The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-06-21

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TIE ESSENTIALS 70 pkopucTNE
FARMING.
Tie following siairen essentials 10 pro
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~ lie thorough pul
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4. A systrniaH outstanding Of every
substance in farm capable Of beng con-
yrrrd insn manure, ~ systematic proiec.
lion of surll substances from lnss by eva.
poration aid WASTE Of any Kind. and =
careful application Of tile same To lie lands
in culture.
s. The draining If Ill wet lands, % a.
IN relieve The roots Of Tie plants from the
III effects OF . snperabun1anre of water,
a condition equally pernielnns as drought.
tn their hcallhinl growth and pFoitab!e
lrurliiralinn.
O. The free use of the plough, eulllsa.
tor and hoe. with I'll raw-enltural crops.
81 as 10 keep down Al Ill times toe glowth
of grass and weeds, those pests which
prove 50 destructive 10 ernps.
I. Seeding a. tile proper time, with
good seed, and an equal attention as Ia
lime with regard TO the period Of work.
ing crops.
i. Attention to the construction and
repair Of fences, 50 that, what is made
though the Tolls and anxious care of the
husbandman, may moi he lost through his
neglect 10 protect his crops from the de-
predalions Of stock.
o. Daily personal superintendent, on
The part Of tie master, over all the opera
lions OF the farm, no matter how good a
manager he may have, OF however iaI'h.
ul his hands may be, as the presence at
the head of a farm, and the use oil his
eyes, are worth several pair Of hands.
10. Labor saving machinery, so that
one may render himself as independent
as needlul of neishbprhund labor, as a
sense ii comparative independence Of the
employer upon such labor, begeis dis
position of obedience and faiIhtHlness on
The part Of the employed.
II. Comfortable stabliug and sheds Tor
the horses aud stock. all necessary out
buildings, for the accommodation Of the
hands and protection of the tools and inn
Elements, as well as for the care oil the
poultry.
IL. Clover and other grasses 10 form
part Of the rotation Of crops, and these
10 be. Al The proper periods. plonghed IN
10 form pabulum for the succeeding crops
Is. The clover field to be either plas
tered or ashed. each succeeding spring
one bnshel Of the former. or six oil the lat
Ter, per acre.
IL. To keep no more stock than cat
he well kept, but III be sure to keep a;
many as The farm can keep in good con
duion. nj it's wise policy 10 feed as muct
us possible Of the crops grown ON th'
farm, and thus return to il that which ha'
been distracted from it.
Is. 10 provide good orchard and gar
den; the one to be filled with choice fruit
Of all kinds-the other with vegetables
different sorts. early and late. so that tn,
table may, al alI times. be we'll and sea
sonably supplied, and the surplus con'rl
butte TO increase the wealth OF the proprl
etor.
l6. THE taking of one or more goo
agricultural papers.
II i better to ell, grain just before IL
fully or dead ripe. When the straw i'm
medla,ely below The grain is so dry thu
on twisting il no juice is extracted,
should be cut. for there j. then no lar'ht
circulation OF juice 10 the ear.
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