The Southern journal., 1846-03-28

ron and the Lily ofthe Valley, their
native dress, as imported from Syria;
the orange and lemon trees, loaded
perpetually With fruit in their various
stages, from the opening blossom to
the full ripe orange and lemon. The
burush Of The Nile, such as formed
the ark of the infant Moses, aud the
rich flowers among which it grew, to-
gether with plants from. every quar-
ter of the world. are all flourishing
here" But our principal object in
alluding to this paper is, to notice the
course Of culture pursued on this farm,
Col. Tuley being considered the best
farmer Of the, nelghbothood. Col. T.
pursues what is called the five years
shift system, and is as follows He
takes field two years in clover, and
turns over the soil in the month Of Au-.
gust, OF early in September. From
the 9th toJhe 18th of October, he
sows bushel and half of wheat to
the acre, and harrows it in. After
the wheat is cut, the field lies and be-
comes covered with thick and strong
growth Of rag-weed. In the follow
ing spring turns il up with the plough,
and plants corn before the middle of
April.-The corn is planted four fee,
apart each way, and eight or ten ker-
nels in hill. The cultivation is prin.
cipally done with plough, beginning
as soon as the corn is fairly up, and
ploughing it Doth ways about four
times during the season. At the sec-
ond ploughing, the hoe follows, and
the corn is thinned to two stocks in
hill. The hoe is seldom used but
once, and the corn is hilled no more
than the plough will do it. When the
corn is so ripe that it will mature in
the sack, it is cut, and the land imme-
diately put icto wheat. Sometimes
he sows on the wheat and ploughs it
in; sometimes he first ploughs, and
then sows and harrows in the seed;
being governed by the state of ground.
After the wheat is sown, the field is
seeded to clover. After the wheat is
harvested, nothing is permitted to go
upon the ground to disturb the young
clover. The field then lies two years
in clover, when wheat again follows.
In the spring Of each year, half a
bushel to an acre, Of plaster, is sown
on the clover, and heavy crops ofgrass
are in this way secured. In this
course of farming he once raised on
two acres Of land, so bushels Of wheat,
from a field OF 60 acres he averaged
more than 81 bushels per acre; and
from field of 80 acres, 65 bushels of
shelled corn to the acre. He consid.
ers the clover and the plaster as the
means of improving the soil: yet he is
very careful to allow no manure was
ted. On the contrary, he makes large
quantities Of it annually, which he ap-
plies to the highest parts of bis fields,
turning it under with the plough,
which he prefers to using it as a top
dressing. Col. Tuley keeps a valua-
Bile stock of from Is to 20 milch cows:
from so 10 100 hogs; and a flock of
about 100 sheep. In his park about
800 yards from the house, he has nine
or ten elks of the large Missouri
breed, and about SO fallow deer. The
venison furnished by these is very su.
| perior. The garden contains about 8
acres, and has beds of fourteen kinds
of strawberries, besides raspberries,
curranss, several kinds of grapes, &C.,
&c. His orchards are extensive, en-
bracing apples, peaches, pears, cher
ries, damsons, plums ounces, apricots
of the best varieties, and indeed most
other fruits the climate is capable of
producing. In short, Col. Tuley's
farm exhibits in all its parts, much
that is worthy of admiration; and in
the dwelling is to be found that urba.