The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-04-30

WILL. GOOD FARMING PAYi
We are sometimes provoked by The re.
reipi uf LEI efs from farmers who coally
underiake 10 set MS right with regard 10
wha, We may isrn high and Low Farm
ing-ihry considering our notions ocra.
sionaliy indiraird in The Tribune entirely
erroneous. or NJ least nnsniird 10 the pre-
Sent condition ef Agriculture in This Cum.
uy. /. Land j. 50 cheap and Labor so
deaf" say they, :. lhal we can't afford 10
farm 50 high as the English and Brlgians
da."-Now half The men WIN talk in This
way have na-clrar idea &c what superior
farming really is. bur. if preside for de-
iinilinn of il, will dilaie on The unprodae.
tive exp .nse Of while- washing trees. PLAN
ing baards iDr frn-es. az. something al The
sort, which has nolhing 10 do with Farm.
ing al all. A farmer. good or bad, may RI.
pend so much capital 10 mere fancy-woIk
as u render his farm unproduriise and
even 4 expense 20 him; hui that does moi
inyaliLale the sound general rule that ANY
thing can profitable DO sceH done which
can prohlaniy be done al all 10 This rule
we know no exceptions. One mans land
may be unsuiled TO Corn. or Wheat. or
barley, so that he ought mol 10 attempt The
growing oI that particular grain; but il il
will pay Tor growing any crop oft nj all. IL
will pay for growing good one. If ], will
MI pay forsach crnp, u will mol lnr any;
and should be turned over Ia something u
which il wiH yield generous rcIutn; and,
in drlall Of that, given up 10 paslurage and
gna inlo wood IS soon As possible. To
raise tweniy-bashel crop Of Indian Corn
ought 10 lie indiclable as a pcrvrrsion and
waste of the bounlies Of Providence.
The farmer who plows (oncel Eve or six
inches. and msnnres leebly. and gels in
his crop laie. and abou, half culiiva,cs il
through The Summer, and gets meagel
half-rrnp in The Fall. (unleSs cattle hap
pcn 10 break over his shIlirss fences AID
Ell il up meaniime) moi only dooms him.
self 10 fence. and watch. and pay taxes 10
,wice or thrice the extent he ought. but lie
Is committing nagmnt CRIME against
Na,n,e hv cxhausiing The Suil ot lis vir.
tues. An official survey ol our National
Agriculture estimates The deterioration oil
The soil Of this country since lis settlement
bv white men as ,lelracling a, least Five
Hundred Millions Of Dollars from IFS value!
All observing men are familiar with iacis
which sustain ihIs estimate. There are
whple Cunniies, and alm0sl whole States,
which would once have yiel,led an average
OF twenty bushels Of Wheat or Iorly oI In
dian Cam TO The acre. yet would now
(unmanuIed) average mol more than twenty
uf Corn aud no, i've Of Wheat. . The
yir,ure has gone 0ui oI iliem." They have
been gradually robbed Of their ferllli,y BY
f,lse. miserable. was,elul culture. The
elements essential 10 the production of The
cereal grains have been gradually abstract
ed, and no, returned nor replaced. They
have been sent of 10 the rilies, 10 Europe,
and have long since served 10 lerlll,ze
l.ri,,sh lields, or have been thrown from
The ducks. or crepl through The sewers o.
our seaboard cities into The ocean. Every
dollar of the diminished value Of The Sol
is so much robbed by Incidence and ignc
rance in The past fiom The paiIimony q
future generations.
Every acre of land under cultivation
0ashl 10 be worth more after each years.
llllage Than il was before. u may moi. ~
deed, be in con,lllinn TO produre largel
amount of that same crop; il so. that i
ample reason for changing TO something
. Sc. TO say that farmer cant G6orC
tie feri;l cation and culture needed 10 oblaiI
iiiiy bushels Of coru from an acre. but cai
air,rd 10 own. fence, till and pay taxes ~
j. for twenty bushels, is an amazing ab
su-dliy.
Prof. Mapes Of Ncw-Jcrsey. in hi,
!" Working Farmer" for April, ,hns bear
testimony 10 the effects Of science in i'm
proving The Agriculture OF that Stale:
Within The lasl three years we hav,
visited many farms in New-Jersey. an,
some Of the owners Of these farms sen
cerlifira,es of results 10 Trenien. On,
r.presen ed that under our advice he ha,
added The missing constituents 10 his soil
4, an expense Of only 81 l2a per acre
wi h prnref ,illage, and produced. IN con
sequence. The following crops: Corn l2s
bushels Of ears per acre, where forme y
with much largerlexpend,inIe for manures
but 30 bushels .ol sheiled corn had beer
p'oduc, d. Potatoes 3lO bushels per acre
Mingold wurizel Is ,nns per acre, ant
OF 'er crops in prnporlir. Another 4
member u The House nf Assembly repre-
ssn,sd tia, on a piece Of ground III Pas
safe County which had been considered