The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-10-26
.GGRECULTgR.gE.
from The Dollar Newspaper.
Rotation OF Crops.


IT'S not necessary to offer argument to
prove The importance Of rotation ia crons.
for every farmer admits this ppirt By lis
pruetirti bur | apprehsnd there are many
who err, either in adopting system al
hap hazard, OF in not pursuing their system
"a system, perhaps being unconscious
that they have one. The oljac, in view,
with every one, is TO obtain the most from
the soil without Diminishing is strength;
TO get the iarges, interest, and keep The
principal whole and safe. To do this. i.
becomes necessary to change the crop, be
cause any Of our prlecipa! crops will soon
exhaust The soil II the particular food il
needs, IL cu,iv5tei year after year on The
same ground because the earth will be
come mechanically ulti, for some; because
the growth aud increase Of certain weeds
will be promoled, end because various
tribes Of insects will iiad regular and un.
disturbed food aud lod sing.
10 choosing yystem Of rotation, the
following point mist he regarded. Broad
iarse.leurei, tcader s.emmed plants arc
thought 10 draw their nourishment mostly
from the atmosphere, whist the narrow
leavcd and faed- stemmed depend on the
soil. While forming Their seed, perhap,
plants derive their ucurishment from the
sell entirely.
Hoed crops should alternate with those
which do not rrq4uc AZ exhausing crop,
with such as ara more amelioraung, a,
s gralus with grasses, tho fibrous wi.h the
tap rooted or luberous. As far as posi-
bic, each crop should be pfeparalise fot
its successor, the harvesting Of ono shout.
not interfere with The seeding or growti
OF another, NOR rice rersa, and tht
times Of harvesting aud seeding should b.
distributed through he year. Tho system
should boone tina, whl admit Of variation
TO suit contingencies Of season, market, Of
other circumstance and must keep tn,
grcnnd IN good heart or il poor, mus
Improve it.
"a give Two systems Of rotation, either q
which can be varied to suit peculiar local.
ties, %thoui destroying their general fea
lures.
Frs Ro'aii0a.-lsly year. clover, (mpw
ed y u year, Clover, (pasure j 81 year
wheat; 4th year. corr, on which app',
minara, sid after as; pioughiag, SOW viii
clover seed.
Second Rotation LIST yesf, clover
(Inowe5 y y year. clover. (pss,ured;) 3
ycar, wheat; IA year corn, tmanIrcJ !.
5sh year, oats; On year phsa, plough
ed my
10 the first rotation, if The clover sDwep
in corn should fail, the ground may b.
scedcd with wheat rye IA the fall, d
oats in spring, sni ihen pu, down 80 erass
In the second, the oats shDu'j orly be p.
on the manured part Of the & n, or It may
DO omitted altogether, auifha whole fora
stalk fallow. TINS rotation ~ fayoritG
Of mise. though it requires a good hank c
manure TO be Applied on the isld Of corn
everything a, The e.yard, sable, Sc.
Z being hauled out during tao winter an,
spring. and turned under as deep Us yoI
can, where decomposition will slowly con
tinue, wthou, the loss cnnsequen, upan er
posure to the suns AMI rains Of who'll
summer You thereby have a clear bafn
yard. The bad psicy Of seeding the corn
ground il avoided, % the same field vii
give a better yield Of wheat after oats
than It seeded whilsi 10 cdSn, AMI bette
opportunity is given to clean the ground
w. II. 6.
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