The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-10-02
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From the Southern Cultirator.

The following, from the ever busy pen Q
Dr.. Phillips, viii be read with iateres. AM
advantage by every Southern planter
This gentleman has done much, very much
bv both precepl aud example, owsfds lhs
Improvement; Of our agriculture ; and eve.
~ thin. he writes 6cserN es careful peru
sal This seems to BE- the first oil series
oil communications 10 be made to The 4.
mericdn Aerle Hlturid. The Others We val
publish as they appear.
knoH II Is impossible TO persuade the
planters, OF tue cotton region especially,
and doubt not OF youE northern country
also, that thay have sny interest equal 10
the present iu crops. As think there
is, Wden | wnie, give my CONVICTIONS; |
must therefore say hat think, which is,
that proper management Of our land is as
Of much, u no, more, advantage, IN a gen.
eral rule, than the making Of large crops.
If a plsnie- viii exer; himself TO protect
land, he will gather loF lie-ine, fair re-
muneratiog crops; whereas, by the CON
mon careless mode ofPantng, he will make
for i've years good crops, the nsSi i've he
vii make Ordinary, the mex, tlSe stiA sinai.
Ter, Until within less Than twenty .iive years,
his crops viii be so bad, that be Is forced 10
extraordinary eXerssons 10 working his
lands, or 10 emigra.e. Is this not SO
10 much OF ,ur Northern country, lime,
mari, and manures are cheap and convey.
ance is cheap. These things are demand
ed on account OF The previous bad culture
Of the cullvaiors. Here, all these things
are dear, 10. fortunately for rs, they are
not needed our soil being comparatively
new, and where the surface soil 10 worn,
the subsoii possessing sll The requisites OF
good SOIL We have YET one more adYan.
tage, our wiu,srs are 50 much mllder aud
shorter, we can grow grain chcaper; ana
the cowpea viii grow amons our corn with.
out material injury. lhaye repeatedly re
ferred 10 these facts, bu, they are, 10 my
estimation OF 50 much value, anJ Of 80 ca.
sy application, tha; | must continue to al .
iude 70 them, eyea ii | repeat Inc upoa
lloe, and precep, upon precep, Inc
policy is, 10 protect land from the sun, from
washing, and from the exhausiing elects of
crops. Watcher this can be done, and
good crops gathered from 50 10 100 years,
Nill Dot dare affirm but this | viii do
much Of our lands lying near 10 the water
courses, and the flli lands IL The western
part of Mississippi, eau be kept near heir
present safe Of product Tor many years,
We never remove cc:ns.aks tfQm our
land, as is done ~ may portions Of the I.
nied SAFES; many have burnt them OF, as
they 10 cotton siatks-ihese ara thefafota
,,vrieT affy returned 20 the land. II the pca
be sown among corn about The Isl June,
The vine vii cover the land entire before
he hotties! Of our summer be past, and II
loi fed OF, wall give vast quantity oil veg
stable matter 10 The earth these, with the
,orns.aik, will yearly counie;baIance the
deterioration caused by taking Oft the corn
and the todder-and il We we're to SOW 9
lown IN Ociober, Egyptian oats OF rye, % I
'orn and cotton land, 10 b. leli On The
,tound until planting time, feel certain .
nat the washing rams of winter would DO {
1u' little injury, AMI that the return to the
Earth would BE- ample. There can be no /
loubl as 10 the vegetable matter, and pre- /
sumo there IS sgliicleacy OF inorganic {
matter 10 or soil 10 last many years, with. :
"a! any ma'crIsl rjIry; for We only eE- c
'or' ;ha cotton WOOL, haylog, you mag say, =
u ida balance TO return IC the land f
Y hat tSe intrinsic value of cotton seed is, II
lking the stable manure as standard, | Il
auHo' say bul ! am fully convinced that z
hey ought 10 be used oaty as a manure. | {;
IN satisfied as % feeding hogs with them, y
laYing tried them etiecluaiiy. The expe. :
Isace Of all meu can never induce me 10
lse them again. have lost in twelve Z
no1ths, iuii 90 hogs, that should now have q
.ei.ed me $4,000 lbs. OF pork, and which !
could now sell for about $500. say not {
hat my loss Is entirely attributable 10 the |
ecd tut | know thai los, some very )
hoice mixed hogs, which we're killed By
be seed. As to feeding cattle with then, I
am SO doubtful that exclude ny stock en- !
rely. would then only use them for {
manure. \ brother planter Uf TIME. VINO I
: devoted 10 planting, ln.3rns me that he /
ias mau1rtd 10 Tho GrII, and thai The yield Q
vas aboU, one third gain, which, if only Z
300 lbs, would be 81 or 50 per acre this {
'or The FIRST year 81 to S24 Tor lae So. (
cond year; aud 81 10 81! ior the third, G
would be soma SO per acre IN three years. {
would use enough to do permanent good, {
;sy aboat 100 bushels per acre, thus HE.
luring about ous-Ihlrd Of cotton iaud year
y, at trAng cost. Thus far, the labor
md cost 10 rival, and all the corn lauI and
.as-ihird Of tho cotton land has beeu ina.
lUred. There should be enough rye, oats
nd peas saved, to plant the succeeding crop.
I on have no conception OF The quantity OF +
grass that follows an oal or rye crop, 10 l
this country, on fair land. | have no doubt |
but could nave cut Ion per acre, and /
then lett heavy aftermath 10 turn uader.
| know some heorists deny lhis-buG that
matters not.
To,G above | would recommend a least
half an scte 10 be piau,ed per hand OF sweet
potatoes, one.ldIrd to Que half Of ao acre
with aflichokes. kuow that ordinary
land, prod lclH5 ssy s 20 0 hundred pounds
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