The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-08-28

/ be erez,d the Ere, gear, at oil; 10 tie Febfu'
sry after, top dress it with oil tho manure 10
be had, no, forgetting 10 apply all the old
a,he, within reach. This time Of the year.
(vinter) is bcs, for applying manure IN our
county, where the hot sun acts so itJufously
on q bare surface. The roots Of the young
clover protected from hard ifos.s and sudden
changes, by the manure, il shoots forward
with the ca rliest warmth offspring and smoiheis
all weeds. When weeds mature their seed',
,hey draw upon the fertility Of lard equal TO
most crops. Clover gives crop equal to any
other, and is all returned to the land IN drop
pings Of the stock while grazing upon 1t. As
proof Of its profit, for three years have new
er fed my working horses on grain or fodder,
from the middle Of Moy ill the clover fails.
They are turned, on the clover field after the
duy's work 10 over, and taken up in the morn.
ing 10 good condition for service. ] haze
never los, one by this management; IN fact
they improve from the time they are thus
treated, and work better.
Alter tho clover has been en- the land for
two summers, during shich period II has drop
ped three crops Of leaves and stocks, and
thereby greatly improved the land, either turn
il under a. before, in September or October,
for " hes,, or later IN the fall for corn the gu.
suing year. 10 the former case, you will lind
your land a. ,hickly set as before with VIOLIN.
teer clover v hich gu Oh, to remain as a pasture
for the sum ner, after the secoad crop OF whsai
comes off, lf corn instead Of wheat, b. grown
SOW peas broadcast snons the corn OF The last
plow ing, soaking tho seed and rolling them in
plaster as before. Alter the corn crop, do
not suffer the land TO lie out" No error can
be more opposed to good farming, than that
which assumes that land is improved by ely
ing out" and permitting crop Of weeds 10
mature upon It. IL we had duly re leeted, his
error would long since have been apparent. IN
The continued susR',y Of thousands OF ceres
lying waste around US, not q wiki improved
by Lying out" After The soil has once bean
brOush. up by peas. subsolling, or deep plow.
ing and closer-all within reach OF tbs laraer
even in The nleriof-i. will nol a. ain relapse
unless the former bar ba Gus and senseless prac
tics of exhaustion and negl'gencu be again
adopted. II liGe eau be had, even o, Q cost
Of 20 cents bushel, would IN all cases Up cad
/, on the land after the hrs, crop Of peas had
been turned under, 10 the amount Of h!teen o.
twenty bushels per acre. This qa'n'Iiy will
bene 81 tie land aud enable The owner shortly
To repea. the application Ct ike quantity.
NoTE py THE EDITOR III! The Agriculur.
al Repot, (of which ono brunch Of Congress
has ordered 100 900 copies 10 be- printed, and
the other viii, doab,ess, order half as macy
more contained no other Information than
the above paper, from 40 enlnen'ly practical
man, on the improvement, of "Worn out
Lands" We should regard the money a. well
expended. A very large share Of The s32.-
O0C 900 annually paid into the national Tie,
r sury, Is drawn directly or indirectly from The
sO u nee ITS preservation s8d econom cal
improvement. are the most important Of our
, pubic interests.