The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-06-04

There is nothing better calculated 10 i'm. /
,roye many soils than wood-ashos, and
charcoal.
Another means Of Improvement is deep
10 luches) ploughlug. Valuable PARTICLES
of manure are carried down By filtration
rom the suriace, which can only be brought
up and made available by lifting the sub
soil.
The last. but perhaps, not the least val.
liable means Of improving the soil, consists
IN completely pulserizlng the land. IL is but
a short time since this was considered the
grand secret OF agricultural success even in
England, Astonishing are the effects oil
thorough cultivation.
Thus while have endeayored 10 lm.
press upon the busbandman the Importance
Of improving the mind ond the soil, /" |
have made such suggestions. as the means
Of accomplishing the later, us, trust, will
be oi service to the attentive reader.
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FARMING on TWENTY FIVE ACRES.
A gentleman Of HE North, who has Civ.
en- forty years OF his life to speculative
pursuit, turned farmer 81 lie age OF GO, and
his example might safely be initiated. lie
had nothing wrong 10 unlearn 10 bis prac
lice, aud BY the light Of the New England
Former, and the other Agricultural papers
he performed all his operations. ! hls 10,
emphatcslly, Book Farmer Hear
him speak for himself.
IL divided my land, devoted to rotation
crops, into siX fields, Of about 50 acres
each new field was taken up every year,
ana first planted 9Th corn, then Sth pota
toes, and sown 9th winter rye 10 the fall,
after The potato harvest, aud aeeded down,
remaining in grass three years before the
rotation comes around. THIS course gives
me one field TO corn, orc 20 potatoes, and
one TO rye, each year, and The other three
to grass. have 10 addition, , acres OF re-
claimed boz, which +. no, powed, and / !
acre for raising root crops and garden veg
tables planted every year; the whole max.
! ing about % sctes, which, with . or 3 q.
cres Of salt march, and a small piece Of
woodland constitute my farm.
/ The first lesson | took in my new call
log, vas 10 plow 20 more ihan could be
rtll mdaured, and 10 have heir enough 10
90 every thing IN season. This has not
been lost sight Of. Ms first crops were
petty fair, and have been gradually 10.
crossing from year 10 year, SO that the
same land which seven years ago would
rent for per cent has yielded moro than
90, the past season, after paying all The eS-
penses Of cultivation. My last crops were
estimated a, 5000, and, af;er ded1cuug the
COS, Of labor, board, manure, seeds farming
tools, taxes, &c, II leaves ne balance OF
more than $500 for reu, land Have cold
over $500 worth, upd the balance ls laiC
10 for my own consumption, Uhich is est
mated al the same proc as Tia. sold
could give COPY Of the account IN detail
II required.
Il IS 10 exagsera,iou in saying, that
. On more than thousand dallars better q
! for he informati0g hare deriped from e
rtcalturalP aperSdwjng The Astse year.
6 ID small way Of farming. From tbs
/ source ! have learned the best methods {
, composing msnufes, end the kinds be;
adapted 10 distinct soils; the best rota;io
Of crops, snd tie selection Of secds, and ID
. method Of cullyaiing ench KIND also, no,
r 70 reclaim boys, Of which had too acre
OF no value, but Ghlch since that line hay
=. produced SIX tons Of good hay annually.-
4 All this and much more | have gleane
: from the experience Of others, commune.
: ted through the medium Of the press. b
i still, an no. go much Of book farm
g err as to believe one half that is publisl
/. cd Is u any beued, to ordinary farmers liz
Il myse'. have lried some experiments u
e commended IN your paper, that proved
n real disadvantage. Yel an folly Of Il
b opinion, that every farmer who cap red
5, ought to Take 90 agricultural paper Coz
n selecting such advice as .iIl apply to h
d particular soils and crops, he con treasu'
:. up something, 10 the course tie year, TIN
r sill be worth more to hIm than the cost {
c tho paper"
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