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tivation of another; and not only are particular 
soils adapted to one species of vegetation, but 
so, also, are particular manures, some of which 
are much more convenient or economical for 
one locality than another. 
So, too, of planting and cultivating. When 
one species of seeds are put in the ground, and 
the farmer is waiting to till them, it may be 
just the time to sow others. When they have 
sprouted and require to be looked after, one 
may need attention at one moment, and one at 
another; while a third, as of the small grains, 
grasses, and clover, require no subsequent atten¬ 
tion except harvesting. 
A season that is very cold and wet may be 
beneficial to one crop, as of grass, and some of 
the grains, while such as are hot and compar¬ 
atively dry, are better for others, as Indian and 
broom corn, and various other products and 
fruits. The multiplicity of crops in the ground 
at the same time, is thus equivalent to an insur¬ 
ance on the weather; in which the proprietor 
gives up a very large possible yield for one 
crop, while he secures a fair return for his gen¬ 
eral labor. 
Again, various species of animals require 
different food, and each requires a variety— 
sometimes hay and straw, at others, grain, meal, 
or roots. Occasionally, too, the market may be 
high for particular products, of which the 
farmer may have good store, and which he may 
sell to much better advantage than to feed to 
his stock, a purpose for which, perhaps, it was 
originally designed. 
'I’he necessity for rotation with all its advan¬ 
tages, has been elsewhere specified, and we 
have not time now to enumerate them. 
Various crops may require different kinds of 
labor. The old and young, and females, too, 
may frequently be as advantagously employed 
by one occupation, as in the dairy, or garden, or 
poultry yard, as the hardy and strong, by others, 
in the field. Some may require more or less 
assistance from the horse or ox, while others 
are adapted solely to manual labor; and cer¬ 
tain articles, as flax and wool, may be raised to 
eke out employment for the inmates of the house 
daring our long winter evenings. 
Thus a thousand economical considerations 
may justly induce us to give variety to our oc¬ 
cupations and the various objects of our agri¬ 
cultural pursuits. 
NORTH-CAROLINA FARMING, 
When is the Best Time to Sow Clover at the 
South ?—Mr. Henry K. Burgwyn has tried some 
experiments upon his plantation on the river 
Roanoke, in North Carolina, by which he thinks 
three quarts of clover seed to the acre, sown in 
the fall, will make as good a stand as four 
quarts in the spring, or rather in February, 
which is the usual time of sowing. The only 
objection to fall sowing is, that some think it 
injures the wheat Mr. T. P. Burgwyn is of this 
opinion. On the contrary, Mr. H. K. B. thinks 
that the clover, that is cut with the straw, will 
more than make up any loss in grain, as feed, 
for cattle and increase of manure. 
Broad Wheat and Clover Fields. —Mr. H. K. 
Burgwyn has 500 acres of wheat now growing, 
315 of which is sowed in clover, herds’grass, 
Timothy, or rye grass. Besides this, he has 220 
acres of clover and grass from last year’s sow¬ 
ing. Some of the clover sowed with wheat, last 
fall, grew two feet high. His brother, Mr. T. 
P. Burgwyn has 700 acres in wheat, and sowed 
in February, 70 bushels of clover. He has 
good clover that was sowed in May. He says 
his brother’s fall-sowed clover clogs the reaping 
machine. I will give facts—let others draw 
conclusions. 
Deep Plowing. —Mr. H. K. Burgwyn has 
plowed some of his land with two four-horse 
plows, one after the other, followed by a three- 
horse subsoil plow in the same furrow. Seven 
horses to one furrow is a common practice of 
both these gentlemen. Do you hear that, ye 
surface scratchers ? R. 
PROFITABLE CROP OF GORN. 
I planted 9£ acres, had the sod inverted with 
the plow, then put ten loads of well-rotted ma¬ 
nure, to the acre, and harrowed it in. Planted 
in squares 3£ feet each way, put four or five 
grains in the hill, dropped about a table-spoon¬ 
ful of plaster in each hill, tlien covered the com 
and plaster together. The weeds and grass 
were destroyed with the plow and hoe, in the 
usual manner. 
The yield was 36 loads—the cart holds 34 
bushels, making in round numbers, 1,224 bushels 
of ears, which was disposed of as follows:— 
Sold 300 bushels of shelled corn, at 
62£ cents per bushel, $187.50 
“ 1,800 lbs. pork made wholly on 
corn, 110.00 
“ 1,100 “ “ put up for family use, 65.00 
Fed horses, cattle, poultry, &c, not 
measured, say 50.00 
28 loads of stalks, worth $4 the load, 112.00 
$624.50 
Peekskill , N. Y., April, 1850. T. Fountain. 
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Inflammation in the Horse. —The disease may 
be distinguished by a coldness of the extremi¬ 
ties ; this at least indicates inflammation, or that 
the blood is determined to some local part, and 
the heaving of the animal’s flanks, and his anx¬ 
ious looks at his bowels, as well as their tender¬ 
ness when touched, will indicate the seat of in¬ 
flammatory action. The first object is to re¬ 
lease the system, and counteract the impetus of 
the blood; bleeding persevered in, until the 
horse drops, is the only chance for saving his 
life. There is another principle in horse medi¬ 
cine which here will be called into vigorous 
action. No severe inflammation can take place 
in two contiguous parts of the system at the 
same time. To lessen the internal inflammation, 
the belly must be largely and powerfully blis¬ 
tered, and these are the two means of subduing 
the disease. No purgative medicine should be 
given, but the horse “ back-raked,” to prevent the 
formation of calculi, and a clyster administered 
in the form of onion broth. All stimulants must 
be avoided, as they are sure to act as poison to 
the animal. 
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