Mobile register and journal. [volume] (Mobile, Ala.) 1841-1849, 1845-10-11

eiay (oundation--rather a light ashy soil. La both
eases oats were cot of The and-a coat OF manure
spread--with the stubble well ploughed unders and
the millet, after narrowing with the lurrow. was
drilled Al two feet distance The drills once hand
hoed and after each cutting the ground oosened be,
twesn the rows. third crop after wheat, planted
somewh sooner the ground prepared ana planning
done in the same way. After an attentive examine
ton Of the three lols feel assured they surpassed
any thing heretofore stated. Each was cut three
times with the sicla, producing an extraordinary
mass of hay.
The third mentioned crop was MANFRED with rot
ten cotton seed-the first well lined with burnt rot
ten limestone.
If the evidence of the value of the milet plant to
the planters Of this State is not conclusive, and
calculated to induce them go into the cultivation
of this plant, at least far give il fair trial,
either for the purpose of furnishing an abundant and
excellent supply of one of the most nutritious and
wholesome kinds Of prosender for their stock-or TO
enable them to avoid The worse Than ridiculous ex.
hihition of giving a part of the proceeds of their
sweat and labor for foreign and inferior hay, and
instead. 10 be able TO supply home market--our
towns, rail contractors. draymen, tavern-keapers,
and the citizens of our towns and Vages-then,
testimony in matters oil interest is useless, and the
result of well conducted practice unavailing
Il Is an undeniabe fact thai have exposed our
selves 10 the derson Of intelligent observing loreg
ers and our northern brethren, who while sen ding
year in trying to keep down and destroy in our
corn and cotton fields laugh at eur imhecility, and
want of knoledge oil true eeonons. little justi-
fable bride might be called in to the and of common
sense From close observation and some experience
with cultivation OF millet, would prefer TO il
on good pine anddark gray, sandy surface, rest
ing on red loose sandy cay--a soil in which this
State abounds. This land would trench, pillow i'm.
medaiely alter removing an oats crop, which would
be ar soon as possible AFTER the grain cut, turn.
ing the slubbe well under, after spreading the ma.
nure and on II the coat of lime. This manuring and
lining il will be remembered, with udicieus al
ternaion OF crops, would be an insurance for seven
succeeding good ones; and more especially if the
met, after the first cutting had dressing oil
leacL'd ushes or cotton seed, previously combined
for some mouths with leacli'd ashes The roots oil
milet goes deep into the soil, and which accounts
for its standing so admirably The drought am
aware that the word 'manuring," will nearly alarm
some good people and present thousand d difficulties
But do know that there is not small planter in the
country but could Annually manure five acres of land
by common well directed industry, where two or
three children were around him. ] know an indus
trious man whose three children, hardly large en-
ough to guide plough, while they were breaking
calyes 10 the yoke, 10 haul from The woods partially
d4conposed leaves. rotten wood, weeds, ETC., suil-
cent to put on acres oil land, and in addition,
rotten burnt limestone from prairie. The leaves.
etc, were deposited in his COW pen, which when
well saturated with its contents were heaped
up aud new supply placed. The rotten limestone
was hauledso the land intended 10 be manured-and
all this employed only part Of The year.
This field, after this manure was applied TO IT,
would have produced twenty five tons at that state
Of maturity that would have supported working ami
mails without corn-as it was cultivated, it produced
about bale Of cotton to the
SOUTH ALABAMA.