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ir.r.;ury"M!, as if plinneJ W Va-iVi inmfelf. The di;ch was or v.iiWlc, bat I th-ar'i on examining sure cunouily, that I could perceive there certainly had been one. From ks Gtuation alfo I am convinced tat it nmfk have been de fined for this purpofe. It fronted the co-ntrr, an J hs rear was covered by tke river, nor 1 wis there any nfmg around Br a confidrrable way thucom mindedh; a lew fliragg'unj oaks were alone to be fee near v. in maay pla ces fmall tracks were worn acrols it by ih- feet of the elkfi and deer, and from th depth of the bed of earth by which t it was covered, I was able to draw fome 1 conrlufions of its great antiquity. I ex amined all the angles and every pafY v.i;h great attention, and have often; Maxned mvfelf fince for act ecamping. on the fpot, and drawing an exaft plan efit. Tolhew that this, defcnption is not the offspring of an heated imagina tion, or the chimrical tale of a miltaken traveller, I find on enquiry, fince my re turnthat Monf. St. Pierre and feverab traders, have, at different times, taken notice of fimilar appearances, on which' they have formed the fame conjectures,, but without exaraiaing them fo minutely 'as II did. How a, work of this kind could exift ra a country that has hitherto (according to the general received opi nion) been the feat of war to untutored' Indians alone, whofe whole, ftock of military knowledge has only,.till with . in two centuries, amounted to drawing the bow, and whofe oaly breaft work even at prefent is the thicket, I'kaow not. I have given as cxaft account as poffible of this fingular appearance, and leave to future explorers ofthefe diftant regions todifcover whether it is- a produaion1 of nature or air. Perhaps the hints I have here given might lead to a more perfeft inveftigation of it,- and give us idea; of the ancient Mate of realms that we at prefent believe to have beea, from the eariieft period only the habitation of fa-ages. FOR THE GAZETTE. THOUGHTS cn the PRACTICE of AGRICULTURE :for the farmers in Ncrtb-Carclina. ( Continued.) ALL I (hall farther obferre is, that leafy green food, as red clover ami lucerne, fhould be cut, and fed away in the ftable, to prevent trampling ; dry grain fhould be chopt and mixed vith cut flraw, and a little tobacco fhred do.vn to prevent worms. Cattle fhauM be peur.cd b- fummcr, and ia. wilder (-26-) hfed infhedsndnot.left to lb. and feed in the lanes, -aad evtn houfe-yard. One would imagine-that farmers fiudie how to fofe their manure certainly they could not devife a more waRing Pltn'- ! The tife of vegetables. ad I add woo?, for manufaSury is a fubjera for which our country is preparing. Agri culture in the firft place, manufacture and merchandize will follow. The lad eacftion, refpefting the pre fervation of the foil ir of the utmoft im portance ; but how ftall this be efreacd ? I reply : firft, by leaving billy and ue ven ground- for foreft timber or mea dows, and cultivating the mod level,, even though its quality fhould be inferior.- Second, by dividing a farm into a number cf little fields,, and going round in a proper 'rotation of grains and graffes, from year to year. Third,, by reftor'mg to each field or lot of ground, the very- exaeV quantum" of manure which the fummer crop will produce,, this to be ploughed down every winter,, gad-mixed with the foil;- beginning the firft autumn after it is opened. , This can be eafily effefted if cattle be -hoafed or penned ; for not one particle' of the fummer crop; com,, hay, &c. need be loft, bur made better by feeding it away. The- diftribmion to every field; lot r meadbw made with mathe matical exaanefs : let the farmer rnea fkre tli quantity of groand that will produce one fheaf, four corn-ears, a handfull of blades, or a -fmall hay-rick; lcf him-tuTneash-of tliefe into maaure ; let him meafure the quantity ; arnd tile bufinefs is done.- But with market wheat, flax, &d there cannot be a- return; I anfwer, the greateft deficiency is in the luxuries, net necefTarics, ol life ; and the defea of thefe la ft the natural manur es are in tended to fupply ;: luxuries they cannot fupply. How wife and good is Heaven ! This fingle confideration fnoald put the ; patriotic planter out of humour with to bacco. Bat why begin to manure the firft year r My crop, fays the farmer, grows better on new ground, for three or four years; Yes, ftr, your crop grows bet ter ; but, ualefs fubtraftion be addition, -your land grws worfe. Your leaves, roats and rubbifhi are not manured the firft year j your foil can only yield, you fay one tenth of its ftrcngth the fecond year it yields two tenths; the third year, three. Do yoa not now fee that while ycur crops grow better, your land j grows worf. Your crops have encreafed two thirds, your fii decreaftd crr half Bat I m forty year in debt to my ficUsJ1: I a:3 bankrupt, and cannot pjit I muft therefore cut dawn myj fords, and open new fields. But try fijrt rh can be done with- your old ones, '.and count the coft cf both, ; cow-pn 'them, cafl on manure from the low laads ; to. ver thc vegetation every fall by deep ploughing ; reft theai, r give tleta'a ro tation of graifes and graias. Thy have been gradually worrT ottl griiJ ally wear them in it will be much cheaper; than to clear neay land. Some plan like this will fodn jbe takin Up by a few fore-feeing, pkslofopLi: xriinds, anof in lels than, ah huadrcd years the great" body o farnjiers will know how to ftate debt and credit yii every field as eafily as the' merchant cm now place thefe terms on pppofile fid of his ledger.- . On the whole, our defers are not - want of inftrumcnts, nor knowledge of the procefs in agriculture ; nut a want of care ia the' choice" and rotation of crops ;jand in preferving from; year to veanbth the foil and itsiprcjducliocs, Thidea of laying up for a fcarcc year, has entered into the heads or tew far-mers-like. the Ifratlites - "when the? liave much they have-' nothifip oveT." Other defeers are; want of early manur ing land; refafing to give it reft and ne gleaing toplo.ugh it in the fall and win- Thii has led the writer to fome rt- folves. with which he takes leate of the public, and by which he is tfejterfnind to govern his'future hie, as a farmer, and as A citizen. Sj ' Itef. 1. T make his plough' run as conftantly in winter as in iumnter ; manure every winker. To keep Dr. Cr. even with his fields'; f Ref. 2. To clear his fenc-grouii once a year' as clear as his whealt field. Ref a. To: cut no timber for fuel but that fallen for other ufes, or blown 11 u down by winds; and to cut no young timber when old can be had.- 1 Ref a. Never to fufrer his teaisl t return from the field withui & load fuel. The writer has obferved fartien hnmiticr enffid fir-irriftrl i bf fore thd & TV !T : plough, driving their teams hime effipj ty, and flopping the plough next day w cat and haul yoaitg green wood from & foreft. How pre-pofterows is tins ! Ref. c. To borrow as little as prf fible, and return a lp:an intantly after ;fe. : 1 Ml- Ml.: j ,. Ref 6- to purchafe nothing (ret the .petty trafficker ; and inotliiag f Ttt the Tegular merchant without ready csft or prodace. - Ref. 7. Never to contract h with -tk mechanic, ua til he ftall have firk the n:ney to pay him. Ncv;r 10 give a ptnny to lA and tained o
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