Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-29
GEOLOGICAL SUR KEY
D1y1Ds0S COUNTY


IN 4,is IsxcELLEscv. Dawn >. Rem 8
Go In INV last c0uiInun cation my remarks were
niined uoslly the character Of tie better lands
and soils Of Alecklenburg and Rowan These Janus
are probably the bes in die State Of tIeir capacities
As whole or if their producing powers IN tte ag-
,rteoate are considered. This view intended 70 ex.
Vfsss notwithstanding the fact that IN dry seasons
s they suffer more than others which are mnch less
fertile But these lands lave not been fully Tested,
though they have been cutyate Tor more tlan half
century, perhaps more than century. they mest
have been highly productive when they We're first
ti!led But appears that great productive
ness does belong first Of years after ill
iaqe begins. Il that when lands clear
ed OF the forest that the first crops require frrtil
izers. The growth is almost spontaneous. The
planter SONS and his harvest is But when eX-
uhcrance OF fertilizing matter is nearly exhausted
and The soil begins 10 flag il should by no means be
regarded used Up, thai it must he Abandoned and
that new fields must be cleared. Instead oil regard
ing The soil as having passed us best ana most pro-
Juciiye period II should he considered only sub
edHed and ready Tor the system OF cultivation.
The soils Of England, which have been cultivated
eighteen hundred years. produce more by the present
system OF husbandy than they cou:d nave Produceo
tifino their first years of tillage. Parts at New
England and New ork yield a greater pr"he than
they did their first settlement, mean that they Will
yield greater namher OF husheis OF "hedt anS So'N
Than when Trey were in their virgin state. Hence'
the idea that old lands comparatively worthless
should be exploded, and the sooner this Is done The
better.
the western Cabarrus those lying between Concord
and Charlotte and these may be added the Tlch
red lands of Uwarre and Caraway-l say 10 Apply
this doctrine to these lands, believe that they are
onIy sub6ued, and that they are only Just no" READY
TO WELD their ma ximum harvest. No one, however,
should misunderstood my views, tor DO not mean
that by pursuing the old plan OF cultivation oy tread
ing in the old track, that these iahaS are IdP "
producing more they do now, but II is by ullage,
bY the OF those appliances which are truly modern
that these results be expected. have no DOUBT
that many plantations whose yield OF cotton Is ordi-
narily GOO lbs. may be made to produce 5000 lbs
and those which yield 800 lbs, 1900 lbs. My oPln-
ion is based present modes and means or present
labor and present husbandry. lfby slight addition
ed 10 the acre, why is it not rational to suppose That
BY bringing all The present appliances OF husbandTy to
bear upon IIiage that such result may be realized
There is no doctrine which SO important TO
be incucaed the foregoing, for SO long as plan
tiers look upon old soils and old lands worthless,
so long their efforts will be deferred. But when
once they are SO satisfied of The truth that old lands
are susceptible of Improvement, and especially, 1t
they can be made to believe that by culture. they lie
capable of producing more bushels and more weight
Of corn and cotton per acre, than when the plough
first broke up the surface they Will be ready for try
inc better systems and better modes of husbandry.
Well history sus,ans this view. All'hisiory relat
ing agriculture sustains H. II is but the expert.
sDce Of the expeIienced-Uf those who have test
ahe doctrine. 1t is you will not see II stated
in The words in which have presented it now, for
with me il is deduction FROM, history. see 1t In
the results Of English husbandTy, and ii in the
results of the best husbandry both Of The south and
north in this country.
9 am Sir, respectfully,
Your servant
L. EMMONS.