The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-04-13

St-in your SaiuaOie puolication, Tue
American Farmer, | have OF late read sew.
eral Essays respecting retaining waste
or run out ands-all Of which in my opin
ion, treat of the same in very scientific
manner-yet 20 me there, is one thing
wanting and that is the one thing aeedfa!
viz: When you have poor worn out
land, and your parse also in the same con.
di:ion, how TO renosate bothl As to the
FIRST, il you are stout in the second, il is
easy to get slimulnuts such as Lime, Qua.
no, &c., and force the other on-but when
ono is at distance from and also unable
to buy these, &c., what il TO be done =
Now here is he question, and | answer ii
by the experience Of many years. First, IN
the fall plough your land as deep as posi-.
Bile, (no matter Of wha, quality your land
ISL in narrow burrows, of not more than
six inches at The most, and lay these over
from forty.fve TO sixty degrees, ts remain
in this state all the winter. Az soon as
the season will admit, cross plough this
land as deep as before, but not deeper
then SOW turnip' seed or any other seed Of
the same kind, which harrow iu with
a very light haTrow-as soon as this seed
has sprou,ed and completely covered ,ae
ground, say four inches high, take chain
to your plough, SO that when you are
ploughing these leaves down, the chain
may pull them TO the bottom Of the furrox.
1t must be remembered tha. every plough.
ing must be crossing the other a, RICH. an.
giles 10 day or two after this blowing
SOW the same with some other seeds, say
buckwhea,, aud when in full leaf, plough
it down likewise-!his can be done three
or four times ia The summer, and wheat
will be fouad 10 grow well after a sun.
mer's dressing. You and many farmers |
know will smile when say, lie, your cIods
on your fall whea, be as large as possible
but ! have found the advantags-they
shelter the grain, the snow covers half the
land behind hem. and as they freeze du
ring the frost in The night, the heat of the
sun breaks them down into fine soil and
thus the wheat is prevented from being
thrown out. la The spring then take the
roller and smootae your luhd-if you have
light harrow 60 after the roller, you will
find ito be Of great service. see, when
plous Ching, ii is very common to SO round
the fields, progressing from the fences 10
the centre. Now, i, is my opinion, this
is wrong-lJi instead Of saving tme-you
do no,-you have 10 ,urn at every corner
Of the field, and when you come to the cen.
tire they are more than necessary, nor can
you give your lands complete cross
ploughing when this system is carried o.
l will make no comment on This, as il i;
self.evident but take il in breaks seyera
rods broad. and 90 the full length of The
field, then you can NIKE a complete eros,
ploughing Of the field, otherwise you can
not.
There are different ways Of treating lht
land in the spring, for the different crops
but one thing | an certain of--the bette
the land is wrought, the better the chanc
is for the farmer 10 have a good crop, n
matter what il is-for when the land
completely puIseflzed, the weeds can b
easier esrnyed, aud the earth itself re
tains more moisture lhan when badl
wrought aud cioIjy.
There is another mater would recon
mend 10 poor farmers mind, | inca
the purse, and 20; mental abilily-to pa
attention to their barn yards and soilng
taptt AaAAiN' II - Albc 2cutf al LuotOtU
make their barns on the eide Of bau
and all The manure from the stable, &C.,
thrown out upon the ground that is ma
10 incline downward, 50 That when ra
comes oil The strength Of the manure is RI
away from the yard into corner Of ie
and even down lane into brook, &C..
Now, the light way is 10 form the ba
yard IN hollow, yerging 10 the centre II
may run over in heavy rains. ye, the c
seDce OF the manure will remain IN il, Al
when taken into the fe d should be put
large squire piles by the dung forks fro
the wagon, but never lei the wagon 90
the pile. when il will be completely rotten
few daysI-it should never be taken irc
these piles and spread on the land but !. b
Il can be ploushed ia before 1t IS dry.