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r r .. 111 B I . iv it " ' : Agriculture i the great arlj which every Government ought to protect, every proprietor of lands to practice and ; wy inquirer into nature to improve Joui&os. ' voi. ni. RALEIGH, MAY, 1857. NO. 12 t ( NORTH-CAROLINA ARATOR. By TITOS J. LEMAY, Editor & Pbopbiktob. 165 Terms. Published on tlicfir3t of every month at ONE DOLLAR: A YEAH, invariably in advance. " ZJ Advertisements, not exceeding twelve lines for each and every insertion, one dollar containing more, at the same rates. s i , ' For the Arator. A DEEP SOIL. Mr. Editor: All acknowledger the value of a deep soil; and when we have it not, it is our business to make it so, as well as tocultivate to the full depth of that wlueli nature lias provided for its. :;: . ,":.f Ci r ' .. lfrf J;5 Those which we call our wornout lands, may be reclaimed and fertilized by breaking deep,: and using the pea and clover fallbwyv Many lanc&of this description have been tliis method; both iivour couiiliy and in . - Europe. ;;ByJtl tlietmii V. o neces3arjrfor plants; 'are lirought up ancl mingled in tho surtafedatid the decays ; ; in'ff " Sr9C11 -plants1 lurnisli vetable Vr;-H moulc which, by-time aud patience and. pcrsevomn the ; satisfaction j ' t to e 3nvertetl: into vegetable inould witli a !dua nn " v icliwarid productive abovtf what it was in lcs.onuiui sraie.v an auusion to mis, ... .-v ' ".V J J w , , ,4?) a late writer, says : "Wc hear in A mcrica, much of the exhausted soil of Europe. I have seen none of it. So far from being exhausted, I think the soil of Europe is now better than ever." And here let it bo noted that it' was improved in thevcrj' way above pointed out. Speaking of this matter, the Ameri can Fanner, truly remarks : "There is-no reason to doubt the fact, but how can this be? Tlio writer at tributes it to their excellent system of manuring. But what sort of manur ing? Remember that the most perA1 system of manuring can scarcely v. I ' the mineral or inorganic nniitcV , i;i consumed upon tlie innn. Lu. every pound of : grain and of food consume!! away from the farm, takes off some por tion pf these mineral elemenfs, which are irretrievably and forever lost to the soil. I Now estimate mil lions who have been consuming these elements, in cities in manufacturiiifir towns, in travelling by sea and by land and that for centuries, and how small wil I appear the amount restored td the soil t compared with what has been for . ever wasted. It is almost as nothing. Even the bones they use arc mainly the 1 m " 4 - ... ; " ' ' . ... . ... . v. r . - . ' - .0 9 - - Ttti 1 !
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