The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-01-04
NO !" WORN our" LAND.

NO WORN OUT" LAND.
II isa great pnint gained in right course
20 call things by their right names. In az.
riculture. as 10 other matters. we are olten
misled by the use Of phrases that convey
lalsr ideas. One IL those. for instance, i
the term " winter. killed." There is no
winter. probably, severe enough 10 kin wheat
unless there Is too much water in the land.
A. long ~ we say " winier.killed, We COM
fort ourselves with the idea OF Proyldenlial
dispcnsatun but WHEN We say water kill
ed" We understand that the evil may be
remedied, and se 20 to draining our lands.
81 Il Is with the expression worn-Ou
lands.p When men are persuaded bv the
constant use Of this expression that their
lands ARE worn out" they become very
willing TO sell nut. aud sacrifice valuable
property Tor the benefit Of those who UNDER
stand the matter, and they themselves start
Oh 10 search ~ such % are mt " wOrn.oui. !"
Let IL be understood that there is no such
thing aS unrn.out land thai the expres.iun
conveys a ialsehool that even with our
present lights, II is very practlcaDi. hing
Nth moderate degree ut intelligence aud
xiii, aud no very large amount ii means.
TO reslure these lands 20 any degree ot fer
illltN they have ever possrssed. This lesson
ha, Deen well learned in MARYLAND aud
large portion ol Virginia, but our Southern
friends of the Atlantic States, Judging from
our exchanges. have yet TO learn il. Let
ihen be t"ld everywhere, and constantly.
that fhCy Ldpe 10 tnon.om tnds-that IN
tact their lands were intended 10 iasi forever,
aud will last forever, and feed and cOth-
them aud their children Tor ihnpsand gem
rraiions. Yet our able cotemparary, the
South Carolina Farmer AMI Planter, says,
i has Just come 10 tins pDInt--we cant
stay here any longer. aud live by planting
Mltnout improvement Let cur friend tell
his subscribers that here in Maryland we
have tried the doNnhIll," aud many nf
Us have been " West" aud have abandoned
both me aud the other for improvement.
aud know iaat. that Is the best thng.
We are led to make THESE. remarks by
letter 10 The suuth Gbuutryman, written bs
the Rev. NJ Best. ~ Cas- county, Georgia.
an intelligent gentleman, wiu alter sune
wears ~ farming experience 10 one Ui ihr
finest PORTIONS of Maryland, has maIe a
large purchase ID tic lprmer State. ani j..
Ne have no iiulbt, feapiag the advantage Of
his earlier experience, anu u. ing lhose a5nut
hun the beneiit bnth oi wise counsel aud good
example III ttte way of Improvement. Mr.
Best tell. Of the extraordinary increase N
value pl lands IL Maryland by the mere use
ol clu,cr and plaster; Of iarms which TWEEN
III .iisc sear, 40 could BE- bought for ten aud
twelve dnllars. being worth npw. hlty, sixty
aud rislits dollar. per are. aud fully worth
The difference, estimating by the increase of
products. iilts bushels d corn per acre On
lalluN, ate bN 40 mean. sXiraprdinaFy crops.
Ihe SAME may Br sad III o,ler section, where
lime has been the oHly eXirsneoas matter
added: Me- best relate. Vi, U@n experience
10 the use oi Mexiean Guano aud ITS extra.
ordinary results: tie marvellous effects ct
Peruvian GaanU = even nprr ftmiar; we
have seen i ten luid increase 81 crop from
singie dressing, shnwins all the difference
between almusl absolute strriliig and ihr
highest degree ol fertility. Nav what We
Wish 4, point out j. the ab,ur,iits ~ speak.
ing Ol such lands a. worn Out," aud the
folly u usin. term which conveys yrry
rrIoneous idea. Take The case ol the land
improved by the use u plaster aud elover.
NhNtA - HhAtAN@ NtNAffNl aNAtu UuA " uhNHHl
~ sulpnaie Ut lime pei acre, iur few sue.
cessiYr years. aud the result Is the difference
bet.ern six nr seven bushels aud thirty bu.
shell, u wheat, aud fifteen and fifty bushels
~ cnrn. and ~ the difference between no
grass at all aud one aud hall ton, Of clever.
u " j. said the wheat and the corn from the
clever, lhen where does the clnyer cuae
.rom mt surely from bu.hel ol plaster.
The whsle matter Is. that ia adding what j.
mere atnm compared viii, the bulk ui soil
~ which IL is applied, We have dune all that
WAS required for yers high degree u fer.
tilt, = thing SIMPLY impossible we're The
soil ~ the least deficient ur " warn .Uni. I" as
REGARDS al the otber essential elements Of
wheat aud corn md ether crops.
The method 81 improvement suggested BY
ilr Best ls. without question. the true onc
the deeper ploughIng aud clover growing.
will saw clover spe,l. he saws. every
munih 10 the year until lind out the right
tune." Permanent improvement on scale
~ any extent. without deep ploughing Ia
depth u AZ lrasl eight inchrs) and the grow.
ing ot clover OF sone good substitute. We
consider Uat VI the question. IL there is any
other method we know no.bng al all abdut
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