Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-06-17
AGRICUL TURAL.
From the american Fnmsr.
AGRICULTURAL TRUTHS


L. Unless the farmer feeds his land, j, will not feed
q All wet lands should be drained. BY draining
th.m the most stiff and nrsctabe soils may be changed
nto friabe The abr Of culture II be reduoed The
quantity IT products increased and their quality imrov
Cd; while the heallh II he place viii also be imrrov
3D. ...=55.
8 Wei lands, which NEED it, should always be
drained before application # Time. mari, and time
should he all twed f the soil TO become comparatively
dry hefa. being plonghed OF the lime mari applied.
l. Lands which may have been dainel by covered
draies. shosld be plaached ise the drsns until
The III which sarnsans IhsH sl'al have become settled
end Arm
S I, may Be .sum.d 50 fsr,. ,h,, lands which may
have been ia raliwe st Ing series Of years without
beirs insd. will derive ben. f ffum dressing II nr
or mari
8. SUI lands will bear heavier dressings Of lime or
nsri. than ANDY s N l,nds, which may have
sern in gas wil bear than ba>e whereon gas
clover had not been cultivated First spplea ions II
lime Of mari o. thin sandy lands. should always ba small
ones. proceeded by nuirive msbuns; second applications
Of mari not TO be- repeated unless after such lands
sha have been in gass clover. ~ received rye
dressings Of manurcs comprising much organic matters
z. Deep filth Is conducive 10 fruulncss ia crops but
inssaly may be safest, 20 increase the depth gradual
", manure with free and liberal hand and 10 apply
lime each time The soil may be deepenei; which should
never exceed mhre than Two incbrs OF thu hard
PAN in any wear; that be regulied by tho charac
ter Of the subsol 10 be turned up. Such deepenngs
should always be nude in he fall 10 give the inverted
soil the bene II the neuhlzng effects u the lmp and
the dsntegrating influence Of the winters ltoss Tween
~ FIVE bushels of freshly slaked line per ncre spread
over the uptuned earth, would answer for such pur.
Pse
B. Asto what is nurtye manure. II may be defined
10 be, animal substance lhs exc'eons of animals ~
sny vegetable substances any thing which has had
life. has the power of reproduction.
9. All lands which may have been lined or marlsd
should he sp eddy the eater set IN clover, grass
permancn, improvement be Effected without the
sl he ~ treated rs to keep up stock o organic mat er
therein. to be wrought up into food by he deconposng
srton Of The lime. mari. The calcareous element IN
ssch which In the great principle in either that renders
effective, requiring wherew,ha In work with
10. As the lac Judge Peters, said Farmers should
value manure sss miser does his strong box-should
grasp after and hoad eagerly and auxi1usy as GOV
eto,s man accumaies treasure.
II. One o the best methods Of applying lime TO light
s'ndy lands 70 make compost Of lime and clay work
u ever well, several mes. mix The lime init
maely with the clay o-dess he land with tho mix nre
after hong plourhd and then harrow the conn -, in -
Ten loads OF clay and twenty five bushels OF me TINS
ufa,ed. would FIRM excelen, dressing fr an acre Of
such land and woud have the double Eject, Of snpply
ing the s with tho necessary calcareou principle and
OF amending its texture.
IL Orchards 10 ensure inueG frutfulness and fair
run. should br periodically msrured in order that the
fcsd carried 1T annually In The fur should be stored
TO the soil SIX parts pat aud Of lime or six paris
marsh mud and OF mall world form excellent res,
ing >" The propolon ct 20 loads the acre the os Of
which might be covered. by growing GRIP Of corn no
aoes or other roots thereon, the year any such appl-
esiiaa. -
w. Orchards should no. be kept permanently il prs,.
ssh ahswen Tor harhr for vlr'Dn. while it rob, the
fes oil The iood that should be appropriated 10 them