The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-10-10

aa1 rs 10 s1trs no taoMnr t0geiner = III
the fall feed on The meadow and sIubble.
vii Afford ample pasture Tor The sheen
alter the fallow Is plowed. h. having
Ice acres Tess wheat 10 SOW and harvest.
his expenses Of labor will be seTy Iiale
more than As. Ills sheep willmake bis
hay and straw into excellent manure,
which he must put on 20 the 90 acres az
moved land. and Ills is 10 be his neat
years glow.
Be Bi acres 81 wheat will average fnr
ten yers under the sheep system, %
bushes per acre--Or 900 bushels from
whlA lake 33i for seed. and he has s66s
for market; this at the price before named,
will give him sf0i.I6 for wheat. Ills
$50 sheep ~ill yield IN wool and increase
Of flock, 81, so each. or s225, in all, max
ing the whole amount Of BIS income.
s929. l6.
c divides his land into ten acre lots.
with several Of the division fences tempo
sary. so as 10 be renewed ~ pleasure. lie
will have annually 80 acres in wheat. 10
in barley, 10 hay. 90 pasture. anil 10 in
hoe crops, Of which ? acres should be no
tatoes. 3 wurtzels. ard FIVE corn. lie will
keep two hundred sleep (which he can
do. and kerp them wsll) and breeding
sows sufficient to raise 90 hogs annually
for market. The hogs and sheep will
make al the stalks. hay and straw into Va.
liable manure, which will be much i'm
proved By FEEDING the sheep with WIN.
gels. The three acres Of wuSzeIs, Eve
ofcorn st,lks, ten Of hay, and forty Of
straw, will winter 200 sheep well; and the
fallow, together with the after feed on
the moved ground and stubble fields, and
twenty acres Of pasture, viii be abundant
for their summer keeping.
Fhe 10 acres Of mown land must be
well MANFRED and plowed in The fall. foI
the Eexi springs hoe crops, the 10 acres
previously hoed must be plowed in the
fall for barley; and as soon al possible al.
ter the barley is of. give shallo~ plow-
ing and thorough hsrrowioe, so as 10 yege-
tate all the barley and other seeds on The
surface, then give il light dressing Of
well roited manure, plow it well. aud SOW
it with wheat. In this way, C's thirty
acres OF wheat, will be. ten after barley.
and twenty summer fallow, on which his
sheep were p,stured I'LL plowsd. The
90 on summer fallow, will average 30
bushels per acre for 10 years, owing to
the increased quantity and quality Of ma
nure he will annually apply; and the 10
after barley, will be as good as As %
bushels per acre--making the whole a
mount Of wheat, dedueting 80 bushels
for seed, 100 bushels, worth, at the price
stated, s6iI, 50. Then the ten acres of
barley will average 40 bushels per acre :;
this has been my Average WELD for ten
years past) deduct 90 bushel, for seed,
and the remainder, al SIS. 81. per bushel,
will be worth Sl66.63. The 3 acres of
corn. highly manfred, will yield so BUSH
els per acre; dednc, for seed. and keep
30 to feed the sows and young pigs. and
the remainder al IS. Gil. per bnshel will be
S95,Sl.
The wur,zles feed TO the sheep and
hogs in winter; the Two acres Of potatoes,
y it'll the thirty bushels Of corn, and the
s,ubbles. &c. will keep the sows and 20
hogs raised for the market, until they
are year old, when they will average
200 pounds each on foot, at q cents
per pound, which will be 500. The
sheep al 81 each, will be $500. The
whole together making all income for e
Of $1,000, 80. Blu, he will have extra ex-
penses in cultivaIing his land-he must
employ three extra laborers; one for The
wear, at $50. and two for seven months,
at Sl2 per mon,h-$l6s; but these men
will do each one months work in har-
vesting and thrashing. which will be worth
$IS per month; if we deduct this from
their wages it will leave 1924. as the ex
ira expense Of cul,ivaing L's land. De-
duct this from the proceeds, and his in
come will be Sl070,32.
Each of these three farmers must use
alike Of pla.ter-say eight tons per year;
five on their land and three on their ma
nure in the yard. Their whea. must all
be seeded each year with clover, and ID.
and c, must add three qts. of timothy
per acre. But their expense in seeding
will not be greater than A, owing to his
having more acres to seed. If D and G
do their duty in making, saving and aP-
plying their manures. BIS ground will i'm.
prove. and his crops increase over AS,
and C's over BIS more than in the fore
going estima'ed proportions.
Reorganization.
Yearly income of A from 100
acres is SS52 liz
(" B /" 929 16
90 G /" 1910 80
Now. fellow culivators, test this matter
for yourselves, and let your experience
settle the question. But do moi forget
that G must pay particular attention to his
stock and uanurc--especiaily the sheep
in winter, -
VIM. GARBUTT.
XVhcatl,nd Ann tsAA