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V. ;'f r:. I? - 9 Is" V t i it: ' " ' 1' ; f I In i . m, ' ' w ji i" 1 .'- f . 1 , r r 1 Mill r -J 4 y GO w 4!JijlM1l, 0 PSiSf Agriculture is Hit great art, which every Government ought to protect every proprietor of lands to practice end 3 1 t vol. nt EAIEIGH, JULY, 1857. 110. 4 '1 '" ' ;;f OBTH-CAllOLINA-XllATOE. Iastcful as guano, but tlicy all .posscp, M-";"'"1". - (more or less, the: same icrtiuzmff clc- , -XCTKaMSablishedontijefirstofeTerymonth rf i - witli "cduarccrtaintv dr'011 5 'rAdvertiscments.not cxccedinc tVelve lines' gaged, aud: if thereto ,;nO; roqtlot .Or for each andcrery insertion, one dollar containing soil to receive aild appropriate its Vir- more, nt the same rates. : - . tues. lt takes its fllffht, like ffiO ammo- , 1 ' " -' tues, it takes its fligtt,:lilce tlib ammoT ' , Srcx t For the Arator " nia of tlie guano on sho wings of tho ' - v : ' " -?. pleased with the wind. The doetnne that the moment v, vv , dnnnt I manure is spread - out, ,; decomposition . , . Mr. Editor; Iy am rtSe June n the eo utipn of am-; . y Burface manuring and mulching or cov- ni0;iia-r may be theory, but it;is.not ex- -f ..-.. r. A eririg thosurfacoitli half rotted straw Pence. These ' processes j aw . thus . . ; , , Tj. i,..; :., i unquestionably checked, but not ar- - s.Zy.J' .1 iV it... rested: The particles commer m con- t i i ii nil i4 vviiii i,i ii, liiuiBL cai uu uunuiiuu mu" ana leavincr it on me sunace xo Dowasi-i v , . . ; .f . ed by the scortchinff sun and drenching fainsjtjvhichivvill he the , result unless Jjmt Qnan inch or trtvo thick, so as to co-. tyer the earth deegenough to keep it .moist aiidinell us can raise jhanure enougli tor this method; U)ur'onlyrpH of ted materials. This has a threefold be- ,ftlie: limited quantities which we make, is .to cover it with tKe pldw ' .What is the reasori bur cowpens fire poor unless thb manure is turned, unden arid why is it so e86ential to' tKiVest eftect of ano thatit e put in prettjr snugly be nealhtWeisurface? It i not nretended that other maiiuresr are as Volatile anil ::;vt'l dually to decav, and part from their " " A ammonia, wnicn, hko sparKs, is prono , to fly upwards; impartinc; comparatively " ; But this is not the case in mulching or heavy surface covering with half rot- - . C" V,. neficial eftect: 1st. The thick mass of litter will retain sufficient mbisturerand stagnant air to cause it to r ot and de posit its " residue of putrefaction1' on the land, the dense covering on top fix ing the atnmpnia as a part of that resi due. "A' Virginia Farmer,' ' in the Juno number of tho American Farmer ad- r.'i t . 4 " ' 7-J'": :; -- . ::.!.,' . its? . . v. f . ' ' '- ' J
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