet read
any thing without, gaining by il. The
agricultural papers, besides containing the
essays and views ofthesrisiS, have mn'il
Of the practical experience of practical
men in them, and by reading them, men
become acquainted with the customs and
modes of culture Of all parts of the world,
and surely, with such field before them
those who do not improve by i, must be
dali, indeed. s1t'l have few words
more with regard TO deep plouglrng, and
It's effects in promoting the growth oil
crops. BY deepening the bed in which
the plants hare to grow, you enlarge the
pasture of the plans; You enable theil
70 nlets 10 descend, as we'll as spread will
more iacili,y. and il must be obvious, tha
. by so doing, you greatly Improve theil
chance Of gr"wing. as the least diff nl,y
they may experience in searching fol
food, the better chance will they have o.
, thriving. YOU sag tina; the red clay be-
meath the sand, is poisonous To you
, crops. BE i, so. Blu. keeping it in ;
com, .ac, form, you do not render il les,
ini rrious, ET nntwiths,and its hardness
, the roots Of your corn will penetrate it Sc
r veral feet, so tina, the objection which yol
, have raised, is imaginary, not real, ant
, by Keeping that stiff clay in an unbroae'
state. you present it to the roots Of you
corn. in the very worst and most mi furious
form that you possibly cam--plough deep
en- turn il up to the action Of the sun, th'
air and the rains, and you will soon rid i
. of its poisonous qualities"
"How deep would you recommend mt
t IL ploagh!"
: "Nh nv. | would have you increas'
: YOUR soil two inches each yer. unit
yon get al lcas, nine inches in depth"
, "Why BLISS you, stranger, my plougl
/ can't Ec.er 60 that deep, and besides
. my horse couldn't never turn up MIN
: inches"
5 "Ge, bigger plough, and put in TIVE
I horses instead Of one. BY getting deel
) ,ilth, you will enable your land 10 Absorb