The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-06-28
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Product Of one Acrs

One sers II laad. well lilled. vii he
more pn,lnrlise. and Tar more profitable.
than several aens poorly msnuresi. aRal
,illed alser lhv lashi0n &c many laige land.
holders ii New England. A farmer has
m business with mute lard lhsn he can
e,l,iyaie d. advantage. III The principle
wrre generally recognised. We sllouid find
ftuer acres III barren and unprndnrIise
sai in Ills r.unuy. Tie eailor 81 the
Maine Culsi,aioF ills bit nnf acre ~ lsnd !:
hut this nae srre il - managed. - 10
Well an astonishing wn"unt ~ proinee.
~ viii lie sea b. ne loli"Ssng account
a@ s#a @ aier. JgHnaL
"0nc third IL an ARE he ,lsyoies an
nnalIy IN corn The lons-eaFed. large.ker-
ueleJ. eigks-rowed yellow corn. thsl y NOT
very early and not very late. Win him..
/, has ripened every year isw the last ten
wears that he has cultivated il. The soil
he makes rich. lie applies u il before
plaughing. u The rate 81 eighteen or TWEEN.
~ cards &c long manure to tine acre, Tor
six /, ihird of an acrc.l anil turns il under
by The plough. He plants The hills three
aud half feel apart one way. aud three
fert the other exactly. hy measurement
with line. In eaeh hill he deposits Ell
thei 4 shoyelfil q old. rotten, hog manure.
or a. much light manure - will not nser-
stimulate the rrnp. From this Third of m
acre he has realized. on The average, for
years. over thirty bushels Of sound cnrn
Tor grinding. besides lltlle gig corn fnr
hugs in The fall of The year. This il a.
much corn ~ he needs in his family, be-
sides sufficient surplus for ialIenlng one
large or two small hngs. From The same
land. he ordinarily obtains some TWO or
three hundred pumpkins, whirh serve ina
porlanl purposes. In tie family. beside be-
ing an excellent article Tor boiling ~ with
the hogs potatoes. giving COW. &c. From
The same lani. tor. he has generally oil.
tainel MI The dry white beans he his need
ed in his family 10 81 with his pork,
whirh he raises hy the avails of Ills land,
without purchasing II Others. The corn
fiddler i csrefuly cut and cured. and helps
~ NWBNtStflttt UtN FhWs ~ H0NN
for one third Of an acre.
A small portion Of land is SC, apart 70
The culture OF onions. Ordinarily, he mi
scs from fifty 10 seventy bushels on bel
say half dozen rods squire. These b
sells on the average =, one dollar per bush
rl--say sixty dollars per year. Thu
purchases his -four and rye. 1t common
prices. So Thai from the frs. third o. u
acre, and an onion bed. lie raises all hl
bread--brown anil white. Mp r
On two other large beds, hegrows &c
nerslly about ifly bushels oimangel wurl
zel and carrots. These are Iur the COW
d winter proyender. They more Than pa
Tor themselves in milk and bnller--to 80
nothing Of The saving Of hay and othe
provender.s With very ltille hay, Z
ge,her with The corn fiddler and ioots,
good COW tand he fluids il economy AWAY
70 keep the best. my be kept ,hrong
the winter. w..
Potatoes, Cor summer and autumn US
are planted on the margins, and whcrey'
there il vacan, chance for ah,ll; and
department is expressly devoted to 'her
large enough 70 raise all that are wanis
for the liable, and enough 10 spare ior u
hogs, dc.
So far relates 10 bread. butter, pork
an! we nigh, add, poultry D.
Then The resi- Of the land j. devoted
--,oa mpnv things, to mention here; heel
parsnips, cabbagcs. turn,ps. green hcar
peas, green corn. cncumhers. melon
squashes summer and winter stris. d.
&c.. besides fruits and flowers of varlo
kinds; grapes, Antwerp raspbtrries. hla
do. currants--wi,iie. red. black and y
low; English aud common goosehersie
and few choice apple. pear, plum. Gu
~, peach, ounce trees, and lutte q
most every Thing. All Ibis i irun Y
gle acre, which he rulliyates mostly v
his own hand"