Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-07-24
RESUSCITATION OF WORN OUT
LAND

-Four yenr3 ago, two gentlemen OF lbs
city, tBal'imore,) bought each n ton acre
lot, adjoining each other, on the road head.
ing through the Canton property to Pntop.
SEQ neck. Al the tune of the purchase,
these lots were the very picture OF poverty
personihed. slightly covered with sedge.
grass OF s,un,cd growth Some years
previous we had seen them in corn with
sta ks about the thickness Of n mans thumb;
as 10 ears, there were nonc--of nubbins
even the produce was scarcely worth gath
ering. The first spring after these lots
came into possession Of their present owners,
they each plowed his respective 10, as deep
rs strong double horse teams md good
plows could pillow ii, they put in thirty
double horse londs to the acre Of compost
formed of stree, dirt and stable manure
then cross plouehcd the manure in, some
4 inches deep, spread through hundred
bushels Of soaphoilcts ashes 10 the mere.
hrrndcasr narrowed md rolled their ground.
liNed il four iec, by two and planted It 10
corn ru,,rga handful Of plaster md ashes
on each hill The proluct was So bushels
Of good sound SHIELDED corn to the acre
The cultivation Of ne corn. infer tho
frs pIowing, was with u" culIyaor aut
hoe, the olJ"r, Of III" proprrtors beng "a
maintain flat surface. with H." vrw II
seeding down -" lot IN grass ln Aug1.
after tn" com hid be-, n lhr1 by me hacro"
vas ptss,d trougt IN, lows md pcrk
ol ,no,hy seed ard eng rouri. - rloyrr
seed sown upon ,rrh IRE q hlch was lat
ro,srd N VIII Iigi' hnuoW
The Grass seed took well, and has
produced from two aud half To three
tons of excellent hay to the acre last
year and year before. We saw these
I lots n few weeks since and from IN 'ir
/ luxurant appearance We should Judge
j that their Weld the present year, viii
will be equal to that of the two prcce-
/ ding years.
To enable the uulnltldted 10 under
stand what is meant by soapboIlcrs'
ashes, we will remark that they are
spent ashes, and generally contains n
/ bout two-hiths OF unc IN their compo
sltion, so that he who uses them, both
ashes and lines his land at one AMI
| the same time.
/ A great horror is generally enter
tanned nj buying worn ont land and,
indeed, where means and plenty of
money are not at hand 10 improve
them, tins horror is very Justly enter
tanned orno amcloiartion can be- pro
duced until YOU restore to the soil the
elements OF fertility Of which ii may
have boon deprived by long continued
improyideut eulturc--but where the
soil has been once good, 1t is an easy
matter, with the proper kind of ma
nure and plenty Of 1t, TO restore us
won,ed fertility. That such IS the
ease, the lots in question offer the
strongest evidence. For from state
Of abject poverty, they were brought
up, by slight mnnuring, 10 a state Of
the highest fertilization, and have now
for the third yenr thereafter maintain
ed H.
The facts presented By tins instance
Of restoring lands, once good. HmPo'-
Ished by All mpropercourse al cINI'I''
should not be without rs moral an
thoy hold out inducements 70 NE o"
mere Of such land to exert themselves
by all possible means, 10 accumulate
, msnures and apply Them To he'r eN-
I hausted fields, a> mere ~ ''o"o 20
, but NAV be broug4,, ~ hy proper APP