The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-08-30
Fsom he I.awrrnrsville Hesla.
TURNING m GREEN CROPS.

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Ma. EDrroR :--In ms last. I promised
To resume The snhjrrl Of turning IN green
cf,ps. Thee Is a.Praye,b abaui . east
ins pearl" which same ,of your readers
wilI rerollreI. rhrre Is another about
..casiing ynur bread upon the watrrs.p
For the piesenl ! intend Ia take The last
for nv motto. MT caring greatly whether
Ihe - return after a time" is 10 me or IN
yaur readers--l hope il Will be 10 both.
but TO nv subject: | memioned in nv
last Carrot weed aud RYE. as promising
10 lie good green crops for turning in.
The hrsl grows spontaneously on most
Of our lands. and wanld therefore seem
either a proyidenlial provision for their
renovation, or else bunndless waste Of
useless vegetation. Tile lirsl view is most
reasonable - most aecnTiam with what
we observe in tie ecunnmy Of nature. and
lherel0rr. without tlnnhi, is correct. Is IL
not consnlalory 70 think we have MT go,
To g over the wide world, hunting exni-
iis. such as clover. spurry. DC. To reno.
vate our sOils!, From the tenor of some
of our agricultural writers. one would
think the farmer were under The necessi.
" Of importing guano from the Peruvian
islands. or nitrate Of soda from South A..
meuca. 10 furnish his wheat with nitro
gen-gypsum from France for his clover,
and phnsphales in the shape &C bones.
from all the balile.felds and mausoleums
OF the world. for his cora, wheat, turnips
aud other crops. Ii this is book farming,
who can wonder that the practical farmer
is opposed 20 III The experiments and
speculalions on these subjects are good IN
their proper place. throwing light on the
difficult questions Of soils and the nour-
ishmeni of plants, but ought not so con-
slanily To be oblruded upon The view of
the practical American farmer. Bot let
MS descend from on. hallnnn-where were
We! All, in a slubble-field. looking al a
dense growth Of CAIRO, weed.
The carrot weed Games up generally
in the first mild weather OF February. To
obtain lick shade to ouI sIubble ground
and heavy mass Of vegetable matter 10
turn in. we should complete our small
grain sowing before that perind. Anoih.
or advantage, besides the vegetable matter
it,will furnish. will be that grass will he
smoihered and prevented from seeding, so
that the next crop. whether Of corn or cot
ton. will not be so much infested by IL,
aud therefore more easily tended. In Att
gust and September The carrot weed will
be in full bloom aud seeding. This is a
time Of comparative leisure with cotton
growers, and ought Ia be seized Tor turn
ing them under. As they decay they tend
TO loosen the land, form new combinations
with the soil, fit il for the support Of an
other crop, and keep il loose, 81 that II
works easier and stands drought better
10 add compost manure to the drill OF
htl. aud your crop and lands will be de-
cIdedly improved. Caitle will eat the
carrot weed. but are mol very fond OF it.
Growing near corn or cotton, II does no
appear To injure them so much as many
other weeds do. II is easily killed, ant
after destroying The crop that come up IL
February gives no further trouble.
Ryg.-Rye is considered The least ex
hausiing Of the grain crop. and will grow
on poorer soils than the other cereals. |
is much used and highly esteemed in ma
ny parts Of Europe, for turning in. Fo
this purpose il may be sowed early--sa,
IN October, so as 10 furnish large mas
Of vegetable matter To be turned IN il
March. This would probably be follow
ed by dense growth Of crop grass, whlcI
might be turned in also i'll August AM
September. eas1sss H.~q ,
But to have dense growth Of rye ~
very exhausted lands. is impossible will
out some help. Here nothing will al
swer cur purpose better, perhaps, ,ha
seeding down with cotton seed, twcni
or thirty bushels io'ihe acre. After ii
it is doubtful whether very poor lands wi
return profit. iot the labor that will b
necessary TO improve them. The jud
cious farmer will select such as are n,
too much exhausted for the purpose
half The lands in LauIens may, be yer
safely considered poor enough to requil
asystem. of rest and renovation. s#s
ln the South, with our long hot sun
.mers, our system Of shallow lowing al
close grazing of our siubble' fields, so'
exhausts the vegetable matter in the so
which every year yields less and les
until il reaches The point of exhausIl'
which cansn, n IL IL. 1ilrnnn nnf. L