The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-11-18
AGRICULTURAL.

A VALUABLE HINT FOR FARMKRs.-Ths cele-
brated Mr.. Robert Blackwell Of Dishly, Leices-
tershire, and the founder Of the New Leicester
sheep, used 10 tell an anecdote with exceeding
high glee of a farmer not only Of the Olden
school, but Of the golden times. This farmer.
who owned and occupied 1000 acres OF land.
had three daughters When his eldest daughter
married, he gave her one-quarter Of his land for
her portion, but no money; and he found, bya
little more speed and little better management.
the produce Of his farm did not decrease When
his second daughter married, he gave her one
third of the remaining land for her portion, but
no money. He then set to work, and began H.
grub up his furze and fern, and plOughed mp
what he called his poor dry furze lane, even
when the furze covered in some closes neariS
half the land. After giving half his land away
to two Of his daughters, to his great surprise he
found that the produce increased; he made more
money because his new bzoken-uP furze land
brought excessive crops, and at the sarle umo
he farmed the W hole of his land better, for he en-
ployed three times more laborers upon il; he
rose two hours sooner in the morning, Rad no
more dead falIows once in three years, instead OF
which he got two green crops in one year, and
ate them uoon the land. garden never re-
9uires a dead falow. But the great advantage
/ was that he had gothic same money TO manage
500 acres as he had to manage lOOo acres; there
/ fore he laid utdouble the money upon the land
When his third and last daughter married, he
/ gave her go acres, or half which remained, for
her portion, and no money. lie then found mat
he had the same money TO farm one-q1arter Of
/ the land as he had at first to farm the whole
/ He began TO ask himself few questions, and
set his wits to work how he was to make as
much of 80 as he had done of 1000 acres
| m. then paid off his bailiff, who weighed TWEEN
ty stone. rose with the larks in the long days,
1 and went to bed with the lamb; he got "a much
more work done for his money he made his ser
wants, laborers, and horses move faster' broke
them from their snail's pace; and found that
the eve Of the master quickehsd the pace Of the
servant. he saw the beginning and ending Of
everything; and to his servants and labo0rers.
instead OF saying: Go and do it, he said 10
: them Let Ms 20, my boys, and do it between
, come and 20 he soon found out great differ
, euce. He grubbed up the whole Of hls furze and
ferns, and then plOughed the whole Of his poor
grass land up, and converted great deal Of corn
$ into meat for sake Of the manure, and he pre-
a served his black water 1.-THE essence Of mannre'
cut his hedges down, which had not been Plash-
ed for forty or fifty years; Strengthened ms ZIG
fences: cut his water-cOurses straight, and gain
2 ed a deal Of land by doing so; made dams and
: .luices, and irrigated all the land he could; hs
grubbed up many Of his hedges and borders
II covered with bushes, in some places from iO te
n IA wards in width, some more IN ms small
v closes, some not wider than Streets ana thres
: three, four, FIVE, and six closes into one. III
found out that, instead Of growing white-thori
hedges and haws to feed foreign birds in the win
j. ter. he could grow food Tor man instead OF M
h gratory birds After all this Improvement n
;. grew more, and made more of 10 acres ina
'e he did from 1000; at the same time he found GU
he that half of England at that time was not eal
r. tiyated from the want Of means 10 cultivate
or with Ilet him rams and sold him long horne
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