The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-02-07

- some 81 your rrsiiers. I hai 70,
hill ne ridge in one n my fields. whic
! was anxinus n improve prerians
planning Ihe field IL rom. Tie sod n
heen washed irnm IL. leaving Il nfarl
hare Of grass. MOI having pound m
nnre = thai lime 10 spare CIR Ibis fi,ll
concluded 10 dress Il over with won.l
s.in ~ lnonld. Accordingly dlrries. M
nseF.rer 10 haul aud spIrsd 100 loads i
The acre upon il. IL misunderstood me
hauled ahnni 50 lnafs IN another mar
nf he field. where lhs land was sery pnnr
helanf discovered The error. started hin
right again. and. afer covering Inc ride,
siiil W0n.ls mould. ! applied ashes. al III,
rate u lOil hnshfls 10 The ARE. Tie ash
rs spread heyoni The ridge on the adioin
ING lard. bui did not reach the first Sc
ina,as II m.nld dropped through mistake,
The result was. thai the corn where Tie
ashes were spread over the woods mould
was nnre Than twice rs good is where
the asllrs were spiead alone: and where
the ashes were spread alone. ME rom was
80 PER cenl. better than Tie nndressed paris
af The same fields. aud. strange 10 say.
where The 50 loads Of woods dirt was
spread without ashes. there was lille or
no difference between the rorn ard the
earn on Ire unmanured land adjoining.
Fiom Ills experiment. | conclude Tie
wonds mould Is rich in Organic matter.
hut heing deficient 10 inorganic matter.
Is nearly worthless n n manure, unless
The soil is supplied with IL. In clearing
nur lands. we bnrn all &C the brush and
many ofIhr leaves upon The ground; hence
We supply il with inorganic matter. and
render il fertile; and hence argue The
Necessity oi supplying w"ntls mould with
inorganic paris 10 render il good manure.
! have covered more than 60 acres of the
poorest aud most remoie parts Of my farm
with woods dirt. lime and ashes. and have
brought The lan,l up in equal fertility 10
that which have improved with pound
manure, lime aud ashes. II has heen nv
practice to apply ZOO loads II woods
diri. so bushels of lime, and 100 bushels
Of ashes. on an acre. 4 his dressing will
increase my corn crop more Than 30 hush.
els per acre. aud will add TO the wheat
crop in about the same ratio. and, what
Is heiler, will make permanent improve.
mrnt in the soil. the effects of which. |
have reason Ia believe, will be seen FOR
20 years. NV soil NAV he cal ed a sandy
loam. though some fields cnn,ain portion
of clay; and wherever clay ab0unds to any
considerable extent. have discovered
good effects from The use ol lime. Nv
nelghhor, William Neal. Esq, has been
using lime upon his farm with great sur.
cess, NJ the rate OF so bushels per acre. !
attended meeting Of our Agricultural
Club. al his hpuse few days since, aud.
upon an examination Of his crop Of corn.
hy the Club. il was the opinion Of every
member present that the lime had doubled
his crop as far as Il was used. Ills land
is slili, reientive soil, peculiarly adapted,
in my opinion, TO the use Of lime: and for
such land believe lime 10 be cheaper |
MANURE than ashes. might multiply
rasrs where ho h lime AMI ashes had been
used With good effect IN This neIghborhooti,
but the strongest proof in their favor is !
lie fact &c there being double The quanti-
" us, d here each succeeding year. Ny
neighAors are also making experiments /
IN their land with guano, pnudrelie. and
hone dust; they are generally on a small
scale, hut made with good deal Of ac-
curacy. III order To test their real value. |
Should the experiments which have been
instituted this fall prove satisfactory. an
immense amount Of these manmes will
hereafter he sold for The use of this coun-
". may, al u future time, give your
readers the results of The experiments.
WM. II. ROSS.