The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-08-07

A VIRGINIA COUNTRY REsIDENcE.

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VIRGINIA COUNTRY RESIDENCE.
An agreeable correspondent. OF lhs Eas.
lon. Pa. Wing. I'm. ID. M. Esq.l in The
raarse of rereni hour 10 The Y.lIey n
Shenandoah. gives die following account
ofihe fne residence and farm ola virgi-
MA planter:
TRGIsiA FARxIso. Col. Tuley. who
Il admitted - be one OF the best farmers
IN Northern Virginia. has about I2c0 acres
IN his plantation. Of which about 900 Is
unier cultivation. and which is wholly sur.
rounded BY . solid limestone fence sir
miles in length. and varying from 4 10 8
frel IN bright. lie harvesis this season
500 acres 81 wheat, which. noiwilh-
standing the severe drought, he expects
sill yield him about IA. 900 bushels. One
j, struck in looking over his fields 10 see
how fee sll are from oGhsr grain and
weeds. asked him how il was that in
s6eldof 100 acres Of osiexeellens y heat.
not spear of rye was visible. He said
il was owing 70 The great care he took in
cleansing his serd wheat; lhas ii twice
cleaning did MOI suffice. he had Il cleaned
again and again until il was free from i'm
proper seeds. The editor Of /. The Val.
ley Farmer" thus desciib 8. ia a lae edi-
Iorial. the process Of cultivation pursued
BY Col. Tuley:
"ln the cultivation OF bis farm, Col
T. pursnes what is called The Eve years
shin system and is as follows: He takes
held two years in clover. and turns over
the sod in the month Of August or early
in September. From the 5th 20 The 18Th
Of October, he sows bushel and half
10 the acre. and harrows IL in. Aher
the wheat is cut. the field lies and be
cones covered with thick and strong
growth Of ragweed. In The following
spring he turns MP with a plough, and
plants in corn before the middle OF April.
The corn 10 planted iour feet apart each
war, and eight or ten ternels in a hill.
The cultivation Is principally done With
q plough. beginning As the corn is fairly
up. and plonghing il both ways about
four times in the season. Az the second
plonghing the hoe follows, and The corn
Is lhinned 10 two stalks in The hill. The
hoe is seldom used but once. and the corn
is killed. no more than the plough will do
il. When the corn is so ripe that Il win
mature in the stock, j, is cut, and the land
put into whea'. Sometimes he sows on
The seed and ploughs il in; sometimes lie
knt ploughs. and then sows and hsrows
in the sefd; being governed by The ground.
After the wheat 10 sown, the field 10 seed
ed 10 clover. Alter the wheat 10 harvest.
ed, nothing 10 permitted TO 20 upon The
land 10 disturb the young clover. The
field then lies two years in closer. when
wheat again follows. In the spring Of
each year. half abushelto an acre. OF plas.
Ter, is sown on the clover, and heavy
crops OF grass are in this way secured.
In the course Of farming, he once raised
from two acres Of land eighty bushels Of
wheat; from a field OF sixty acres, he
averaged more than ,hiriy-one bushels 10
The acre. He considers the clover, and
the plaster, as the principal means Of i'm
P'oving the soil, yet he is very careful TO
allow no manure TO be wasted. On the
contrary. he make large quantities Of il
annually. which he applies 10 the highest
parts Of his fields. turning !. under with
The plough. which he prefers to using it
asa top DRESSING"
The harvest had commenced the day
before we arrived, and il was . pleasant
sight to look upon. Six or eight cradelers
wen. ahead. They were followed by as
many rakers, they by as many binders,
while another group finished all up. Be-
sides this crop the Colonel has about 200
acres in corn, and other summer crops in
proportion. His sheep and cattle are the
out breeds, and in his herd are several
bufalow cows.
The Park Over 90 fallow deer and
number Of elk sport 10 his park. The
early dawn is ushered IN by the sweet
earoling Of fealhered songsiers that have
no dread Of man. for no gun is allowed to
Oe shot on The premises. The conse.
qeence is that the birds make their home
s'lh'n reach Of The very windows, and
u'us sweet dreams are made still sweeter
" The delightful music that accompanies
aiem' and which, mingling with The bright
nsions Of fancy as you lie half sleeping.
10" , waking, make you almost wonder as
!'u open your eyes, whether you are not
u, ~ ne region SO gloriously described by
~ 'e Eastern fabulists. In The woods, too.
s "e squirrel chlrps in the tree above you,
u gambols from bough to bough 10 at
- Lay, attention, not knowing man to be
Ivy s zoe. Another great advantage of this
J. rule is, that the trees and plants
:; !" me neighborhood are preserved unin-
JuIeu bV th0sh tIaStr,,c,;,,a .,,.,.t. ,L,, a. !.