The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-12-07
CsBEDo, Va, Oct. "a, 1859.

'FNt "iiA ihhNH tDuic ltibs 70 MAKE OBJ
seyat.ons r1 tna suhioct. 7 arm allie 10
offer some testimony os 10th, roluctiye.
ncss Of the soil IN 'hisscotor find the
effects Of ,bc institution here, where
there is no slave comparatively. The
most inte'''ent rs.een's thenge.7es will
tell "~ ft. hoy a5 nothing at farming,
.. u. 'hc1 10 rot uy--thcy arc too
"z, 2ro have beer taught from child.
hood 'hal only slaves should labor indus.
tricuey md constantlys SO { they wish
to produce any crops, they hire some ore
TO cultivate the land for them, or rent it
cut to some one poorer than Themselves,
and neither Of them make living, This
is the care with majority Of landhol5crs
IN this county. So that when a stranger
rides along the highways, be will see only
few attractive farming operations, and
Tuuld not he iavornbly impressed with tho
quality Of the soil.
The neglect to cultivate the soil, and in
TACT the neglect to DO anything IN season
or on well n' 1t should be done, Is so gen.
emily the practice, that lqrmng makes
poor show. However there is here and
there farmer who does the best that can
he done for profit and for bis land. A
iarmer to mi!oa from this, who this year
eu'ilva cd about one hundred and fifty
acres ct land, shows what can be done in
the way Of large products.
On piece OF hill land where his pre-
de2ossor could not get living be raised
corn at tho rate Of olghty-hyo bushels TO
nc acre ! saw some OF 1t before 1t was
cur. l could not reach the ears on the
staIhs' ara many OF the ears are moro
tnan one foot IN 'eng,h. heard OF stocks
seventeen ieet high and ears Of corn siz-
leen inches long, but did rot see them.
nc same lnrmer' however has one piece
Of corn OF h'ty'5ix acres, on when be has
Iaseo hity'six hundred bushels OF corn.
de ls Systematic energetic farmer, and
goes IN Tor improved machinery, and all
tno oe9' farming toos, ana go ne makes
ioV[ uu'cs us mucn as ms hclenoofs' VINO
a''r r''ulo n'. success 20 inc use of cop''al
was gong 10 toH |n'l l ana seen o.
10, PIpUu',a oI t"e SOY. l sa" an acre
.oH o, lIIglons' 'IVu' ".lch lNe proprietor
noa sola e@uO worth q melons. ana there
"''' .nIee 70 h'c huh'reo yel on tne
gToVnu' ne Grouna was scFltchea up
one ana inc SEED put ln-'hat s ali In
spite oi such oad treatment IN ground
p.oe"ced encinoosY. Inc same man
h'd sweet potatoes growing on an adJoin'
ing p'ece Of land ano tonv turned out AZ
me fa'e o. more '"'u ~o0 bus els to the
''Ie--or j you "17i ~ nave me e7G l.
ne efoun~ VA -" i ~-l.', ~.e1' W,-s l'e
''e' Iong and TWO Ieec wee ana we pre-,
ooc' WIS more '''' q ',''''e' ''U Al''
some 81 'Nein were very '''1@ 1"' ''- very
Sooo-'n' o's' l h1'e ever o~'e,'
- PES ana peacL gro" "I'o.-' car.
o' eo,u'a''on' 81 'nc '5-' 41-i'5 "H'
'' la'S'. Many oFco''a7 pear me
lone beauI'' 'S teF afe c'Ae', ye.f
'!''' year, me 'fee' !lZ.'hi non uYe 10
t'eVee o-45sI. 'ac9' ine-a NJ 'es are
very me aaT0feo' oS'lre aoo'l Onr's''
mas 1 ume' ana are general la'orite N the
Oaio valley thousands OF barrels 20
down me river every year Another very
exce'!cnt aQP'ee ripe new, ano no' 93oa TO
Keep IS Wnat Is cafes the b'ue Fear'
main Jhe specimens sav--a lot n
.g .H..,y - Uosns,s--@oI.u 1 :I uo,e ''a" a. ] nan u