The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-07-23

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Benefits Of Science In Wheat Culture.
In the last volume Of The Journal Of
the Royal Agricultural Society Of Eng
land. Prof. Pas,y. wiring under the date
Of January o. 1850. gives The following
very Interesting communication:
+ "Seyersl accounts of the good Effect Of
burnt clay Is . manure have appeared IN
the Journal: having used IL with success.
| am induced 20 add nv own testimony
IN iIs favor. chiefy on account Of the We
~ bal quality Of the land on which IL
suceeedsd. IL 10 farm of about 500 .
ores. which ] banghl about seven years
since. on the Oxford clay. Of the very
siifiest description. never plowed with
less than four. sone times wi five or e.
vensix horses. The soil was like bird.lime
in wet weather. and in dry summers like
stone. requiring pick-axs 10 break it
Many Of The fields might be described ~
being all subsoil, there being no real
mould on the surface. The average yield
Of wheat did NOS exceed 10 bushels an
acre. and On some fields the ihi-iles were
mors numerous than The stalks Of wheat.
IL had he worst possible character. go
that esea in 1899. when prices were good.
many farmers who looked at the farm de-
Glued IN occupy u, and | had grea. diff
Guilty in finding tenant si all. Having
bought the ,arm. however. chiefly because
il h the most difficult sort Of land to ma
mage. ksaii. Indeed. TO defy improvement
IN srd-r to Try VIVA, could be made Of IL,
% Lord Dueie aud Me-. Horton have done
~ Whitfield with so much success. un'
derdrsind she whole, in the frst instance
a. 10 feet a.'arl. but now Of 30 feet apart,
and 81 inches in depth. In order 10 make
the land work more easily, procured
| from Essex some lahorers conyersani with
the mode Of burning clay which is there
prsclised. Into The details of that pro-
cess | need not enter. ss excellent &C.
counn Of il have bees gwen IN this Jour
nal by Mr.. Pym. burnt large quaint
ties, for the tenant. bur until last yes. NO
record OF the effect had been hers, when,
seeing him apply ], 10 small held oil d
acres, I begged him To opi' the burnt clay
on one corner Of the deld. that we nigh
know whether il vas worth while To burn
any more clay. Mr.. Cheer did 80 accor
DINGHY. The crop was very fine one
and after harvrs, he threshed out abou
one elgsh Of All acre separately. Ill
found The result as follows - a-... r.
ONE ACRE. au WHEAT. -.
! No manure, 37i bushels
so yards burnt clay. 45a
i so yards do. sheep.folded. All ",.
| Il will be remarked that This j. moi
garden experiment. but applies 10 Who'll,
field of wheat, AMI that the account wa
given in by the occupier Of the land
Now | have lying before me the valuation
a, which | bough. this identical field, on
of the worst on the farm. IL 10 los. Al
acre for rent. or l4l. for The fee.simple
Thorough draining with ,horns. at 10 fee
,, asunder, cost about 81 los. II could nov
be done with pipes for 81. Dressing wit
so bushels Of burnt clay cost about q
. SIS. The crop must have been worth thl
wear about I6l., or nearly the fee,simPl
oil the land and the cost Of the improve
: ments. - a-.
4 Ii will! be observed that on third ID
the land was dressed with sheep.foldins
in addition to the burnt clay, but that tn
increase of yield was ,rifiing. The ms
: nure, in fact. was more than the GRO
would bear, and the wheat was consequent
" laid by the wet summer. THIS is
conclusive proof tha, the burnt clay,
this instance. acted as manure, and n
merely mechanically. ! do not mean .h'
9 burn, clay will always act as manure
Indeed | know that j, sometimes fails
do so, and there is yet much TO learn q
the subject; bu, this case Of success b'
ing beyond suspicion Of accident. ha'
thought right 10 detail the circumstance
. of the trial, as an encouragement to II
owners and tenants Of the worst and mo
expensive kind Of heavy land. which 10
= lievs TO be the Oxford clay, where II is n
= covered with soil of different qual,t
This farm a, Longworth is that on whi'
ID the trial Of the plows reserved fro
u Shrewsbury took place las, autumn; al
10 Mr.. Palkes, in his report on the imp
men,s, bears witness 10 i,s obstinate n
:" ture." .'......s. w .....I-..*.. -.
Here is an instance in which "Pr
= fesso,"-,he worst kind Of a book fart
i err, purchased 500 acres Of land, viii
had doubtless been regarded as untillab
a. since the time when julius Cesar co
nd quesed Britain; and, by the aid OF q
u.s. rnce, made the first crop nearly pay
no, only i" for the Improvements, but !
fee-simple Of the land = 49, .:sa
D.