The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-04-12

els were raised in 1850, and ass. 20.
in 1870; the average yield per acre Il
a little more than fourteen bushels
The average yield of-barley is twent,
one Bushels to the acre. Ii is not a
extensively cultivated as formerly
Oats averaged thirty bushels to Ia,
acre last season; the total produc,
being I.2l0.s;s bushels, or I 6. .O6s les
than IN 1870. of potatoes il is esti
mated that about two and half mil,
lion bushels are produced annually.
The report refers to the increased
cultivation OF the cranberry which ha.
lately fzken place. aud gives some in,
teresting details Of its culture:
The cost Of setting out cranberrics
generally varies from 800 TO 500 per
acre and when properly set out. in a
suitable location. the average yield will
DC about i50 bushels. The cultiya-
tion Of cranbcrries is becoming an inn
portant branch Of agriculture, more
than 100, 900 bushels having been "a
thered during. the past season from
land which for all other purposes would
have been comparatively worthless.
Tine number of acres of woodland in
1880 was s96.f5O, or l66,65S more
than ia 1870; showing an annual in
crease III near 1000 acres.
This is a remarkable fact when taken
In conneIion with the increase Of pop
ulation throughout the State.
The Improvement in breeding stocks
to be very marked. The
sheep brought 10 Smithfield market
now average eighty pounds. and the
neat cattle average over 500 pounds.
In 1880 there were 1921 cows in
the State three years old and upwards ;
about $4,000 oxen four years old and
.6,-05 steers and heifers
over one year; and 74,06o horses-all
showing considerable increase except
heifefs and steers.
The number OF sheep in Massachu-
setts in lS40 was 54S, 500; in 1880 it
was l79,4sS. The competition Of the
Western States has been a chief cause
IN producing this decrease. The me-
rino sheep seem to be most esteemed
in this State.
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|, NEw FARMs LATELY DISCOVERED.
LAWYERS ascertaincd long time ago.
That landh0iders owned far below the
surface but farmers never suspected
that their deeds gave them right to
more than six inches Of the surface.
Scarcely any have thought Of looking
deeper than this. except the diggcrs for
gold and water. The sub soil pillow is
revealing to the agriculturist treasures
before unknown. Discoveries in the
earth are keeping pace with those in
the sky, and a new earth is opening to
the cultivatur, as new heaven is TO
the astronomer. In The soil is a great
source Of phosphate Of lime, which few
farmers have hit upon ; | mean in that
part of the farm which lies more than
six inches below the surface. There
since the Deluge has lain undisturbed
this fertilizer in hard compact mass.
Roots Of the grains aud grasses cannot
penetrate it. There it is and has been
for thousands Of years. insoluble, ex-
cept when roots apply themselves to
it.
Not one farmer IN twenty ever plows
deeper than SIX inches. The roots
cannot Get at the mine below, for it is
too hard. As beneficial as the sub. soil
plow has proved to be where used, not
one farmer in five hundred uses one
throughout the Empire State. You
may ask them why this is SO, and they
will answer, cur grandiathers never
used them. and they generally had
great crops, and We think it better to
follow their examples, than 10 be car
ried away BY the silly fashions Of the
present day. 1medeaa AZ.
INDIAN MEAL WAfFLEs.-Boil two
cups Of homminv very soft, add an
equal quantity Of siitcd Indian meal,
a tablespoonful Of salt, halt a tea cup
Of butter, and three eggs, with milk
sufficient to make thin batter. Beat
all well together, and bake in waffle
irons.