The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-10-12

N.ss N1@N I-1<Att INC luf moment
bar reeollecting that plowed som
four or I've inches deeper than mf pre-
deeessor had done. | be2n to see th,
wisdom u my wife's advice. 10 . pioa
estp." had found a manure heap
NJ. little knowledge Of soils. flor hs.
been an attentive reader pf the onlr
agricultural Journal then knew u
the Albany Cultisator.) satisfied me .
this fact. Every round made. m,
heart grew lighter. until. when at noon
returned hume. | let a. well sat.sfi,
ed that | should have good craps. a,
any d my neighLors ~ho had applied
their hundreds Of loads OF manure.
The oats were sown and tue corn and
potatoes planted My neighbrs look.
ed ON aud smiled al nv serdancv, in
hoping 70 realize any thing from tha,
soii without manure. aud 1 verify be.
ilese too should have doubted. bur
for the hopeful spirit Of lny wife She
"asalwa.s cheerful and happy. Busy
as bee the iiveiong day. the hoass
hourly grew more comfortable and
snug. The cows yielded good sup.
p.y OF m.ik. which her ready hand
tasned to Lrst rate butter and cheese.
The garden yielded most excellent ,e-
Setabies. which, with the butter and
cheese. were readily disposed of FIR
cash a. our county town. The chick
en- too. acknowledged her fostering
Care; and ~ TACT every thing she turn,
ed her hand to, appeared to prosper.
Wlth an ANXIOUS heart, however, |
looked forward 10 the time when
should be able to judge Of the charac-
ter OF my growing field crops. The
season was good, and 4 soon had the
pleasure OF seeing them as ilourishing
as any Of my neighbors. aud when har.
vested, they proved to be equally good.
but tins could not last long. { had
strong faith IN the virtues OF deep pillow.
ing now; but common sense taught me
that the time must come when, without
some kind OF manure, should be worse
OFT than ever. Ms manure heap was
increasing. but not rapidly enough to
furnish the supply necessary. Ny
wheat ground required il all, aud more
than ala; aud knew that every fork
iuii could make during the winter
would be- insufficient tor my corn
ground IN the spr,ng. At this juncture
ny agricultural paper came IN as an
adviser. | had read, with much care
and interest, an article on Clover as a
iert.ilzer, When turned under in its
green state, and at once resolved to
irysit, as had done the deep plowing.
Clover seed was purchased, and sown
among the wheat late in February, and
as soon after harvest As | found II to
be IN what | considered its rankest
stage OF growth, turned 1t under,
Keeping IN my mind my wlfe's motto,
"ptoD deep.s again put 1t in wheat,
and the following season Harvested
line crop. do not now remember the
average yield, but know that it was
nearly thirty bushels to the acre. Thus
lar lhings looked So encouraging that
| began to think ofpurchaslng the farm,
anu dad SO the ensuing fall, at very
low rate. As the extent ot my farming
operations enlarged, SO did the number
OF my stock. and as consequence, the
manure heap grew also. Ba, tlis lat
ter fact did not deter me from plrsu.
ing the plan had originally adopted,
OF piowiag deep and fairaiag IN green
ci0rer.
In concluding this has,y sketch. |
would remark tnat it was not prepared
with any desire ON my part either to
extol the merits of my better halt, or
claim originality for the method pur-
sued; but SIMPLY to show tnat It Is not
SO dIiiicult 4 method to restore what Is
generally termed ,cora om lands, as
many suppose. BY dep pioWaag and
gree" maaufiag, have brought my
iarm from state of almost Darrenness,
to what may be considered fair de-
gree Of iertliity. apply, 1t is true,
ali the manure can make, land as
sure you 1t is not little now,) but do
1t IN connection with the clover, and
the value Of the system may be esti
mated by the fact, that the average
yield per acre Of corn tor the last two
years, has been s.xty-fi,e bushels, and
Of wheat twenty five bushels, while my
other crops are equally good. II the
same success attends my efforts which
has thus far iollowed them, shall IN
two years have my farm pad for; and
as closing item | will mentlon, that
the price paid for it was twenty four
dollars an acre, and | have refused se>
venty i've tor it WITHIN the last SIX
months. u. l..
franklin county, Aug. 9, 1852.
We know the writer of the abs.s
well, and testify to the truth OF all.
HIS tarm, winch contains little over
one hundred acres, is rapidly Decom-
ing one of the most desirable IN the
county III P.rn, L,lynuI