The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-12-12
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Pram the soulhern Planter.
Small Farms and thorough Cultivation.

Mail fArlnS ans thorough lnlllFaliun.
The anecdote Of The boy carrying .
one in one end az his bag, % balance the
corn in The opposite end. because bis father
had dine 20, shows in some degree the
force Of edueaiion and habit. This stone
cauying system is Of broader application
than may be II first imagined. To ex-
empty. A father has iield Of one
hundred acres Of land which he culiiyaics
because he has laborers and team 10 do so;
perhaps City acres Of this yield something
like two bushels per acre. q lille more
than enough 70 feed IN lab rers and team
whilst engaged II the cul iyali"n; The son
inheriis il, and forsooih. beranse his faith.
er had done 50, he continues The practice,
until he finds il eapedieni 10 remove 10
some nes country. 10 arrest course
like this, 50 destructive 10 lads and fa-
tunes, propose few remarks. All . no
have noticed any thing about farming ope-
tions in Eastern Virginia. cannot lail 10
have observed the thirst for extensive cul.
ovation. irrespective Of the quality ef
land and is produciivencss, and those en-
gagged in IL have found al harvest time
their crops have mostly been gathered
from few patches Of land in lolcrable
heart. whilst the greater portion of the
fell required ox'n in pretty good keep
20 collect a load Of ears, more resembling
awl handles than corn. In view of ibis
fact. and in view Of The immense products
Of the small northern farms highly inn
proved, il is passing strange the course
should be persisted in. | suggest the fol-
lowing one tn remedy this Ell: Say
man has field Of one hundred acres OF
land, half Of which is nearly unproduc-
tie, which will require e.ght hands to
cultivate IL; let him take three of hi. hands
from his field, and commence early in The
year to haul from his woods, leaves,
mould, swamp mud. walls Of bitches
cut through his swamp land, and any We
getable matter he may have. and apply it
TO the reproductive part Of his field SO far
as it will 60; aud viii venture 10 affirm
that the product Of the par, Of the field in
cultivation, will far exceed the product Of
the whn.e field in any precious year. sea.
sons and cultiva ion beng alike. When
these sources Of improvement are exhaust
ed,Iet the hands above emplyedinimprose-
meni, remove the ground works of T. noes
thai have been Standing for years, andtake
the soil IRON under them AM apply ii as
manure. as il really is, and product Of
this process will astonish any one who
has not experimental in this way, and
will leave your fences cleared of shrubs
aud brlars. which yearly consume much
time and labor in clearing. and so much
injure fences by obstrucling the wind and
sun from them. This source of manure
having been exllarsteI !. if yam have H. HI
or sandy land, take from your adhesive
clay suhsoil, clay to cover it, say about
twenty-five or thirty loads. 10 the acre,
scatter the same as Soon as il is deposit.
ed, so that II may have the frosts and
breezes Of the winter to pulverize il, and
turn il under in the spring preparatory TO
planting corn. This will give ie"acily
and fertility to this kind Of soil, and one
experiment Of this kind will embolden
YOU TO conlinua. ce of TIT practice. As
respects manuring, from repeated expert.
ments, | am fully pursuaded a surface ap'
plicalion is the most beneficial OH sward
or faIlow. prefer applying i. on the
swaid in August CIR the ensuing years
crop Of corn. When there is great scarci.
ty Of manure, quar-, Of stable, or pint o.
ashes lroppe! on the corn crop. that no one
would anticipate who had not thus expe.
rimente.l, aud ! incline TO the opinion
that il will be the most speedy way To CO.
yer over large surface, and make goot
crop al the same time. II is true tha
this application at frs, is too limited for /;
sma grain crop. nevertheless. you have
applied the quantity Of manure over dou
BILE or treble the surface YOU would have
you will have obtained double the quanii
ty Of corn you would have made from ;
broadcast application Of the same, and
believe you will make as much small gralI
from this extended surface. On the Sc
cond cultivation of corn crop. with th'
beds reversed, and like application o
manure, il will have tlillused itself NOR,
generally over the surface than could b
imagined. All ask Of The skep,ical oil
this subiec, is, to mike one experiment
have frequently applied it in this way
and invariably have derived benefit from
II, exceeding my expectation.
A few words in relation to the varieties
OF corn: in these ! have experiments,
argely, and the result is decidedly in ia
vsr Of the largest kind. Poor land will
no, bring la,ge or small. and rich will pro
dice much more Of the large than th'