Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-11-16
Agricultural.
From the Southern Cultivator.
! Corn Cultnre--NKalxfng Pork.

The number Of economical and successful corn growers
Geora large Among them, fthe best that have
seen operates after this fashion: s. s3s s M
The ground is ploughed but once and then deep
" with two horse turning plough It is isinglass
Savannah bottom, After ploughing, it is we'll har
rowed and planted by drilling machine, in very
straight rows six feet apart with hills three feet in
the row, and three stalks in The hill A hand and
mule will put in eleven acres in aaday Being level
when planted, the surface skept so By using small
harrow in place of plough in the after culture No
hoe goes into the field at ALI and each mule tends
thirty acres Notwithstanding liberal dash Of Ber-
muda and Nut grass has taken root in a great deal
of the land this plantation yet Mr., Jonathan Mil
Ter, the proprietor knows how to keep both pretty
we'll subdued. s! .es,... a3.
As the estate is within three miles of this CITY, we
have watched with lively interest the working of
good implements In killing Bermuda low, rich
bottoms where the sed was exceedingly thick and
tough Frequent rains this year have greatly favor
ed the grass and made the task of eectually subdu
ing it one Of unusual difficulty. The sod, however,
has generally rotted and there is promise of from
IS to so bushels of corn per acre. -. =
There are some 400 acres of corn on this planta
tion part of which is the best that we have seen
anywhere this season :! sz-=e t.s ,/lfas
Mr. Miller fertilizes his land and makes pork, beef
and mutton quite economically, in this wise: 4
"A few days ago, in riding over his farm, we found
800 hogs rejoicing in 60 field of large ripe oats
This field will bear crop of peas for fail feed and
one of rye for winter feed that next spring when
ploughed for corn it will have had within IL months
all the manure and vegetable matter produced by
three large crops of OATS peas and rye IN succession
In this operation there is expense for harvesting
and giving ont the food no labor In hauling and
spreading manure. Having, in addition to this win
ter, summer, and autumn feed, an extensive swamp
pasture and good crops of tunips, pumpkins, pota-
toes and con it is an easy matter to raise and fat
ten catte Sheep and hogs, and mules for the panta
ton. Atpresent, however, Mr.. M. has to purchase
more or less of the stock his farm. He has owned
it only four years. and has still much to do to perfect
his whole system of plantation economy. His ar
engagements for making and saving manure in the
winter and where teams are fed throughout the year
quite defective He raises corn and other grain
we'll green crops with great skill but in trans
forming into meat there is room for improve
ment When this is done, We will give description
of the process. O..
From an interesting experiment tried by Mr. R.
Peters, of Atlanta we have reason to believe that
buckwheat will prove better plant for enriching
poor land than our Southern pea. We saw field
One-half of which sown in peas and the other in
buckwheat on the same day, At the time the latter
in full blossom and gave fair burthen to- pillow
in and fertilize the poor SOIL the former scarce
y six inches high and quite small for their height.
Every fact that throws light on the art or science
of enrichng poor lands is important.
In passing ever the excellent farm of Mr.. P. in
Oothcaloga, we were particularly interested in the
appearance of clover field of % On one-haf
of this bushel Of plaster tothe sown broad
cast early in the spring on the other, nothing was
applied The fourteen acres to which the fertilizer
was applied, presented fine stand of clover as
one usually in the regions best adapted to this
plant. The other part of the field had scarcely a
stem of clover upon it. ....s ~ ....-..
Mr.. Peters is making experiments with ashes and
salt put on, in, each hill of corn and also, with
plaster of paris in similar way. Most of his
is very promising and he has grown the finest crop
of imperial Scotch oats, which weigh 40 pounds to
the bushel that we have seen this year.
A good hog pasture whether of clover, blue grass
or some other kind, regard as matter of much
Importance in farm economy. 1t helps amazingly in
making heap" of cheap pork. 1t is not SO very
difficult to raise and fatten from 500 to 1000 hogs
after getting fixed for the business, one unac-
quainted with the subject might suppose. A rich,
sweet potato pasture is the basis of this operation
To this, extensive fields of oats peas, or met to be
fed off by swine, are indispensable adj uncts The
grain which is harvested with view to change it in
to meat had better be cooked for that purpose before
it is eaten Cooking facilitates digestion, and
bes the assmating apparatus to extract from 25 to
50 per cent more nutriment from given weight OF
corn, peas other grain. Nothing is more unequal
than the quantity of flesh and fat, milk butter,
cheese, and wool, elaborated from any given weight
of food -
The whole internal economy by which grass, roots,
tubers, and grain, are converted into the muscular
and tissues the fat bones, WOOL and milk of
| animals, deserves the study of every farmer. The
whole process of Digestion assimilation, dissolution
of organized parts and constant removal of the mat
ter out of the system have yet to discuss in the
Cultvator. Few are aware how much food is annu-
ally wasted in the United States in forming the
rious products of animal life. If examine pota-
toes peas corn rye wheat barley oats for starch
we find it an abundant element Starch is insOluble
in cold water as every housekeeper knows. Boiling
water water heated above $50 degrees converts it
into an adhesive soluble gum. Corn and other grain
will pass through the digestive organs of hogs, hor
ses and neat CATTLE whole; and it is easy to find in
| SOluhle starch in the of COWS and swine. when
overfed ON corn meal. Having kept hogs for many
years, and fed fifty at considerable expense,
have taken to test the quantity of undgested
nutriment in the dung of these animals Our prac-
tlce has been to steep boiling water cut corn stalks
straw, hay, oats shorts, corn and other feed to in
crease the soubiliy of their nutrment elements be-
fore the feed enters the stomach of domestic animals
These stomachs the ntestnes attached thereto, the
tactical glands and thoracic duct which connect the
organs of digestion with the veins and arteries rep
ration the function of the kidneys, insensible and
sensible perspiraon, the secretion of milk and the
curious phenomena of growing poSr and waxing fat
all claim, and must receive, full description at
bands. The art and science of rural economy, wher
considered as whole, includes geology, chemistry
meteorology, physiology, comparative anatomy anc
botany, beside wide range of practical knowledge
which can be acquired only by experience. Agricul
ture is destined to become of the most Learned
and honorable as well as one of the most useful ant
inviting professions in this vast and rising republic
To the industry talents and research of medical mel
it owes much; and to our brethren of the Healin:
Art we look confidently for aid in sustaining the in
terest and the circulation of this periodical 5r5
From the Norway Advertiser
sa Making. ssea.e<,s4 zft,t
The present deficiency in our crop, and tho antici
pated deficiency In our grain and potato crops ough
certainly to put the farmer to thinking how he ma,
best prevent such deficiencies in future years. Al
practical and scientific farmers knew full well tina