The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-08-28
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BENEFITS OF SCIENCE IL WHEAT
CULTURE

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BENEFITS OF SCIENCE IL WHEAT
CULTURE
IL The last volume of The journal Of The
Royal Agricultural Society Of EagIaud,
Prof Pasey writing under the dale 81 Jan.
uary o, lsl6, gives The following very 10.
lercst communication
Several accounts Of lie good elect Of
burnt clay as a manure have appeared "a
the Journal having used /; with success.
! an induced 10 add my own testimony IN
It's favor, chiefly on account OF the very
bad quality Of the land en- which It succee.
ded. II Is a farm Of about 500 acres,
which bought about seven years since, on
the Oxford clay, OF the very sutiesi descfip-
ton, never plowed with less than four, some
times with five or even SIX horses. The
soil was Ike bird lime 10 vet weather, and
10 dry summers like stone, requiring pick
ave TO break II. Many OF the fields might,
be described as beng all subsoil, there be.
ing no real mould on the surface. The av.
esage Weld OF wheat did not exceed 10
bushel an acre, and some fields the thlsiies
we're more numerous than the STALKS Of
wheat. II had The worst possible charac.
ter, so that even 10 1889, when prices were
good, many farmers who locked at the farm
declined to occupy II, and had great diii.
Guilty ~ finding tenant al ell. Having
bought the farm, however, chiefly because
it's the most d,lii1llg sort Of land 10 manage
(saId, indeed, 10 defy Improvement to or.
der to try what could be made Of u, as Lord
Ulcie and Nj. Horton have done at Whit
Held with 50 much success, underdralued
the whole, 10 the first instance at 10 feet
apart, bu, now OF 90 feet opa,t, and 81
inches ID depth. 10 order 10 make the llla.
york more easily, | procured L-2<-'s -
some la0orefs conyeLs,,-;~'ao1 90 IN, 40 4,
t,,.,,,,,, ,i,.. -, 90 --s1uI WIN tAe hode ~
S..ssw ~ winch Is there prac;ised. To-.
II Tie details Of that process need not co.
ter, as excellent accounts Of i have been
giyeu 10 this journal BY Mr. Pym. burnt
large quantities, for the tenant, but uatl.
al ear no record Of the effect tad been
KEEP, when, seeing han apply It to 0 small
field If : acres, begged Elu 10 omit The
burnt cay on one corner OF the field, that
re might know whether +. aas worth while
10 burn any more clay. Mr. Cheer Gid 50
accordingly. The crop YVES a very fine
one: aud after harycs; he thTeshed out
abou, enc eighth Of az acre separately, He
found the result rs t58oSs -
one ACRE. WHEAT,
No manure, 373 bushels.
80 yards burnt clay, 49,
50 yards do, sheep..o;lad, Al "
- |, viii be remarked thai this is not q
garden experiment, 30. aPpaes 70 e shoit
field Of wheat, and that the account wei
giyeo 10 by the occupier Of the land. NoV
have living before ne tho valuation al
which bought this identical held, one o.
the worst on The farm. It's los. 40 acret fer
rent, or l4l. for the fec simple. Thor.
ough draining with thorns, al 10 feet asun
der. cost about II l0s. II could now be
done with pipes for 81 Dressing with Il
bushels Of burnt clay, cost about u. 5s'--
The crop must have been worth tbs yeai
about lGl., or nearly Tue tee-sImgte Of The
Improvements.
il will Be observed that GO 0 third lei
the land was dressed with sheep.toldlag, Il
addition TO the burn, clay, b0, that the m
crease Of yield was trId,ug. The manure
in fact vas more than the crop would bear
aud the wheat was consequently lald by The
weisummer Ihlsis q conclusive proof that
lie burnt clay 10 tais Gs'auce, acted as
manure, and not merely mechanically. !
do 10. mean that burnt clay sill always ac!
as manure. Indeed klJa .ha. q some,
Umes fails to Dc SO, an there isye! much
10 learn on the sui J.c,; bll lajs case Of sue.
cess being beyond Suspicion ot accident
have though, right 10 detail tie clTcums'ao.
COS Of the Irlal, as an encouragement to Ias
owners and tenants Of The worst and mos!
expensive kind OF heavy land, which be-
lIeye 10 be the Oxford clay, where !, Is aos
covered wl!h soil Of different quality. -
This farm al Long ofth Ia that on WHICH
the trial Of the ploas reserved from Sdtews.
bury took place last autumn; and Mr..
Parkes, 10 his report on the implements,
bears witness to It's obstinate nsIure,"
Here Is an instance 10 which u Pfolss.
sor the wors, kind Of book !armer
purchased $40 acres Of aaJ, which had
doubtless been regarded as un't.IabIe, since
the time ~hen julius Casar conquered Bnl.
ain; and, BY the uld OF science, made The
frs, crop nearly pas" moi only ".or The
improvements, tal t19 lee-s,up.e @, The
land I"
MANAGEMENT OF HONEY BEES.