The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-09-18
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TO THE YOUNG FARMERS OF NARY.
LAND.

TO THE YOUNG FARMERS OF MARY.
LAND.
Or PaAerreai AsRIcErSgaa
Essay No. ..
MEADOWS AND GRASSES.
.Farning'' his loo long been locked
npnn As mere lerm. in cahiradislineiinn
70 . Business" hence the adage "a
husiness-man makes TIE best Farmer -
which Is IS true . lrile buisdoes not a
cuisines" ar. industrious" man, make
the bes. awning he undertakes. other
things equall The sseress Of mercan
tils man drpen 3 soenlirely ppan system,
order. method and prompiness. thai with
ont them. hs neUsr eaa sureted; snh
them. ne possibly naas-so silh The Me.
ehanic, and so vi b the FsRsERl Nor is
there any good'snd sufiiriea, reason. Why
he should mol Keep regular sci Of books
posted up 10 fire day; each crop or speeies
OF produer. such % Hay and Grain ac-
eonnt, &c.. beng severslly isbiled and
credited, ss the case may he--iie should
slso Keep Diary, 10 record. fnr fnIure re-
ference aud guidance. Season; Tempe.
rs.are; Tines Of seeding his arions crops;
Experiments; Results; Winds; Weather
and Commeais. Five years nf such ex-
perience is worth mere Than half ceniu.
~ dnsed away in that lethargy Of iriel.
lert, commonly termed /. Farmine!" As
ifagriculiure were an idle dream. instead
oflhe most concrete Science, as such. en-
TAM! Chemistry derives is p msr from,
and Is willing 10 contribute ils knowledge
% The ground. Electricity, that all per-
ssding, all-enhaneing principle--or ralh.
er tlement-ihe grand lever Of material
creation; dispensing or concentrating. as
The case may be, the most minD,e. or the
most immense system OF matter; Electro
ei,y, wooed from the clouds by Frank
lin. mag one day become the hubble in
rtrument &c rr-pruuurrrsu, or~rurw s~s
Eadfh. 10 the hands Of the descendant oil
come now "muie, inglorious"-" Far
mer!''
But We must descend 10 terra cogniid,
ton streak of lightning il you please
10 our meadows ard,he grasses proposed
TO he. or INV actually ihe'eon-and ex.
cu.e me. IL I here remark. that ] presume
no Young Marylani Farmer, who derives
his "daily" bread from his avocat'on,
keeps an /" Oversee" unless he cannot
zee over his estate in one day-na,urally
,upposing this, trust that however in
complete and crude, my idea. will h'
read and tested by themselves in propri;
persona.
.He that sowe,h li,lle." &C., is lite
raj as well IS allegorical est; and M
motto 10. that If the ground you desigl
seeding. In any thing, be not strong enong'
Tor full cast Of seed, il is too poor for
gain. How can wheat. for instance. lille
on roor ground. when q whole squa,
foo, 10 mol rich enough to nourlsh sIngl
stalki
But nv dear sirs, this paper is to b
upon Meadows: The aspects and descriT
lions OF soils most suitable for the sess
raj species ordinarily cultivated anon
Us. and their comparative value, as muir
ment for our stock. and for the market.
Az we Ill should have an eye to 18th
money.crop," ]. justly merits the lille I
mo. l."
Timothy within hauling distance OF
city, is doubtless the monev-crap, whe
whea, 10 below its intrinsic value, (Sl
where the land is adapted to it--weigl
ing more for lis hulk than any oil u
grasses; beng more "popular' amor
all keepers of horses; yielding more 10 u
ARE: Of sep,ennial growth, and very NUT
lions hay.
The naturally hes. land for timothy
aheavy, suong aud cold, clay loan: whl'
should be deeply ploughed, thorough
pul.erised when neither excessively v
nor dry. III, lie. precisely horizont'
with no declivi.y 10 carry of surplus w
j, should be marked off in lands. aoo
four scylhe (,hree cradle, swa,hs in w,d
only slightly ridged or elevated IN TN
centres, running The way there is the lei
percsptihle departure from strict lev
wilhou, regard to courses of fences,
ifpraclic.ble. inclining diagonally towal
he nearest stream OF other aqueduct;
there is less danger from washing wi
there, IS an apparently natural outlet. IN
being less resistance TO overcome; but
no case. except reclaimed marshes, sho
your meadow be thrown up into III
narrow ridges: although aneighhor, a't
much older than |, argues. you "ga'n
lace thereby--ihe abstract fact admit
you evidently lose boin land and crop
the land be rolling or undulatinp. its
tnral surface should be preserved as NJ
y spossible; except when there are 81
desp cavities wi,hou. cgress for wa