Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-12-20

all knew and must aeknow Hedge the benefit gtas
from, having stock KEPT of II but fo few DAYS. hes
lots thus managed any having the benefit oi The manure
If the stock while Them, aided by mndefaie ahd-
ton 81 lime conld fail nariw rotations, 10 answer
amply all the purposes 10 which they are designed. and
thus be. every Of II, annually prnble u the owner
Il them. II is accounting Ia the abnve plan thai usc'
orjand primarily designed ar the production oi wheat,
corn and clover add r the support ii necessary s'oek ~
an incident may be- divided and managed as 10 render
every oi il annually pfuftable and that without
dminntion Of The vegetable psbulum IN H. or an nnhne
increase a the fences which Indispensable IN all judi
eiaus and pfuftabe afming operations II may. and no
doubt will he objected by spme. certainly by the ady0
cafes fr giving land. tiai the continued success
sion Of corn after wheat must necessarily exhaust The
stock II vree able uud IN the land. lhe answer to mat
direction found in the fact. that the earth is moth
inc more han receptacle and depository. in fact the
nnrSry Of all the animal Vegetable and atmospheric ma
teal Necessary 10 the growih Of plants which mhefis
wteH cesiA and decomp sed IN the earth by heat and
mosnr, and held in solution by rani Is by The eauh as
kind nurse fed away oplan3. by means o Their rpsfs
Hence IL is necessary in form other IN order
10 obtain vigorous crop. 10 supply IT, through the medl-
nm OF the earth which it is to grow with sufficient
stock Il od II is feed the well IN order that
she may furnish through her teats 10 her calf, due
quantity of milk. And as all experience shows that
the horse and the OK when well fed and sheltered may
be constantly worked without injury may the land be
annually This being nothing Is more certain, than
that the bounrifu stock Of vegetable matter which sue
land when dccomposel and held in solution. and aided
by atmospheric inhaaiions will afford ample stock o
( I'd fr crop Of corn. Aud none can doubt but III at
crup II clover turned into the EARTH not only furnishes
anple stuck Il fod Tor succeeding crop OF what an
IT, bu that mach nf II remains not only feed the crop
II after the wheat, hat The clover aler The
in AID Il whica. however, the Plaster OF Paris an
the ciyer commended. will make all "a II should
De, and So continue il the cad Of time. i he plan.
is suggested. may be objected 10 By some on account oi
al ,.aI cl.
alher than after There more apparent that real
truth IN this Objection when all the operations Of farm
taken into the estimate they surely should be with
a view ecanpmso labor Nothing is more certainly |
tme than that the extra labor, IN preparing land iur
crop If conn., after II has been nj aud rampeJ by
81 ok two three years, beyond what would be required
after Of wheat far exceeds the extra labor in pre-
pairing land tr wheat after clover. But admitting this
objection To be well uu lded. 10 extent nothing Is
mote certain, than thai the same land put IN wheat after
clover viii produce al least Une-ird more than alter
enrn, aud leave the iand IN vastly healthy condl
llnn free from cut worms and many other reptiles and
insects which take possession If land mt rest, to the
great uiury uf he corn, which Is The invarlable cropa
doptcd 10 it from rest Oilers there who adj
yocale this plan ui resting land that II may be trampcd
on by STOCK IN order prevent 1t tum becoming loo
light and spongy. heavy r5ler put over The land is
The proper remedy for when IN that condition, aud that
robs The laud Gas he stock do) VI none Of lis vegetable
Iuod.
H. conclusion all who own and cultivate land should
constantly bear In mind asst respects land, there ~ one
general rule without exception II Is. that land is fertile
Of not exactly in the ratio Of It's absorbency Therefore
II Is 10 that condition which every farmer should bring his
land always bearing IN mind that the more he increi-
SIS the al rhcney, To the extent he adds To the
fertility o his land. such will certainly ba the result
whatever gentlemen may think WHO advocate the cr 2ing
Pfncess under herNaudnary philosophy, thai the hoo,
The horse and on communicates fertility 10 The land On
which they uampe,