The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-11-16

produced their immense burdens oi
timber, and with the small retnrn Of
the foliage, retain their fertility. Ma.
ture does not look 10 destruction, but /
TO production. The spring makes haste .
10 atone Tor the barrnness Of the win /
ter. by restoring the beauty ami per-
fceflen which its biting fr0st had de-
str0ycd. inslresf the richest tints in
the land escape, c0lorrd hy IRE henesi !
violence ol heaAcn. arc seen ia the ten
deney of nature 10 fcnosate its beau
ties. and reproduce its fruits. Il Is
only when an ART IDEAL pr''cess Is nitro
duced. that artificial aids are necessa-
ry. The introduction Of cereal grains
and other crops, not patural 10 the soil,
has rendered rotation necessary To the
continuance Of fertility, unless there is
a continual supply Of suitable manures
for the supportkof the same crop oi-
ten repeated. II that were done, cul>
iisation might Ne unrcmitted. 1t Is
strong figure Of speech Il say, that land
becomes tired aud needs rest. Land
becomes poor BY constant drain Of
the elements Of fertility, but il imme-
diateiY recupelstes when they are re-
stored Art does this promptly and AZ
once, aud nature slowly aud bydegrees,
aud hence the notion dat land ac-
quires fefdlity By rest. So far from
absolute rest, when left without cuI-
tiyation, il PRODUCES vegetation 10 the
extent of its capacity. II annually
manured. cultivation each wear would
increase its powers Of production.
Who thinks ef resting d garslcns Old
garden spots are the best, because, al
though cul:Rated in the same crops,
and those eal,austing ones, they are
every wear nanurcd. Butt am speak
ing of the system of shifts. as it is call.
cd, as a meaas of improvements. Ma
ny farmers ttm to suppose, that, with
these shifts the system is complete ;
that the PR ess Of cultivation may con-
sinue indie 'ndently, without deterio-
ratirs. of 4. soil. This is a great and
fatal en- Land, tits granted, will
not gg III poorer under this system, as
RAJ Ny as il would under tie mere al
trF4l sslcn pfsCrops from year 70 year,
but lie difference of ultimate exhaust
-iv+r s-s snl ~a suestical pf time. This i
the more certainly true, since tlle usual
practice, in the year ofrest. IS to cover
the field with stock, which Craze i
close and clean and leave it pressed
by the hools and scorched by the sun
Ii reminds me Of the peace which fol-
lows the footsteps Of ruthless con
queror:
"Mark where lis carnage and bis conquests ceasi
He mukes solitude an calls thgi peace
Land taxed with two successive year
Of production, is delivered over to tn
teeth and hools Of an oyerstockeJ farm
and that Is called rest No system D
rotation, which includes less than 6v,
shifts, can secure increasing fertilit,
and sustain full stocking Of domesti
animals. And even this must be aide
by the introduction of artificial grasses
and the application Of all the manure
which can be collected to cover I'll
land and supplyit with the-elements !
production. Grasses adapted to ever
!. variety III soil can be readily found, an
: experiment will decide which are tn
{ best. These, with deep and eiiectui
: ploughing. and relieving the fields irol
J the grazing Of stock until well covere
with turf, would produce results IN IN
proyement which would astonish tho.
E who have not tried the experiment.
d Without the diiigent and perseyel
n ing cultivation Of grasses, farming cal
# not prosper. Those belonging to ol
c climate appear late in the Spring Al
: are destroyed by the first Geld wealth
a OF the winter. A number, such as cli
} yer, herdsglass, and others, rene,
: this evil, and afford abundant means I
p increased profits in raising and tatte
e ing cattle. In the absence Of such
,e provision, we are thrown entirely upt
i, the crops of corn and oats, both
l. great value, and, indeed, indispensable
1t but both, in our present system, gre
IS exhausters. 1t is impossible to pa
Of through the country in the spring, WI
10 out being panied to observe the cat
j which have just achieved the ent'
5. prize of enduring the winter. Tht
le which have survived, give unmistak
N able indications that their perils Ia
ID been great, and tile danger Of star
l. ton imminent. No branch Of our far
he ing operations would be more protitai
Ill than this. if prudently conducted. tt
81 farmer, on one hand, would avoid
is. oyerstock, and, on the other, provide a
pie means of feeding, by devoting
is, and wet lands, which are unsafe tor c
ng tiyation, to meadows for hay, he wol
tu- at once perceive the value OF the 5yste
in in increased. domestic comforts aud
Of profits from sales made from his ial
ms There must be bad management win
III, the seaboard towns Of North Carol
lie purchase hay and garden vcgetal
of from the New England States. The
-of medy of this evil lsnot 10 be found al
ro- i'll improved breeds Of cattle, hogs
BY sheep; neither Durhams, Dcyons, Il