The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-08-12
now 10 SUSTAIN AND IMPROVE THE
QUALITY OF THE SOIL. 49,
From the American AgFieuliuFisl

NAathAA VI a nE cOila.
From the American AgTieuliuEisi. a
IL has become an In'poTI~nI lnqDily
among many Of our lsImeIs, hos they
shall lertil'zs such Of their Isnds % are
yielding large buiIhshs Of produce, hich
are taken oil the premises Zoe sslel Where
Iem0ie from large city, OF plsess inr
supplying msnnrrs. this - . most impor.
ianI qusTy, and one they sIe highly in
IeIesled IN having answered correctly. IL
Iis absolutely certain, that farmers cannot
aanvslly fob their farms Of large crops
of graIa, grass and IooIs, without either
snPplyiRg manure 10 Tie soil, or losing
rapidly IN lie fsTlIliiy. We shall briefly
mdirsle sone Of the most obvious resoUI-
.ees for sustaining and improving the
pTodueiivensss oi Ihe soil. -. -..
lu the 6rsl place, mol on ounce Of ami
NAL manure should be sLfsIsd 10 be
wasted, either liquid or solid. When no,
dIopged un the feeding grounds, but
around the stables snd yards. il should be
careiully saved and Measured Up, where
il Cannot wasle I'LL used. THIS should
be carefully and judiriously compounded
with Iurl. or peat, or SfgessbIe mailer, so
as 10 retain all us gases, and not be per-
mii'ed 10 drain away, and as soon IS a
proper time oiTers, il should be carried on
TO The fields and a, once incorporated with
The soil.
Another resource Tor many Of OUT Ess.
tern farmers, is the immense. stores Of pea,
aud muck that are within their reach, aud
which tend, greatly 10 benef,ing . light
sandy OF loamy soIl. All the animal mai
ter, ashes, leached and unlesched, should
be carefully collected and applied TO their
lane. aud any other fenllizing substance
which 10 10 be found around the premises
o. can be collected at not too great 40 ex-
pense IN The neighborhood. Bosses
Bu, ia many eases wheselhe stock OF
cattle 10 notlsrge, and the produce sold
from the land 10 considerable, come more
definite and certain means for sustaining
farm must be fesorted TO. With the
most intelligent and systematic sgrieul-
wrists. = proper rotation Is adopted, which
has been found by experience, 10 be adj
apted 10 lie locality and products. by
this - meant, a regular succession OF
crops on the same field through series Of
years, ahch 81 Their expiration, are sgaIn
repeated. They ale so arranged that Two
grain crops never follow each other, but
are separated By root crops. grasses, &c.
This system prevents the necessity oil the
sol yielding .imilsr ingredients through
Two or NOE successive seasons, which
il will seldom do 10 an extent sufficient
TO produce good second crop. Time Is
required for u 10 decompose such OF The
ingredients which il contains, as are me-
cessary 10 form what are called The inor-
ganic portions 10 be taken up and sppfo-
pris,ed by The plant. II also enables the
cuiuvs,or to apply his green and pu'fescent
msnures 10 such crops ss are most pro-
perly adapted 10 receive them. Such ss
corn and roots, and nearly all The objects
oil cultivation excepting the smaller grains.
The great object OF rotation, however,
is 10 give the land rest, as il 10 termed,
when allowed 10 remain in grass or
mt ado W, or relIeshment when The clover
or other IeItilIzing crops are plowsd into
the SOL lor manure. Such crops carry
back 10 The soil so much OF its materials
as they have taken from II, and 10 addition,
/ important clemens which they have
sbsttsrted from the atmosphere; and they
are found by long practice, 10 be oil grea
benefit in sustaining the fertility OF Tie
soIl. Before passing on to a consideration
connected with lhi. particular point IN The
subject, Of The highest Importance, we
would say, that large share Of the be-
nefil 10 the land, denvable from this prac'
lice, may be secured, by feeding The clio.
yer to such animals as will consume II on
. The ground. We say part oniy, lor al
the lood which go,s to Supply the respi
ration of The animal, which is no inconsId
eratle share, passing of again into the
sit is lost Another par. is slowed Up m
the augmented size Of The animal, Tor .
is CERTAIN tina, whatever weighs II acquires
while feeding j., is at the expense Of 'hs
soil. II mich cows are pss.ured ths
abstraction of valuable ingredients is sui
greater, as II has been found that pastures
/ led oil for long time by cows. have beer
robbed. Of large amounts Of phosphate o
lime, and other Important MISTER. IL The
horses are thus fed aud taken on 10 shs
roads OF elsewhere 10 work, il is eviden
that large qusnuiles Of this manure vii
thus be LOST 10 the fields supplying IN,
food, ~nsr~a as. .a&.@.# rss5. ~ o.
sheep are ondoub,sdly hes. adapted .s
the objec, we have in view. They re