The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-07-03
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From The American Farmer.
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not feed him.
.. All wet lands should be drained BY
draining them, The most stuff and intraciable
soils may BE- changed into irIable ones the
labor Of cul ure will be reduced, the qplnliy
Of products increased, and their quality im'
proved; While The health OF the place will
also be improved.
g. Vet ands, which may neel IT. should
always be drained before application Of lime
or mail, aud time should be aIlosed for the
soil to become compare lively dry, before be.
ing poughed, o. tho lime or mari applied
A Lands which may haze teen drained BY
covered drains, should be p'oushed crosssise
The drains, until The soil which surnoun,s
them shah have become settled add firm.
3 Ii may be assumed as fact, tia, Ian Is
which may have been IN culture for a long
series Of years, without being lined, will de.
rive benefit from dressing &c lime or mari,
6. StD lands VIII bear heavier dressings
Of lime or mari, than sanity ones. Suf aud.,
shich may have been 10 grass, will bear more
than those wherein grass or clover had not
been cultivated. Frs, oppi Gallons of lime
or mari. 10 thin sandy lands, should always be
small onss, preceded BY nu,tilivo manutes /;
second spp!cahons Of lms or mari not TO he
nPsa,ed unless after such lands shall have
been 10 grass or clover, or received large
dressings OF manutes comprising much organ.
&c matters.
I. d ep ,lIth is conducive 10 fruttu'uess in
cfop'; but 1t possibly may be safes, TO IN.
crease the depth gradually, manure wiih
Zee aGd liberal hand, and to apply lme each
time the soil may be deepened which should
never exceed more than one OF t~o inches OF
tho hard pan, IN any one year; tina, TO be
regulated by The character u the subsoi TO
he turned up. Such deepeniugs should al.
ways be made 10 The fall, TO give The inverted
soil the benefit OF the neu,razn, effects OF
the lime, and the dlsinlegrating Influence Of
tho winters lros,s. Twenty five bushels Of
freshly sluked I,me per acre, spread o,cs the
uplu,neJ earth, would answer for such pur.
pose.
5 As 10 what is nu'riilye manure, i, may
be defined to b., sny animal substance. the
escretlons Of animals, or any vegetable sub.
siances--as anything which has had life hos
The power Of reproduction.
o All ands ~hch may have been lined OF
married., should be speedily thereafter Sc, IN
clover or grass, as permanent improvement
cannot De effected without the soil be s.
treated as 10 keep up stock Of ofgaoc ma,
ter therein, to bs wrought up into food by the
decompcsing action OF The lime or mari
The calcarepus element IN each, which is the
great principle IN ether Tia, renders il eiiec
: I've, requiring ~hete stt!al 10 work s,th.
10. As The lac Jadge Peters said Far
mers should value manure as miser does h,
strong box-shouid gasp after md hoard i
as eagerly and auxiou,y as cove,ous mar
accunulaies treasure.
IL. OIe of the best methods Of applyin.
line 10 light sondy lands is to make com
post Of Inns and clay; work II over well
several times, s, as.io mix The lime intimate
ly With The clay top.d.ess the land with lht
!, mixture, after being poushfd, aud then har
row the compost IN. Tn loads of clay, an
=, twenty .hse bushels Of lime, thus treated
would form 40 excellent dressing for an act
Of such land aud would hsve The double ei
feet OF supply ing Tho sod vuh tie necessar
calcareous ptInci pie, aud Of amending lls tex
iu,e.
~. Orchards. 10 ensure continued fruitful
ness end lar fruit, should be periodical
marured, in Order that the food carried 0
annually 10 the fruit 81 olld be restored 10 ID
soil SIX paris peat aed two Of lime, or 81
parts marsh mud and two Of M tI, would for,
an excellent dressing, 10 lhs proportion Of .
!, Dads to the acre; the cost Of shIch nigh, /
covered by gro@lng crop Of corn, pola,oe
or other roots thereon, the year of any sue
application.
l3. Orchards should no, be KEEP, pcrmt
nenly IN gfssa, as il answers for harbor f
vermn. while i, robs the trees Of the foe
that should be appropriated 10 them.