The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-05-16
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From the Cheraw s. {. Gazette
AGRICULTURAL LETTER FROM
y GENERAL WASHINGTON.

We arc indebted In the Kindness d an
old friend for the following valuable d"cu
ment-not orlv bcran>c al the rcrcrcd
source from which it cm'naIcs, bal because
il atTnrsIS many excellent lessons from an
able and practical farmer. Ii is, too, strong
" characteristic OF the American hcr".-
We Sc. here tho exercise in private !.fs of
that attention To detail. that iutlcXib!c tcvo-
lion to order and discipline, which 81 cnI-
nrn,lv marked the public character o'
WASHINGTON. No ono can read this letter
wi,nn, seeing at once that the writer was
an indus,ro oriS, sruud. practical Iarm2r. lie
whose Indnmi,ab!e energy had given trcc-
dom to world did not esteem The most
minute details Of agriculture unworthy his
attention
1t will probably surprise the reader ln fin!
Gen Washington insisting upon The Use OF
harrows and cu!tivalnrS in the culture Of
corn. This we have been accustomed 10
plume ourselves upon as Il much m 'rc mol
ern invention.
The letter, directed Ia his overserrs. is
taken fr,,m the nannscr pit copy in Wash
ington's own handwriting. and as we arc
informed, now appears IN PRINT 10: IN" hrsl
time.
t#- PHILADELPHIA, July IA, 1893.
GEvrLnNEs It being indis?rnsably nc
cessarv tina, | s!,nali have some person al
Mounl Vernon through whom | can com
,nunica,c my orders, who will sec tha, those
orders arc cxccuscl, or, if not olcycd, who
will INFORM me why they are moi who will
receive the weekly reports and transmit
them, receive money and pay II and III
General to do those things which do nh ap-
pertain TO any individual ovcrSccr. have
sent nv nephew, Mr.. Howell Lewis, (whn
Ewes witt, me hcrc,) 10 attend to them until
can provide manager ot established re
putalinn in these matters. You will. there
fore, paw due regard In such directions as
yni, NAV receive from him, considering them
as coming Immediately from myself But
that you a'so may have a general knowlcdge
of what expect from v"u, | shall convey
the following view which have ol the bu>l
ress committed To your charge, as II appears
10 me. and direct YOU To govern yourself by
il, as am persuaded nothing Inconsistent
herewith will be ordered hv Mr.. Lewis
without authority from me to depart from II.
lst. Although il is almost needless to remark
,ha, the corn ground at the farm YOU over.
look ought to be kept clean and well plough
cd, vet, because not on v the gondneSs OF
that crop depends upon such management
bnt also the wheat crop which is to succeed
it. cannot forbear urging the pr"prctv and
necessity Of the measure IN very strong terms.
Cd. The wheat is TO be got into the barns
or into stacks as soon as it can be done with
anv sort of convenience, that it may not
(espcclalIy wheat, which is subject To injury
hv b I'd weahcr) sustain loss in shocks and
because the shattered grain in fields may be
beneficial to tho stock but no hogs arc to bc
nut on stahhlc. fields in which grass seeds
were snwn las, fall, winter, or spring; other
stock, however, may be turned on them, as
il is roofing that would be prejudlc'aI.
al. The whole swamp. from the road
from Manlcv's bridge up to the lane leading
70 the new barn. is to be got into tho best
and most complete order for sowing grass
seeds in August, or, at the furlhest. by the
middle of September. The loves, and
welest parts are to be sown with timothy
seed alone. All the other parts arc to bc