Wilmington journal., 1860-02-09
No "worn-out,, Land,

1t is great point gained in right course to call tbno
by their right names Inagrcuture in other matters
often mised by the of phrases that convey
false ideas One of these for instance is the term wnte
killed. applied to wheat it should 1caterkilled"
There is winter probably severe enough to kill wheat
unless there is too much water in the land As long 90
we say wnter-kled,' comfort ourselves with the
idea of provdential dispensation but when we saw
waterked we understand that the evil can be remeded
and we go to draining our lands.
so 1t Is with the expression WOrnOut lands" When
persuaded by the constant use of this expression
that their lands wornout, they become very will
ing to sell out and sacrifice valuable property for the
benefit OF those who understand the matter and they
themselves start off in search of such as are not worn
OUT Let 1t be understood that there is no such thing
as wornout land that the expression conveys false
hood that even with present lights, it is very
practicable thing with moderate degree OF intelligence
and Skill and very large amount of means to restore
these lands to any degree of fertility they have pos
sessed This lesson has been we'll learned in Maryland
and large portion of Virginia. but Southern iends
of the Atlantic States judging from exchanges have
yet to learn it. Let them be told then where and
tantly, that they haze aOorn-o lands-that in
fact their lands intended to last forever and will
last forever and feed and cothe them and their children
for thousand generations ct our able contemporary
the South Carolina Farmer and Planter, says 1t has
just come to this point-we must 60 down hll or 90
West-we can't stay here any longer and live by plant
ing, without improvement" Let friend tell his sub.
scrbers that here in Maryland we have tried all the al
ternatives, have been down hilI and many of US
have been West" and have abandoned both one and
the other for Improvement and EnO10 that that is the
best thing
We are led to these remarks by letter in the South
Contr ynaan, written by the Rev. Mr.. Best, of Cass
county, Georgia, intelligent gentleman, who after
years OF farming experience IN one OF the finest
portions of Maryland, has made large purchase in the
former State, and is, have doubt reapng the ad-
vantage OF his earlier experience and giving those about
him the benefit both of wise counsel and good example
in the way Ofimprovement Mr.. Best tells of the extra
ordinary increase in value OF lands In Maryland by the
of clover and plaster of farms which twenty
five years ago could be bought for ten and twelve dol
ars being worth fifty sixty and eighty dollars per
acre. and fully worth the difference, estimating by the n
crease of product fifty bushels of per after
wheat and thirty bushels OF wheat per acre On taow
are by extraordinary crops. The may be
said of other sections where lime has been the only ex
traneous matter added Mr. Best relates his expe
rience in the OF Mexican Guano and its eXraOrdn
ary results the marvellous effect OF Peruvian Guano
even more familiar we have a tenlod increase of
crop from single dressing showing all the difference
between almost absolute sterty and the highest degree
OF fertility Now what wish to point out is the alb
surdiy OF speaking of such lands Worn-out, and
the folly of using term which conveys a very erroneous
idea. Take the of the land improved by the of
plaster and clover. Here is nothing whatever added
but bushel of sui phae of lime per acre. for few
cessve years. and the result the difference between six
bushels and thirty bushels of wheat, and if
teen and fifty bushels Of corn, and all the difference be-
tween grass at all aud one and half tons of clover
II it is said the wheat and corn come from the
clover, then where does the clover come fiom? Not
surely from a bushe of plaster The whole matter is,
that in adding what is atom compared with the
bulk of soil to which it is applied, have done all that
required for very high degree Of fertility thing
simply impossible the soil in the least deficient or
WORKOUT" regards all the other essential elements
of wheat and corn and other crops.
The method of improvement suggested by Mr.. Best
is, without question, the true one the deeper blowing
and clover growing. 81 will SOW clover Seed, says be-
every month in the year until find out the right
time" Permanent improvement a scale of any ex-
tent without deep plowing IA depth of at least eight
inches) and the growing of clover good subst-
tute consider out of the question. If there any
other method we know nothing at all about it.
american Farmer