Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-05-27

and much injury has been done .'lH,hs !" ,rhen
quantity of CLAY, ana ihiAins nr.bs nd i i'm.
il is merely cut and loosene'' apP.."eI - :
bbeS moisture and affords sul'Po'' " i'A' " "
season Of drought. an;3
Men of science tell " ."ai ,,n,s and Ina, nm
circulation through al s,.,n ~ veoe,a,iye now
inert subsiraum may ''''p" ;,.s Aeon ;nto il per-
er; yei, when The ioo's ~ NJ. AID. lessrn lie
haps lis cooling effects, on ,,e ,riara u.,s I'M
influence OF a heavy diousM. ~ 'he m n,hs
little rain in this region iis' l."', - ,,hare
of Jnly and August. ne P a,s =. -" La,
had used the coulter pow s"n. i" IA I ,h;nl,
SOW no wheat in corn s 'Vunuse an -. haina
my tallowS have been muSh oe"e"e
crossed with The coulter P,owC ,pNJruaEI.
"M. Al 49,, 70 ,si5
WYE, Queen Anne'S county, wv -if'''
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The CheIaw 3. c. Gazelie oil 'he i'''' S"''''''.'
,ha fo,,,w;no interesting notice OF MI calhoun ;
,,,,,. ~ prSn, rroN
AGRICULTURAL So M. c:,
Hon. ]. C.. CALHOUN AIM nc Gu''''''
zee proceeded Ia examine liie farm III non. >.
C. Calhoun. and although II may be i'uly samt ha'
nature has done much Tor II, YET TO us proprietor
clearly belongs the merit OF very superior ma
nagement.
Acting upon The theory, that iahus possessing
the greatest natural fertility must ultimately o.-
come exhausted by loo raplu SUCCESSION " "i,
lage crops, without some adequate le.uih, a anu
llom The aesuue.NI ~ ,,nad resource for The
Calhoun seems 10 have found resource ~, ,"e
former in the cultivation oil INC ped ciol' anu '"i
the latter, in the application o. Suala ul"i's "
his upland fields, evidently equal 10 lhe hecesS'-
Ties OF his position IN pom respects
The Committee are Of opinion, na. ,,,e svi, =,
greatest magnitude, d'iu ,he oi,c m"o Nv. .,ar.
all others comolee 'enus y iausl"' ~, ~ Mime i
cultural operations, anu ,,r r,n ,nJ
thai Wh'ch We $50 80 -: ,onds I, ;s ,rue
.,ie LIS, los ne narI esnecialv when uncon-
that tlliase does y, Pa''' eses'a"s ~ :, a;re
nec'eu WIN .U,", re,'oshreni - Tho sill But
resi- aliu i'i,'",. ';'ah;ac :, !. In, ,s ,b,.
eo'nI'a'eIu 81. hnnl.a, To,his as 2 nrncral cause.
drop IN tiie ."en T ,o ;nea,.n,olI. amonni
Is 10 pe aS,'oeu -, Ion,s ,nJ v,wn;n" onl
OF worn o." u - "a d;,,,r.,c. amos, .rerv
lieS' Mh'n ISL ~ .,a ,hronshnu, Inc cnun,rv
farm ma. me-, ,an5..rc, mnchsckeJ bv Sin
IL Is lhis iu'noaS s,,l,n,;,,eJ ~ - i
gle coill'l'dn.. ~ ;.;',;i1. Iao,a.s ~ I.s,;nv
were one % u'e ~ sn;c;Ial n,,l;cy ~ ,honJon,
whicn ia, =" - a. ,be;r o,;rna, G.rlility be-
ing ilelus a s1o "a c.il;n, liz, tires, in search
e.,' ~ - tn,,her sphsisence and finally
OF lir lliea.'s ~ anssJ 90 many ,honsands of
i y .',s 10 eychanoe ",beir own their
ou! eo,'n" ,,;,b an ;,s lender endearmenls for
ua "a. ." nr;,,nnS and dangers of our Western
tne ,o',s'
III. ;n,rassed with ,he imnorlance of This
commi,,e. were boih gralitied and
l.. the extraordinary management Of
11" ~a,h;n hv which ,b,onah The instrument
,ai;,r nc a,,ra drains an all his upland fields
.aan. - s 10y Essences an,r, and Graded in such
f;.as evsn ibose of thr greatest d,cli
-, b., sns,,;n.J almos, as lue injury from
wv ,.aas en- &c ra;n ,s ,be rich low land, nj
~, -. 700
'ne Ell oase. 49,, 20 ,n.oro ia, .u.b sa,enen,
I'll. -. rsoarda1 as he ofisnrino of thai
IS llkelY ~ oc iesaiueu - '"e u"r,,,"s
enthusiasm III ieielsn.e ~ ,,, - ~
prizes ana Improvements, wiz" 49,; ~ D.,
petlmeh's 100 ol'en p'o, a., raihnm ~ -. frs,
iesa'ui.s VIZ Nj" nns - his section az coun,ry
II MOI Tue ohiy one' W ,a's an, ~,
upon Which ..i'. Po'', ''ar n,',aal;n,, :, ,,,.
ea' ana o. iuin's""S ~ ~ ~ s,a,aJ -, ,Ss
'he''id.i."t s.'hn,.' o,al;, : d,.v ;ncumban,
ihey nave aee''le. ""'s ny os'''. =,
on Them, 10 brinS 70 me hoIice ~ o.' pan.i' nv
oniv me piihc,Pes upon M'.'.m ",,';,.,
orr" eon'ue''o' ~ "'>o '
followed
Their attention was iirsl u'ftc'e' 70 ~. iin'
field I'll about loiiy acres, terminating az ~ p"Ne
on the one side in the low grounds, and connected
with the uplands on the opposite side, by de-
preston considerably lower than its summit
This field by reason oil lis descending IN every
direction necessarily required 10 he literally belt
ed with euaui drains. Certain points appeared 10
have been selected. al which the water could be
discharged with The greatest safely and series
- dr,ins were directed round the hill with a de-
scent u.t sufi,:ieu, to convey away the water and
vet sn gently as moi 70 enlarge or deepeD their
,,Lanna, Tbe number az these drains was made
10 coircsnonl with the necessities Of the field, as
by the amount OF lis ceclivv being
moro numerous and nearer each other where The
descent was greatest.
The committee were not informed as to The
amount of lns descent, or deviation from The horl-
zon,a line Ban Judging from the eve, they were
supposed TO equal from three 10 i've ieet IN The
hundred yards.
AS further measure OF precauion the inter-
mediate dill rows were ran out horizontally,
or nearly 50; an arrangement, which, By the aid
of the first great measure OF safety TO The soil,
seemed 10 have enabled each lurrow 10 retain
lis own water OIL 10 have parted with il 50 gra-
dualIy As not 10 leave trace .. the slightest in
Jury.
The committee did not learn how long me &C.
LIBERATED hill had been IN CULTIVATION. lhousn aP-
pearances justify me conclusion 'hat mus naHe
been cleared thirty or lofty years ye' nos"i II,
standing The soil was evidently good originally,
Judging from The very heavy crop Of corn ana
pea vine now upon The land, The committee are
induced 10 believe lis productive powers have
scarcely diminished.
IN olher hahas, vi es'n ~, 'ne ',.: :. ~ ~"
prietcr himself, had The above precautionary inea
suTes heen oiueu' e lelus mus e,e nuM "a,
ek,9eo ~ many P,S' es.n Ie, u seon
apIao.u I',aa', CIV. ,,a "nn an, l,nds ~ nnr
RANK WIN '''e ""''e "'' WIN ~ '''""' = -
COUNT ,,,, ,,;.r e ,he ,n,,nas an ,b;s
Inc Itahl"s o't''" :" -. anu .c w. IN n
lari. WIN .lc eAVei'o" - '"''oaa
lhe Vlcihny oi W, ""' -, w.. p, r. b.
10 COTTON, a';' a''''" 20 ra,' - ,,' ~
was iiesl' i'.', IN Ia. NV ,.;, ,he ;mnon
.u. :, nn,,nd jrans .,na ,cling upon Inc nocy
ahce o. ullanu ',a,"S W.. 49, ' - r -, an
una nd' s @u1S Iar nnmber Of them 10 protect the
lands have been made with The same caution and
with The same success auendan, upon those on