Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-09-15
Fixed racts ina sriculturo.ql1

grass is grown, must either have lime in
them naturally. or that material must be
artifcially supplied itmatters not whe-
Their II be supplied in the form of stone
lime, oyster shell lime, or mari. .-..,. q
8. All acknowledgement oflands
must look to lime as It's basis. ir
3. Lands which have been long in
culture will be benefited by aPPlica-
ton of phosphate of lime, and It is unim-
portant whether the deficiency be suppl
ed in the form of bone dust, guano, ma
tive phosphate Of lime, compost OF hshes,
or in that of oyster she'll lime or mari, II
the land needs lining also,
d. No lands can be preserved in high
state of fertility, unless clover and grasses
are cultivated in the course of rotation.
s, Mould is Indispensable to every soil /;
and a healthy supply can alone be pre-
served through the cultivation of clover
and the grasses, the turning of green
crops, or by the application of composts,
rich in tho elements of moulds.
6. All highly concentrated animal ma
nure is increased in value, and the benefits
prolonged, by admixture with plaster,
silt or pulveTiEed charcoal.
Deep blowing greatly improves the pro-
ductiNeuess of every variety OF soil, that
is not wet.
8, Sub-soiling sound land, that is, land
not wet, is eminently conducive to increa-
Ged production.
9. All wet lands should BIO we'll drain
cd.
10, All grain crops should be harvest
ed from seven to ten days before the grain
is thoroughly ripe,
1. Glover, as we'll as grasses, intend
ed for hay, should be moved when in full
bloom and after drying partially, be put
up in small cocks, and thus cured.
12. Sandy lands can be most effectually
improved by clay. When such lands re-
is most benefcially applied when made
into compost with clay. In Stacking
lime, salt brine is better than water.
IS. The chopping, or grinding of grain
to be fed to stock. operates as saving of
at least IS per cent.
ID. Draining wet lands or marshes, add
to their value, by making them produce
more and better crops; and producing
them earlier-as we'll as improving the
health of the vicinity around.
Is. To manure or lime wet land, is to
throw manure, lime and labor away.
I've OubIlO" W IIll-
poverish the soil, while it decreases pro-
duction.
II. By stabling and shedding stock
through the winter, a saving OF one fourth
of the food may be effected, that is, one
fourth less food will answer, than when
exposed to the inclcmency of the wealth
er.
10, A bushel Of plaster per acre, sowu
l,rOoluovt fbo al ,,,1I all 1OOI
per cent. TO its produce.
tend to keep up the integrity of soils, by
supplying most, if not all, of the inorgan-
ic substances.
90. Thorough preparation Of land is
absolutely necessary to the successful and
luIuriant growth Of crops.
81. Abundant crops cannot be grown
for = succession of years, unless care be
taken to provide, and apply, an equivalent
for the Substances carried off the land in
the products grown thereon
22. TO preserve meadows in thcl pro-
ductiveness, it is necessary to h,rrow
them we'll every autumn, apply top ress-
ing and roll them.
23. All stiff clay soils are benefited by
fall or winter plowings ; but should ever
OC plOWCu "ullC LtGJ arc "SN' ~ bt NuSu !
plowings, the furrow be materially dep
ehed, lime, mari or ashes should betp-
piled.
IS, Young stock should be moderasly
fed with grain, in winter, and receive en-
crous supplies of provender, in order nat
the formation Of muscles, bones, etc., nay |
be encouraged or continuously cared
on. |
or NI;loL ,o,,, -; ,r;,to, Il, Ill
kept in dry, moderately warm, but vii
ventilated quarters, be regularly fed ad
watered three times n day, salted twe
or thrice week, have clean beds, be Gu
ried daily, and in addition to their lon
provendcr, should receive succulent foot
morning and evening,
&c. Full compliments of tools and i'm
plements of husbandry, are intimately
connected with the success Of the hus
FbSndman.
ricultural success, but can be as profitabll
used in farming as in any other occupa
ton.
90, Punctuality in engagements is a
necessary to an agriculturalist as to
merchant.
90. Every husbandman should care
fully read and digest matters connected
with his business his success being. a
dependent upon full knowledge Of it
principles and details, as is that of tn
lawyer or physician, with knowledg
of the science of law or physic.
80. Wheat, rye, oats and barley
should never follow each other in a cours
of rotation there should always be a
intervening hoe crop between them.
81, Weeds should never be permitte