The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-09-01
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ihaa sfsf ti,e is.,ss No,,mLsi fron--
fhs cora rTup has l.s-n - severely
chpr4ea tlsai zone farmer, lass sincs
Fluvei g up 70 .o~ bsc. -irai. ---abd
tsgS hey Hrt Si''ui s. pig~ ~ ibs burl.
sbrsi 10 sow wheat. Cattle have a..
rssis hsFan 70 oonsubs The fodder To-
tended Soc nsri .infsrs uss. Bot
ssngis year q less .iosid bos disbcsn
~ ss'eT,risinE aud Unity farmers.
snoas ~ man, ia Succession that give
abaaJsni I'rodsc;s. and especially should
iasy lOol abos, them 10 zee " this On.
S'eAi state n thing. cannot b, turned
wiih pscuiisr advantages 10 profitable
aoroant We shall furnish onc or too
suEgrsiion. Of lhi. charact ,. aud the
prao' cal farmer ~iIl dosb,iess think Of
rasuv more.
Every observing culIi,s,or la. hal
90 opportunity u seeing ih,. year the
great sd'shisgcs VI q bigh farming -
o.. IN csher words, of deep iillase. high
msnering. anJ thorough management.
Dap aad r'eA 'osh suffer ineomparably
less lhsn others. We have bow crop.
growing on land worked 100, or more
deep With satsoil or trench plo~. snd
well inanurei, that grow with great lux.
urinnoc and appear 10 hold The droulh
- sovereign contempt Other land
plo~ei in the ordinary manner. is una.
bic 10 retain the moisture, and the plants
are rerisbing. IN other cases. copi.
oo. application Of manHrs, rel uired
~hh the soil, has impaired such early
,ieor TO the crops, that they have in
measure grown beyond It's reach .Sca.
'o'nt2e attention, ha, again obtained
signal advantages.
The are certain agricultural opera.
'ions Tor which the present season is
peculiarly adapted. High cultivation
cannot be given to land without the ns.
si-isnec OF abundance Of manure,--and
ih'' abundance is very largely promo.
ted by securing at the proper season a
good supply Of well dried peat, muck or
turf Peat or swamp muck is, when
wet. more than five sixths water; and
therefore IL dug or carried in winter OF
at any wet season, the work is attended
with vast amour, Of unnecessary la
Dor. in the removal Of so much water
Al the present tine many muck swamps
are comparatively dry, even among
those tina, have never been drained, and
which are commonly inaccessible on this
account Large mssses might now be
thrown iuto heaps, and protected from
the weather, 10 as 10 become well dried
for winter application
Those who do not enjoy the benefit
OF 'Samps, may secure supplies for a
similar purpose from low, rich, wet pas
inre., or from we, waste grounds, not
Otherwise Of much value.
The present unusual season also af.
iords great facilities fOr draining swamps
and marshes. bitches may be Gu,
through places which from their usual
~ciness, would be attended AT other
times with double OF tril le the labor
nov required Lighi,'dry muck may
be shoyslled out with great rapiditv.
but whSn soaked with water, /, i. not
only performed with greater labor, but
the flowing in Of The water render. the
work particularly disagresble. Every
farmer ~ho possesses low, wet. worth.
less or poor land. should seize the pres.
eni opportunity to give it a thorough
draining. We could give instances al
most without nnmbcr where land. Of
ot this character have been increased
more Than ten fold in value by efficient
d'iehing, onr or two year. crops in some
instances fully rrpsy1ng the coat of the
whole operation. The product Of such
land Was originally flags, sedge, and 9th.
~ worthless grosth when made dry.
the most l"suriAni crop. Of timothy took
'he'r place, and when a portion Of up
Land sol has been .preal over the re.
claimed muck, the addition Of clover
ha' ''er9 quite successful Such land
has al'o afforded the finest crops Of corn
bot where the soil Ia nearly clenr muck
or peat and consequently more Liable to
'f"'' than more compact soils, !, Ia,
eeen found Necessary to plant a nuIe
later 40 a. to escape the frosis Of spring.
ana TO Use sort npcning early - a. 10
AVOID ii'csc u autumn.
hPc" drains are required when a
large amount Of water aou. on !, "a.
act sras'n. Such drain, should be-
'arn',b'-i -'ih the slop,ns sail. Of stone
~ pf-'f,n-ele, TO Pfrtyut the bank.
'gii'ing do~a--a very common cao,e
q failure IN open drains through
'vanP'. saeh ohAnnel, a. TIL, an.
eniy n's-icd as main OF central out.
H. Al iac smaller may b, covered