The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-11-30

/ ~ ~ Uo'tuuol tuOHt Nitdb ubt
not merely imply clearing. blowing digging
and narrowing, but that il is science Or art
and must be parsued with the same intell
4 gence and perseverance, which are iadlspsn
i sable to success in other vocatioRs. rht
soil in its primitive state generally yield
abundantly, and the first tlller enjoys il
pr0dGctlyeuess without thinking Of the ex
haustion going on. or Of the importance D
renoyating measures. This has been pecu
liarly the case in the old Atlantic States
Vast bodies OF land have been cleared, scourg
ed aud exhausted BY farmers, many Of whom
entertained the erroneous opinion that land
was made to be worn out and having, a,
they thought, accomplished their work a,
farmers in their first localities, they have
removed TO distant regions and settled on
new soil. This exhausting process was for
merly IS common in the Northern aud East.
ern States as in this but their means OF IN
accommodation and OF reaching the mar.
kets OF the world, which were early estab-
lished and the demands for breadsluifs aud
lIie.slstalnlng food ut all kinds, created by
their rapidly Increasing population-the re.
suit in large degree Of emigration from
knrope-saye an extraordinary impetus 70
agricultural production, which has been
steadily kept up. aud The fruits of which are
seen in all directions in neat and almost per-
feet iarWs, and n prosperity which M
common depression or calamity can serious.
~ impair. much less destroy. Large pOr-
tons Of Ne" Jersey. for example. which
were formerly barren aud apparently until
lahIa bnN.. a
are now Welding the most remuncrating re.
turns to agricultural labor. The marls Of
New Jersey alone have added millions to the
income OF her people, while the value of the
permanent body thus given to their lands
canna be estimated in dollars and cents
We have IN abundance, along the Cape Fear,
the Neuse, and throughout our eastern plans,
the same fertilizer, IN as great variety as Ia
any State, aud quite equal to any IN rchnes,
and fitness for the soil II had time |
could lay before you numerous examples OF
rs profitable application to lands in this
State. Il Is true, i require, labor ami ex.
Pense to get i out any apply t.; but where
II Is IN the nelghbOrhoud II the farmer, there
can be no doubt that 1t ALL amply repay The
labor, expense aud care bestowed upon 1t.
But il By no means follows. because asfi.
culture Is science or art, that. for practical
purposes, Il i difficult or abstru,e. Ii tie
early ages OF the world. when the leading
orders we're devoted 10 the chase or To war,
aud when the wants OF mankind we're few,
agriculture was neglected, nsomacl, that any
prominent or learned citizen % subject Who
turned his attention 10 ii, became At once.
FROM the novelty and singulariiy Of his taste.
a noted, aud aiterNard. an historical charac.
ter. Cato and Gincinnatus were really very
Indifferent farmers. compared with thu,e Of
The present age II they cultivated the earth
at all, Il was on small scale. Tie facili-
ties for successful farming IN Egypt. Greece.
and Rome proper, were not, altogether, VAR.
thy to be compared with any one modern
Improvement ~ the science. The plough,
BY horse aud by stein-;he reaping, Tie
and thr moving machine = tie
cettun-g GIN. separating the seed from the iiJre
with the rapIdlty II lightning aud the deli
cacy OF the human tOurh--tbe Touring mill,
receiving The rough gain and boiling 1t nut
IN SNOW shlte Hour, worthy ii have graced
10 is wheaton excellence the tables 81 III
the Pharanhs or 81 solomon himself the
corn.planter dropping the seed, With M the
naticai precision Nari1u. cantrlsanres
Tor draining, breaking. sIiclns. anI p4trr.
izing tue soil. and the chemical knowledge
which separates, .Olses, and determine, the
nature 81 soils,-thrse improvements we're
unknown even TO modern Europe. and are
Characteristic Only at this, the mD,t adsanc.
u and must prosperous condition Of man.
tind. Toe plough y great ciulizer. With
ut il the axe would be welded IN vain,
Cultivation means tie pillow aud tie pIow
'iways does, Or always should imply cult.
alton. But soil must be bad or made. be.
ore Il can be cultivated. II il be already
,pod, care must be taken 70 preserve aud
improve u This can be done, frsi, Nv biiI.
ide diiching and horizontal plpughing. 10
lrevent Washing. for the los i. often greater
rom Washing tfan irun the Absorption Of
'lants; secondly, bs ditehing aud draining
where there j. 100 much water; and Mirliig,
y proper rotation q crups, b. iail0Ning,
I'D IN fertilizers, not though Ie..ly applied,
lt sach As are needed. stable manure con-
ans ia abundance nearly ever, element re.
ui,lte Tor grain Or other crops, and is. aith
Uoh ashes. tie best irrtillzrr. hut IL thr.c
re not q Be bad il sufficient quantities. We
aust iuOk Tor substitutes ti1ano, Which
Dniains large quantity d piusphnf.c acul.
mmpnia aud hmr--alf II which enter IN
reater or less proportions latp wheat. corn.
pbIcco, and cOtlUn-llas been much used
rcenlly. ! knpw The opinfpn is entertain.
i by some that Il eHly stimulates, aud real.
! imp0seri.hes The sDIl but this opiniun j.
Dt sustained by the best farmers mhn have
.ed ~ It's true, il We depend ua Glano
lone. and cultivate the land year alter year
~ The same crop, II 3ill be exhausted. -
M The ssme result would iailuw any atl,er
.rllllzer We mast mot expect to- much
.om any one fertilizer, for IL can onIy be.
tow the peculiar properties il possesses.
When these are exhausted ii course the Ter.
llLer fails boz 4 rotation 81 change II crops,
.Iih now and then gtecn crop turned IN,
VI NOT only restore bai Improve The feriill.
I. Those crops, says d.. Emmon., select
] for entichlBg the .sil, should b. .ach az
row vigorously aud send tlttir root. deep
, bring The iertilizing matter 10 tie surface.
lat learned gentleman mentions clover and
pas nafftfulsfty A. heat fat.nIaf.d a.. -.