The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-03-15
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TIE PLANTATION.

TIE PLANTATION.
Keep your plous going briskly when.
ever the ground is not too wef-turr
under all refuse and vegetable matter
that il may ,lecompo.e. and yield nu
triment to the coming crops OF Corn
| and Cotton. Piom deep. and if you
have no regular sub>soil pillow LET ,our
turning plow be followed. 10 The same
furrow. by a bulltongue. or broad coul-
ter, drawn by a stout team. This will
loosen up the subsoil. and bring into
cultivation portion Of your land,
which heretofore has been Of little use
10 you. The old system Of surface
scratching. To the depth Of three or
foar inches. must be abandoned. No
planter in the South slinuld pretend To
plant a crop Of Corn or Cotton in less
than ten inches of mellow and we'll ma
,nured soil. Try deep blowing one year,
and you will need no urging thereafter.
Manure should now be hauled out,
distributed over The ground, and pillow.
ed deeply under. Scatter il evenly,
50 that al! the plants may be fed.
Spread all trash. weeds, corn and
cotton stalks. &C.. and turn them un-
der with the pillow. Haul leafmould
from the holluws of the woods. and
compost il with barn yard manure,
lime and ashes, before you spread IL ON
your fields.
FiIlep gullie- with logs. brush. &c.,
and run bitches along your hill sides
TO prevent washing. Deep blowing
will also be fund beneficial ON hill
sides subject to wash.
Repair old buildings-erect new
ones-look over your farm implements
take goud care Of stock, and keep
all work animals in good condition for
the hard labor the, will have to accom-
plish the coming season.
Commence your farm operations This
year, with the determination to make
larger crops than heretofore-to prac-
tice more thorough system Of plan
tatinn and domestic economy--to a.
vail yourselves Of all the lights of az.
ricu!tural science-to improve sour
old worn.out fields-to keep out of
debt--and by your earnest and perse.
vciing efforts to elevate the vocation
OF the Farmer TO its rightful position
at the head Of all other professions.
lie is a public benefactor who, by
the prudent and skiliul outlay of his
money in bettering its condition, shall
make single field yield permanently
a double crop; and he who does this
over a square mile, virtually adds a
square mile to the national territory
nav. he does more, he doubles TO this
extent the territorial resources of the
country, without giving the State any
larger actual area to defend. All bail,
then, to the improers Of the soil !!
health and long lie be their fortune
may their hearts be light and their
purses heavy--may their dreams be
few aud pleasant, and their sleep the
sweet repose OF the weary--may they
see the fruits nf their own labor, and
may their sons reap still heavier har.
vests. Biackrood's Magazine,
How TO CrRE coLD.-0f all the
means Of curing colds, fasting is the
most effectual. Let whoever has cold
eat nothing whatever for two days, and
his cold will be gone, provided he is
not confined to his bed; because, not
taking carbon into the system by fuoa,
but consuming the surplus which caus
es that disease by breath. he soon car.
ries off the disease by removing the
cause. This will be found more etfec-
tual if he adds copious water drinking
to protracted fasting. By the time a
person has tasted one day and night he
will experience a freedom from pain,
and clearness of mind, in delightful
contrast with the mental stupor and
physical pain, caused by colds. And
how infinitely better is this method Of
breaking up colds, than BY medicine.
We believe this TO be from medical
journal, but its source we now do not
remember. 1t looks right, and can be
easily tried, at saving, by any one
who can 60 forty eight hours without
fuud.
TRActNe PApER.-A sheet of fine
thin white, paper dipped into a thin
solution Of gum arabic and then press
ed between two dry sheets, renders the
three transparent when dry; it is very
useful for tracing purposes. as il can
either be written or painted upon.