The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-04-17
RVR.JL ECO.SO.UN.
10 PREVENT WASHING.

farmer in tins state 10 pfeNeh' his iduo 1
from washing away. IL is generally ed
mit,ed by the hes, practical farmers ~ The (
country that this can be easily aud etiectu.
ally done at very trlfllng cost OF labor,
by means of hillside bitches and horizontal
cultivation. And yet how few plantations
are there in this State that have Deen ihor.
ouohly aud eilec,ualy dltched.
Read the following extract from The ao'
dress Of Mr.. Slsneit, OF Georgia;
Nv plan, whenever it is Practicable, IS 10
nlant corn after cotton, sow small gram al.
Ter corn, and to plant corn alter siGooie' |
prefer the drill system Tor corn; thlnk II
has many advantages over the method Of
hin cultivation. endeavor 10 have all my
INLAND and especially If i, is roiling-weIl
fortified against that greatest OF all SCOUT
oes in this Southern climate, heavy wash
ing rains, by cutting the proper NUMBER OF
on,rd drains. or hillside bitches IN every
field. then lay off my rows horizonta"y
md as near upon level as can get them
This accomplish by first laying oil gu'ue
row with level; and by this guide row
smart, active plowman, with the ala o.
Guide stick, commences the business oil lay
n, off the field ,nlo rows. |, viii be seen,
that every subsequent row serves as gulue
row bu; where the field IS very unouia',
ing, having number OF saddieoacks ana
oobs. i, is impossible TO keep on level
witbou, Iayiug off with the level again, al
frequent intervals, ether guides, and htllhs
in between the old and new guides with
shor, rows. This plan should invariably be
followed BY farmers Just commencing ms
system, A better mode, ho"ever-one
which is a,tcpdcd With much less trouble
and loss of time, and is sufficiently accurate
for all practical purposes-when you are
VARYING from level too much, instead Of
laying of a new guide row, is 10 commence
on or near The highest part OF your row, II
YOU are descending the hillside ana u as
cepdiuy, Oh the lowest part, and run on, or
Init nm short rows until you again bring
vour rows upon level This may be
done IN mos, instances, by the eye, with
on, the use Of the level. This, however,
should not be attempted unless by an expe'
rienced and practced eye, as there IS moth
inc about which one is more liable 10 be
deceived than IN leveling aud grading BY
the eve alone. The guide stick IS very
- .hnnuh very useful implement ~
reed or hickory switcu, wniIu go than n
measure by which to regulate the width q
the rows, which the plowman should keeT
constantly in his hand, and at The end o
every row should lay i; down ~ he woulC
a stake TO measure the next row. Tie should
stop frequently y iie laying of rows, anC
measure to see that he IS keeping hi
rows the proper distance apart, especially
at the cuds and curves BY paying siric
attention 10 this al first. he will soon become
80 expert as 10 lag OF bis rows more uni
formly Of The same width, aud have feSei
wide and narrow places IN them, than By
the ordinary method Of laying off wltl
stakes.
But il may be asked, where is the adyan
tage to be gained BY all this trouble Of lay
ing off guide rows-Tunning rows upon q
leyel--having so many short rows, and Sc
much turning and twisting. answer tina
twelve years experience and observation
has convinced me that il IS the only practi
cable method in this climate, and with ouI
system OF cultivation, Whereby our deed:
can be made to hold our arabic uplands.
II has been handed down 10 NE as a max
i'm, that land was the safest and surest pro
perry which man could hold in this coun.
Try; that il did not eat or dunk, and that
1t never dies nor runs away. Now, this may
be true so far al the land 10 the iores, is con.
cerncd, but an sure 1t does not hold good
when applied to broken arabic land for
there Is no species Of property with VIII ct
! am acquainted that requires more, aut
that pays better for high feeding. AnC
most farmers 10 Georgia, | apprehenc
especially those who did not plow deep ant
prepare well, have been made TO feel this
year tina, drink IS indispensable. Is 10 ths
running away part kno" to my cost, tha
il is the easiest lhng 10 nature 10 run away
and the hardest thing IN nature tc bring
back again. therefore conclude that th'
old maxim which says that an ounce Q
prevention is worth a pound Of cure, ls
much tfuer and safer maxim 10 be observ
ed. Six years experience aud observation
has also convinced re that it is perfectly
practicable by col waiting land according Il
this method, to prevent II from losing bu
very little Of It's original fertility, other that
that which results from our exhaustul
system Of cultivation, VIZ: excessive crop
ping and no manuring'
But hill side bitches and horizontal row
are objected to by some, on account Of thei
taking up aud causing too great waste 0
land. Nov these oiJectofs seem % forge
that ditch takes Up much less lagd than
gully aud they need only navel over aomt
Of the counties il the middle parts Of Geor
gia, 10 be convinced that on many plinta
tons the goihes have appropriated by ial
the larges. shar,s O, she lard 10 themselves
whereas, The dl,cLes Mould have BEEN per.
fectly conteG, 10 have occupied the 81 ace
OF few corn rows. lam ce,iaiu that SO
far as taste aud beauty are concerned. all
will agree that the gentle curvature Of a
ditch is far more comely 81 1T iIan he
yawnng chasm Of gully.
W here field has been 3iiched, tho roa