The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-03-19
Frsn llle Ameriesn F.rmsr.
BENEFIT OF cI.aYlNG AND MARLIso

frsn The American Farmer.
BENEFIT OF cI.AylNG AND MARIISG.
Mr.. Rodwell in Suhalk. England.
has distinguished himself by covering
the suface Of hrathland with clay and
mari to a very great extent. With
only two leases Of % years duration,
he clayed and married $40 acres, and
used about lac. 900 tumbril loads, which
at 81 d. per yard, cost him "a. .95S.
Having taken third lease. in about
40 weeks. he employed IL .e75 cubical
yards Of clay more in covering the soil.
lie prefers clay To mari on sandy soils
some Of which consist Of coarse. poor,
and even black sand. The result was
highly satisfactory: ESQ per annum
where added 70 the value of the estate,
which at so years purchase. is el0.-
500; and the public was benefited by
the production Of more corn, meat and
wo /, to the amount Of 100000 In %
years succeeding the Improvement. than
in the 2s preceding il.
Sir Jahn sineily's Code If Agriculture.
RtmarkS by IN, Editor Of The American Farmer.
The above may be said to present
buta single fact. in support Of the thro-
nv which teaches us that an improve
ment can be effected On light sandy
lands by the application Of clay, but
still il is strong one. and there are
hundreds Of others equally Impressive.
Here we find a tenant, so we'll satisfi-
ed with its efficacy, that he expended
many thousand pounds in claying a
farm which he held under lease and
as the figures show. derived an increas-
ed value in products during the term
Of that lease. 2S years, which amoun,-
ed in our currency to sl50.00O.
II is now many years since 9e advan.
eel the doctrine. thai 10 loads Of manure
mixed will, 10 lnads Of clay. wonld do
more towards fetiilizing an acre of sandy.
land. than would 20 loads of manure APP
Piled alone. And il is upward of twenty
yeafs siuce friend Of ours. acting under
our advice. restored field ofiwrnty arrcs
ol worn out sandy land tn produciiveness.
il,rough the following means; which. in
fact. involves The same prinriple as tina.
acted upon bv Mr. Rolwrll.
The snface -oil was light sand. ahon.
4 inches in depth, resting upnn = lena.
ein.. drv. reddish CLAW snbsoil. u had
heen rul ivaird for half century upon
The skimming and skinning plan. Of
ploughing nnIy three ON four inches in
depth. putting hut lille msnpre on. aud
taking all nul that lis poverty sniken ron-
drion enahlcd il To produce.
Corn manur~d IN The hill. rest. anil oais
had hren the rotation or robhine system
pursued for AN aye hrlnre IL rane inio our
fIirn,i's pnssessInn.
Our advice 10 him was IN this effect:
that sn snon in the f,ll as he could adj
dress himself 10 the work. 10 have the field
TUNED up carefully q inches deep. and
Tins hiring up Q inches Of The : hard pan
in order iha, il might he exposed 10.
sni mrlioraird hy. the frosis nf winter
,ha, as soon after il was nloughed as pos
sihle, 10 spread thereon 80 bushels of lime
per acre. 10 ncu,ralize any unfrientlly
mineral or vegetable substances that might
he in The sub. soil, and set free those that
were friendly iha, as early in the sprIpg
as The frost was oul of the ground. he
should harrow. cross.plonph. and harrow
his field, then give il a full dressing OF
the hest nuiriiivc manure lic could rom-
Inand: plough that in 10 The depth os the
fnrrow. harrow. and finish hy rolling
when his field would he fiiio receive aud
nurture corn crop, such as il had not
horne for many years; and that after the
field had remained Two wears in clovcr, to
plough ], up Ia the depth oI inches. and
Apply 80 bushels more lime 10 tho acre.
Our advice was followed; hut not with
out serlous misgivines Of The result. though
that result proved all that we anticipated.
or our friend could have desired.
The !" poison" Of The Two inches Of
hard till, il ihrre were any. did not
manifest itself by any visible signs, and
lie made 8 barrels Of corn per acre. where
more than three had NIL been made before
ior many. many years.
me succeeding crop Was wheat i'llow-
cd bv clover. both Of which bore evidence
HAT permanent improvement had been ef.
fecip,l.
Now. to onr mind il il clear. that the
improvement produced. was owing To
combination &c causes.
Flrsi. 10 The clay. ,is thorough admx-
tnfe with i,s s,nI. having impaired 10 The
snlaiexnrcal sufficient consistency To re-
sisi the exhalaians of the sun; ihus re-
,ainiaga hsalihini degree of<noistre in
We so.s -fa rs4,ct'Als lie scars Of