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- v - same wav. except that' he only put it ed to his cow lots. IIchas,inspmoinstan- r' up with muck "or 'dirt, half and half. ces,miscda clover sod for his corn in this lie shifted Ins pens four : times a year, v:thecIoverwassoweawitnoai8intiio always leaving tne .accumulations ui spring; uiu uuxt spring, uuuuu tuu iuu vlnV'.' . the v. last month after turning under, to of April, it was turned under deep with enrich tho pen. In this way,- with a two horso plow ; the corn was lmme twelvo or fifteen head of cattle, the first diately planted, and then cultivated 1 year, ho made one acre of poor J and without disturbing the sod, and it would occupied by the pens, very rich, besides have done you good to behold tho taking away many loads of good ma- hoavy crop of corn that was rolled out mire to spread on other fields. of that field in the fall, His hog-pens were littered in the 4. Another, Mr. T., has made a large dmo -wayfaud cleaned out once a week: old field rich by covering it with dirt, inaking from them, also, a larcjc amount leaves, and all sorts of trash from tho ofmanure. This manure he always puts,, woods. These materials were spread on hislaud broadcast wisely looking to an inch or two thick, and remained im permanent improvement, nitherthan to disturbed twelve months; when It was temporary results, lie adopted a system turned under, and the field prit in corn, of altonmtion. also, in cropping as fol It rollfed out five barrels to the acre- lows: First, corn: second, oats; third, 5. And yet another, wheat: fourth, rest or corn with a liberal ed his land from 400 lbs to brinir 1000 ' ' J I -r w ., 1 supply of mariure;manuring,indceJ, eve- lbs seed cotton to the acre by the uso y a " 4 J- -'.. .V Mr. C, jias rais- x ; ry crop; nun, couon; anu sixin, curn oi TOinpust inunure, cosiing mm iiuiu- tv: agaiu. By this method, his land, in ing but a little extra industry and at- Vr' six years, was brought up from 5 to 30 tention. Note All are thriving in tho : ;V bushels corn to the aero, and kept in a world. ;v i; l t v ? constant state oi improvement, witnoui jnow, sir, tno larms oi uiesemep, -f?. . costing him a cent in cash for fertilizers, being located in a healthy section of except what he pays for tho salt used country, and convenient to markcty as , in spriUKiing ins siauies. iwie. ur. me lanus in our oiaie generaiiywiii pe, A. is growing riclu are worth all of fifteon dollars s perladre; 2. Mr. B. keeps up a small fann in and mil, take a period of five years to- a very productive condition, by resting gethcr, yield to tho cultivator a greater. ; . ; ,his land every other year, giving every clear profit than any equal JniiMcr M : crop what manure he can make broad- tarms, oi equal value, jvith an equal cast. His rotation is : 1st, Wheat ; number of hands, in any State South of '; ; 2nd, rest ; 3rd, cotton ; 4th, rest ; 5th, Mason and Dixon af Line ; clearly de- coni ;';'Gtli,':restv; 7th, pats ; 8th, rest monatratingthat, as a matterof pecii- His land was originally poor, but now niary calculation alone, ouir people will never fails to vield hiirhlv remunerat- do better to hold on and imnrove. ihan ing crop, without having cost him the to sell out and emigrate ; and vl19h we ! ,f; first red cent in cash for "fertilizers. add to this, the immense advantages of - f o. xur. Keeps ins iiuiu uuuuruuii- iicaiui uuu pieuuniness 01 cumatcj-y'' stant cultivation, and at the same time good water ; nearness to the emporiums v;V, in ah improving condition. Ho turns of commerce; good laws 5 goold society;. ro under pea vines in the fall, and plants all the ties and endearments of lahdred, v !vt; Jiiscorn, manured in the drill, earljr in; old friends and all the undieing charms V'V", (, thii snring; arid sows peas last plowing of our own", our hafivo laritlio, airgu-. "liroaxicast, to turn under in tlic foil itli merits ii; favor of reiriairiing af e not on- wheat. After the wheat is off, he sows ly convincing, but overwhelming. iivjiuj iu luru unueruguui 111 uiu iun, wiucn x ow let us ncure anu cypner a nuiei' . is followed the noxtycar with oatspr corn; to see how tlie' niattewill Btarid : 0; ,r.vV"Hr IJe raises but littleebtfonwhiclus coniin- raav estimate thd cost of 11 removal; savy ft ' - : - .. .- v ..We f . v ,;. 4 ' . 5 . , ' . I ' J " 1 " f . ' . .. " ' m 0
The Arator (Raleigh, N.C.)
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