The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-04-25
Fron lie :. c. Advocate.
A MODE or IMPROVING LAND WITH
IMMEDIATE PROFIT.


A MODE or IMPROVING LAND WITH
IMMEDIATE PROFIT.
MR. EDn0E-ln ms lasi article up4'n
il.is Topic. proni.-,l 20 write you Mgain
Ia fulfilling the .pr0mise. ! will premise
b. saving lliai she plan, ,siiirh am now
recommending. i one generally. indeed
may say. almost hmversally. adopted ~
The lnw r0uniTs III our Stale. Ii IS as
io..ows: The planter. who knows the
value Of The polsm. endeasors 10 plant
what i called The roui crop as eaIIy II
Marrh ~ the stale NJ The season viii al.
niI. This NAV be done nine seasons OUT
IL ten with s,ieiy. il il be- done with care.
/ have planted oil my Inoi crop already,
;nl iin shed forlnich, aeo. | inok about
six acres 10 Me best Geld &c high upland |
have. AMI haul d on upon il manure from
pic made up Of stable and barn ward
lilier--a suiiitienrY 10 manure lie bottom
ol The pHia,o bed well. aller spreading
il along each bed. threw up will The
iiiuw the beds upon IRE manure and plan.
led he cut pnlaio. II now this patch is
well attended TO anL kept clear of the
grass. shall be able 10 cut vines from il
for planting lie slip crop a. early as about
The FIRST of June aud on until the iirsl of'
July. accordingly as We shall have show
ers &c lain.
From this patch al-o. shall be able 10
dig eating pulalors about the frs, of Au-
gust. il not sooner. Suppose then planter
should from any unavoidable cause gel out
of corr at that lime. you will perceive that
nothing On his premises viii suffer want.
But ! am DEPRESSING from my main oh
i,cl. which was 10 stale hOp aud when
To plant the slip potato. aud thereby I'M.
prove the sniI while ii i yielding an I'M.
mediate profit.
While these roni potatoes are coming
On and will in due season yield ihe vines,
am embracing every rainy day and other
Convenient opportunities TO fill up my
stables and harn.yartl with trash AMI lii.
ter, upon which the cattle are penned
every night. For you ara aware Of course
that al &c the manure which was iiaie
during the winter is already out aud la
The ground. with tie various crops which
are manfred. This fresh accumulation
Of litter is To make more manure. which
can be rendered available and profitable
This gerry season. aud in the following
rhamer:--Earlyin May next, il We should
have shower Of rain, let all tins litter,
with Whatever may be got ont Of The stable,
he put into heap to ierineni and rot, and
il i.ie planter pleases lie may make during
This and The next month any amount of
BONNER manure. Abou, The middle or
huer parl Of May the manure ran be haul
81 oul and spread along the alleys Of old
ton beds. or il you plant where there are
ito such old ALLEYS. il may be pun over
ARROWS, very lightly marked of by good
plnughnan, from four feet 10 four feet six
inches apart.
The lei this manure, whirh cannot be
100 Ihickly spread, il you have enough. be
covered by the plough with two furrows on
each side. allowing space under the ma
nure, which is 10 be the base OF tbs bed
and which should moi he broken, ol abou,
eighteen inches more or less.
This will furnish You with very good
bed all ready prepared for the vines the
first shower that falls. With the ground
thus prepared. yon may plant the vines
with much less rain Than il The land is LEFT
10 be prepared after the rain comes. In
he one case The ground il moistened cast
~. whilst ia the other you will often turn
up dry earth with a plough, even after
hard rain.
By preparing beforehand, YOU are mol
only more certain that The slips will live
and take, bui you can plant much more 10
the hand. When everything is thus pre-.
pared Two hands viii plant half acre
day, cutting their vines and laying them
tree together alnng on the beds aud COW
eFIng them, leaving out eyes, as they are
,erned in short spaces. This they do by
digging dirt out Of the alleys, and putting
abot four 10 five good large hoes full up.
'h the vines along the beds leaving shor,
spares Of The plant ont. Unless The land
be very grassy. OF Unless you plan, very
early. ono agile hauling up of these beds
IN about fortnight afterwards vii! he sui.
hrIent 10 make an ample return for your
labor. But there are very few cases
Where more than two workings are netd-
ed.
Now. sir, ! may venture 10 say that
there are bui Jew. things which, viii pro,
Ince more ihm the pola;n slipin the same
land and with 50 LILLE cultivation In adj.
dltl"n 10 Ibis tie work is mostly done az
i~r u becomes en,iirlg ID, late 10 plant
al. llilag else, aa,l las,iiv anv other cro,J