The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-11-14

?, there were noue-of uuJbias
even - ptoGuce Was scarcely worth gath
erin9. The first sprung, after these lots
cauue into the possession Of their present
owners, uey each plowed his respective
lot as deep as strong double horse teams aud
good poNs could plough II, then pu, ca
,hirty double horse coTtloads 10 the acre,
Of compost formed Of street dirt aud stable
manure; then cross. plowed the manure n
come four inches deep, spread 100 bushels
Of sOap.boilers ashes to the acre, broadcast;
narrowed aud rolled their ground, listed Il
fee, BY ,, and planted it 10 corn, putting
handful Of plaster aud ashes on each hiil.
The product was 80 bushels Of good sound
sheled corn 10 the acre.
TIE cptiyatIug of the corn, alier the
first blowing, YVES with the cultyator and
hoe, the oblect Of the propueiors being 10
mainlaiu a fat sutisce, with the view OF
seeding he lots down in grass. Ia August,
elter the corn had been ald by, the harrow
was passed through the rows, aud peck
OF timothy seed aud Sbs, Of clover seed,
sown upon each acre, which was harrow.
ed IN, with light harrow.
The grass seed took WE'LL and has pro
duced from two and hall 10 three tons {:
excellent, hay 10 the acre last year, aud the
year before. We saw these lots lev
weeks since, and from their Iusurilut ap.
pearance, We should Judge that ,helr leld
the present year, will be equal 10 that Of
the two preceding years,
To enable tue uninium,ed TO understand
What is meant by soap.boi'cr, sshes, nc
will remltk tina! they are sp"n, ashes, gud
generally contail about two iJhs ct lime
IN their composition so that he who use,
them, both ashes and lines hs land al the
came time.
great horror IS generally entertained
al blyug worn out lands, and indeed
where means aud plenty Of money are not
a. hand 10 improve them, tbs horror Is We.
~ il-,ly entertained; for 10 amellofauap
can be produced until you restore 20 the
sol. the Gle nsn.s Of ierttlHy, Of which II
may have baen deprived, hy long continued
snd imoroyIcu, enllure-bo, where the
SOL has been o.cs caod Il IS an easy mat.
Ter, with tie proper kind Of manate, and
plenty OF It, to restore is wonted le:',ity.
That such ) the case the lGs ~ question
oGef H., strongest eyIdruce. For. from a
saIe Of ahject poverty, they "cre btcughi
up, ~ a'single maaJuuG, 70 state q the
highest (ettf zllcr, and tayc uo*, for the
third year thereafter, maintained %.
The facts presented by this instance Of
restoring binds, once good, after being tn.
poystished By an improper course Of cut-
iure should not be without tis moral! rs
they hold gu! Inducements 10 The o"uct- d
such lands 10 exert themselves by a! posst
bio means, to accumulate manufos and %.
ply them to their exhausted ti-ld-, as there
are none 50 poor, ba. mag be bfeaght W
by proper applications, IA satIctcn, q44u'i.
ties Oi vegetable, animal and mineral m1n.
Gres-aud they pulat too, with uH,ritn9
certainty to the propuey Of undertaking
tho improvement Of no more land ata time.
than can DO well improved. We arc very
certain that neither II these lots, uuadei
By manure, would have produced more
than 10 bushels Of corn to the acre, end
yet We see these poverty stricken soils
brought up ia siagle season, 10 the clpg.
rity Of yielding So bushels, BEN. over i've
ilfnos that quantity, aud continuing their
fertility for tanr years 10 succession, with
every prospect OF thorough restoration
having been effected. Farmcr.