Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-03-28


Now, as 10 the mode by which applied the
cnano To the corn crop, so Indef"iteiy desert
bed in the report oi the "Farmer,' Clph," pub.
lished in ihe Germantown Telegraph, ot which
YOU desire more definite description, l would
saw that it was as follows.
The land. sandy loan, had been cropped
within the last five yearsthus: an orchard grass
sward was turned under " ith about thirty two
horse loads of stable manure (prnclPally from
horned catte) and one bushe! gypsum per acre
in planting potatoes in the spring OIL The
yield was 250 bushels per acre. The land
was sown with wheat (Medterrdneean)
the following autumn. The yield OF wheat
" as 36 32 bushels per acre The stuooIe
vas turned under Immediately after harvest,
subsequently 300 lbs Of guano. and 10 bushels
bone dust were cultivated in per acre, and III.
purple top turnip seed sown broadca't Ger
acre, and narrowed in with II quarts timothy
seed per acre. Tie turnip Yielding 100 bush
els per acre, were pulled in the autumn ot
1919, and the ground Vas found to be We'll set
with timothy. was nown for two successive
wears, (iS50 aud 1851 J and no fertilizer ap
liz d save one bushcl gypsum per acre. he
Weld of timothy hay as about ! tons per
acre "a III year During the autumn OF 1881
it was pastured after moving, but very hitIe
In March bout the 25th) OF 1852 sowcd
broadcast upon his lot abou' l60 lbs. ot guano
(composted abovt) per ace, aid allowed
the grass to grow (Which II did very taPd "
until about the 18th of May. when the ground
was poughed to The depth of el.h Inch's' i"l.
low iug the su, face. with the subsofl plough.
to the depth OF six inches more. Inc ground
a rolled with ii Ii ht roller i'nmeJiatrly alter
the plou shs-al allowed 10 lie thus until the 25'h
OF Nav, when the entlre surface was gang.
ploug bed 10 the depth of three inches, ,harro"
ed four ,imes. furrowed out both ways BY
furrowing machine four feet each way. 5 ker.
ncl- Of mixed gourdseed and large yellow
flint corn planted and covered with hoes about
two inches in depth. When the com was all
up, applied one bushcl gypsum per acre'and
" hen the corn was from three TO hve lncrts
in height, passed light one horse plough
through il, turning the furfo"s about iour Ihch
es in depth fom the hills, following the plough
and ste" ing rs lbs. guano per acre IN the ihr-
rows and following Immediately with com
mon horse hoe, or cultlvator. Incorporating the
yuano with tic soil This completed, the same
process was RI pca,ed 10y passing through the
crop The other way, and spil ing 10 lbs more
oi cuiro making total ot 3OO los guaho per
acre. The crop " as suhseq' eutly cultivated
four times with new cultvat"i, which used
for the first umr in this crop Ii IS 50 arrang-
ed that the earth may lie lurr ed to or from The
hills at pleasure, and complete Incorporation b"
pas ino it but once betW the rows he
| hand Zoe was not u.el in the culture of this
crop, aud yet It " as kept in perfect order
The Weld Was about seventy bushels per acre
of beautiful sound corn. do not th'nk the
land would have produced more than ht'y
bushels per acre without the guano, winch
was all the application that 1t had. save the
Ialqr amonnt of grass. (the product "f The ilfs'
application ofthe guano (which was at plough
ing tine sufficiently large to have cut good
swartb
claim that much of the guano used by the
usual mode. that is, by apply sing large qusnt''
ties at once,is lost,aud the benefit derived from
its use no, in proportionio theqnantfy applied
Plants, like animals, require certain amount
of food every day throughout their hves. NO
farmer would think ofplacng before his morse
at one time food sufficient fora year taking tho
chances for its waste or preservation ard ex-
nee, the animal to be as well and economically
kept as if the proper amount OF TODD was d"''