Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-11-01
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Ilta a'iti t1e '8Foi}HaS, where Ri arc pro.
ducer>. an 40 consumers. .Acep: At a
fuinou> J.,tauce,
SINCE writing the alo,e Ne tiil in ia,
aAeelIen. oil! paper. NE .4a~rican Far.
He~. fer which. ia It's lsiaacv. We main.
tanned corresp oa3ence with snca men a.
Naa.soI. and Jefferson auI Tavlor. and
Garrett. in the - n, and ou:ncv. and
Pickering, and Lowell aai Parsons in
the No::h-,a It Nc iint tie Glowing
ffosa naa with whom farm ~ is pur-
sIt IT h31or. because he makes il one Of
atailect. MT Of mere habit or rout.ac:
II see You have offered handsome pre-
n'unS tar he best essays upon tne i'm
provemeni Of worn out lands tacir length
not 10 exceed ten p-ges OF rh- American
Farmer, 4 were - enter the lists,
which shall not rai,ge would Be- com.
pr.sed IN less ttlan ten lines. | would re-.
comm end ore hundred C art loads of com.
post. made from the stahl, or cow ward.
or one hundred car; load, al marsh null,
from saltwater river. which | deem
equally good, and five hundred bushels Of
shell mar' from "A mari bank.thr proper
ties of which had been proved. - t.e acre.
Ny friend. Nr. Maddox. u your post of.
tee. was here on a visit las, Summer: ha
saw corn growing on ray lands Which had
been married twenty years ago. and deem
81 i equal to the improved lots around
Baliimora.''
One huadred cart loads Of compos. TO
thH acre SAYS Julge Carmichael That
would b.. for. say twenty ocrcs. "a small
corn-iiell for Mary .and.) two thousand
caft,ioads. Now. IN make two thousand
cart loads Ct compost would require how
much labor. how manv cattle! AMI then
Tor the marsh mud--suppose man has
no marsh' and row many havel
another co respondent Of the samo
journal. on the same subject. says:
''Soma time ago il was stated in ,iie pa
perS that the American Peace Society had
otf'e~i : considerable sum as a premium
g the individual who would favor tho
world with an essay on the orinin and
cause Of the lafe war with Mexico. and
ne probable result. An individual pa, in
b5'lly fDr tha przA aS follows. with what
force Of reasoning do no; pretend 10 de.
termine:
$. Origin and cause OF the war
T'exas.
"-A Result % the war-rexas.
Now. friend Editor. in noticing the
very liberal premiums offered for the pest
essaNs. hot 10 exceed ten pages in length.
on the renovation of worli-ou, lands.
am il luerd 10 believe that one might be
prepared not quite brief as the above.
but contain the whole matter as il wero
n nutshell-soncinin. like the follow.
ing:
Borrow some money. if you can; il
not, sell PR! Of your land; Gor money
YOU must have as starting point TO rem.
oyute WORKOUT land
Clean your ground Of al! bushes and
stones.
Plough thoroughly, md reduce i, as
much as possible.
Then put on lime n, tho rates Of fifty
bushels per acre for corn.
Then bone at the rate of ten bushels
per acre for oats
Then guano at the rate of two hun.
died pounds per acre. with all the manure
/ At C IN be made from the fodder and straw
for wheat.
Give i, a liberal supply Of grass seed,
and the thing is done, as know by
ExpERlENcE."
"Evperoncc" has hit the nail on tho
head. Money il wanted in the first in.
stance, aad. il employed with equal lude-
nent, viii tell as wcll in farming as in
01icf thIngs; bat how Is If 10 be had!--
There's the rub! How can you raise mo.
nev on land where as in Virginia. all arc
sellers and 10 buyers2 The way to do il
IS TINS: Concentrate population around
the plough, as III New England, where
men clear ton Of stone from six feet
square Of land to plant their orchards,
and to make potatoes and carrots. and
where TWO thousand dollars Of public mo-
ney lay .or years - be loaned at SIX per
cent, and iounc no borrower. Tina, 10
The way to improve poor land.
Let the hundreds Of millions wc i'm.
port be manufactured at home. and then
he farmer and the planter VIII be sure to
sell II those ri whom he buys, and both
VII be done at an immens. saving in tho
cost Of transportation and exchange.