The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-11-30

sih. II ti,e soil j. ~ ton light a tex.
tufe. bringing ii.r sub SOL 10 the sar
fare will proie a corrective in n.sf
ra.es. II the snll be tno sim. by thu
rqG.i disiniesration ard frequent es-
ptsure Of The dilerent strata 10 the at
al.,sphrre. lie too great ienaeiiy Mil
81 drsIrayed.
The nbjrclinns u plow which turns
up the sun sui, are lSt. The greater
,lTaasht power required. ed That the
sub sol viii Inrm an iaieriar bed for
ihe reception III seeds. To this an
r@er. thai tie morr perfect ,li-iaicgra
ton. greater AMI mare permanent ps-
ra>iis gained By the use nl a p.ow
throw .ng up lilc SOL. will compensate
for The greater draught required. That
Il ! Liberal aud proper manuring beap-,
.pl.el "a tie ground after sub soiling.
the soil wall be good enough cor. any
seeds knDw af used.as field crops
likewise that the benefit accruing from
the more perfect ,lisin,egratiun. aud
from the a,lmixturc Of the surface and
sub sulls, will more than compensate
ior any Imagined inlcriority IN this
respect.
Finally. thai this objected inieriori-
ts holds gnod n most Tor the iir>t year,
the advantages accru:ng being on the i
contrary.
10 conclude, | hold That the making
Of single crop being the end IN view
IT may b. suliicien, To divide the sub
soil j; but permanent ameliora ton OF
soil being the end in view. the mare
completed, the sub soil is mixed with
the surface or brought up, the. better.
III my remarks seem To YOU futile, or
behind the agricultural SCIENCE of the
are, beg leave 10 suggest they are as
good as ,ou could reasonably expect
from a section which is ignorant oi
sub soil ploas. and votes agricultural
papers bore.
With sincere respect,
J. J. DEl.CiihMPS.
The above article may be read with
profit by Northern a. well as Southern
farmers. Our correspondent is right
as TO deep snrlace-plowing for many
soils. aud thus giving the portions OF
sub.soils raised the advantages .conse.
qucnt upon cnntart with the aiulns.
!. Per but IN sonr-rases it il hcifer 10
buth s;iriacc and ub.soil. not clcyat-
ing the sub-sull except by the gradual
deepening Of the sariace.plowing, 50
as not to exchange the carbonaceous
matter Of the surface Tor the alumiia
he refers to. more rapidly than II can
be supplied with carbun. He will find
By experiment that carbon and alumi>
ma vii retain ammonia much better
than alumina alone. In some soils.
however, even deep trcnching is adsis
able, reversing the soil To depth of
even three leet, as in old and rich gar
den soils with free and valuable sub,
soils. AS to deep disintegration Sc.
curing crops from drought, II is no Ion
ger question Of doubt.
Mr.. Dclchamps will be Of more real
service 10 the farmers Of Alabama, By
making his views known to them, than
will ali those who vote agricultural pa
pers Il borc.-ED. W0RKiSo FARMER.
There are some persons, often high
in public o!lice-mnre0yer, "cxecutiye
men" as they are sometimes called
who acquire a great reputation Tor pro
lun,lity by never saving any thing; but
, who, Tor that very reason, are suppos.
ed to keep up tremendous hinkmg-
| like old Wouter Van Twiler, in Ir
t wings knickerbockcr's History Of New
! York.
r One of this class of persons, in one
: OF the many pleasant towns in the State
! oil Connecticut, and who, for very ma
. nr years represented that State in Con
4 gress, was, on one occasion, called t,
: lay the corner stone of some .pablic ed
E ifice in the city where he resided. rh,
: day had been appointed, great GROVE
had assembled, and the stone was lais
! "with appropriate ceremonies" ant
e the speaker arose. lie approached th
e corner stone, mounted IT, walked t
!, each corner, pressed il down with hi
e foot, and then, gazing earnestly at til
: crowd, he lifted his right hand, ant
III g in tones that could be heard over tn
: whole vast assemblage," he said, -
e DM ,io"
5 This was all. The audience retire
e slowly; medltating upon how muc
: could be embraced IN single brief sci
il tence, when coming from such a min
1T as that Of Hon. r.
le
II Mouyr VERNoN.-We see it state
m that some mlllionaires have It IN col
temptation to purchase Mount Verno
r for an experimental farm aud the est
DC blishment of IA United States Agricll
e tural College. Some wealthy nam'
mt are said to be interested IN It.
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IL SlGN.-When a man finds gre
IN deal offault with new spaper which
ed never tails to read, IT isa sign that he h
m not paid for it. People seldom pi'
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