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Ajricidttiux$lljic griat ar!f yrhith tvery Qovcrnmmt ought to prolectt every proprietor of land to practice
J i , ; every inquirer into nature to improvelaux&ox 'J " '
vol: ii.
RALEIGH, HAECH, ; 1857,
NO. xn
v J.
NOKTH-eAKOLINA AKATOll.
By TIIOS. J. LKMAV. Editor & Propriktoh. '
ITi2RMS.libli8hedonthefirstofeverviiiohth
At' osys iOLLAR A YEAU, invariably in ailmvce. 5
fAKSn AUvertiscraents. not exceeding' twelve lines
f H ; .eacli and every- insertion, one dollar containing
flt,;'; v!;'mbrc,"at. thesame rates.':v- t:g-- : J
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"For the Arator.
Mr. Editor; -I have heard hnd read a
i;: '.mdsfcWcryiWhcro except in lsoith Ca-,
V; V roliiia. . oWjveiy few, if seeniH, vliave
tried the important experiment here.
It is mortifying to refSect upon the tar
tly movements of our people, who wrap
themselves up in the mantle of itno
rance, and exclude from their minds
the rays of light which pour in from all
" 4 yuartersn by stupid and ,obstinato . rcsis-
"J ; tanbe to all hook farming. f We-are
: tlvus'moi'o . than a-;nuafter of a . j.entiuy
; j 'y; " ehiiidbur liaughty neighbor on the
' jriprtfi S : Tliciniproyed iiiipleinents
r? our! iiVrtfliirtrlci rnHintirT T'anw
iiJ:- inbpcration there thirty years ago,
- , 1 n est r'Atii 1 n rf , 1 n t A itiMi nrn iica nmntTr no
f .WKv? lias thewave4 of improveinent
naw
are
jigrieulturi8ts-of the pspscht generation
will adopt the subsoil culture.' A few
in ' jST brth Garolina have tried it success
fully; but it is feared an age will roll by
before the example will be followed by
many. Its great utility has been de
monstrated in other States, and in the
most satisfactory manner particularly
on the 'farm off Prof. Mapes in iew;
Jersey, and that of Mr. Gifford; ' New
York. The Committteee, reporting on
the Professor s, say: ' ., , - .3 .
u Large numbers of holders occupied
the surface soil, which have been remo
ved; the better portion of the land has ,
been underdraiiied; and the whole tho
roughly sub-soil plowed to a great
depth. This free admission of atmo3-
pherc into the subsoil, has caused a dis
integration of the red kelhs, and;pow
the whole surface to a great depth is in "
the finest tilth. From the depth; of tho t
disintegration and the influence of the
under ;drains, securing, 'circulation of
'atmosphere and deposite of moisture
by condensation, no drouth is ever felt,
mark this! alUoilxielxwas'ftll set
forth by the Connnittee;ho visited liis
fanrilast ycai aW!t4ibrrcpbrtcd that -the
Tforices j?bemed tbbc a bcx:r.'darytto .
, tho drouth.' s.
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