Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-06-26
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Mixing Soils.

Mixing Soils.
"Some nine or ten years ago, in the
early part of my farming, had occasion
to deepen a we'll about six or eight feet.
The earth thrown out was tenacious
blue clay, just damp enough to cut into
Jumps, and adhesive enough to remain SO.
After finishing the well, the man who had
charge of the farm was at loss to know
where to deposit it. Having bare san
DIV knoll in one of the fields, which was
not inaptly termed personal property"
from its being waited about by every
breeze, here to-day, and there tomorrow,
It occurred to me that the clay would
hold the sand and form soil. l accord
ingly ordered it deposited there in heaps,
the same as if manure. This was in the
summer. In the fall the Jumps were scat
tered over the surface and left to the &C.
ton of the rain and frost. In the spring
it was found to have broken down, crum-
bfed and Stacked like lime. These heaps
were reduced and the clay evenly spread
over the surface. The field received a
coat of manure, was ploughed, and sown
with oats and peas. That where the
clay was applied, produced the largest
and more vigorous growth, OF any other
part of the field. In the fall it was sown
with rye, and seeded down with timothy
and clover. The rye as well as the clo-
yer was much more vigorous and heavier.
on that than any part of the field. In
fact, the person who occupied the farm
after left it, informed me that he lost his
crop of grass on that part in consequence
of its lodging. Thus the personal was
made real or fast property, and remains
so to the present day.
"Haying experienced such beneficial
effects from mixing clay with sand, | was
afterwards induced to try what effect sand
would have on rather retentive soil.
The garden at Three Hills Farm, is q
stiff clay loan resting on q strong tena-
cious clay subsoil, rather inclining to
moisture. The second year after | pur-
chased and took possession of it, caused
coat of sand, from six to eight inches
depth, to be put on one of the squares,
which was spaded in with the manure,
and l had the satisfaction to witness the
most gratifying and happy results-the
crop on that square was far superior to
any other in the garden. Since then |
lave caused over five hundred one-horse
cart loads of sand to be put in the gar
den, and the effect is still visible although h
the sand has disappeared" DR.. Poole.
PRESERVING WHARF.-The wheat is
now being harvested and promises an
abundant yield. We trust our farmers
will use every precaution to shield it from
rains and insects. The wheat cropis too
often suffered to remain in the field in
small shocks, exposed to the weather
and ravages of birds and vermin, and
hence we have an inferior article of flour,
attributable to bad mills, when the fault
is in the management Of the wheat.
We want no better bread than can be
made with Georgia wheat ground by
mills. A friend in Jones county some
years since, told us that he dried his wheat
with heated rocks, and was never trou-
bled with the weavel. Take good sized
rocks, make them sufficient hot to heat
without burning the wheat. First put
into hogshead or box, layer of wheat
then layer of rocks. About two layers
of rocks will be enough for a hogshead.
We tried this plan last year, and have
not yet seen the bill of a weavel in it.
Eet our friends try the experiment, it can
do no harm,. and may save, much loss
and labor.-Rome Courier.
ABOUT Cows.-Every one has felt the
inconvenience of having his cows calye
during the night. In all seasons, but es-
pecially in winter, this is exceedingly an
noying, and not only demands continual,
useless watching, on the part of the COW
keeper, but very often indirectly causes
the death of the calf and its mother.
Now it has been ascertained by a person
living in the neighborhood of Utrecht,
that a cow with calf, milked for the last
time at night instead of in the morning,
Out Of 80 COWS on which the experiment
was tried, only three or four are men,
toned by Mr.. Nunan, as being excep-
tions As confirming the above state
ment we may mention the fact, that a
large farmer in the eampine has also tried
the same plan with success.-Eastern Ga
Zette.
HINTS TO FARMERs.-T Tomatoes make
excellent preserves.
Plants, when dropping, are revived by
u few grains of camphor.
Pears are generally imnroYed by graft.