The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-02-19
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/. My your rich soil.
Ex5einent with Con-Deep plow-
ing and Green Crops.

lI6 cAN 1ANSa NhSSSs
Ths ground npan uhirh The experi'
mrn, was male was A. near allke.s sand
urenarrd. as near alike ~ cisuld be. The
corn was planted lhe Alb II May, uhree
by DE lees. That Which was plawed. was
nisw.d ihr widest way only. Fnur fnws
were pIaued rxlssisely with llie coulter
fran eight 10 ten inrhes deep. pios ing
rrpca "a fur tmrs. u suitable intervals.
The next lonr mus were cultivated en-
tirely with the he. The balance was
plowrd as i nsual here; 6rst shro3lng
ihe earth from. and lhrn 10 ihs corn, and
pIaains four lim.s. All was kept clean
throughout the seasan. Two roas u
thai uulli. ai,-a u usual. when gathered
weighed ~ pnun,ls. he next tsn. hned
corn. weighed Al paunds. The iao
olller rows al hDed corn weighed 43
poanis. Two r.ws OF coallercsi corn.
side hy side with ise preceding. and hsv.
ing the sane nlnlher Of hills and ears u
corn. weighed 45s poands. The hed
corn was nearly pro.irslei iwirr by wind
ail tditt. HdA W SCI VIZ HAN AttAtt
part Of il. just brlnre and just af.ef il las
seled. The coul.ered corn suffered hard.
IN half so much as The hoed. The resi-.
due suffered comparatively lutte. These
are The facts. Deductions are for you
and yonr readers. The quantity raised
On The GROUND il Of nn consequ nrc.
conducted various other experiments
with corn. bui 10 moi deem them nf sutk-
rienl interest 90 burden yonr columns. nor
bore your readers with them. These IT.
ile things are Interesting 10 me. however,
and always hare some such under head
way.
| book larmcd thai famous hoinm
spoke To sou about. and made fair crop
Of corn. Last year, il took sky Of ,he
largest ears To shell bushel; This year,
foriy.eighi do il. This book farming
makes me lhe subject &c great r'dicule and
merrimenl. For instance. yon advised
Us. iasl spring. 10 plaw deep and pulver-
ise well. | lid 80. bal was. laughed al
therefor. Yua advised the sowing Of corn
broadcast. sowed something like tnnr
acres. lhs threw a great many neigh
boring diaphrasms in,o commissions. and
ordinations we're rife and boisierons
,hercal. So well am pleased, however
ihal shall give Them an opportunity y
split lhe larynx outright another year.
The qianiiiy of fodder produced va
enormous, hesides pretty considerable
spriakiiag Of corn. You appEised rs
that ii might be well IL sow rye for ea'ly
grazing. sniling, &c, next spring. and
have dune 20. Il is foo green 70 laugh
III nov. You ins,ru tied - ,onse twelve
quarts e l',mnlhy seed per acre. | dd
il. Aud il they do laugh q, that. i !:
mighty green. Fearing ,hai some oi ou'
readers may mol understand lle full mean
of The word ..green' as here used BY ouI
correspondent, we explain. lIia, The limo
thy ani rye sowed by him. agreeably L
nmr ,ilrclluns. have already covered u,
l.iul with a thick green heritage. andgls'
promise Of uncommonly large crops Q
hay AMI grain.-EDs.
10 enoyale land, ,on ineulcale Turn
M in green crops. ! capsized all N,
clprer--mas,icalors displayed ihemselse
nf great length aud breadth. OF all III
green things, ihe wheat on that Glove
lanll i The green st; and rather loo grce'
10 laagh n. The land having heen pu
in nrtler by plowin.. narrowing and crush
i,g. the whea. was plowed III, about lhrr
inches The first Il September. and haf
rowei ii The first Of October. Il look
very well. IT IL 0arrsnv.,
Boonsille, Mo, Dec. 1850.
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