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TIIOS. LEMAY Editor & Phopkietoh. Tty Carolina potjcrtul in intellectual, vuoral anS? Ijvgisai Hizmtj; tljt lana of uur jirs.i anD Jjsn'.r a par affection. THREE' DOLLAllS Pxn Awe, jhmcc'v VOL XL. RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1849. no. 24. SOD SAI, .KIIATUS.. rHE Undersigned, the e-nly manufacture ol nulni rtoda Sal -.E rat us, beg leave to cau mi their customers and th poblie against an ar :le made in imitation of the genuine, by eeveral inufaeturera who have been induced to Ihia itirse by the great favor our article baa me( with, a those who are unacquainted wiib our article, e have only to fay, thai a aingle trial according the directions , (which "are placed in each pack ;,) will manifest ita euperiority over any other niotSl .-Eretua in market, and we warrant it lolesome and per fee ly five from impurities. lie ganuine article can ha obtained of any of the liolesate grocer or drugginta In (hi city, Boston, leans. Purchasers ar j particularly requealeJ to a that our brand la on each package. ' JOHN DVVIOHJ- k CO. New York. March 20. 1849. 18171 It. TICKER cV SON AVE tnia day received by Adams dc tVa Ex another suppl of Printed Organdi Lawna, . . Second Mourning Ginghams, BJackSilk I'lssnes, f.ajtkV Colored Kid Ohrrttv " OeUlemen'a do. do. Plaid and Fancy Bonnet Ribbons, 1 dot. Graee Skirts, ready made, at, 75 cents each, I.yaneae Braida, Lace, Buttons, Thread Bobbin Edging, Blue French Cloth, Marlboro Pl'aida, " " '""" FuriitUfe'i,Prtnt-&s;' fc.-'-- -' -Alto's few Seta nf (othic and Landscape Tea rayai ar.y, kamlsotne aUkto. ,,... .. .. . .. '..., Rale'gh. May 7. 1849, 9-tf. MEW GOODS BY EXPBESS. AT :T. R. FENTRESS' -MAY I. 180. EHF. Subscriber would call the attention of jhsJui4lsij French Caseimerea, and Fancy Silk Vesting, Mired tfaia day, which, in addition to the Slock has on hand, selected by himsrlf in person, in arch, will rcake his assortment one of the most ried in lha State, and will be found to contain examination, every article for Dress, Comfort Convenience, fm lha-. Season ..-.;: Jt comprises act French and Fancy Clotha and Cassiineres, the beat Factors, Black and Fancy French Doe .we, plain adfigujre4.jirhiJDuUin.g. llnjRtoii ured and fancy Marseilles, Black and Fancy tint" and tSilarYestinga; B lackFrench" Brap Etes snd Black Ceshmerelte, for Summer Coals, ih variety of other Goods. In the fancy line, be offers Silk Phirte and Draw r, and Gaoia nde 6liirl, Linen and Cotton ced) Drawers, Black and While Raw Bilk $ se, (a superior article J Black and White Kid 1 fancy Lile Thread Gloves, Suspenders, Black lian and Fancy Silk Cravats, (eomething new,) th a handsome lot of Patent Leather Delta, for sees. Also, a complete assortment of Dress Shirts, of i latest style, received this dy, and warranted fit I bete Goods are offered, with the assurance that iy will be disposed of on as moderate terms as 1 House In Raleigh. Gentlemen furnishing their own materials will efve- the same attention aa though purchased re. ' .. - . rnshitruT m fa?ftim& Mmmm to." re-" e, no exertion of his will be spared to merit its ntinuanre. A suit of elothee made in any specified time, sad Garments warranted to fit, or no sale. N. B. Orders from a distance thankfully e. ved, and will always secure punctual attcn nee, ,-,,,.,,..TJt.FEJS;-i:B.ESS..,..,:: Merchant Tailor, t The London and Paris fashions are re ived monthly, independent of the Plates, twice year. Ualeigli. May 4, 1849. ' 10 4f Town lioU Yov 1KB Public Lola in the town of Graham, . the aeat of Justice in the county of Ala nee will be e posed at pubtio auction on the th of July. The term of tale may be known reference to the 3rd section of the act to lay 'and cataltliili a new County by the name ol ainsnre. JOHN STOCARD, Y m.. A. C A R R I G A N , JOHN FOG LK MAS'; EORGR HURDLE . jesse gant, john Scott, james a. craig. V Commissioners- ABSALOM HAUVEY PEYTON P. MOOREJ J7The Raleinh Register, Mi! tor. Chronicle, eenaborocgh Patriot and Chrislian Sun, will aeeopy until day of sale, and forwaid their counts to the office of the Recorder. May. 99. 27 tds. 3s o l Catolliift wtltution for the Deaf and Dumb. ,HIi next eession. of this Institution will commence on Monday, the 10A y of July. .Having moved into the new Bull ir, a few more pupil can be received. As pilj wijl l) admitted in their or dor of sppli i ion, it is,tmpoitant that application should be ids without delay. Any inl'oituaiion en the biectwill be BivenbT Wai, D L'OOKE, Principal. R.i1eiah, My 30, 1849. 23 In. . JT'lMie; ttifiter, liillaborongh Democjgt, i'(mtf Watertmar Aeltt :, Met Settger, mdolph Hnld, i'ftyetteville Carolinian, 'fltiiiitg-tftn Ubrnrneritiel.Newbern, Republican, irhoratigh" Pa Gttensboroogh ; Patriot and oifolk A'jua will pleaae . publish the above month each and nd amount, with a opy the paper, to the Principal at Raleigh JENNY I4NU COMING. A letter iccti ved bv a r;itlcman in I'ttrlpstfju, , we lcitrn frora the Mercury, ' t1mt itilt aweft cantatnrt "iit'df tfdrto nav a ttit lu tin' connirv. Ma ' wilt be iitrVgfrtPtito se-th Tots Wat. A G U I C U L T U it A L. Flowing, BY PROF, J. 1. MAPES. Nicwaric, N. J. April 25. II. Gref.lt, Eao. Dear Sin la my laat comnranicationrl 'jpmWiTfoe your r6dn Mmo acebvt r t of m'yxprTeiiccfar Deep l'lowinrr. Before entering immcdi ately ttpon the advantages to lie derived from Desp Plowing', it may be well to give the reasons why plowing at all is necessary for eneouragng the growth of plants. The offices" assigned by Nature to the soiLaro.-s. ,. . m.. .. 1. The mechanical sustaining of the roots of plants and necessarily 61 the plants themselves, in proper position; and at the same time that the mass of soil shojutd be pervious to the increasing length of roots. 2. The reception and retention of those gasseav- flu-ids, wh-k-lt- Nutuwi's Juwa sHplJy t the-soil, uwtil tU retjVMttieHt of growing plants shall appropriate them. as shall best tend to the ready parting with excessive quantities of moisture ami soluble excrimcntitious matters arising fiom vege lion ' irTree rdinlsloTlMtofBtcowpbems of the atmostpliere af, by combination with u uilertro" ef?l Hgoa betu'fieial to their general properties. It is well known that if soil is disinte graterM)ut to slight depths, the roots of plants, offreaching the compact or disinte grated portion, cease to W-liealthy,aiK re fuse to Bustain the plant- .thua meadows, when f eeded down with the surface only disturbed and not propcrly'plowed wilt soon ceiving the influence of lite atmostphere, remains sour, and uuttt for supplying the necessary aliment at the terimiH of the roots, conseqaently the rTan'di'lf1Med(fwig be deeply plowed! tftey will last much lon ger without reseeding; and when both sub soiled and deep surface plowed,, the instance has not yet occurred where re-seeding be came necessary Lucerne (French Clover,) will grow for one, two and sometimes three years, on shallow-blowed landj but if the soil be deep and free, as in some parts of France, it has been known to flourish with increased vigor for fifty years. When Lueetne fails the close observer will find that its toots have reached soil that has nbtTieen dismtegratetli """ . ,'JTnM" '" ""?""' This effect is common to most planls, and no err.)r is more common than to mis take the length of roots of plants. Those of the ordinary Corn stalk will average 5 to 6 feet in length; and if a field be planted with Corn in hills 4 feet apart, no portion plow, of one inch cube can be found that docs not contain roots. Many of them are too small to be discerned by the naked eye, but still they exist, and their termini are the only part .. capaple of receiving nutri ment. Even the common Onion has roots 18 inches long, and many of them will descend to their full length if the soil has been sufficiently disintegrated. The roots of most plants descend 'generally an average of two thirds their length, 'a portion only maintaining the hofiaontal position, Soil has no power to absorb and retain many ofthe gasses found in the atmostphere nntif reqnired-ijy"lhe--rwhTg-,pl3nt,--9nd this -retention is just in proportion to the quantity of surfaces of particles exposed; and therefore, an unplowed surface cannot avail of this action, nor can shallow-plowed land receive as much benefit from this cause as that more deeply disintegrated. The rationale ol ihia action I will explain in a future letter. Compact soils will not permjt the water resulting from tains to enter them, and shallow-plowed land will hold large qauntity of water near its surface, when from deeper disintegration, it might pass downward to a subsoil capable of freely receiving it. Heavy lodgment of water about the roots of most plants is detrimental to their growth, while large quaniittss passing over their surfaces without being received will carry, off the more soluble portion of the manure. Growing plants not only receive but throw out matter from their roola, for they reject certain portion! whkh are termed ex crmentitbusi tl-ese in well disintegrated soili aregolrid or.'but wh"(irT shallow plow ed they remain on the impervious soil, and from their proximity to the roots, injure the il.nnts. All soils arc improved r-y continual con tart with ihe atmostphere. and many con-F-iiiiifntR of the soil are useless to plants un til they have been thus operated upon; the particles of toil have also the power to ab sorb the resultant gases ofthe decomposing manure these gancv if not absorbed will be carried 62" by ?Brf e'fttt "$f ' w mdrtr become ne cessary in ;ohomlcarculture to prepare as much oil for their reception' as may be required, and this quantity is found to be greater than can by possibility be rendered pulverulent by sutface plowing even when performed to the full depth of ordinary surface soil. I have proved this fact fully; for such parts of my farm as were plowed to the full depth of the loam, say seventeen inches, did not give as good crops as othet parts where the subsoil had been disturbed to a still greater depth by the Sub-soil plow run in the bottom ofthe furrow left bv the rheadvantages of sub soil plowing! shall reserve for my next letter; but to return to those of deep surface plowing. No farmer can doubt that a daen soil can yield better crops than a, shallow one,' let u suprae tl4e, a soil. -to. W wlvt m&Uea and underlaid by clny, and that the farmer should plow to the depth of 8 1-2 inches, and thus bring up half ait iuch of day to be act ed upon by the atmostphere and rendered into good soil; that the clay will undergo this change even in a single year, we can not doubt ij jls pronortion be no greater .tbao stated above. Let this practice be contin ued four years, and the soil will then be 10 inches deep, and when at that depth, un inch instead of half an inch of clay muy be added each year without his discovering that his land i-ay-mre cloggy than be fore he commenced the deepening; but its increased. If the pfowimr Be Hone lit!the Fall, and so perlormed by back furrowing tuuugc iiiu mini i u mi-net) oi ciay in stead of one may be safely thrown out on the Burface of these ridges, and the fre quent freezings and thawings of Winter wiUlldjtpadjwalfl and charge it with the necessary constituents iamoia and e ter to enable the clay 80 changed to form a valuable addition to the mass. The farm er should bear in mind that the ultimate constituents of plants are never destroyed; for when a plant is consumed, decays, or .WtMlJbMMdlst:.tiIttmate iwftfotoavatw thrown again on the face of Nature for ap propriation. The Consumed crops of 1840 wiltsupplf thera facture of those of 1850fand he should have his soil in "a condition to receive his share of Nature's bounties. r I remain, Sir, yours, respectfully, From the Mitrlbtro' Gait tit. CLOVER, PLASTER OF PLASTER OR GROUND GYPSUM, . BY PATVXENT PLANTER. Mb. Wilson: The request that you make, that I should answer the queries of your corrrespindentMW. R. B. has indu ced me toe moment, in preparing such an answer as will, I hope, be satisfactory to W. R. B., and alt my fellow farmers'. Although I may not imcered theory, I will have tho satisfaction of know ing that I bcstowedjlabor and research upon a subject in which all (eel a deep inteeert, all are seeking information, and therefore that I have contributed my mite to the common weal, . , J bout X .768 or .15,70, plaster, waa firslia, troduced as a fertilizer in this eotmlry, and a few years after, it was used quite exten sively in Maryland and Virginia. It elici ed then a great deal of discussion as to its effects whether great or any at all? What crops it acted best upon, and the soil it best suited? And in what way it acted. what was the"1 modus operandi of its effects upon the soils or the crops. All this is to a cer tain extent still dubious, and remains still undisclosed among the arcana of Nature's wonders. " Rutafter all the discussions up on this subject, founded upon chemical ! analysis made by the greatest chemists of i we woriaramHhe theortee m Phdoophersf as also-the facts which have from time to time-been furnished by intelligent and prac tical farmers like Mr. W, U. 13 , the ben-j ficial effects of this substance as an I ameliorator or fertilizer is admitted, and the crops on which it acts beet have been ascertained, and the best form of its applica tion and many of its mysterious ways in im- S roving both soil and products have all been eveloped ' by the active observation of tbn farmer aided by tho penetrating eye of Science. 'W. R. B." states many facts that are familiarjto us all,' and among them, that the effects of Plaster are now rarely seen, and clover u seldom sown with success, when some twenty yeatt ago the reverse was the fact. Then he asks "why is all this? Ii the land tired of cultivation? Is the gypsum adulterated and its properties use less to the application of clover?" Surely the reason is not such as is indicated in either of these emeries. Mother earth never tires of cultivation, unless you rob her on ... ., i l every tiling, ixmjk at me garuen wnicn is worked every year for a century, pro ducing annually an average crop. Gyp sum cannot be adulterated, for gypsum is the stone from which man makes Plaster, and x the same immTrtabJe-4a ws ,of " Na ture's God, that eatwedplasler- to fertilize clover twenty years ago being nnchanged, must render, it still beneficial to the same extentTbepure article itself sl!II retain all its original properties, but may be ' rcn derei powerelss by other causes r from the absence of a eo-operarihg cause. Be fore t proceeded in my attempt to explain this, I would here say that piaster may fce adulterated, and that no doubt there are iso lated case where great frauds are practiced, but a farmer caneasily ascertain the genera! cnaracterot uie artitlo he buys by this process: "Put a quantity in a dry pot over the fire and When heated it emits a sulphurous smell. If the ebulition (arising Rom whatever cause, be it-the escape of air, or the dissipation of its water of christilization (is considera ble, ii 4a oxyf jfc Cerent.- If it remain an inert mass, like sand, it is. worthless." . 1 . Before we proceed to how how Plaster acts anjTwhyjuieire forroeriyi I had Wtier dispose of my answer aa. KdaU.tft.clayar fo a strong reason why the effects of plaster are not now as pal ji able always as former ly, and it will sltow how plaster often meets with counteracting causes that destroy its usefulness upon clover. eW"''r'.'"iflih'f 'feaiofi why clover irJo sureeei as foimcrlynoitimt the. land is tired of it, but our tlimnto has chan ged; and our system has not kept pace with it. The hot summers, preceded by long droughts of springy have all combined to prevent much clovor sown at that season of the year, from vegetating, and has de stroyed much that did vegetite Those who Thav. of ..-litis.,. jreara.'M in the Autumn, in the winter have sue cecded in having fine set of clover, but it irtwe; ir did nm as It did in .former times, or as it is some times in somo plates seen now to do, Why so! For two . reasons. One is that the hausted in the soil, and thus for want of sua-' hnili. especially rich loams arc filled with lime or phosphates on which the clover feeds, together with what, by the aid ol these and Plaster, it is enabled to gather from the atmostphere, A series of crops of clovr being fed IT ercut and - carrtedofti would assuredly deprive the soil of all that amount or food so necessary "for ih elover, and it 'wfiuldliive Va -IiVe wlTuV-llieKa'H' .gfujjpjptosteir could sttract Itom the afmcrstphereV uhaidedlby these salts and phosphates which crop after crop had ab stracted from the soil, without the former ever returftiii:la.ihe shape , , f manure or concentrated fertilfzers. Again, it is pois oned by ita own. excrement. By being constantly kept in the land unaided by chemiclal means of rendering it inocuous, the excrementitious matter will destroy the clover, therefore lime must elapse between the crops of clover, sufficient for it to pass off, or become by decomposition innocent, oritmust be neutralized by such chwmioal properties as will at the same time supply abundandant food for the new clover crop. In this way alone can a succession of fine SS?foXsteyfXl'!!!Mi" 5j'J N Wore reasonably ex'praineTyilTer' foTldwing extracts which 1 have selected as fully sus taining my views and, which explain the reason that clover only sometimes nowa days succeeds weJJthM frikf ""TKtt.f rest gf-ftteTfal between crops, when the LkHCit?til, replenishes sources, ot wien the industry of man has supplied it with what ia required for the production of an abundant crop of that usc- ful but cormorant consumer of phasphate "fcvery iuuu ins, ol nay or straw are supposed to extract frOm the earth so much phosphoric acid as can be supplied by 8 lbs. ol bones. i!,u. Amer. rar. Vol. IV. page 207. 1 lie opinion deduced Irotn Uerzelius analysis is, that 8 lbs, of bones contain as much phosphate of lime (bone earth; as lOOO lpsi of hay or straw abstract from the earth, Same art. same author, Clover is of all grasses the great consu mer of phosphate -of lime.- 1'During on interval of rest the soil in a ifreat measure, refrains its original fertility.'! Leibig's Agricultural CMiCinistfy ch, VIII. "Certain plants, such as peas, clover and flax, thrive oa the same soil only after a lapse of years. "Decandolle supposes that the roots of plants imbibe soluble matter of every kind from the soil, and thus necessarily absorb a number of substances which are not -daptcd to the purposes of nutrition, and thus subsequently be expelled by the roots and returned o the soil as excrements. Now as excrements cannot be assimilated by the plant which ejected them, the more of these matters which the soil contains the more unfertile must it be for the plants of the same species. These excrementitious matters, may, however, still be capable of assimilation by anotwer 1 mo of plant, which would thus remove them from the soil and render it again fertile for the first. And if the plants last grown ! expel substances from their rodtrf," wbTcff"can beBpfdprlai . , i ' e l i - ;t, f ted ka food by Uie former, they will improve the soil in two ways. Leibtg ch, 8, " We all know corn grows well aftr clo ver, but corn not well after corn '; In the last quotation we have the reason for the nie ces of this rotation. We never sec two heavy cropTrofred cldver lit ; immediale suceessionrnrst, because the greater the growth the more ''phosphate Tand. potash is abstracted from the land; and 2nd, for the reason tso admirably "explained itt' the fol lowing sentences which I take alse- - from kcibigs Agricultural Chemistry., Thc quickness with which this decay of the excre ments ofplants proceeds depends On the com position of the soil, and on its greater or less porosity, it will take place very quickly on a caleareou soil; for the power of or ganic excrements to attract oxygen and to pwiiy uiereasea by contact with the alkaline constituents, and by the general porous nature of such kinds of soil, which freely permit the access of air." Hut it re quires a longer timo ia heavy soils consis ting, oi toam or ciay, -vtlV-gajiVkVislMiv JMtntlttiytfaMltrisb advantage ontme soil aftcPthserfond Vetfr, but in other not" until the 5th or ninth, merely on account of the change and de- trtrtrctran-Tbf thr cxcTemchTs, which Jiaye an i7T- ".'""enceon the plants being com- others not until the ninth. "In some neighborhood, clover will not thrive until the sixth year, jit other not until the 1 2th; flax in tho second or third year. All this depends upon the chemi cal nature of the soil, for it has been found by experience that in those districts where the Ihtervals'af whlch"the" same pTStsah oe cultivated .with advantage are very long, the time cannot be vhortened even by the use of the most powerful manures. The destruction of the excrements of one crop must have taken place before a new cron - . Km - 7 J rT-t;:i;.-L.w,vf.!L-i-!a. Lwmuiis. uniiro inuro oc an iiuiinuauce of that peculiar food ia tlie soil, on which plant siinilsr ojjttte8 ful t wo kuiils will not thrive in close proximity, while we often see plants dissimilar in their habits growing Ittxumntly side by aide some plants luaturiuts on the excremeau or exu dations of others, "On a Mil for example perTfjrr baccp may be reared in succession, because the latter plant does not require phosphates, salts which are invariable present in Wheat, out requires only alkalies and food contain t-4Jles tJiercfiire, the soil is-full of phos pnaies or oi manures containing the proper sattSk clover Will jsof succeed for a scries of yeiira,:With wheatW fyC The wliealxrop may be good and the clover bad, because fhe wheatgetfinrmj ttarttririSWjngeri exhausts all the aliment before the clover can contend with it for the mastery. There foSWqcHfewantsisE fine yield 1 wheat and clover, he must use bono 'dust, or guano, or agricultural salts freely'or a quan tity of manure made of or from such sub stances as contain the varied chemical prop erties essential to the production of . both grass and grain. But if ho will work his land two years in succession (provided it be good land) in corn or to-baceo so as to rid it of Us poisonous excrements, then fore go the benefit of s poorcrop of grain, and sow clover by itself, not pasture it the first. - year, bu4 fallow the ext vear, he will secure a heavy clover crop and a good wheat viij uiin.a uiiBiuriuiie ULiuu ii 10 laivcr. Then follow wheat with tobacco or corn, then clover, and so on, he will find that His land was not at fault, but his old system Tltisiicir clover crop ana tne probable reasons for its tail ure of late years. Plaster, is technically speaking, sulphate of lime Aid is a compound of sulphuric acid and lime, and is used for like purposes as the muriate of lime. To the extent of the quantity of lime it contains, it benefits all soils which lime would benefit, and in the same manner and by the same chemical process. It posses ses the valuable property of fixing the am monia contained in manure and spread upon fhe, f andit fixesjth ammonia in the soil which is foimed by the slowly decompdsTitg roots and other substances found in the sou. It has beca -ascertained. -beyond doubt. to attract the ammonia and other gasses float in? in the atmosphere, and fix them about those plant which feed principally upon the air, by means of their leaves hence broad leaved plants like tobacco, cabbage, corn, clover, etc., are more benefitted by flaster than others, particularly spear gras ses. It is particularly useful in dry seasons and in dry warm soils, because Irom its earliest use to this .day, all admit that it attracts and absorbs much moisture from the air. Judge Peters, in an elaborate treatise on this subject as far back as 1797, says: Wha'ever be the cause, dew will remain on a grass field plastered an hour or two in Uie morning, after all moisture has eveporated from the part of the same field not plastered. I have also seen often this effect in my garden beds, which if plastered, will retain moisture in the dryest season when there is not the least appearance of it on Uiose beds not plastered. If water be, according to tho old, as well as modern opinion, "amof jtfl in alCf in the food Of plants and vegetable, the plaster attracts or retains abundant supplies." Again: To many plants it form a direct food, as by SprenglcV Analyses it seems that in every 100.000 parts of cabbage there are 1822 parts lime, 203 parts magnesia. 74 ul phuric " afeid. r In like number or part there are 584 lime, 70 mag. 94 of eul. acid. I38 phoracid. " - r; ' ' ; , - 7- - -Now,lhopc,IhavcfxpUined enough way and meatwhy which Plastkct. andenotigh has bsn- laid la howfhbt U is alniOst n universal answtant to the farmer in inoreas inghis crops, at the same time fertilizing permanently his soil. Why,' then does it uot always act wellf I say it will afways act well under that peculiar state of soil which it was ordained by nature to act Lime, or no other fertilizer, answers the expectation of every one that nses it. under alt circumstances and on every soil. Lithe1 1 will not do well on wet lanilaw Much Is yet, 1 confess, lobe learned about Plas ter, its uses and its "mode of action; but enough ia known to rcuder it sn invaluable ' er. All practical men, and Philosophers, and Chemists, and Judge Peters, Gen. -Waiihiiigtonr4low to-tl-present agfr- of - - seietiee, atknit that ono of its chief means converting easily such decomposing' agents as it funis in tho soil, into ammonia; and refidcrtng-fr less volatile than oiher wise lt would be, it is retained longer in tho soil, and continues to be slowly evolved so that the plants receive the greatest benefit wu bat liulo loss trom - whatV wiuiotit--the presence of the plaster, would readily escape. It follows, therefore, aa a sequitor that there must be something in the land lor the I'lastcrto act ttpon some vegeta ble or animal manure, as food for its acid to act on somo "pabulum as clover roots, supported by Ingenhuilse, piigo 12, inhis L.ssay on the 1 ooU ot 1 lanu," a very old Judge Peters also says: ' plaster acts mofct powerfully, when In connexion wiut animal or. egetable, pntrwed o fyina snbatance.' He says in another- tmrt of his cssav. 'lhal "tlasu;rLniuat imDL" iu comai t wiiu soma antrum jpr4 ycgcwDiB. . ... efficacy. And whett so conuectod a small quantity .of such manure pr substances, wul . give it activity. The auxiliaries necessary to draw forth nhe'jowew of live plairter, are iflduftrysnd moderate capacity," . . nourishment from the air as well as tho soil, yhile.. ;many4iye.almo entirely from what they receive froiii Uie air and wart;T -therefore, to all, and particularly to .tne latter clans, is plaster beneficial, Chaptal and" others assort that plants ttsc nttrogen, oxy gen and hydrogen gas, and carbonic acid a aliments, Now plaster by means of acid, "disengages all,thc gasesjfrom the substances containing Uiem," which iUcomos in con tact with, it is evident therefore that the toots or 1 leaves, or vegetation, or animal matter, or manures of either sort, which it has to work on and the more of thee i gaaea 'thift thftyOBttlid.iriiicfc..fi. can sex-" : " tractt the more powerful will be its affect and the more apparent its value, shown as it will be in the-increasedT product of ' the-r crop . So,4f wa .watUto seUie JiiUbenar . fit of plaster, we must put it on such land as it suits, and such land as . has a proper supply of matter or substances, out oi which tKA. nIai.4u... IkU-fti, .1imUiLi.uI Jlutian : AAA . manufacture a healthful and agreeable food for the plantsthaV you wish nurtured. . Allsoils willbenotacteduDQn. Butthe tie culiar soil on which it will not act is rare ly seen. Asa general rule it nets better on light, calcareous soils than on very stiff soils. General Washington say he tried it on some of his land at various times and in different proportion for one to twenty . bushels per acre, and found no benefit what ever from its application," he wai a believer in platter, and thought on tome toili it wan of immeme value" , .. Plaster, then, is m.ost efficacious whenap- , plied Lto aoils tilled -.-yith decaying vegm- able roofs or fibres, consequently it t of no use on barren . soils. This action of , fiypsMipJjijmly powerful lesson . that nature teaches, man, which is, unless he judiciously returns to the soil, in the form of manure, what he . has carried off in the shape , of grass and grain and provender, or a large portion of it at least, that he need not lo.de to plaster or. lime, or guano, for the means of a succession of heavy crops, because, they are but valua- ' ble aids to the farmer, in elaborating from the necessary materials that he should place in the lands such food as the plants or grass may require. . ' r . 4- Before I connclude, let me say once for all, that in my judgment nowhere can flat ter be more properly, or more judieioutly used than, from time to time, on the manure heap, over the cattle yards, and sheep folds, ,' and in the stables. 11 it ever is oi use it is : when thus used. 1 March 10, 1849. f V MEADOWS? , ". All meadow which have been nearly run out may b greatly Increased - ia their pro- 7 duct by the lollowing-managemenu After -- . being mowed and the hay cured and remov- ' ed, spread on each acre SO bushel of ashes ; and 5 of ground bone harrow and cross harrow these in) then sow a peok of time- L thy seed to the acre: lightly harrow and roll 1 and you may thus renew your meadow without incurring the trouble and expense of. ploughing, with the assurance that it would . . yield good crop of grass for several years... ' Contract yottrde'sires, if you wish IbrW
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 13, 1849, edition 1
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