The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-06-12

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ishoUld aPprshend no serious difieuli
on The score Of any essential difFsrene
OF climate and Temperature between n,
and England-lhis remark has relerenr,
you viii obserse, not 10 North Carolin
generally, bur "a the Western coun,ie.
On he sea board the difficulty i moi y
easioned by any severity Of winter n hicI
prevents Ibe farmer from leaving his ~,
nips IN the field. Tor there The mean lem
perainre 10 not below that Of Enelsnd.
an aware that though The mean Of tenn
perature Of two countries may be abou
Tie same, yet one may be more than N,
oaher. liable to sriremes Of cold, iha
would utterly destroy the value Of ths
lnInIp crop - il Is lelt and used In lht
heldior sheep feeding in England. Their,
me practice Is 10 eon6ne the sheen q
small portions oflhe surnip field. by mean.
oil light. portable hurdlss-on these patch,
e. they are confined until they have de.
sonred first the tops, and..have scooped in.
10 The heart OF the iurnip. What remains
oil Tie body Of the lnrnip, with the entire
root, Is then dragged out OF the ground, By
pronged hook, somewhat the shape OF a
rooper's addz or Ratchet. BY women and
boys, the cheapest labor 10 be had; and
thus The entire crop is completely con.
sumsd on the ground, and manures again
the very spot that prodrced il. The
sheep are IN this manner moved BY small
lots NJ time. over the entire ground.
Where 10 the objection 10 the same sys.
TEN, il winter feeding be necessary in
North Carolina! But Doctor Ilrocken-
borough OF Richmond, proprietor of the
celebrated Uarm Springs, the most de-
lIcious bath in the world, told me that he
had killed a flock Of very fat sheep in
spring, which, having escaped from his
enclosures in summer, had remsined out
all winter. and that in the mountains of
Virginia! without having been once fed.
even with hay. and had become so wild
as TO make 1t necessary 10 shoot them as
they were wanted for the table. On the
whole. conclude that sheep will very
rarely require winter feeding in the high
or mountainous lands Of the CaroIinas,
and when they DO, either hay or corn lod-
der would answer well.
But TO return 10 your inquiries about
iH1naiRsa .lRs,hSasa bf,na 1-,huaaAr,'
obstacle 10 the employment Of that root,
so indispensable in England, is not the
GOODNESS Of the winter--the temperature
Of the mouth Of the Chesapeake and the
entrance Of the British Camel being abou.
the same, but the wan. Of moisture, in the
session of its growth, in which the tuinip
delights. and which in England is the re-
suit Of proximity 10 the ocean. The me-
neurological tables to which have access
are th"se only which are kept under the
direction Of our accomplished Surgeon
General Of the Army. at the military posts,
and as these are for the most part, on
the Atlantic or inland frontiers, they do
no, afford the means Of stating the mean
temprature Of our mountain regions; nei,h-
er is there at hand, within my knowledge,
the data for stating the average quantity
OF rain which fall in these localities.
II il is but lately that such observations
have been made with accuracy over many
points in Europe. As far as made they
go TO show that in England half as much
more rain falls than on the Continent,
and although in Ireland there is pot more
rain than in England, there is more damp.
on account Of its exposure to the burnt Of
the Atlantic storms. Long since, Arthur
Young noticed the difficulty Of drying agri.
cultural products in Ireland, and assigned
10 the humidity which prevails there. the
rapid vegetation which clothes its sur.
face with spontaneous heritage, even
where there is scarcely a trace Of soil.
Hence Ireland is called the Emerald
Isle," set in the ring Of the sea. The
average quantity of rain that falls over the
entire surface OF Ireland is estimated by
an able writer on the industrial resources
of that country. at thirty-six inches, max.
ing IO0,7l2, 63l GAO cubic (equal to the
number Of square) yards Of water pre-
cipilated on the surface of Ireland in one
year. What do you suppose to be the
quantity which falls at Asheville' Does
any one in your district keep meteorolo.
gical table! Will You please show this
to professor Mitchell, and ask the favor OF
him To make his notes upon, or reply to
it, giving me such inlormationin his power
as il indicates the want of The drought.
however, which is below the mountains in
, the Southern States, which is, in summer.
so inveterate. does not extend 10 the noun
tains, nor does there, as before suggested,
occur there, suppose, such extreme cold
as to prevent iurnips from remaining TO
he eaten advan,ageously in the field.
As 10 the kind Of turnip, i. is believed
they have no sort in England which has
not been imported. The kinds used there
for winter feed in the field are the CON-
mon hardy ,Ui',ter Unite turntp-.he su-
gar loaf furnip, and the fankard fur''tp.
The ra,a baga or Swedish turnip is &C.
neralIy taken from The field when at ma
,urity and laid up in stores. to be given
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