The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-02-06

From he Farrrfs CABINET
ROTATION OF CROPS.

ROTATION OF CROPS.
In offering Few rea arks on this in
ieresiing subjeci. have no apology 10 az.
Ger. other than its comparative neglect BY
the many valuable correspondents 10 tie
"rsrmers' Cabinet" ii this should Be
The mrans Of preventing one individual
from experimenting as have done. with
lass 90, ms end will be answered.
have observed that where oats. win.
TER grain and grass have been grown
among young trees. tie 2 ain and grass
have invariably flaurished under The
branches &c and around the young trees.
apparently drawing the fo'd and nourish.
ment from them, and thus preventing in
the trees any more Than a very siinled
growth. And. whencorn, potaioes, vines,
and huckaheal. have been grown among
Young trees, the iress have fonrlshed, and
have invariably checked The growth Of
the abn,e named crops. when 50 near A.
TO get in contact with their mots. That
On a repetition Of any kind of grain crop
on the same land for years. without a
change or extra IN nuring,t the crops have
diminished il quantity and quality too.
Ard by = judicioas change oil crops. they
havebsen made 10 increase in quantity and
quality tno. The course ofcrops adsptediu
this country BY a majority Of The farmers,
is TO plan, corn after grass,-the follow.
ing spring 10 sow on the stalk ground
(some plant two years-ir such cases they
SOW the second spring,) The fall following
they SOW wheat and grass seed on the
wheat. TIL. re have been many changes
and departures from this rule observable
among us, but after few experiments by
the farmers, they have generally return
ed to the course as mentioned above
which seems In he tho hast. "a neilhel
crop iniures the prcducliv. ness &c the .oi
for the sucreeiing, but rather increases y
have also known con and rye 10 b
grown alternately. for years, on the sam
land without a"y apparent diminnIion q
either crop. And when any two kind:
Of vegetables have grown t"gelher o
near ca h other, the kind that over
power. aud saints the groa III Of the 9th
er, is the poorest crnp 10 succeed an
flourish after the other has been re
moved; and on the other hand, the Gro
that has been s,in,ed in lis growth by III
other, is the best 10 succeed il. This
general rule, no tlouht will hold good.
In the spring Of 1912, ! planted pea
seeds on 4 wheat stubble, the trees fcl
which wittou, any man"rjng, by the Tin
OF ransplaling, or within two years, ha
reached the height of five TO ten feet VI,
heavy branches; and on removing the TIRE,
in 1874, I planted corn on The same Ian
which grew and hourished beyond any
had ever seen on land of the same qua
~ and state Of cultivation, except abo
an acre adjoining which had potato
grown on il the previous year.
| cleared another piece Of peach tire
shout The me t,ne--some ut viii
were than ten feet high above gr. und -
which sowed oats, and al harvest tim
although the land was Of the first quail
for oats, aud tad produced such lar
trees. vet found il very diIficuit'o gal
or them. they were 50 short-excepi OF
small snip along the fence, that had
ed to mrn on.
One of nv neighbors f. " years a!
finding il very difficult, TO get his corn
stand on a grass sward, on account
worms or insects. tried The cXpcrlm'
or sowing oats on sward to clear
land of insects. and the following year
planted corn on the oats stubhle. aud
remarked To me afterwards. tht his CO
did stand-it stood too we'l--it was
,innarv-for it did not grow al all. A
have often heard it spoken Of by OF
persons,'as tho poorest corn they had e
seen--and produced on harvesting Il
memory serves me, only five two-ho
lads, Of forty bushel: Of nnbb'ns' n!
IL all sof, of Of eighteen acres.
oats heing very light to.
saln the spring of 1888. SET out ayo'
orchard of apple and peach trees
thinking il would be advantageous I"
tire. not TO disturb them the first "
while they were putting forth new 70
sowed oats among ihem-'he ror
quence was the loss of several trees,E
loss 10 the remainder Of nearly ,e
growth.