Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-01-01

y Sandy Spring, Montgomery County, .Na,1,lund
Will now briefly give some account of the practica
operation OF my he'ry. My frs application t line Il
any extent was POO bushels mostly All sIakd ha,I.,
SIX miles, and applied to four acres lust broken no
corn crop and narrowed in. This portion the 6eI.
particularly was thorough liz exhausted hy BAD manare
inent, that the yield in was only some five or 81,
pSeS 10 he acre aor was the crP sensbly increased
oy the lime As The main object il cuYatioD was IA 81
the field In grass. the corn was followed bv cn,, -
small gram and liberal supply of clover timothy seed
dd paSieT The latter produced visible effect whatev
en- and nearly all the grass seed perished leaving the
snriace as bare as before. But before the field apan came
IN course Tor cultivation, the good effect Of the lime was
50 evident by the growth of white c,vcra new yarie
" n that vicinity was encouraged to lime ,be
whole Held cn'anlng ab ,ut twelve acres and as, in
ciualg ms tour acres; put bere Just after break
III i1 corn Inc crop on this portion was increased
uli5 hVe 10 SIX tod over that adjoining and but recently
ned mus Literally pay Jag all expenses and has con
ueu eyer since y produce Profitable crops Plaster
now acis on It with marked effect The fist application
was maze eighteen 10 nineteen years SINCE and to test
me durability Of line these four have heen kent
LOT experiment, and without the addition Of other manure
eXcep portion intended for still further experiment.
About two acres were sJWn in broadcast corn with oOl
lbs Peruvian guano-hen followed wheat on The fur
acres and with 200 lbs guano to The acre leayipr tyo
lands without guano.
The corn was materially benefited By The quano; bur
me Wheat was not benefited by he previous application
o IT, though it nearly quite doubled ovpi The
lands lett without any gulna tie wheat was harvested
t"" years since, ard no could point out bv the
growth OF The clover, uniformly good On Tie whole and
equally lined which portion had and which had no rna
no-the conclusion is, that the reuovatlnr'' effects Of
Ie are mus lar Ten times IS durable guam; how
much longer remains To be seen
Some nine or ten Years since determined TO reclaim
an adJoulng fl i'd at whatever cost was told onr pre
vouS by one OF my ne9hbors who sid his farm and re
moved 10 the west order settle ON better land thar
the attempt wold be ulile or, if ever was made pro-
duclVe, ii W"nld cost great deal than the ana
was worth. The prospect fJlbldno: for The Iar,er
portion was much reduced as could be by sh3lnv I'LL
age, no manure, no grass seed sOwn aud constant wash
Ing, even to gulIies producing little else than yununU b-
afS II was broken up in the fall and winter II much
greater depth than it ever poughed befre: sixty
bushels OF quick LINE to the acre applied in the
spring, the ground well narrowed and planted in corn:
such portions required it having been
slme TWO 10 three acres-and which were about the a.
mount that produced any thing OF crop, or that more
han paid the expense Of ploughing crop ofoats and
grass seed followed as it was considered worth the
trouble ana expense To put IN crop Of wheat on two
thirds OF the field. After six seven years the same
field again coming in course exactly the same plan was
pursued as to poughng and lime but rather increasiuo
the depth than otherwise
The crop of corn, though injured by the bnd worm.
was good enabling do, what had rarely Or never
uoe ntIoie sell lE"n "ne-quarter to Onehlrd Of the
crop. Oats followed on about two-ihiras of the field with
some five or SIX bushels Of bones the acre. and wheat
on the balance, with guano; both heavy crops and odg
ing over the greater part of The field. Then allowed
wheat crop the whole MANFRED as much as possible
from the barn yard, and hen he balance lig dress
inc of guano of some eighty hundred pounds to the
The average yield of The field was over thirtv-hree
bushels to the acre
These results are attained with certainty; for every
Reid and lot Is accurately surveyed, ard he contents
noted on The plat of the farmland the product Of this id
was kept separate, threshed and measured by ITSELF
he greater portion suffered from the drought early last
year; and the harvesting badly done owing to the
fallen and tangled stale Of the grain from storm about
the time of ripenng; but have no doubt several cont
guous acres might have been selected on the lowest
ground (the portion under rained) which the yetd
was over forty bushels the acres This season the
same field yielded the heaviest crop of grass ever har
vested and even on what wasorgnaly the poorest part
there Is now nNuant crop Of second growth clover and
INTENDED fr seed, that IS lodging the whole extent
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