Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-11-08
RICHMOND WHIG.


=. rozE the Losdos 1sses Oct. IL
Ar. stafford cooplsin~d the osher d.y thai IN. f.r
isers are too much ecssred II IL must b. col-i ,h,
H,eacs. osssory ID rather dd.etic it vi also be- adj
s'"se inst The o.ors those uho mnxie most With
,ne '.rmers and Who ought 70 knos them b~sl WI, A.
'esst, rvsding the report on Irish Agy..,sl
ues and ding that the Registrar suggests IN. p,oor;-,
sh~ "hieh would render the exter iun.tou Of weed
"ndng under certain penalties upon the farmer. c.nn,
'ssi-t tis- conclusion that uherr such en.r,mn, ~
us,t n~ce--sry Instruction be very much rrouir
cd who voald have believed that in ths country . nub
Sss. 'essy should, Nth the approval Of the Lo,d
k'sssrn-a aud anid the applause oi the Ir~h journal,
~ c-rd spc" to demand p-remptoriy the -r.dc.rioo
.eed.. he'. u no question OF some ne f.neI-d Az
nes.s a Improvement The soul Of the husb.ndman /,
os Dos psrpiex"d sith ihe exciting themes Of the
se.eos' With spccustiUns The steam plough With
~ rr~ping machines. rith imaginative ~xerr
On 'ne Dses.ed innu-nces OF liquid manure with
'eus-'ons on The besi rotation OF crops ~ith defence
sE,cnural statistics, With that iench doctrine ,h.t
tne British constitution has is mo-t nuri.iv r,sa, h.
zoe tarfnp 6eids u England The Iri-L f.r~.r !. NO,
-" s-~sed nth that enigma of political CO nomy which
tsey nnd 90 di1cu understand that the n.tion.
Vegetable has been the national ruin The Registrar en-
'hs very anpiest Law oi cultivation than which no.
thing can be mora obvious
fhe presence Of seeds huruly IN rre.ser y.,.t,
OH way. than many people in.gse- Growing in,he same
on WIN the cultivated ss,d there spring. up r;v.Iry
hut they interfere With The action Of ,. ..,,1.
ana io,ese see uoi-isrs sbieA feeds The cosn Wbx,
-'nd or rsiu comes s wSeas ssiss 3-.s,sr ra.. al
so,% e'SS ai soone, and in.s-r i.n njare the -hols
"e' when the ld s cut The weeds take \ r.vrh onx
~ ume to dry ,han the crop which they are found snd
ihere iolo~s delay the gathering Of IN. h.rx.,
when the grain comes to be hr.shed out, is mixed
" such quantity of droes that endless I.bour has "a,
spent IN separating what IA good from hat il bad vbil
great deal OF The seeds which are thu. winuoved ava,
h.s through the air to interfere jurously as eyrr
18th the succeeding harvest The se-ss OF th..
psnr are unfortunately, prolific than those of the
eu's'eu crop A poppy il has been calculated bears
some $4,000 seeds thistle 5000; the common docl
i5ooo Corn evidently has chance against plants t,
aie 20 fertile unless il be vey carefully trns n TO-
tile observstiuns Of Sir John Sinclair one car e ,
good idea OF the which thee no,ous pror,L
Iure the crops. Various experiments v.re r.d IN o,
der 20 ascertain the precise ady.n,g. GAINED D., -
wedding Fields were selected one allotted On ~hsa, 49,
other to barley and the third to oats Parts of th.s
heids carefully weeded and III. rep,.ni,,, ,,o,
were prepared in the ordinary manner without any
attempt TO extriminaie the weeds IL Wa then so,d
,t 'he iorner, or thoroughly cleaned DIVISION ia th.
neu oil wheat produced 22i bushels per lcre while the
atter division roduced only Is bushels the Weld in The
one case bring 25 per better than in the otbcr g.
ut the barley; the produce OF the weeied nort;on -
more than double that o ths unweeed and IN. resul,
slth regard TO oats still more decisive VIII,
II known that the wedding cost not mora ,h.n 10 -
acre IL will be that a very small OUTLAY there I.
very large return IL is IMPLY that the weeds are got
rad Of but the plants rooted up and left 10 ro, on ,h o.;
irrtilze il, and the bane becomes ia on .n,;,,
The and it is true will b. perfectly free from tb
intruders, but the evil may be reduced 10 a ,a;.;
and the reward OF vigorous wedding is that once
'uy accomplished tire labour required i'm this irrctio,
VIII afterwards be trl.ng Both the QUANTITY and the
quality OF the crops improved and not ony Is tber
TINS great gain at very small cost but there 4 also e.
wing IN the process Of wirnoving the corn and there i
not 80 much risk Ia the harvest from engtbens,
pocure to the changes Of the we. ther
t certainly annoying Tor armer who k.eps b;s land
IN perfect order to have for his neighbor sorenly bu
oAdmAf who seems 20 cookie and thistle with th,
same assduity that others bestow upon wheat h,l.
aud IRON who's oadly kept fields the light seeds are bovn
With every breath Of wind give endless trouble 10 the
more CAREFUL sgrieulturst. At the same time We are Ia
Ken aback by the opoai OF Mr. Donnelly To connsI
ers OF land I" destroy the weeds-a measure which h.
Sy would be gratefully received by the farming classes
ana De productive Of great national benefit We scarce
know whether to treat jest or earnest IL seems
Incredible that sach enactments should be on
the hEst blush t preposterous to establish ucb
law as to decree that whoever takes farm must pougb
and reap the fruits OF it. and bread that he earn,
The fact Of his hiring tarm Is an ;mn;.d nrasnn
ton that he do.o ~, -. a.. - 'es.e'nP-