The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-23

80 A&~s@a@&& 4A4F A#s& SO
ASST you - the sr,a. ~osk SEA ar
dong soE oar dear ell state sheep
raising could - u4asIs ! hao business
IN this county. II There ~asa
dog La. Without a. a. = sore 49, 4.
talk ~ such = thing usentsans-i Is
one "f my reports - wa that Lsst
year John Ming rat-s~I ~sxtv nne hfsl4
from thtrt1 ewes Tecv brought
latnt> IN January ard Assp ia Juae.
Thus Nuu happ-a h.r~ ~fr~Iurnslv. II
~hce rance ~ rtv.r les lands. thrs
vtntcI themselves ani kcsp sAt. Il
a. adjoining u.lShtofhoeI The .tl-.ue
told ms thai 81 l~6 = certain ara
embracing about her miles. VA. stock
81 a sheaTauS thine with ots 80
sheep Il neat ~hsaruS time Gae en
tire number Wa 3j Nol A.4so M
idca 81 the uumt~y of dos oW a~l II.
the negroes ia has region I~o year.
AZ a couple u nvishbsrs applied Tor
poison on ccount - css sucker
supplied them. and kept out le,lson.I
eggs on my own premises The rc>ulf
IN II month vas 90 dead dogs hut
like the fable u the boar aud the
HES, the number ssefuI actually
increased. one old issue. part Indian
negro had over forty ~helI~ on h4.
place a; n tlnp. ! think they all
found ownersff am satisfied that
-. 80.
system Of stock raising. Men seem
ambitious 10 have large herds of caitl.
with little reference 10 quality. The
plan i To milk through the summer
anu fall. aud after tie fields are ..nte
out, cattle have Ia depend mainly
upon themselves FOR subsistence.
through the winter The consequence.
~, that the old ar infirm members at
a herd succumb. aud those y no tough
1t out are almost worthless for milk1,
Before they can acquire flesh enough
10 cause them To shed oil. ths hic. ar,
on them You IAN see al once that
improved breeds ara out If the oue..
ton. one must be native and IL III.
manor born, to stand itIA ..f,nc.
law" would BE- II importance 10 our
people, second only 10 "A dog iaw. But
If the plan - pursued, heretofore
adopted by the Legislature, OF allowing
counties 10 vote on the subject, Bladcn
Will be obliged still To bear the ills -,
have. Tie now landowners. and
especially the negroes, Will vuf.
against il. The future OF this county
depends in a great measure upon tn.
employment OF blue mari IA. a ~fcrtill
ger. There Is a belt from D1nnahoo
creek above, 10 Beaver Dam below. a
distance Of Twelve miles. that il sup
Piled with blue mari in an incxhausfi-
bile quantity. IL forms the west b.uA
Of the river to within ten or twclV,.
feet of the surface. and extends down
to an unknown depth. Capt. j. +
Oliver, In digging a we'll for a steam
saw mill At indian Wells Landing.
cut through ~ feet of marls. Experl-
ments have proven il OF incalcuiable
value as a fertillzer-iu some respect.
surprising any other whatever. For
durability il is beyond comparison tn.
very best. MAJOR Gillespie. whose
grandchildren are 20 cultIyating the
same land, applied blue mari As an
experiment on a small! lot, / would .av
between fifty and sixty years ago. and
the effect is still plainly 10 b. seen.
married SIX acres twenty years ago. anil
until last summer ii was never within
lIldI llIllt NIiiouA "A ttbI1. -NIneisfsEE
successive crops in twenty years l.
certainly a severe test. The last crop
was among tho best il has PRODUCED.
| married eight acres Of thrown.out
land, which was altogether worthless
for II crop. II was so completely
exhausted that under the most favor.
able circumstance Of cultivation and
season, two and \ half bushels Of corn
WAS all ii would make. six hundred
bushels Of mari per acre increased the
product to about sixteen bushels.
Eight acres al Joining. In the same
field. | married at tl.c rate Of a thousand
bushels, and the result was about TWEEN
ty-tiye bushels OF corn per acre.
There have been five and SIX crops
made on these 40 fields respectively.
and the last was the best crop. No rest
or any manure IN the time. When
Prof. Emmons was State Geologist h.
paid a visit To this ncighborhood. and
promised to make al elaborate survey
and report Of the mari beds. lie did
say a few words about ~. aud Prof
Kerr did about the sans ia reportinZa
visit. Now the vastness Of the formA-
ton, and it, un~questionable value. has
led me to believe that with a~little CAP
ital in the construction II cheap ma
chinery the sand can b. washed u
from this mari. thus rendering IL clpa-
BILE OF transportation. There il no
doubt, # it, virtues. wer. correctly
known. it would be largely used in
the manufacture Of commercial ferr.l-
izers. The mt from the Cap.
Fear river TO the Waccamaw lake and
Green Swamp i all undcrIaid with II.
"a distance Of some twenty mlle-.
There Is IN this county a district b.
tween this river and Black rIyer .
great amount Of the finest swamp
lands, viz Lion. White OAK. Buckle.
little and big Colly aud Back
Swamps, only a mile or tso apart,
and sometimes separated b. marrow
ridge. Ii aid could b. procured to
dram these lands, an important aiIi-
ton would b. made - the wealth Of
this region. These swamps are from