The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-11-22

Prom The Plough. ths Loan. and he Anvil"
Premiums have been offered BY socie.
Iirs for essays ahirh shall best point ouI
hOls 10 make p1or land rich.
10 ~ this proposition seems u be Al
masl - Eagse a. il would be IN ak far
preri.e rules IL estimate The rosl OF q
house, without saying whether il was 10
b. II wood Or stanr. Or knowing the album
daare or scar ~, distance or proximity
Of The materials. and cost of lsbar. SO
much drpe .is on circumstances, and
these are % undehnable. thai means NAV
lie recommen led. accessible anil expedI.
dent fur ane. thai il would be folly fuf
another % employ. Yet there are some
general maxims applicable under all rir.
cumsiances. but these again are 40 obyi
aus that i requires neither premium nor
penetration 10 discover them; ~. for in.
stance, may il nns be affirmed al once shat
the requisites for good farming. and Cor
feriilixing The land. consislin-l. Diresl.
ing The land Of III superRuons moisture: 81.
In the application of an adquale quantity
Of fsulllzing substances: and, 3. In good
,illage, 10 HI in air and lhe necessary
moisture. and % keep down weeds and Ill
e1ifaneoas growth. 81 thai tie strength Of
tile land anG the power of The manure may
be exclusively appropriated 10 The crop.
Such are the great lending principles Of
all good farming. But when YOU come 10
details and begin By laying down Ger
tain prescription, 70 which, A. 10 The bed
Of Procrusies, every liller mnsl conform.
without reference 10 tie infinitely various
circumstances iha, belong 10 different men.
you cannot take single step before yon
are mel by The fact that. a. men say III The
play. . circuslances alter cases." One
doctor, without she examinations ef ii.a.
symphonic, and Of The means al hand, pre-
scribes doses Of lime, al q rate more or
less. according TO vague description or
estimate OF The rontilion and quality Of
the land. and wiihau, knowing whether
i. does mol possess already enough Of thai
ingredient. iis unproduclyesess being The
result OF deficiency in other essentials.
The poor man goes in debt 10 buy lime,
of which the land had enough already,
his crop. continue 10 fail. and he is ruin
ed because The doctor did not know all the
symptoms OF his case. -.. -. ......
Another doctor orders barn.yard ma
nure, and !, is applied accordingly /; but
being made Of wheat straw merely pass
ed through the body OF his cattle. il ICON IS
out a. worthless as il went in, and his
land being YET deficient in lime and other
essential clements Of fertility. his crops
continue 10 fail and he again is ruined.
Thus il happens, - il has often hap
pencd 70 the letter, that " doctors differ
and The palien, dies.
Each case mus, depend on its own cir
cums,ances, and to arrive al any thing
like certainty these must be defined. The
farm must be described in its general gea'
logical features, and in lis locality and ma
tural resources, especially how far from
The place Of selling lis produce. and wha
the nudes Of conveyance, and the mean:
of Tie owner. &c. Is lime o. hand ol
distant suppose The land 10 need il! Car
manure be bought, and at what cost o
time, labor and money can il be made avail
label or are the means al hand, such al
marsh mud. mari, &c, 10 manure! How
ran any essayist lay down his rules fol
the government of any individual farmer
wlthou. reference 10 these things! Ho
water and bleeding may do in some cases
but not in all. How many victims perish
ell because Doctor Sangrado's pride woul
nolet his Practice run counter TO has book
No. a hook on making poor land rich, bu
on what, III like manner, and no more, dc
ponds on the symptoms aud clrcumstar
ees Of each particular case, viz: on me-
King sick man well. But as generi
rle--one which may be lad down as ,
universal applicability. such as will Away
be followed with results tina, may be cor
sIdered natural. and alone worthy OF n
eari-for making poor land rich. is so
shape The policy Of the government as
draw the loom and the anvil. the ha
ter's shop and the iailor's shop. the tal
ner aud The shoemaker. and all the me
iashioners and consumers Of agricull
raj produce Us near as possible TO u
plough. @~
Ensure consumers able and willing
ouy, and so near that the farmer shs
lose little in the work Of transportatit
and exchange, and The wants of the lIvn
men. women. and children will be sure
hring the food out of the ground. A tho
sand bulky and pershab'e articles will
needed tina, tie land wmld nrotlnce. il Z