The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-09-11

do mol mean N eo,apare lhe two mesiods I
Of renossiinE land a. equal; bal. where |
lime 10 moi 10 be had. shsse is no spplIcz- |
linn that can compare fos moment. on
we'll drained land. (if IL need sIrsining)
with plaster. peas and deep sii.sxe- No
gold mine 10 90 valuable - good mari
pil. am. however. eou6ning myself 10
interior districts. where neither line nor
mari ran be had. i'4ni. g sisaat
After The wheat comes OF in June fol-
lowing. The clover. il sowp early in n.pcio-
ber. will have grown 50 as 10 shade the
land pretty well, even on waste lands !
speak q. Il should not be grszed The
first year. u all; in The February sfler. top
dress il with al The manure 10 be had. not
forgcuing 10 apply all The old sshes with
in Tesrh. This lime of lhe year (winier.)
10 besl Ior applying manure in our country,
where the hos sun scls 80 injuTiously ON
bare surface. The roots OF The young
clover projected from hard lrosls and sud.
den changes, by The manure. i shoots for
ward with The earliest warmsh Of spring
and smolhers sll weeds. When weeds
mature their seeds. they draw upon The
lerilliiy Of land equal 10 most crops. Clo-
yer gives crop equal 10 any other, and
is ali returned 10 the lsnd in droppings
of The stock while grazing upon H.. As
proof Of iis profit, for three years ] have
never fed my working horses on grain OF
fodder, from the middle Of May all the
clover fails. They are turned on The
clover. field sfier The dsy's work, is over,
and taken up in she morning 10 good con.
dilion for service. have never lost one
by ihis management; in fact they improve
irom the time they are thus treated, and
work better. riar afH sea l ~
Allef The clover has been on the land for
two summers. during which period il has
dropped three crops oI leaves and ssorks.
and thereby greatly improved the land.
either iurn il under as before, in Sep.em-
Ler or October. for wheat, or later in the
f,ll Tor corn the ensuing year. Ia the
fomer as, you will find your land as
shlckly SCI a. before with volunteer clo-
yer, which oughl,o remain. .ss pasture
far lhe summer after the second crop OF
wheat c, . OF. II corn instead Of wheat
be grown, SOW peas broadcast among the
corn al the last blowing, soaking the seed
and rolling them in plaster as before.
After The corn crop. do mol suffer The
land 10 lie oui." No error can be more
opposed 10 good farming, Than that which
assumes thai land is improved by " "
ing out and permiuing..a crop Of weeds
to mature upon il. five had duly re-
flecled. this error would long since have
been apparent, in the continued quantity
OF thousands Of acres lying waste around
us. moi whit improved by lying out"
After the soil has once been brought up BY
peas. subsoiling. or deep plowing and
clover-all within reach oi the farmer
even in The inierior--is will not again
relapse unless The former barbarous and
senseless practice OF exhaustion and neg
lieence be again adopted. If lime can
be had, even at cost Of 20 cents bush
el, would in all cases spread il. on the
land. after the frs, crop Of peas had been
turned under, to ,he amount Of fifteen OF
twen,y.bnshels per acre. Thisqnani,y will
benef, lie land and enable the owner
shortly to repeat The application Of like
quantity. M
NorE. BY THE EprToR.-If The Agri-
cultural Reprri (of which one branch of
Congress has ordered 100000 copies 10
lie printed, and The other will. doubtless.
order half as many more. contained M
other information Than the above paper,
from an eminenlly practical man, on the
improvement of. Worn out lands" we
should regard The money as well expend-
ed. A very Target share Of the sS2 1000.
600 annually paid into the national Trea-
sury, is drawn directly or indirectly from
the soil. Hence its preservation and
economical improvement, are the most i'm
prolan, Of our bubble interests.
! Sweet Potatoes. "A writer in late
number of SINNERS Agricultural Journal,
gives the following as his method Of rais>
inc swee, potatoes, and SAYS, after salts
factory practice, he prefers il TO my other.
He has tried the experimen. for three
years, ,rand his potaioes have been much
superior 10 those raised in the usual way.
The mode is al least a new one:
/ The yam potato vine blooms in Au-
gust; in about month thereafter they
form q pod; the seed are then formed oi
about the size of sage seed. and of The
same color. The pod should be gathered
when ripe; OF else they will soon drop.
In the spring. at the usual time OF Sowing
seed, l sow them in the same way ! sow
cabbage seed. They will not come up
quite as soon. but will conlinue doing
so through the spring. The plant is small
and delicate in appearance, and should be
drawn in wet season, with little dirt
attached TO j. and transplanted. The
leaf and vine have different appearance
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