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properties, which they impart -directly j that the I smail inefficient part of his
to the errowine: plants. I? or this rea
son;! consider ashes preferable, as a
general thing, to lime, where only one
of these substances is to he useu. I
give ashes the preference, too, because
wo can all procure them without cost,
except of labor. If any one doubt their
virtue let him give tiiem;a trial. Lay
off an acre of your poorest land, spread
oh it broadcast C fifteen , or twenty two
horse loads of stable - manure, turn it
under; then put on, in the same way,
a hundred bushels of unleashed ashes,
and harrow them in with wheat. Or,
as sooit as your crop is laid by, cover
an acre thickly with brush, and let it
lie twelve months: then burn it all off
: as it lies: m suitable prepara
tion,' sow it in wheat. I pledge myself
the crop in either case, will pay all la
bor ana expense; and the land will be
permanently brought to life apin.
5' But lime and ashes may be both used
profitably in other modes. They arc
food mixed with heaps, of litter and
ecaying vegetable matter; and greatly
enrich all compost heaps, if j udiciously
managed. A composition of one part
salt, two of shell lime, and four of well
saved cow dung -handful to the hill,
so as to come as near as possible with
out coming in direct contact with the
gniinis a-most excellent manure for
corn and airother grain or plants. Ash
es and peat or swamp muck, a bushel of
the former to every tour ot the latter,
well mixed and left in bulk a week or
ten days, forms a capital compost for
fruit trees, and indeed Tor all cultivated
crops. ; Try -these fertilizers. They are
not new and untested theories, though
they may be so to many of your readers,
who; will probably pass them over as i
dle chimeras, and continue to make a
nubbin where they y might produce a
full grown ear. Even those who are
convinced of their great value and im
portance, are far too lazy negligent and
sparing in collecting and apply ing them.
This ought to be embracing ; all
kinds of manure a regular and system
atic business on every farm. And let
s there be impressed upon the reader,
force in other matters, '-might very pro
fitably be kept at work in this depart-
iVlifc VUU 1T11V1U TUiilt Kill l VU JL JiifclV
had a f5v years experience ; in manure
U11U 11UTU DVll Willi IVilU llO UVUUIU),,
in my land as well as my crops, you
need not be surprised that I acknow
ledge myself an enthusiast on the sub-
But to carry out the system success
fully, niuch good judgment, personal
attention ana patient perseverance must
bo exercised. , JVhocvcr will do it, will
have the satisfaction, though the pro
cess he slow, nf iiltinifitnlv Rooinrf hift
My motto is EXCELSIOR.'
To the Editor cf the Arotor. ,
KJll . XII VUi? UikJ B tl llij UUJ J. J C-
sided in a TOBACCO country, and I
have no doubt, from mykhowledgo of
the kind of land adapted to its growth,
that it may be profitably produced in
many parts of Wake county. Indeed,
at present prices, I believe it would pay
better than any other crop. Much to
bacco made in an adjoining county
from twentymo forty dollars a hundred;
and these prices are realized by many
planters in Virginia and Maryland, as
well as JNorth Carolina. In some cases
seven hundred dollars are cleared to tho
hand, and it is very common to clear
four. to five hundred. Who approaches
this among our cotton planters? But
tobacco is a troublesome cropl and re
quires close attention not only in hand
ling, but in making and applying "ma
nure; our people are averse to such trou
ble; and but few, therefore; if any, will
try it If it were somo great assj:frr
sorghum, or pea or potato which pro
mised to rid them of all this trouble; anil
overload their barns and store-houses,
theywould be eagerly mniaing' after it
for a day; andheh j drop i
when their extravagant and unreason
able expectations are dashed, as they
certainly will be. 4 But aire there not
some, who will go soberly and prudent
ly to work, and give the tobacco a trial?