The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-02-23

to those in Europe, and the cost Of
transportation, and yet underscll the
British farmers in their own market
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Pastures.
A proper supply ofpastMcs is the
great want Of Southern husbaudry.--
Unless this want shall bcSupplied. our
agriculture must continue to decline.
A routine Of crops which furnishes a
plentiful supply Of grass. hay, and
small grain, is essential both for sue
ccsslully rearing valuable stock and
improving our sodS Add to this as
bountitul supply Of manure as can
by care and attention be made On the
premises, and there will be reasona-
bic assurance for prosperity and indie
pcndencc, ifnot wealth.
The agriculture of England shows
that while she has some ten millions
OF acres in crops, she has fifteen mill
ions in grasses and pasturagc, And
there cannot be a doubt that the most
profitable rural management in our
country is that which furnishes the
best exhibitions Of pastprage and the
grasses.
There are portions of Virginia and
North Carolina which twenty years
ago, were so quilted and exhausted by
the continuous cultivation Of the two
hoe crops OF Indian corn and tobacco,
that the lands were difficult to sell
at three and four dollars per acre
Those lands now sell from forty to one
hundred dollars per acre, and are an
nua!Iy becoming more valuable, under
a different treatment. Where form
crly were seen the gauut COW and
horse, the haIl-staryed hog and sheep,
are now to be found fat and improved
animals Of every kind--luxuriant
fields fred clover, oftimothy and blue
grass, or rich wheat or oat fields, oc.
cupying the places which We're cast
away as worthless. Emigration is
checked. and the country, not less than
the inhabitants, present a cheerful.
pleasing, and happy aspect. Now,
what has caused this rcvoIution!--
Simply the change from the lmmcrit-
cd hoe crop Of Indian corn and tobac-
co to q judicious system Of rotation,
and proper attention Omanure, which,
while it has improved the soil at the
same time furnishes plentiful sup
ply Of grass and hay. Add to these
the increased facilities for transporter
ton, by railroads and plank roads. and
we have full explanation Of the
great reformation.
Have the net profits Of the farmbeen
diminished? Tho best answer to this
question will be found in the enhanc-
ed value Of the lands; for it is hardly
probable that where lands have in
creased in value 1000 to 1900 per
cent, the profits have advanced part
pasSeU.
With such examples before him,
why is it that the cotton planter will
persist in his ruinous course? Is it be-
cause he believes nothing can be re-
lied upon for food for his stock but IN
dian corn, and nothing for profit but
cotton? ii SO let hm ask the Virgin
ia and Carolina farmer, and they will
satisfy him of his error. They viii
tell him that the opinion once prevail
ed with them that Indian corn tor food
and tobacco for market, were the on
Unreliable crops, and that this was the
great error Of their old husbaudry,
which impoverished their stock and
thcir lands, and was rapidly depicting
their pockets.--Farmcr and Mechanic.
Cnltnre Of AspaugaS.-We are fire.
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