Western Carolinian

              d-aib<dm:_mi_t£l > saiasbyux x e t esdax fcltptembeu 18 18z1 msh n lvo ca „ pobiwssb stsst toss1i4t ! l jumgham k iutt5 ti;bms : rte subscription to the w.m>»ca«o«si ■ - !.',: iv/j per smiuin payable half-yearly • h-iii-c '"'^ n inner will be discontinued until al ££■ z paid unless at the discretion of sl andaiiysuhscriherlui'in.tokive uc of bis wish to discontinue at the end ota „ v.ll be considered as wishing to continue he paper which wiu be sent accordingly vlmever will become responsible for the l-ment of nine papers shall receive a tenth subject of the vegetable manures at equal war with both hot and short muck farm ers he goes on so far as to say that all animal and compound manures should be excluded from tillage l.uid and should be applied to meadow and pasture alone two of his reasons are so strong as to carry conviction of their truth while oth time previous to being turned in that a larger portion of vegetable mutter may be imparted to the soil it is not uncom mon to see sonic worn out fields thrown out of cultivation on account of their ster ility growing up in rag weed ; thc farmer of good judgment keeping stock of ev ery kind out would turn under these weeds before the seed begins to form this process would encourage a more vigorous growth on thte land which should be treatetflil the same manner and if he would but assist the benevolent designs of nature and sow down a winter vegetable crop the poorest soils wouhl be restored to a state of fertility let the farmer win is afraid of a little trouble compare the labor and expense of a few ploughing with all the heavy and laborious opera tions necessary in clearing new lands and placing it in good order to receive seed ; and he will find it less laborious to improve twenty acres of his worn out home fields than to clear two this calculation is within the reach of any one the happiness of h aven . for my part i have not the vanity to think that i deserve it the folly to expect it or the h.mbition to desire it but contest my self in submitting io the disposal of that god who made me who ikis hith erto preserved and blessed me and in whose fatherly goodness i mav well confide that he w^l never make me miserable and that the affliction i may at any time sillier m;iv tend to mv ben efit agricultural hail ! first of arts source of domestic ease ; pride of the ian and patron of the seas crs arc so plausible as to invite the ex periments of all farmers the former may be stated briefly to be first thc com parative facility with which a whole field may be manured at once ; and secondly the exemption from weeds slugs trash and vermin which farm-yard manure never f_fils to introduce . your committee in the absence of their personal experi ence on this subject will briefly state bis mode of bringing a field into good tilth and fertility and it is worthy of remark that his soil resembles that of far the greater part of our farms.b j-noh rnr oiuaicin iaioir.ii " 1 hc faith you mention has doubt less its use in the world i do not desire to see it diminished nor could i desire to see it lessened in any man ; but i wish it were more productive of good works than i have generally seen it i mean real good works works of kindness charity mercy ancf pi_.blii manures continued from our last aarsak viu be '"'* r,l '' 1 °" ihe c " s ' tomary terms ,% persons senfflng in adver tisements must specify the number of times they villi them inserted or they will be continued till ordered out ami charged according . no advertisement inserted until it has been paid for or its payment assumed by some person in this town or its vicinity cj-all letters to thc editors must be post-paid or they will not be attended to sir humphrey davy in his lectures on agricultural chemistry observes that " all green succulent plants contain saccharine or mucilaginous matter with woody fi bres and readily ferment when they an to be employed for eniiching a soil they should be ploughed in when in blos som for it is al this period that they con tain the largest quantity of easily soluble matter and that their leaves arc most ac tive in forming nutritive matter green crops pond weeds or any kind of fresh vegetable matter require no preparation to fit them for manure the decomposi tion slowly proceeds beneath the soil : the soluble matters are gradually dissolved and the slight fermentation that goes on checked by the want of a free communi cation of air tends to render the woody fibre soluble without occasioning the rap id dissipation of elasuc matter tn speak ing of dry straw the same author states that when it is macjt to ferment uj^coipcs a more manageable manure ana thatit is t-.^b hiihoi^b ihirpose^h about the 1st of october he breaks up a stiff field and sows pretty thick turnips and barley or rye and oats in all cases of turnip sowing he mixes one quart of radish seed with four quarts of turnip this crop is sown on land ridged for win ter fallow in february you mav put in ewes and lambs in april or may this vegetable crop is turned completely un der with a proper plough and on the fur row he sows buckwheat turnips and vetches any or all but a mixture seems preferable and harrows them in lightlv thus you have one crop of vegetable nia nure under fuitow while another is grow ing above it the end of july or begin mtig of august he turns under this scj xev ttooas rllf subscriber is now opening at his store in salisbury a general and well selected sorlmciit of dry goods hard-ware and medicines st received direct from new-york and phila aphis and laid in at prices that will enable bun sell remarkably low his customers and the ibuc are respecthfc invited to call and ex line for themselves all kinds of country oduce received in exchange lat 78 1 murphy the ashes of all vegetables is an ex ceedingly useful manure particularly lo low wet and stiff oils the vegetable alkali contained in them gives solubility to all vegetable substances and from its strong attraction for water may tend to givq some degree of moisture to thc soil or to other manures ; on this latter account it is of great service properly mixed in a composted heap " your good muster diought linicl less ot these outward ajiwiranccs than a man ol bis modern jpsciplcs \\____\\\ to^he__^_________________________l book.-ftln.dvng business i\l\y subscriber respectfully informs thc citi zens ofthe western section of n carolina id the adjoining districts of s carolina that he is established the book-binding husiiiess in all its various branches in the town of salisbury . c he lias taken the store formerly occupied i wood sc krider on main-street three doors rth ofthe court-house having devoted considerable time to acquire competent knowledge of bis business in the ty of baltimore the subscriber flatters himself it he will be able to execute every kind of rk in his line in a style and on terms that will re general satisfaction mt chants and others can have lllunk bonks led and bound to any pattern on short notice cheap and as well finished as any that can be kht from tlie north . . remmnd on the most reasonable in j.t short notice ..;, a distance for binding of every ____]••, wiil be faithfully attended to ___________! william 11 young ■.-> ; there are many other vegetable sub stances which may with success be used in restoring worn out tillage land but us most if not all of them may with far ment w nomically by a proper is ploughed this case much more at fir*-t yet lasting on this latter point of dry straw it is sufficient to remark that this celebrated chemist does not positively recommend that it be ploughed in without undergoing fermentation ; hc states it as a subject of doubt and nvorth experiment and only be lieves it to be more economical he has feimself given us the result of an experi etable manurings and a sprinkling oi sheep manure performing their putrefac tive office within the soil and keeping therein all their native salts and fertile oily juice with only three ploughings i'he following is the copy of an original letter from the venerable franklin to a minister of a church in the south part of new-jersey which luis been recently discovered there among some old family papers it is a composition perfectly in the maimer ancl spirit of that great and woi salisbury june 8 1821 is'evf stage to eigu jjjji a^p he subsc "*> e "'> who s v$fzet?rfe ■■ contractor for earn ing r^mzst the it states mail b twe n — mi.-iisdp'lfiltt raleigh and salisbury by of randolph chatham s.c respectfully in is the public that he has fitted up an entire v stack which added to other improve ts that have been made will enable iiiiii to your committee though inexperienced on this subject cannot avoid recommend ing to this society the adoption of a plan on principles similar to those of mr pe ters the end of september any of the following seed or a mixture of them as judgment may dictate should be sown on one ploughing and harrowing in : tur nips barley egyptian oats rye ilanovei turnip or any other succulent vegetable iiiot usually injured by fiost-^fn the ycaii ihy man juwr ti 1753 dear sir — i received your kind letter if the s2d inst and am glad to hear that you increase in strength — i hope you will continue mending until you recover your former health and firmness let me know whether vou still use the cold bath and what effect it has as to the kindness you men tion 1 wish it could have been ol more serious service to you ; but if it had the onl^than^^^diuuldclesire j a™j thut^fl sin that ient of his own which should teach us that thc only use of applying dry chopped straw would be the opening a stiff soil in the very same page from which thc my iwssengf.hs with as much comfort and pedition as they can bc carried by any line of gcs in this part ofthe country the scarcity money the reduction in the price of produce c demand a correspondent reduction in every sprtment of life i therefore the subscriber is determined to reduce the rate of passage oin eight to six cents per mile gentlemen welling from the west to raleigh or by way ' raleigh to the north are invited to try the ibseriber'g stage as he feels assured it only is a trial to gain a preference thc stage arrives in salisbury every tuesday or 9 o'clock and departs thence for raleigh i same day at 2 o'clock ; it arrives in kaleigh riday evening and leaves there for salisbury b you health and firmness 15 ing ysur^h friend and servant ] benjamin fuankuljifo • meteoric iron from baffiii's bitofp^m thc o/jicers in the expedition under meturned ire k.-i r fct-eat as ind the native on of instru h led them to must at some with other na above recommendation is extracted he says lhat from " 400 grs of dry barley straw i obtained 3 gi s of matter soluble in water wbich had a brown colour and tasted like mucilage from 4u0 grs of wheat straw he obtained only 5 grs of a r u fluently demonstrates th z no comparison betwecn^fl fibre and the succulen^b , tic cd d)*rc . however satisfied hpoint for an immense mas kroiiwm discovered on the surface fof the earth a lump of which they brought with them to england whiclt has since been analyzed by some sci entific gentlemen at the royal institu to in lane vegetable h ther elucidation v'u'ly dollars alwwwviy f an jiv ay from the subscriber at charlotte ** metklenburg county n carolina a negro loy hy the name of simon ; dark complexion nt made and five feet seven or eight inches v 1 - lie speaks low when spoken to lt is that he will make towards the county ' prince williani virginia i.s ho w as purchased j that county 1 will give the above reward if '< aid negro is delivered to isaac wilie con u j cabarrus county or 25 dollars if secured in yjail and information given su that i get him evan wu.ie •;.'»•<•/' 24 wai 50 ■' ■' editors of the richmond enquirer are 1 i st cd to ins rt the above advertisement six :' ; s and send their account to the oilicc of rjjvcslern cirol'mian for payment the ver lactv^m tical it is in thesc^^hs_^^voodyjf brc will not ferment unless some substan ces are mixed with it which act the same part as mucilage sugar and extractive or under liuck part of the ittinil)c-ricss mt-rcics fronj^^jt i 1 '' infinitely above being benefited by our services these kindnesses from men i can therefore onlf return to their fellow men ; and i can only show my gratitude to god by a readiness to help his other children and my brethren for i do not think that thanks and com pliments though repeated weekly can discharge our real obligations to each other and much less to our creator " you will see in this my notion ot good works that i am far from expect ing to merit heaven by them iiy heaven we understand a state oi hap piness infinite in degree and eternal it duration i can do nothing to de serve such iewar<l he that for ving a draught of water to yhinty pcrson should expect to be tw*wh i rood , l.ii.li.liori vvu_.il bfhwkcst in his demands compared with those wh,ol think i bey deserve heaven for the li ijel good they do on earth even ihe mix-l cd imperfect pleasures we enjoy in ihisl world are rather from god's goodness than qui merit j hovy much mcr^j wheat vctcliestor^^wtuniips^calb.ige seed peas chickory and in general all luxuriant juicy vegetables the first of august this second crop should be rolled and neatly turned under ; and if wheat bailey or egyptian oats are to be the ciop for the ensuing yea they may be sown any time in september or first half of october taking great care so to water fur row your field as tt cause as little wash ing as possible should this field be want ed for corn the next spring it is recom mended to sow it with turnip and radish in september and your cattle hogs and beep may be fed with the turnips in -,. niter and thc field be brolw up for corn the end of march albuminous matters nvitli nvhick it is mutual ly associated with herbs and succulent vege tables for precision and accuracy in chemical experiments sir humphrey davy may be safely trusted ; but your comndktee cannot believe he was a good farm r tn v afotf mai ion v tinted l v tlie children of lohn cunningham de •["-■«_ !, who departed his life in greenville '."\ s ('.. whose wife was named jane — • cr youngest daughter jane cunningham is ; i j rt ding in bloomfield nelson county ken ms of obtaining any information that ■''■'■ . correspondence between the widow ' inniiigham or john james and george ofthe aforesaid juhn and jane clin in ri . ,!,[ |. ull . wm bound or put un c%re of mrs armstrong of 8outn.caro *;;--.;. removed to kentucky and brought the \ • '■■'■ - - li hi ;- anv infornrktion relating to i ' ■ "■ - thankfully r - ivej hi jam ui knixgham 1 ed most of his experiments instead ol being applied to the valuable productions of the field weie made on mint and " primroses in iiis garden vour committee have read with much easure two small agricultural tracts plain tlv-"phcnomeii3b lights from which it is possible meti^"^m ric iron may be produced to an eflenc hitherto unimagined,but,»lsototocclftn 1 for the remarkable variations f»th these iiutuilto^u^i < ntiivt , lin-n_il__z published by mr matthew peters and recommend them to thc ttention of all clover and other grass lays have long bcen used with unvarying success as a vegetable manure the < jc '. • i fcrt is toopenswl divide the soil by theii woody fibre and roots and to enrich it with itieir mucilaginous substances which are easily soluulgiuwatci old pasture fields should be su dw grow up or some i j the society particularly those parts which relate lo ti.e nibject now under confide ti luiion these worksj the kationa i many v.daahehitits on all subject con nected with j^u.bandrj ; but ho appe«jjj _ i tr n ' i'-xellijebt snd zealous on twr captain , bloomfield jt c n <■ mors newspapers in washin ftoncitv , ■ ■ ' ■: lina georgia alabama atid i ■ - ■ ■• ill eonfi ■ ji pu v . 1 1 i i obligation on | ' ', ! 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