The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-10-16

soil of England was well nigh exhausted
but IL remained for Sir Richard Weston,
who had examined the cultivation Of FLAIR
ders. TO lay the foundation Of the inprored
system of hlsbdEdfy,' by the Introduction
OF the lump culture. The chief feature Of
The new and present system OF English hus
bandry, consists "a feeding cdtle and sheep
on fbraips an The u.nttr.
Alter the discovery Of Amefi,o, ncH
pants 9err introduced Inlo IleIish aus.
bandfy. winch grea promoted the system
Of agriculture. be most valuable plant
was the pdfIioe, which "as discovered 10
The mountains Of Quito, and first cultve !
with profit ia Virginia but vas clsted lo
The mother country IN 1854, BY Thomas
Harmon, or SIR Walter Raleigh. |. Is
probable. The latter first planted the root 10
Encland. L, was introduced INTO Ireland
by the grandfather Of Sir Robert Syu'haei
The Puutaus objected 10 the use Of the po.
tato because Il VAS not meutioutd 20 the
Bible
II was not, however, till after the mode
Of the eighteenth century that ugucultute
assumed 0 highly scientific character IN
England Mcn Of leatning devoted thff
energies to the esflh's culture. an 1est
whom may be mentioned, Eelyn, Iul,
Hale, and The great oracle Of modern bus.
bludry, Arthur Young, ~l'h ST. john Sn
clair and LoS, ouuu, and l.oLdJr, u our
own times.
Ii would to a tedious undertaking 10
point oui The onward Improvements, IN Ing
inud or The last slNy ytars, bur icI ~ 81.
fee 10 say, tia, by tire aid Of "cgfn laws,
the ,.A1eucc d tic Scotch HIGHLAND Aga.
cultural Sactelv, the ROYAL Society aud
county \ acLuural SecJeues, with the ira.
ny lectures, papers, reports aud books that
have been 50 pro'u.,y sent turu, q eat
Britain anG lleiaud GaSe iucteas lhdt
products al least a hurd:rd per cent.
cannot close lhis ESSAY bout uolc
ing the history Of AIucu th, [ ael
SAFES, Early 10 tie rs Iry ,hu stta
sol ol Virginia end VI useUs Nas CO..
tya,ed IN wheat, ludaa corn and potatoes
and soon after the culture oi Cotton ana
six was commenced q South NJrgiuri and
the Caiollnas. The sol was feri,le atd
every product o.. the earth grew % luNua.
Gus abundance. The cultivation ID tobacco
Tor use and expectation, was soon consider.
ed matter Of great Importance. Corr,
wheat, rye, oats, tobacco, and potatoes, and
recently, sugar cane, have been Tire prnci.
pai crops il lie Uuusd S.alrs ifom The 81.
tlemen, OF he colonies
As Intlma,ed, the lands were rich, b5l
be system 81 cultivation was only ca.culu.
ted to deterlUra,e the soil and 81 The close
oil the revolution, large sections o couairy
we're found 10 be exhausted Gen, Wash,
iuetou and Dc. Franklin raised lholr voices
III defence of the soil. Nashlra,ai IS roe
many valuable papers on The SUI Ioct af A..
ucul,ural lmpruyemtut whilst F. ua,ln not
only spoke aud wrote upoa the So, Jrr', Lut
induced some Of bis friends 10 use Pas,ef
Of PARIS (sulphate Of lime IN lhetr helds,
and near one, which By supply Of plaster.
yielded an astonishing crop, he caused q
sign board 10 be placed @th the lnsctip-
ton, " tbs field has been plas:ered.'
bAh ia 'aiC tACl nuns VI " uslilit - El-i
Franklin and others, bad bul AQIe d, tiueace
Farmers continued the eshaustiug system
nll portions of Virginia and The Cafolua,
we're abat-loned. The rich valleys OF tn,
West were next settled, and the same mode
Of cultivation adopted, Tie c0usequenct
-, many parts Of tie country ihal hast
been 10 tlage 30, 30 OF 50 years, are nos
worthless, nd 10 most Of the States, iln5
: that have been cultivated the tine meutIou
ed, do not produce half as much as when II
virgin state.
it requires but little calculation 10 deter
mine WAT Uli lie the result Il thls - ste.
Is continued, Bot it Is uJrei0g 70 l. 500
radical change 10 taking place. Saee
Is being brought to bear On agricultural a
. dus'ry farmers afe beginning 10 rrsd nB
sludy-books and journals are beng rab
llshed, sod New American system u
llusbandry is ionl'y anticipated
The improvement OF the earth viii d
more to promote plenty and independence
Ihau all our Legislation and to excite at 10
tosest on this ros' important ~ isct, ua
been the aim Of these remarks, aud Will a
he constant OBJECT Of this department O
T The Naturalist, !. +,
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