The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-03-26
Agricultural Truths.

|. Uulr,s The farmer leeds his iaud, II ~i!l
not feed HIN.
2. All wet lands should be damned. B.
draining then, the most stiff and IN racisbr
.ois may be changed INTO is'sble on"s the
labor of culture oil, be 'educed, the q,sn''.
Of products ,nrteas-d, aud their quahiy ,m
proved; While the health Of lhe place Will al.
50 BE- improved
3 Wet lsnd., which NAV need u. should
always b. d's,ued before application Of hm1
or mari, and time should be sIlo~~d for the
soil 10 become co bparar'vely dn, beinrr BE-
ing ploughed, or the l,ne or mari sppied.
| 4. L,nds winch NAV have BEEN d s'ned bs
covered dams. should b. pough.d rross.'ss
the drains, IN il he col ~hich ,ur,nounls ihe.n
shall have become ssiilrd and tifp.
5. 1t may b. assumed q. a fact. tina, land.
shich NAV have been IN ruliu'e for long
series of yeas, wthout be,ns iimrd, ell dc
rive ben. &, from . dressing Of lime o. 'ns'l.
6. Suf lands ~ili bear heaye, d e.s'Dgs oi
lime or msd, than sand, ones. s. lands,
sh,ch NAV have been IN z ass. ~,ll bar more
Than those shersupon g'sc Or clover had not
been cultivated. Frst spplicsuons Of hme
OF mari, 10 thin sandy lands. should al~sys
b. small once, preceded b, nuisu,v- mauurss
second, sppca ions Of lins OF mari not 10 be
repeated uule.s aGet such IsHds shall have
been 10 grass or clnvrr, or received large
blessings Of manures comprising much or.
game matter.
I. Dep nth 10 COZ daclve TO ful,fu NJ - IN
crops. bu, IT poss,bls may be safest to increase
he depth gradually, manure with = free and
liberal hand, and TO apply line each tine the
: sod may be drepened. ~hich .hou d never sv.
coed more thaa one or too inches OF the Ia d
pan, 10 any one wear; that Ia b. regulated
: BY the charac or nf the .ub,uil to be turned
up. Sch deepentngs shou' sI~s,s BE- made
N the fat TO give the Inverted SOL beneh, d
. the nutral lns If CT. Of The l,,ne, and the dis
mitigating II fl ,ence Of the a,nter'. trosr..-
8 Txent, five bushels Of Geski, slskpd line pc
e acre. sp'ead over the upuiaed cath, wou
a answer for such pui pose.
/, 8. A. to ~hai IS nuiri'ive manure, It may
he defined any Sn,nsl snbs'snce, tie eScte
irn- of anima's, or an, vegetable substance
: -ss snyIhpg ~hldH hiss had n(e, h,. III,
e power OF reproduction.
e 0 As the late Judge Peters said Far
!, fners should value MANURE as a uiis-r due
=, his strong hoS-grasp a'ler aud hoard II q
esgrhy as a covetuus man sccuinula tes treas
utP.
" 10. Oae Of The bns, methods OF app in
es ifne TO light s-tdv lands - ~ nske cum
nd past 81 lime bnd CLAY sotk Il over we'll sew
:, ersl tunes so as to uIx the lime lnti,naieI
.rh the ella, top d'e.s the land with tn
u mixture, sites beng poughed, aud then hs,
.. row the compost 10. Ten loads Of clay On
i'd tsen'y FIVE bushels Of lime, thus treated, = oul
tn have double the effect Of supply the 80
With the necessary cslcsreous priaciple, On
w Of amending its texture.
" IL. o chard., TO ensure continue d ftuiifu
rs ness aud tar fur, should be pern IDEALLY ~,
lid nuted, 10 order thu, the food carri.d III snn,
IN ally 10 the fruit, should be restored 10 The :,
SIX parts peat aud two of lime, or s,1 par
=" marsh mud and l~n of marl. would form q
- excellent d'e--,ng, IN the propor''on Of tse
s', " loads 10 he acre the cost Of ~hch mig
Nv be- covered by g'oSing a crop OF corn, pot
toes or Other roots thereon the year of AZ
such application.
r. Orchards should no, BE- kept perm
nc neDilv 10 erase, as It ans~ers for q harb Dor (
IN. vefmIn, While II robs the tree OF the lood h
Of should be appropriated them meric,
!. FIrmtr.