Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-09-25
AGRICULTURAL.
Work for the Month.
SEPTEMBER.

4. end carry them ont IN practice without dIi-
ficulty. With this brief allusion TO our oh
iccts, we shall proceed at once to state
what should be done
ON THE FARM.
Rye-If you have beea prevented by
any cause from seeding your Rye, do so
!. as early as possible; the nearer the be-
ginning ofthe month the better. And bear
thistruih inmind, that an exhausted soil.
without manure, cannot produce good
i. crop OF rye. Though the crop may be
grown on a soil very inferior to one re-
quired to bring good crop ofwheai, yet
il also must have food. 10 enable it to pro
duce a remunerating yield of grain. The
soil in which it may be grown, must have
10 it A or s per cent of vegetable and an
imal .reInains for without mould. no land
con bring forth abundant and perfect grain
Of any kind. As for growing crop Of s
or 10 bushels to the acre, that is only to
vex the spirit,withouti increasing the weight
of the pocket. Twenty and twenty-five
bushels,and more,to the acre may begrown,
il care be taken 10 give the land mo1er-
ate allowance Of manure.
Besides the nutritive rnanures, the land
should have in ii inorganic ones also, as
limo mr. SONIC other calcareous matter. not.
ash, which can be supplied by 10 or 20
bushels of ashes TO the acre; this quantity
ofashes. will also furnish lime, magnesia,
oxide of iron, oxide of magnesia, sulpburic
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to our Monrhs on he cuitiratioa ofukeaG
iu our July number, Won will see every
particular connected with the subject, and
10 that article we would refer YOU for all
necessary acknowledgements statnghere
that lime, ashes, and phospboric acid. are
Indispensable TO anv soil on which wheat
he GROWN. nlsO piltrlttYp manufps.
TNresh;ug ont Grain. a~.-This should
be one oftbe FIRST tainos attended 10. so
soon as the press offall business is over.
as the. sooner the era;n-erowcr has his
wheat cleaned and ready for market, the
better will be his chance of being advan-.
tagged by any sudden rise in the markets.
But before he puts his grain away,he should
give his grainary thorough cleansing,-
and take good care to kill off the rats
The method Of cleansing the first, and Civ
ing quietus to the last, are both detailed
in the article to which we have just before
referred
Orrhards-If You have not MANFRED
your orchard for some years. make your
arrangements to do so this fall. As good
a compost as You could form, would be to
mix woods mould, marsh or river mud,
ashes and bone earth together, in the pro-
portion of20 loads ofthe mould and mud,
to 20 bushels of ashes aud bushels of
bones, throw it up into pie, and let it IT.
main for or weeks, then shovel it over
and mix the whole together, and apply /,
at the rate of or 10 loads to the acre.
broadcast over the orchard. This done,
81" OuShti VI DidSltT 10 inc uCrt over lut
compost and harrow the whole in. taking
care that your narrower does not bark the
trees with his implement.
In the meantime. you have not done
SO already, apply the soft soap, sulphur,
and salt mixture to the trunks Of all your
trees. Should the bark Of any Of them he
scabbv, before painting their bodies with
the mixture, have them scrapcd
Application of Lime or 1uari.-I on may
set this down as an agricultural truth =
Lands uhfch are destitute Of calcdreous
matter, are unfit for profitable caltiratior.
Therefore. if you have any that you be.
leve to be in such condition, you should
at once make up your mind 10 lime them,
or to give them dressing of mad. Wheat
will not grow in soil that is without this
mineral. SO bushels, or even 25 bushels
oflimc. or 100 bushels of mari. will prc-
duce the bapp;est results upon .uch lands.
NOT only CHANGING their phvsical state. but
rendering them more produeriye with the
aid of manure. Lime. mari and ashes.
must alwavs be o;,l,d bv organic maanrt.s
as is absolutely necessary 10 keen M the
supply of mould in the soii; and ofthis YOU
may be assured, that, without such sup
ply be in the soil, il cannot perfect the
seeds Of any crop .own upon II, So sat-
is6ed are we of the truth Of this declara
ton. that wa look upon the accumulation
of manure. not only the first duty of every
'agriculturisi, but as the only safeguard he
can throw around his in,erests,-for cal
careous matter. however valuable it may
be.-and no man estimates its value more