Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-10-05

laees and still IN many rIrs aided BY science and in
dnS'rv She IS renewing he bare bosom of mother earth
by deep covering # nellw artificial soil hich sus
ians the rich gifts nf Ceres We passess asa peculiar
advantage hc Eririan farmer larger amount Of
rs 10 supply leaves and litter 40 be converted by
Hilie paHS-akinr into god manure and ndlv, the
amount Ut The ems ueEs If the il. exparled in our
Cott"n d0rs n1 ruc in the same fearful o,as they
IN in thp rcU'an prolurs IRA H ana tobacco =
HIS i trl'v important aIvanisge; as we Consume
HE Cotton sa ana small rain on our farms very TITLE
rNPrieI ad consequently, tn Sc self same ennsiliu-
enfs are o5Sed 2Ian In The vail1re Of sch ainas as
are SUSTAIN them. aud their constituents re deiv-
cred 10 the 3ln the Shlpr Of manure, in large quan-
titles as they wre originally aiken from il. AMI when
combined WI vegetable sIsanc in the shape ufcon
fP'Ss. eve n lar'r Ianiiies, tn application Of which,
results IN the speedy and certain Infringement Of te land
Butt all ihese means, tie farmer IN South Car lima
where extent ''acres Is not measnred " price. has
Third means Of emedyng the evil Of an improper sncces
sion of crops. This is fully demonstrated by LEIBIG in
the example which he cites in his Agricultural ehen-
try. OF he condition Of the country aruund Naples which
is famed for fruitful Corn land The humbest villa
ges situated from eighteen twenty four miles dis
tant from each other, and between them there are no
roads, and consequently, for transporting
nure TO any distance from the residence of The ahorers
Now Corn has been grown these lands for thousands
o. years, without any portion of the constituents which
have been annually removed from the su being artif
cally restored to ii. The method of culture, however,
satisfactorily explains the ofths wonderful and
permanent tertlty-and though the system appears a
very bad in the eyes of Agrculturists il is new
lerthe eSS the very best that could be adopted field
is only placed under ige in three years, and in
the intervening two years furnishes sparse pasurage
for Cattle and Sheep. The sill undergueS no actual
change in these two years. during which it TINS lies fall
uw far her Than being exposed to the influence Ut the
sphere flesh portion uf the alkalies contained in ii
are gain set free, and rendered sOu5lA. HE Of
I c0us Hens III two years. thus placed by nature the
disposal u the crop OF one season, being generally great
er han the crp demands, this patient system of rotation
without al erUallon has preserved the fertility of the
s, 1t may appear those who do not reflect that the
duppngsot the animals paslured the land might have
an improving ee;, but this is not the fact, Tor they
Weld the soil nothing which they did not drain from it
The grass and weeds, up"n which they live, spring from
the H. and that which they return IN vOltngs, must ac
tcUrdng to the laws sustaining animated nature be les
in quantity than the amount originally derived by them
The fields, Therefore, under this of grazing
Jam nothing; on The cunrarY, the soil must have los
me e Is constituents. EX eriencr, in Virginia. ha
shown that Wheat should moi follow Wheat, Tobacco
of Tobacco; Tor those drops which speedily ex
haust the constu OF the soil If take these con
Stituents from the soi, should them before W,
again il 10 rulnouS pruductlun by artificial nanurng
with such would most readily and cheap l,
eff the object if this cannot BE- done why there i
still su;iency of land unuccupe untitled and lying
waste every plantation to allow it to lie least one
year ta!ow. Why do not planters do these things
and preserve the rising generation from raising the cry
I'.Wtsward Hop \ country like South Carolina pos
seSsiuu climate suited nearly all the cultivated crops
dresevs 10 be fosteed nd mpr we'd. The present agt
must make The e,nning, else will entail the horrlt
curse Of national power upon those who follow us
With the proper energies, and the application of tho
proper principles to her Agriculture, make he
The garlen spot Of the worl-and such she should be-
" hen return home intend 10 devote myself to anaIy
zing every cultivated crop Of South Carolina, and vii