The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-06-04
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. May your rich soil,
MIXING SOILS.

MIXING SOILS.
s ,mc nine or Ten years ago. in the ear,
Il parl al my farming. had occasion "a
deepen well about six or eight ieei
The earth ihrswn oui .aas a lrnsciou.
blue clay. just damp enough to cut inIo
lumps. aud adhesive enough 10 remain So.
Alier finishing the well. lhe man wlIn had
rhirge of the larm was al luss 10 know
where to deposit il. Having bare sandy
knoll IN one Of The fields. which was mol
inapIly termed" personal properly, from
ils heing waited ahous on every bre~ze.
here 10 day. aud there IN morrow. il &c.
cured To me lhai lherlay wauld hold lhe
sand aud farma soil. aecoriingly or.
dered il ,rpo-iIed ,herr in heaps. ,he sane
as if manure This Was ia The SIMMER.
In the f,II the humps were scattered over
the snrf,ce auI leIi io the &c ion Of The
rain and frost. In the spring IL was fauud
To oliare boken 10 sa. eriunbled and slack
ed hike lime. Those heaps were reju ed
and the rIay evenly spread over the .ur
face. The field rcrelved coat Of ma
nure. was plowcd aud sown with oats and
peas. Thd where the rlay was applied
produced The largest. and most vigorous
growth Of any other par. ef The field. Ia
the fall il was sown with rye, and seeded
dawn with timothy and clover. The rye
as well as The clover was murh more ri-
gorou. and heavier on that than any part
Of the field, in fact, the person who occu.
pied the farm after left 10, informed me
that he lost his crop Of grass on that pari
in consequence Of lis lodging. Yhus The
personal was made real ur fast properly.
and remains 50 70 iIss present day.
Having experienced sol, beneficial ef-
feels from mixing clay with sand. fwas
afterwards induced 10 try. what effects
sand would have on rather rc,enlive
soil. The garden al Three Hills ,Fasm,
is a siiG clay loan, resting on a strong
ten icious clay subsoiI, rather incIining 70
moisture. The second year after ! pur-
chased and took possession Of il. | caused
coal of sand from six TO eight inches
deep. 10 be put IN one nf Che squares,
which was sfa led ID with the manure,
and / had the satisfaction 10 witness tie
most gratifying aud happy rcsalIs--lLe
crop Of that sqmareswas Tar superior 10
any other in The garden. Since ihen
have caused over FIVE hundred .nse horse
carlIoadIs of snnd to be put IN The garden,
and the effects are sliI visible, although
the sand has disappeared.
Cost Of Hogs at Large. Take a hog
Tint has run oul all lEumer, aud com
fine il 10 pen u fiuen. an,l il viii take
ii lea-, 90 bushels nf corn "a make i
acknowledgements. wlereas a hog that is
shut up AL the time, can be faned with
10 bushels.
Hogs running al large are always I,
mischief. A am satisfied that, for the las
I've years. tllere has been more desiroyes
by hog lhan all the exports would dmoun
10 Of pork.from Scott county for t1t ssms
lcuglh of lime.
oula,c 10 feed hog thai runs on
ahnutile same as ono s!utup. conseguert
y you would save 10 bushels of corn o.
every hog you raise by Keeping then
conlinrd. D;penpri Gosefie.
Whooping Oopgh-A gentleman 9
tins city, who las tested il. says ihe1ui
10 wing is acerlain remedy for The wl,oop
inr cough. always breaking il after The us
OF the medicine for three days, VIZ =:
~ 4 ounces lax seed.
3 honey, ~
80 liqnoriSe, ~
A 4" lemons,
boiled iegell,e, in hall gallon ol wairr.
10 besweA siraine,L bottled iigI, ly. am
kepl,n acool place. Dose--a table spoon
fal sixlimes a day, 70 be given Away
alier ihe.ceughing ceases.
Pal. SIDE Bsaner.
Which is the right Minister? -fh
late Rev. S. pearce, being one weel
day evening in town, and not engage
topreach, asked his friend where h
could hear "a good sermons Mr.. $
mentioned two places. ~Wefl, san
slr. Pearce, q tell me the'charactersu q
e preachers, that may choose.
Mr.. Dr. said his friend, ".exhibit
lie orator; and is much admired tor b
. - y n y
pulpit eloquence.' /" Well" ,"sald NJ,
Pearce, s'and what is the others
Why l hardly know what to say.e
Ms. Cs;she always throws himself !
the back ground and you. see his Mas
ter otly. That's the man Tor ms
thep,~s titI the am.ab..e Pearcsi Il
Us grand hear Inn.