Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-02-15

NY laEm' supposed, ~ tons, which, at
So per ton would make 500"
The cost of the manures purchased bv
me is as follows, per acre:
100 bushels of limo, $40 90
800 lbs. of Guano at So 5O-lOO 30
20 bushels of Bonc-dust, II 90
10 bushels Of Salt, 125
! $50 IS por acre"
"The laid is now in grass, having been
seeGed to Timothy, Orchard-grass, and
Clover, and is in condition to give three
crops of grass"
Mr.. Hewlett when he seeded his Wheat
in the fall of 1859, sowed one bushel of
Orchard-g grass, and l peck of Timothy
seed, per acre, and in the spring of 1858,
he sowed one bushel moro of Orchard
grass, and one peck of clover seed, per
acre so that his land is heavily set in
grass and clover, and is now in coudi-
ton to give three years crops of grass,
without farther expense; and the infer
cnce is a fair one, that the land at the
expiration of the next three years will be
in highly improved condition, capable
with very little help, by the way of ma
nure, of producing good and profitable
crop of either Wheat or Corn, whichever
he may see fit to put in it.
Thirty-nine dollars and seventy cents,
cents, per acre, seems at first, a heavy
sum of money to expend in improving
ono acre of land; but when we come to
look at the matter in an enlarged and
justly economical view it ceases 10 be so.
When Mr. Hewlett came into possession
of his farm in l848, this lot only produ-
ced II bushels of Wheat, per acre, where
as, in 1858, it produced him SO GIG bu-
shells per acre, an increase, per acre, of
27 9-66 bushels, SO that by his thorough
system of manuring and management, he
has made acre produce as much, and Il
fraction over, as 81 acres did before he
undertook his Improvement.
Let US see how the account Of debit and
credit stands To say nothing of the
Wheat straw, Corn fodder, tops and husks,
which may be assumed rs equivalent to
the labor bestowed in the production and
culture Of the ground, we have this cxhi-
bit:
Mr.. Hewlett sold
GI7 bushels Wheat in 353, ut 81 Is 1928 O6
49, tons of Hay, at 50 per ton l66 50
He retained for farm consumption 10
tons at So 30 90
H. raised in 1881, lO'5 bbls Corn psr
acre, or on the I6 ncres at - ) bu-
shells per acre, SD bushels, which
at 80 cts. per bushel,is 12) 90
=l,l0l, 56
lie paid for manure, as sll ewn before,
S39 75-lOO per acre, or for manuring the
IG acres, G35 90
lett of s7G0 Sc
Without taking into the account the
corps of Hay which will be grown on this
land the next three years which may be
fairly estimated to yield on an average Of
tons Of Hay per acre, each year, or
that the 6 acres will yield in the 3 cnsue-
! ing years 96 tons Of Hay, which at $40
per ton, will amount to $96O-and this
prospective yield should be credited to the
improvement, as it will be ascribable TO
the manure applied then if we adj this
to its credit as above, the profit will amount
to ST., ,929 56-1OO.
Such facts speak for themselves, and
we shall leave our readers to draw their
own conclusions, as to how far it is prof.
table to thoroughly improve worn out
| lands. Before we conclude, however, we
j would respectfully call attention to the
fact; that Mr. Hewlett very wisely based
his system of improvement upon the ap-
plicatiou of lime, and to bear in mind,
that we have always contended, that lime
should always form the base of every sys-
tenn looking the permanent improvement
of worn out, exhausted lands.
We think that Mr.. H. would have got
along quite as we'll in his improvement
had he applied much smaller quantity
of lime than he did. For all the purposes
of a single rotation, so far as the crops
are concerned, we believe that 20, 25 or
80 bushels should,be stiff, adhesive clay
the texture of which it is desirable to
break down and render friable, then the
application of the last named quantity
would be especially proper, as it would
take that number of bushels to perform
the desired, mechanical service but so
far as what may be termed the chemical
operation Of the mineral is interested, our
opinion is that either Of the three first ma
med quantities would prove amply sulfici-
ent.
A remark or two may not be out OF
place, in connection with the application
of GuunO to the Wheat crop. It will
have been seen by Mr.. Hewlett's state.
ment, that he only applied 100 lbs. Guano,
per acre. directly to the Wheat crop, and
yet, that the product per acre was raised
from II bushels per acre, in 1848, to 38
9-16 bushels in 1853. 1t is but reasoua-
BILE to suppose, that the 200 TBS. of Qua.
no, per acre, applied to the Corn crop in
1851, was mostly consumed by that crop
and the peas which formed the crop ia
1859. This latter crop, it will be recol,
Iected was depastured by stock during the
months of August and September of that
year; and that after the stock was reno.