The national whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1847, 1847-06-02

have Just finished threshing out and
cleaning up 1917 bushels Of first rate oats,
grown upon this field Of 90 l-2 acres-an
average OF As l-2 bushels per acre, and no
Chester countey land ever presented IL
ner coat Of grass. This year il will he
cut for hay, and would not thank any man
to insure me two tons per acre Nov for
the figures:
DEBIT
$500 bushels ashes, $3.50 OO |
so wagons loads manure on quilted
places, 81 w
400 bounds guane. .t. & 90 |
SO Ia bushels seed oats-40 90 O0
6 l-2 bushels clover seed 81 90
Plouehlng, seeding, harvesting SC. 100 90 |
.S473 90
in market as, 4s6 40
Pasture last fan for INV mich cows, 90 90
Straw in abundance, an offset for threshing nc.
Mr.. Editor, what is this land worth now
(the improvements of which cost nothing,
more than it was when it would produce
but five bushels poor corn per acre? Why
if there was nothing to go to the credit
side Of the amount but the Improvement
alone, il would in my estimation be cheap
dirt cheap This field with judicious
cultivation, is now permanently improved
las can show by many years experience
1 in the same kind of treatment.
] am frequently asked, /" how do you
4 bring up those old worn out lands so quick
lly?'' The answer is found in the above ex-
ample. @
ihave tried guano and almost every kind
Of manure, in almost every way and have
always found fem TO pay well, ,ohen 1 put
enough o,a--slkble manure, leached ashes
and guano- pretty much in value as have
named them.
+, VIII the improvemen Of these worn out
lands pay ?-is question Lam frequently
asked. ! have every reason TO believe they
Twill commenced the Improvement Of
the place now live on in the year 1889.
AT that time had not pasture sufficient for
one poor COW, and have followed it up ever
since. giving it lust 80 mpsh Of my indiy i'd!
~ 10 my more legitimate business; and in
fact, just as much as was necessary to re-
lieve the mind from the harrassments Of a
more perplexing occupation. The result is,
that instead Of moi having one spear Of green
grass 10 refresh the eye, or to tickle the pa
late Of The poor old COW, or one single oasis
in this desert Of old fields, toresort to in the
hot summer months, have now hundreds
Of acres Of the improved grasses, and
have cut during the past year hay enough to
keep aud keep well; 20 head ofhorned cat
tie, 80 head Of mules and horses being stab
led during the year. Night before last,
when my house was shook to the very foun-
dation by the raging elements without, sat
by cheaifnl fire and listened to the pei
tings Of the pitiless storm Of snow and rain
against the windows-it was cheerful re.
Election, that out ofall stock there was not
one, even to tue sucking calf and pei
lamb, but was sheltered from its fury, in
warm and comfortable stables, and were ru-
ninating upon beds of clean straw.
] sat down upon the spur Of the moment
to write you short letter, partly to answer
sundry communications on the subject OF
farming, which really could not devote
the time 70 reply in detail, and partly from
q sense Of duty, that every man owes to
the community in which he lives to give
the result of his experience and let the
community separate the wheat from the
chaff by there own good judgment.
am fearful the perusal Of this will be
found tedious. Should it be otherwise.
having cleared away the brush and started
the plough, may, at some leisure moment,
give YOU some futler pickings from my me-
moranda of experiments, and perhaps de-
scrplion of some Of my stock Of Devons
and Durhams, Of which have a fair specl-
men Of the purest blood in this country.
Let all new beginners keep in view the
following axioms in farming Drain yonr
lands well ;plough deep at the proper time
pulyerze the soil well by repeated ploug-
ing, narrowing, and rolling put on plenty
manure, no matter what il be-every thing
in that shape you can scrape up, buy bor-
row, OF beg don't spare the seed; and be
Prodgal in grass seeds; be careful and as
certain, by observation, the proper time and
proper manner putting them on the ground,
Qor one is as important as the other,) and
old lack himself is not more sure of sue
cess.
The question may be asked, what do
with so many mules, horses and horned cat
tie I They all produce something. The
mules are employed in hauling wood, &c,
to population Of about 1000 souls here
and hereabouts' and in hauling for the iac,o-
RES and shops, and work on The farm. The
horses, with the exception Of a few for pri-
vate use, belong to persons connected with
the works and supplied from my loft. The
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