Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-06-07
LG-CUe.
ROM GENERAL.

kindness of oh friend fJr
-".- document valuable not only be-
reverend source from which 1t emanaes, hn;
er aH riS manv eXr llent lessons from an able
-aa ir"tcsi iam'r- L ii, oo strongly charac'ers'iG
ntlhr AufrHau n-ra. NJ Sfe here The exercise IN phi
Na~ .i;e N "a' at"en.an NJ de'a tat ial'Nib!e drvo-
tI0 % ordeT AZ. di-rrlt-, which emf 'enty marked
~ public cia-acerd Washington. ~ one can read
TINS 'tIer without seeing Fl unr tha the Wraer was an
industrious Hnd9 tactical t.-mer Tie, whose II lomi-
ia3le enet-} hal give tete"n 10 t!e world, id not
esteem t most minute details Of agriculture unworthy
~, attention.
II " II PROMPTLY SU PRISE tile reader to find General
Washington ... in4 um, le NJ harrows and cul il
"a nrs Az N culture fH.' corn. Ihis we have been
thNonf In plume oul7l IFes upon as much more mod
m mventl'H
The I'itrr. directed s overscers. is taken from the
MAJ s'rlP HoHY ln Na-"'gioue own handwriting. and.
az We are hiUmed, now appears IN prsnl fJr the first
tmc:
'nuIADELPHI4, July II, 1893.
bc0icmoa: 1t o-jrg Td7spelsa5y necessary that |
should have rer<unat M1rnt Vernon. through HON
can commune ~ m} orders WHO viii that those
orders eNecuttd. rr TINT ubeved who viii inform
me why they ate WHO viii receive the weekly re-
ports and transmit them receive money ani% paw
40. in general. to do those tnngs. which do mt apppr-
IAN II ANY individual oversfes have sent tny rerhpw
Mr. H.wc s.ewiS. OWN, lives with me here to attend
= ih-n until an provide manager Of established re-
puiatiuu il these natnrS. va will therefore, nay due
reIrr'- such directions you may rtcrive from hun,
considering them as coninr Immediately from myself
Eut mat VIII may have general knowledge IF what
expect from n D. | shal convey tie following view
which nave ut the business committed TO you ch arrp
appears ~ au d--c YOU to govern vonrsef hv
i. as am persuade uuthrg Inconsistent Herewith will
b ordered by Mn Iowis without authority from me ID
depart from it.
lst Although it is almost needless 10 remark that The
grouGd tie farm YOU overlook ouoht 10 kept clean
.nd well plonghed vet because not only the goodness
{" that crop depends upon such management but also the
'Hheat crlp which is 70 succeed it. cannot ilrbear urg
ing the prrpey and necessity Of tie measure in yer
strong terms.
Ri The wheat is be GOT INTO he barns or int stacks
as It can ~ done witrany surt Of convenience
t., it uiay not, Especially wheat which is sub
yet ujny w bad wearher) sustain loss in shocks
and because The shattered grain il fields NAV be bene-
fral to The stock but hogs be put on sunble-
heds in which grass seeds last fall winter
spring other stock however play he turned on
Them, i is roo'ing that would be prejulicial
Sd. The whole swamp from the road from Manevs
bridge Up ro'he lands leading the barn. is to be
90 into The bS and most complete order for sowing grass
seeds II August, OF 1t the tuIihes by The middle of
Se2embcr- Tie lowest and weitest part thereof is to
ne soWn with umoEy seed alone. Al The oher partso
II arctic be sown with timothy and clover seeds mixed.
The swampnn the other side Of The aforesaid lane (now
an corn and oatS 10 be Ep in the best possible order.
.eve them his aua,i as soon as the corn can Be tlken
II with safety or in The sprng, as circumstances shall
dictate
40 eNerons q pains are y be spared at Dogue to
Ct me swamp from AIanIey bridge 70 the meadows &
Auve and The two enc snres IN the mill swawp. in the
highest order or grasSto b sJwn n the time aud mannr
above menI"e,oai that ~ more may hs ateuped than
can De executed vel proceed n lhe following order with
ms must he consulted, as The dry wsather will
"orN IN the low parts best, whilst The higher grounds
tAay De worked at any time:
s.. bt-in with Tile swamp from Maney'S bridge,
and ge AL 'has not already in grass well prepared for
!, ano inoeed :o"n: ~ That part Of the low meadow
80 ne nIl-run. winch les between the old bed Of and
ne race and within the fences. 81. After this is Done
1ahe 'ha par y the enclosure above (Which w in
Ias Year lying between he ditch and fence No |, up
sHd Gown 70 cross fences 4h. ihen 60 the ditch,
aNu prepare S. ae'sPas The ditch runs from the one
cross tence 10 the other. and continue ODD lnng as the
season WEI god or the setd can be soWn with prpr-
g I,u s''5,y NV.