The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-10-31

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nniorunalfly haPPsns lhai lie IIessiaa
~ . usually more injaFi0us % kaslg il.an
late sDan eFsins beeaIne genrgssson n
the inscrt is'sSmtllhsts Lfooghl forward
~ ille lsil. This Is avoided By lz,e sou :
Ing. Boz here u anhthtr insee. which
pEasilbs kdkri Otaf ,s-shst i he u /.
low msggqs lGfsii@ssir friiici. Ills
insect attacked the iafes0 winter 4 heat
mnsi, in His nsighborhnod The present.
ss-asnn, 80 that We are something il die
prediealneht ~ he oil lasigslors. al.n
N eaienoring 70 slerr clear af ScKlls,
were swallowed up b Charylsli-. II
We snw early and esrapc lie worm IN the
hsad ~. iriIieil We are sure 10 Lave The
warm q the bottom Of he sfsna n. de-
sirEcfcr. IL se SOW late Il i The re-
verse, So We see that IN circumstances
must be taken into consideration in de,cr-
mining The proper lime Cor sowing. and
The insect whose attacks are mot % be
arPrehcnded. must be most guarded
against.
Preparation If Ls groma.-In Ibis
operation, regard should be had 10 pru.ecl.
ing The crop from Injury during winter.
This injury takes place in tao nr more
ways. First on lamd where tho much
wafer j. refined near the surface, the
ROOTS ol Ihe grain ase sometimes drown
out by The hearing Of the soil under The
action If frost, AM By alternate freezing
and ihawins. the plants are LEFT without
any hold on the soil. and so perish.
Against injury from THE cause We should
use all practicable means 10 prevent wa
Ter from standing on lie surface, or re.
naming in loo Large quantities urar the
roots Of the grain; and for this purpose
would not only use drains. but shouldrc
sori 10 shbsciiPlowiiig, loosening the Earth
q n graf depth as possible, thereby al
loving the surplus water 10 desceed Al
once 20 deeply that The lleaving by fros,
IL In great fegree avoided. Second
grain Is some lines injured from the
rains aud winds carrying The earth away
from the 70, Il. This ofteniimes injuries
the crop more than any thing Use. The
mode Of sowing IN drills is the best re-
mefy against ihis, which we hare seen.
The drill mode has, also, other imp. rtant
advantages, surh as the security of the
crop against rust and miltIew. Wespoke
OF tits mode in oar number for Feb
tuary. in describing the "a m-manage-
meni Of Me-. Thomas Noble, under the
head Of "Farmin, in the Vest" The
grain IL snwn very expediliously with a
merhine drawn by horse. The rows
arc leli an asmall ludlow, 50 lhaithe rains,
instead Of washing The earth away from
the roots, are constantly bringing little
more over them, which operates as a Sc
curity both against the winds and ffosis.
! his mode Of sowing, is now very extern
sively adopted in England, where its al
vantages are becoming every day uore
and more ouledged. In thai country,
the spaces between the rows are some
times cultivated, either by hand or by the
horsehoe. u a.s.. %. ~ ."@ @*<
Proper quantity IF seed per ocrs.--We
will here give rule, which, though al
variance with some theories, We are quite
satisfied is CORRECTIVE. that the richcl
the ground. the less seed is required. l,
Is the p'acire with some farmers 10 SOW
no more than two thirds tie usual quantity
Of seed on poor land. while on lha. which
is rich, they SOW an extra quanli'y--in thu
latcr instance they say /" the land can bea
it," in the first. they suppose it can supp r
no marc These conclusions must have
been adopted without very close observa
! lion OF the operations af nature in sucl
cases. In tie first place there is no
much land so POOR ina, nothing will grow
aud il il does M, produce something ga
luG5ie, il is sure 10 produce that which j:
udiusiss,; and if grain on poor soils il
sown Thin, il is overpowercd by the mere
hardly natural growth. Grain viii no
spread, or liller, on such soils. and il mus,
therefore. be sown so thick iha, the crnI
may sufficiently cover the ground stonce
before the Wild plants Can obtain foot
hnli. In lis way, only can such posses
sim Of the soil be secured as to insur'
from any crop fair yield. On the othe
hand, grain-plan,s on rich land. have. :;
j ! atdral tendency to tiller, and this ten
Iency is always in proportion 10 tn
strength Of the 5, il 1t is from this cause
that wheat on rich land often RECEIVERS from
the att ck ot the ily, while that on poo
soils is Killed. The strength AID vigo
Of the roots in the former case, continn
!, TO throw up new stalks. till after tile in
= sect ceases its rarages; but from the wan
tof this energy. the plants on poor sol
J. perish under the first attack. 1t is thu
; evident that poor land requires The mos
seed. ....
We are aware that farmers aref nc
agreed to the requisite qaarti'y ofseed
even on the same soils. In different SEE
!, tons of the country, the quantity varie
/. from one hushel to two bushels per acre
,nI wn have mt fnunu that this 'yariatlu