The Hillsborough recorder., 1875-10-06
gnE salENCN oE FARAEING.

TIE SCIENCE on FARMING.
Editor Wilmington Star:--I promised
yoa some time ago 10 Wtste-an agticlc III
agriculture. ! propose nov u fulfil chat
promise Ten years experience Will. aud
without the 18th Amendment. with little
o. hi mouey Ill our pockets. should put
eaea aad every phnterto thinking. When
c9ston gls worth p 70 50 caats per pound
than il would pay % buy corn. bacon, hay
and aiar; Dat the presaut low price VI COT
ton, and high prices III provisions, labor
and ssrtilizars, together With the exhausted
condition 81 our lands, preclude tLc pos
sibility of mixing aay clear moaay oat u
cattoa, uliess Il Ue Ger inprayel lots. So
with our past experience and the prospects
"a future tef Vi, Il We expect 70 succeed ii
Ill plsAting ~ litsst nak up our minds to
Il Ueg de2artares That new departure
propose substantially as follows: 10
p!aat une-hslf 81 the LAND tilpt We usually
cultivate With regular system u rotation
with the yiew Of gradual and permanent
Improvement oi our sol.
Oar common heid Pea will grow lux
uriantly il this latitude, III iact they arc
at home in tie eastern cotton belt. So
l5sk upoa thea rs being tie inijaleman If
properly utilized Is renogate and eventually
redeem orr arabic lanis. II Virginia
plapter Informed nc that be tried pea
iail1w side by side with clover fallow.
Nil found Il fully Il good. ii not better
fur wheat. have tired it for oats aud
cotton, and gpod many pea falIows Is
worta as much - sscs Of Peruvian guauo
per acre.
Now for The plan that | propose to ad-
opt in lie future, and i any of my brother
planters en- saggest better system. will
thark them I'D IN | sill lay nj pIanta-
ton o.!ia four ields, Nos. 1. ,, 3, 4.
Flrss year operation, Field NJ. /, plant
IL cotton; iell No. 2. plant Ia corn last
r'.owiEg y tic earn 90 three peeks " peas
broadcast ahead of tic piog; Just before
frost take cut the corn. and SOW small
grain, With Que bushel Df tie red lipper
pea per acre, ard turn everything under.
1 aoaid here state that the peas viii eonie
up IN the iolloRing Spring, and when the
small grain Is cut ch viii grow rapidly.
aud together with grass. &c; viii make j
splendid ialiaw. Fieid No. 8 to oe de-
vo.ed to sna.l grain. the pea and grass al
los Il be turned uuder about tie irst Of
October. Field N1. u " rested 1t all
odd Zines 70 hani ID straw. leaves. ac aud
spread evenly broadsasi, aud s sooi. Is
the corn i lai4 by So three plsks ii peas
per acre, aad sarly ii October plos under.
Secona years operation. Gsll No. / !.
plant corn alter cgit0a gith same bill u
fare g IT'S. geaf isr easn--feld MI. Z II.
Iug sUsei II s:naii grain--fnrn gnder pea
aud grass iallos Grst u 0stober. Ficll
NJ. % be re-tei ani treated Is fell no.
I tie arst yesr. anl feil Do. / to Be ID
y9tcd 70 cg.t0n aad q Oil fvr tie third aud
court, years.
Ihis plan. s yo1 aiil Zee, enables tie
rlautrr ~ gatler frOal thgee.lO lOrnas w bis
lahd sad pat ua.isr ! god rsa iallgE ~
npslly. uh.eh vil improve the land ra;i.
dig. ! claiui. ii7st. iiat IS Cnly one-hali
VI lur laEds ~ clliitsted Il vii REQUIRE
oBly ale-half the stock d ialasee IL. nc
lall tie labor 70 cultivate il, OHe-half tie
provisions 80 money Il raa il md
oaly ole.Laif TIE guano " III liz II.
Iais plan nilI enable 4 to control i4b9r Is
% entire sati.f etioa. make our pfos !. ons
q home. viii ample tine 10 intensity til
manure herr. ahiCb i the farmers Daak.
kbiag lsesl and meat i what tie ar
ipes asais g msks lin independent.
lhe general plan as sat forth loss no.
g1iato details. bnt elea ani every planter
caa arrange inst y suit himself. Iwoald
here remark that Is sOgn IS a planter ceases
- iase Il tatsrs.s ii iii farming arrange-
mcu,s. Wild re WOW tgexcsll Il possible,
the sooner be sbaad5ns ibs profession tie
better ~ lin ana 81 concerned.
10 cyncln36. would adgise sycry
rlaatrr d IL shc Charlotte p!sa. It's
not o0ly tbe bsst preparation sal calliyai-
Ing Blah. bui Bitl ihe assistance of drag
chin IA Will Efay tlla III vines npi1 lie
foliiu Z Uf gl.sir originality.
S. II THOMAS.
Iaarihbufg n. 6 sept. Z, 1873.