Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-08-05
AGRICULTURAL.
From The Southern Cttliirdor
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH NliEAl
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Ar lfh mr. th Mn - II Nhh - > i'i'f
The shbve is quesiltn ot much Importance In ali
wbe borrowers Al the North the feds generally
seeded with clover. and where the >a1d god, an eA
ceen pasture is sh.d lor all stick lll winter A.
the Spuh, comparatively few SOW either Y'r or gas
seed Of any kind To he earth ard fcudef II pfo
bic, immediately af or wheat hafvs HE ground,
however is often peitv well supplied with The serds Of
indigenous gtass's which germuate AM gov of que
luxaiany. To promote tins rcsr il IS the ptar Ire ut
90 ID farmers % low the land AID the of sh7rP
harrow, or two hatse cultivation. vi answer ia IN 81
sois as well. Judgin, irons the lew eases that have
fallen under nur observation W. should harrow 81 RI
our wheat feds 81 the gain cut, if the earth
were quite green with valuable grass Vt cloyer.
Southern clover is gfeaiiy needed and tho Agrcul
tnrsl Deparmet of the Patent Office has sent ofdc
ioValparasu to pocntr quantity o Oh Ian clover seed
fu ora niious j sbuiin. Should any reader Of The
Cultivator knaw Of anY plant peculiarly adapted 10
Southern climate and sIls, which may be profit by
grown with wheat. he vii canf'r favor by urti1g a
short communication III" subject f,r this journal.
Whai is The value Of the yellow clover. IT the put
pos indcated2 Il vii never do le Ne stnbble 6rl !
naked for several oHts after harvest be- burt by
a consuming spnlhcro sun; and The question is: ANaat
plant will yield The most .h1de ~ the land. and u.asr
TO dom ic aLimas2 Is the eat of summer and auunn,
aud the usual amount e dry weather. such forbid
the luxufan growth Of the Cow pa, q luiWps. barley
OF rye2
We cherish The hope HAT The Chl51n clover may
prove nf great value 10 The Slnlh IA shll pains
10 have the matter es ed II he INST thorough lnuef
Orr faith IS strorg hat pr Fable crop of kind
may be made on land from which wheat has Iast been
harvesed but what that crop should be Is h. laiorna
tim which we SEX, The climate h'sl adapted 10 cotton
culture poss PECULIAR and gea odean ages. II can
be made 10 grow cereals fgnmesanl gta SIS but who
wi name the b"s system If nj ton! Nh"e tho
c'vet OF the Stuth which viii yield two t1ns Of goud
hay per acre yfar, in addt To lr crop Of whea}
There Is prodigous waste oi travel an hiss 81 sun
shine on many plantations, which onah to be nyniicd-
Why make and AID null nke loo steps ia acco H.
pltsh purpose that may b. attended by 5ul There IS
much lar sht and heal lost rr all economical pufpa-
ses, after whfal hltvcs in III Southern lnnic and
Gull States IS waald sui t. produce a GRIP Of 70,
which, from the q, # sla~hue and >olu nat caunut
b. grown al J in Eagapd and Scotland. In capacity
OF the South grow betlcf lhan any ohrl known
pnimn OF III" Cube, implies ctpahlly ul doing many
Other things III an agricultural way, Of equal. aud be
eve, OF greater mprtap Ia IT, clzes and the human
iamly at large. The natural p9wrt ~ sis, aud de-
velopne nl must not be mucn longer i, hyed.
Ooe Of the bfst cultivated counties Ia England is Ok.
hrdshrr. winter. whose remarks we fad IN the In.
don Farmers Alagazine say. As one crop is
removed anohr takes lis pac aud evrn hee the pt
are reaped that which Is Ia succeed has been sowu.-
he rye, veches and late tunpS grown during he
wint months, aud derive much OF heir nuur hneu
from the damp attn sphere, and being all consumed al
Inc ground = tnrl 10 II mme lhan they derive lrom il
especially If the sheep are at the same time fed on
earn The drnrpiHgs ol the sheep and hsf TRADING o
the land, give II that rlchnes aud sady which, on thest
warm soils; are emineu,ly favorable successful gar
crops The crops, buih Whit and green are sown it
rows" &C.
We have long been conyinc d Of the wisdom Of th
system which places the seed Of crop In the gann
A. or before, The harvesting ii he one already matarsd
The culture Of peas among Is this principle IA
sish the sowing clovei and gra,s seed wheal SOM
months before ii IS rp". The nakrdnees of many wheat
c'rn aud cot fids after the crops have been removed
isa noticeable defect in southern husbandy Too ofte
IN place OF gaming frty. there is good Ia lea
tha the denuded soil is parting with share Of both III
organic ard inorga tic food Of p'acts.