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002 TIJE AIUEOR 4 r X . '' '.L VKXHAUSTING THE SOIL; ' HEREFORD CATTLE, r ; , - Ia It riot a singular fact, that in some of the old The Hcrcfords arc a distinct breed of ncai cnlllc, States wo. hate had immense traet3 of land, thrown ond havelong becti bred to a considerable client in out of cultivation,, as having become exhausted of England where tlicy arc held in high, estimation, cs- the soil, whilsi in the old countries of Europe, which pccially for grazingn Their introduction and dissein- hare been In cultiration for centuries, the reverse is ination in this country has been comparatively slowi thcr ease l The soil of Europe, says a traveller, is and hence they arc yet little known in many sec- now better than ever and the reason he assigns, is tions. Of the late years, however, they have grtined the plentiful Supply, of manures, and manures mado more rapidly in public favor,nnd new rank as a most Bpon tbo best possiblo system, by which the soil is beautiful and profitable breed. Marshall gives tho receiving more back than is taken away in products, following description of the Hereford: . ."Of all farm products, says Mr. Chas. Rcmclin in "The countenance pleasant, cheerful, open ; tho tho Ohib Farmer the atmosphere juid rains furnish forehead broad ; eyes full and lively ; horns bright, tho larger quantities of his component parts, and taper, spreading: head small ; chops lean ; nck whenever a proper system of manuring exists, tho long and tapering ; chest deep ; bosom broad and grftund must become constantly enriched. projecting forward, shoulder-bone thin, flat, no way. "In Eurppc, manure is the ever present idea of protuberant in bone, but full and mellow in flesh ; the farmer, and by gathering all offals, and making chest full ; loins broad ; hips standing wide and manure in any conceivable way, he does not only by level with the chine ; quarters long and wide at tho green manuring, such as plowing clover under, but neck; rump even with the level of the back, not by stable, factory, street, and dwelling manure, take drooping nor standing high and sharp above the good care to return to mother earth "tho rental she quarters : tail slender and neatly haired ; barrel requires, and to do it without grudging and with round and roomy; the carcass throughout deep and -.compound interest Soil t is 'only-..-there '. exhausted t; well spread : ' ribs broad, standing flat and close on vhcro 'crops are raised which arc entirely removed, the out surface, forming a ' smooth even barrel, tho and of which nothing is returned to the soil forin- hindcrraost large and full of strength; round-bone, stance, tobacco. This is very little the case inEu- small, snug add not prominent; thighs clean, arid' rope. The fino wheat crops, which smile upon the regularly tapering; lcg3 upright and short; bone traveler, as he is rushed past them by railroad speed, below the knee and hock small; feet of middle sizo 5 would be an impossibility, if the idea of exhaustion fiank large ; flesh every where mellow, soft and were true. The meadows, two which arc mown yielding pleasantly to the touch ; -color a middle red, thrice every year, and each time give a good crop, with bald face, characteristic of the true Hereford have been mown for ages, contradict'tthis exhaustion shire breed." theory. No 1 tho European farmer, and his land, are always on good terms with each other. The CLOVER, man yields good husbandry and the laud yields good From some suggestion in the Ohio Cultivaor, on crops." the cultivation of clover, we make the following cx- tract, containing some valuable practical informa- WINTEIl PLOWING. tion : As there are many parts of the country in which "Clover wants potash, soda, magnesia, &o, as our Journal circulates where winter plowing can nl- there is in every half ton of clover, twenty-threo most always be advantageously executed, and others pounds of carbonic acid, sixteen pounds of potash, where, under favorable circumstances of the season forty pounds of soda, eight pounds of magnesia. it can be done at times, we advise all who have stiff These arc taken from the soil, and on burning tho clayey grounds that they intend for spring culture; clover, will be found in the ashes. Half a ton of to seize upon all occasions during winter, when the clover or eleven hundred pounds in exact weight soil is not wet, to plough up such lands to plough it wilimakcono hundred pounds of ashes ; and in as deep as the soil will admit, to lap the furrows. these ashes will be found the ingredients, and in tho When spring arrives, and tho ground is sufficiently proportion wc have mentioned, as well as phospho- dry to bo worked without danger of being poached ric acid, sulphuric acid, chlorine, and sand in smaller by tho horses' feet, to roll it with a heavy roller, and quantities." finish tho pulverization, by harrowing lengthwise "Continued cropping of clover, taking these ingrc- the furrows. The earlier the ploughing is done this dicnts from the soil, will soon exhaust it, and unless month the greater will bo tho meliorating influence they nrc supplied, tho soil must cease to produce derived from tho fro3t. American Funner. i-lovcr. Ashes coutr.n potash ; plaster contains eui- -t phoiic utid, suit contains coda, and chlorine; and
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