The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-03-25


Ills clearly 10 The interest of every Ear.
mrr In this Stale tO prevent his land from
washing away. II u generally admitted
By The hrss practical farmers In the raun.
try, ihst ihis can b. easily and efTerlu al \
done Al rery Infing Gust Of labor, hy
msan,.of hillside d.lches and horizontal
cull 'a'ion. Aud yet how Few plantations
are there in this STATE that have been
thoroughly anl ulreriually diIched.
Read the following extract from the al.
dress Of SIR. SasneIl, nf Georgia:
My plan. whenever II is practicable, il
O. plant carn after cnIInn. s1w small grain
after corn. AM tn plant corn after sInbI,le.
prefer the drill system for corn; I think
il hiss many advantages over the old me.
ihod Of hill cultivation. I endsavor %
hare all my upland-and especially IL il
IL rolllnr-well fortified against that
greatest Of all seourges is this Southern
climate. heavy washing rains. by cutting
the proper number Of guard drains. or
hillside bitches IN every field. Z then
Law OF ny rows horizontally. aud as near
upon level As | can get them. This
] accomplish By first laying of a guide
TOW with level; and By this guide row
. smart active plowman, with the and
of . guide stick. commences the business
oflayIng OF the fields into rows. II will
bs seen that every suhscquen, row serves
ss guide row; but where the field is very
undulaung. having number saddlebacks
and nobs, Il u impossible 10 keep on n
lsvel without laying or with the level
again, n frequent intervals. other guides,
aud filing in between The old and new
guides with shor rows. This plan should
invariably be followed by farmers Jus,
commencing lhissysiem. A better mode,
howeyer-one which is attended with
much less trouble anh lass NJ lima --l ..
sufficiently accurate FOR al practical pur-
poses-when you are varying from lie
vel too much, instead Of laying of new
guile row. is 10 commence on or near the
highest par Of ynur row, IL you are des.
eending the hillside: aud il ascending. on
the lowest part, and run on, or bun un
short rows until you again bring your
rows upon level. This may be done, in
most instances. BY the eve, without the
use Of the lerel. This, however, should
no, be attempted unless by an experience.
ed and prac,iced eve. as there is nothing
about which one is more liable to be
deceived than in dwelling and grading BY
the eye alone. The guide stick is avery
simple though very useful implement in
this business. II is nothing more than a
reed or hickory switch, which serves as
mrasurc by which to regulate the width
of the rows, which tho plowman should
keep constantly in his hand, aud at the
end Of every. row should lay il down as
he would stake 10 measure the next row.
lie should stop frequently while laying
off rows. and measure 10 see thai he is
keeping his rows The proper distance
apart, especially at the ends and curves,
by paying strict attention TO this a, first.
he will soon become so expert rs to lay
of his rows more uniformly Of the same
width, and have fewer wide and narrow
places in them, than by the ordinary me-
thod Of laying Off with stakes.
Bu, i, may be asked where is the ad
vantage Ia be gained by all This trouble of
laying Off guide rows-running rows up-
on level--having so many short rows,
and so much turning and twisting. ans
wer that twelve years experience and OBJ
serva,inn has convinced me that il is
the only practicable method in this eli,
y mate AMI with our system Of cultivation,
whereby our deeds can be made to hold
our arabic uplands. 1928. |
II has been handed down 10 me as n
maxim, ths. land was the safest aud surest
property which man n could hold in this
country; that il did not eat or drink. and
that ii never dies nor runs away. Now.
this may be true so far as the land in the
forest 10 concerned. but am sure il does
not hold good when applied TO broken
arabic land; for there i, no species Of
property with which ! am acquainted tina.
requires more, and that pays better for
high feeding. And most farmer. in Geor.
gla, apprehend, especially those who
did not plow deep and prepare well, have
been made 10 feel this year that drink is
indispensable. As to the running away
part, know TO my cost. tina, il is the ca
sizes. thing in nature I" run away, and the
hardest thing in nature to bring back
again. therefore conclude that the old
maxim which says that an ounce Of pre-
sention is worth a pound Of cure. is a
much ,ruer and safer maxim to be observ-
cd. Six years experience and observa- 7
tion has also rnavncetl me that il is per-
fectly practicable by cnl,vating land az
cordng to this method, oprevcnt i, from |