Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-28
Grazing Farm.


To tie Editor of'Me american Farmer:
SIR IL have a farm in the upper part
ofthe state, which is adapted to the growth
of grass, and am anxious to improve and
make a "grazing' farm Of it, but lot un.
Outstanding the exact 'modus operandi' re-
quiyed TO carry on such farm to advan.
tage, | must beg the favor ofy to solicit
some ofyour subscribers, living in ''graz-
ing sections" to give you a paper on the
subject, showing the practical mode OF
operation on such farms.
send you a sample ofrye of extraor-
binary growth, considering that it is the
growth ofpoverty grass land, (Which had
not been broken before for thirty years.
with 200 lbs. Guano, mixed with one
bushel gypsumper acre. | never omitted
using that quantity of plaster but once, and
then the crops of wheat after it was no
better than where no guano had been used,
but IN the next rotation for wheat ap-
pied he same quantity Of gunno--200 lbs.
per acre-when the wheat and also the
clover Ioilem ng it was very fine There
was no manure used on the land, in the in
term, between the two rotations, but was
cropped as hard as usual l do not men
ton this fact, sir, because have the slight
est desire to be drawn into the little contro
versy between yourselfand your much res
pected and intelligent correspondent, l..
5. p, but only because it is to my mind
a. fact deduced from experience, the only
source from which | ever obtain any infor-
nation on farming for which l would
give rush Do not understand me, sir,
as being opposed to what is termed book
farming. l should like to see farmers read
more than they do. but, sir truth is pow
erful," and practice will prevail overtheory
Yours, &c. ED. REYNOLDS.
We hope some of our correspondents
will respond to this call.
A NEW VARIETY OF THE SWEET PoTA-
To.-The following interesting account of
new variety of the sweet potato Is copied
from letter addressed to L. Young, ESQ.,,
ofthe vicinity Of Louisvillc,by gentleman
residing in the Southern part of the State
of Alabama
Several gentlemen ia the neighborhood
of Louisville, have made experiments with
the red yam; which prove very conclu-
slvely that any variety keeping through
the winter will give this crop considerable
importance as an article of commerce.
1--WE have lately received a most val
liable addition to our varieties of the sweet
potato. supposed to be from Peru. II i
altogether different and equally superior
to any variety of this root hitherto known
1t reproductive, and a,tains prodigious
size, even upon the poorest sandy land,
and the roots remain without change from
the time Of taking them out of the ground
until the following May. Elephant is SIN
gularly easy Of cultivation, growing equal
" well from the slip or vine, the top or
vine ofthe full grown plant being remark
ably small; the inside is as white as snow
1t is dry and mealy; and the saccharine
principle contained resembles in delcacy
ofAavor fine virgin honey"
VITALITY OF SEEDs-Upon this head
Professor Liadley remarks seeds pro-
baby possess different powers Of life,some
preserving theirprinciplethrough centuries
oftime, while others have an ephemeral ex-
istence under any circumstances. The
reasons for this difference are unknown to
us, apparently depend upon a first cause
over which we have therefore no control.
have myself raised raspberry plants from
seeds found in an ancient coffin in a bor-
ough in Dorsetsbire, which seeds, from