Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-12-18

an aware lIal The time I'll effeCiinT and the Per
Tnanehcy ot improvement when made" are among the
very important considerations involved And now let
IL. having nrd thurJIL and deep cultivation as
or gtl"G bass examine the matter Is it relates to the
ne required IN improvement. and see how we NAV
ne oat p-a.firlly. II WE pow with two horses ox-
' Of mules, breaking le ground some our or five III
= deep, ana accomplish twO acres per div, Ill we
yak We dJ Well Then anu Sufficient force Of team
- STIR The land double ms deph and We say the ex-
se Is increased So it IS but it is not doubled: for
Ill have bat the p!ow, and only the same ploy-
nan. W. have-aly adj, oue ihird 10 the iean and
''lcely one 'urth 10 lhe eXp-nse and this without
ClHng any more time. Here then an important i'm
movement made, winch probably could be effected in
othar manner At anything like 50 small an expense
II time saved, which could be, ii the y stem Of
Iiilpw pllwinT pursued and consequently the Or
iortunity Improvement lost.
There Is another and most important view Of facts
connected with the system Of deep and thorough cult
walton, and which urged with much force BIZ the
successful and distinguished agrculturist before quoted
VIZ: 'rhi Ian wnen under deep cultivation will imblbe
ana retain ansi any iun ot rain that falls, and con
emily i comparatively, if NIT entirely, free from in
by means Of the waters collecting and passing of in
arTe bjdie>; when an atJHning field but haitsl We'll
tiwei, ull perhaps in a single summer Use half lis
o'enej surface by means Of what are called washing
rans
If no more Than space Of time 1.-TWO or three
years) is allowed between the efficient plowngs the
Ind receives il viii be found upon practice that land
hitch when last owed stirred 10 the depth Of eight
rhes may now more easily Ne broken to the depth Of
inches. ihlu it the depth Of eight in the first
Instance This fact is in favor Of the permanency Of
the Improvement.
And here will urge, what perhaps none will object
TO, that under the application ufauy kind II
whatever (and these must vary according To the ciicum
attending their application and the facilities Of
procuring and rendering them avalabe) when the sys-
TEN Of cultivation i deep and thorough the improve
ment must necessarily br more permanent
Let all recect that the object in view is the ren-
ovation Of wornout aad,'' involving its speedy and per
Inauent improvement.
Theorists may speculate, and DIRECTORS may cavi, and
perhaps may and do exist where reference is had,
only 10 the production OF single crop, where
+uperhca! blowing durlng moist season, may be the
means Of bringing into more Immediate action, all that
my remain If the productive qualities Of poor midland
ere apprrheni is 10 be found the Of the great
mistake that many Leu into who continue 70 advocate
SHALLOW filth.
They lo'k only to the present. and it would seem as
though this Practice of having reference only the i'm
mediate resnoa s'ngl operation sin some measure i'm
posed upon many Of hose who rent andtr IN numerous
inS anceS the landlord unwsely requires such Of his
tenant as npe him almost TO exclude the idea ofany
thing like ''permanency ofimprovement." But tenants
alone in the commission Of this great error; and if
would reflect upon what is constantly passing in
view, it would perhaps do much towards releasing from
the tramme Of prejudice many who are scarcely aware
of its Influence over them.
All gardeners understand that their success depends
mainly upIn deem and thorough cultivation They NAV
sn uanIres to the greatest extent bnt if the th is
sha Nv, time Of drought the product will be cut
sh
virgil, who livel as long as the first Consuship Of
-Pey me great II his instructions to the agrcuiturlsts
cotemporary with him, SAYS:
Even IN the early da,vnirn uf the wear,
Produce The P1w and yoke the steady steer
And gaod m till he rr1ans beneath his toll
TIL the brrht share is buried in the soil"
No reference here to skimminp the surface of the
ground. And in relation to the result of such an one
ration the same intelligent aunthor says:
That crop reward, the greedy PEASANTS minis
And bursts The crowded barns with more than mo
missed Gains:
Nor Is the profit small the peasant makes
Who sinooths with harrows or Who p,unds with
rakes
The rrnmNnr c,ds Mr. Ceres rronn IN bgh
Rewards his ab,rs. with rrrd ,inrr ers-
NnT his ,,b, nI,o.s o,.-,s 7Le f,-r7.,.si rr,,nds
Andon the b,rl If Earth irtIi.te now wounds
F'nr no win frA,,,e,+ .y..rci.s =, ,,,,rJs
IN, uuyiltar s,iI a.5 tarnes the ..NYorn ont
I3nJ. ~
Eiry nnlerso4 an1 ci,tej III i,,nortance If
Laan tI,nronrb cI,vatin If the iii in order n its
.,,,ipc n0erI, . riar. f- tho ;,i.o,s o,,rl .otion
of mamie
l. should enter arreIv int, the calculations ofeverv
farmer and nm ,hes. he sbrId most ,ssili,,slv nrac
Use IN avail h,s f r al the ,osos ,r,li, his rs,cb tn
iacrs,se his sn,,rI r n,,,r r, IA ,-I.t, ~ Ill
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