The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-03-27

anu Tue PARTICLES COuiu ue tilOIS ICduiil US
solved aud taken into the circulation Of the
plants. Loose soils, be thought, were in.
jured BY fall ploughing.
Mr. Ellis would have all his lands plough
ed in the !aA, il he could be sure Of GOV.
eriug Of snow all winter. He thought
plcughed land absorbed great deal Of am
mona from snow.
Mr.. Brown remarked, during The meet
ing, that friend of his, an excellent far.
mer, had observed 10 him tina. he always
derived the greatest benefit from plaster as
a manure for wheat, when he sowed /! on
his summeG iullow albany Cultirator.
IMPROVING SOIL-AN EXPERIMENT
/ To the Publishers Of Tie Southern Cultirator.
Gentlemen AS plain, hard listed far
mer, sit down 10 otisr yourselves and our
old friend al Athens, my best Iharks for
having entertained US so well and instruct
ed US SO ably during the year ls45. Long
may you all live TO carry Oh this noble work
Of reform.
+ Ii is matter Of some concern and regret
TO me that have no, received The Febru-
ary and November numbers OF the Cult
yator. What shall do am anxious
to bind and preserve them all, as | have
done the first two volumes, as we'll ns the
entire Sc rles Of the Albany Cnl'"aIor. Can
YOU send ;hem TO mo
Fn,Iosed lou have T. NJ 8 receipt hich
shows that wish 10 cultivate farther &C.
quain,auce. lhiuk | sent you seven new
subscribers for the present year, all whom
presume will continue. II they do not
send their dollar, | viii stir them W and
IN the mean time, If opportunity Offers, |
will extend your list ltlte.
+ Ii we're addressing the Editor instead
OF the Publishers, would offer q sugges.
ton or two. But as this is not the case,
wall ncquaint you (as friends to Agrlcuiu
raj Improvement with the result OF lttIe
experiment. conducted by my self the pre-
seat year. Having a snail loI Of very poor
land convenient 10 my house, determined
to make al etiJTt 10 improve i. q ltie Bot
+ IN arranging my pans, Il was not conyen,
enI 10 manure this piece a wished, So |
menured It as could. This 10. is very
SAiiA NIoS I'1I'taIlf IOfGIEN " q sOit Why
ing in depth from 10 / inches. After re.
peated powIngs with good team and coul
ter, | hauled on 10 a measured acre one
thousand bushels | say nothing Of loads
Of chips, which had accumulated about NY
wood p,Ie, and which were III various sta.
ges OF dec 5mposuion. These chips being
evenly spread over The surface, we turned
them uuder to the depth Of II OF 4 inches,
We thea LAID od shallow turFows FOR plant.
ing corn, four feet apart each way, aud
planted the lot IL corn aud early table peas.
This was 81! done after We had flashed
Planting our cotton crop. and Of course was
late. should also have stated that the
acre had previously been planted IN peach
trees and had l3i trees oil ono years
growth on it, The after culture was in.
tended merely 10 keep the surface loose
and 10 free it from weeds aud grass and
was per!ormed With the sweep and hoe,
keeping the surface IS smooth as possible.
This crop vas Ed late that il Odd Mt have
as good seasons as the balance Of my crop,
as /! bad 10 rain at all, While caring, and
was seriously injured by the rank growth
OF peaslLes. Wei, nov for the figures
cost Of manurjng, twenty two dollars Inclu.
ding board, hire and wear and tear, &c
Product Of the Gcre IG corn, 2G bushels.
The peas 10 lhe green state we:s seG upon
daily Tor abou. Two months by family Of
twenty persons, and We housed IL bushels
Of clean dry peas Tor winter use and plant.
ing, The young peach lsees also made a
vigorous growth.
For this extraordinary crop (extraord..
nary only when the land and seasons are
taken into the account think tha, SIN
lnceb'ed-ls', TO the thorough breaking
up Of the land, IDLY, to the physical and
chemical action Of the chips, - Ily, 70 the
shallow and level culture. O,heis, am
aware, Will say il was not cultivated right (;
bat | am sure that The common mode Of
cultivation would not have produced one
fourth OF the crop that gathered, that is.
on the same land with the same seasons.
7 II may he thought, too, that S22 per
acre, is large sum TO spend for the crop
thatl gathered. So il IS. But let II be
remembered that / expect to see and feel
the beueht Of the application for several
years TO come. Your we'll ~rsher
JOEL HURT
/ Cratcfort, Eussel Co. Aia., Der. >, Isl5
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