The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-06-26
EXHAUSTION OF THE SOILS.

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The SoutL Carolina Farmer and Planter
saysi "Cannot land be cultivated an indef-
mite number Of years and yield good crops
TO the cultivator without deieriorations This
is the greatest, the most important question
that an American farmer can put 10 himself
or his neighbor. We hope that he has learn
ed before this. from What we have said, that
we do not believe in the necessity Of dcteri
Grafton Of land from cultivation, Tie pre-
ventiye is, deep disintegratioa. underdran-
ing. rotation Of crops, including one grown
especially for manure, and restoring all the
manural portions Of the crop 10 the soil.
principally in the form Of surface manuring,
and tilhing the products soil off Of the farm
TO buy foreign fertilizers. Then will the
farm support, in cnminrt forever. the family
Of its pssessOr, and give him an annual III.
come to lay up. or lay out in improvements
tending TO beautify aud add to its value while
they minister to the enjpyments Of lis uccu-
pants: aud when lhey grow too numerous
for the arena, there will be surplus in store
10 enable the excess in population TO 60
West At present the excess is crowded
out of the paternal home, because to stay
is TO starye--to starye because the let
tllty nf that hume ha. deterior ted, and IN
its present condition is insufficient 10 sup
port as large population a, il did when
the land was new Why should il ever
grow oIds
81 affirm that no one acre in ten Of our
cultivated farms, gets single load Of ma
nure If any kind Except the occasional drop
pings Of cattle that are pa.tured upon ~ a
often as one year in Ten. II the devastating
horles-called farmers in modern times
had not had fertile West 20 oyefrun AMI
make des0laie, there would have been lam
inc in this land. before nnw. that all the
corn in Egypt could not repair.
4 ut is nv solemn conviction that there IS
not gold enough in Christendom combined.
TO restore the soil Of North America to its
original fertility! In aumanil;'s name. say
to farmers. stop and consider. Take one
acre Of poT land md make it rich by The
che apest process Won can devise, and-tell me
what i, cost you! Bi, guinl al $50 ton,
ashes al IL cents a bl>lel, lime at 8 cents,
charcoal Al cents cent. (pro1tbly the cheap.
est of ALI bones at what they epst you, good
barn yard manure a. 50 cents a load, aud
draw III; feriilize 4 ptnr acre, and make Il
good for thirty blshel> al wheat. an tell me
the epst. You wall wish you mad more moa.
ey hy tie time you have frrtllized an hun.
drcd acres.
~ tell you, gentlemen. the annual depre.
lciation Of your gram farms, IN particular. i
lrightfal and appalling Circumstance. Il
Is easier 70 stop the mischief than q repair
Il.
Nome Of the mast common prescriptions
far restoring fcrtility will answer the pnr-
pose, which are based upon rest ani resin'
ration, such as IS understood generally ,,
Sou,hcrn planters. For instance, one say
10 another:
A.-"i that field Of cotton looks badly
squire G.; bad stand. eli III
squire c.. Yes; I've run IL in cotton !
little too long. Fact Is hayn't lani ennusi
open for nv fOfce--mast clear more, 80 thii
| can seed down snd rtsi some"
! :, Seed down and rest "--the stereotype q
the country. Aud wh,tis seeding down AMI
trsts
Taking crop of wheat or oats from So
already exhausted by b,j culture, thei
o throwing dawn the fence, aud turning ever,
i living thing upHn it, to eat u 81 and tramp /
ever until planting time comes round again
All this is called seeding and rest. Ther,
never was greater falacy lhan this notinI
many people have, 81 resting land bs grow
ing grain crops upon it. Under such sis
ten the lands must deteriorlie aud pruduc
tim decline. Something else IS Wanted
, moro manure and better management. u .
!. time people shoald begin g think litil,
; more seriously about what they owe TO taeil
mother earth.
Yes it's time people should begin 10 ihink
, Think how 10 save land from deterioration.