The Sun.
London, England, 1817-08-20 00:00:00

(No. I W. Horne.)

ITsrert tlietise of 'Salt as a manure,-1 ant very winch-.
continued in my Itronrabic opinion of it 1!:,/ Mr. dittoes Alan-
a,l t.lil ittlialitio,,'t of ri,arthwich, who says that before
thea<r of fendW.lS permitted, it was attplied
t, r: I;ii.;etittity Itt o'er:, of the Salt Works, and:
that a•coosiderable quantity was sent to London for' .titnilan
iturpo.es; I:hate had atu oppurittatiy of witnessing its good.:
ttff,etii:on eras. lands. in the initneoiate nvie.hhourliootl of Li
terititt,l; wnicii to titi3 day retr.i.i a verdure superior to the,
alljacent field., without tits; aid of any manure, since-the ap-I
c; Ica, ton of the foul ;kit,
.;.trtjt t,..,,tinhq on, has
oceatiiiiiieilit to he «.nt'th one• cnt, tiled
log of kialtutt, near l'tescct, reetilletts the adplcation of
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on rnsityflana grnt'success, atia,the laterite. Ttirot 411. of
the sa;ne parish, a large farmer, droner and butcher, ony
sisted tram the axe of it as- atsrtiture, and fur his cattle, 'chin
the dittY*alsimposed•.- We are indebted-to:14i;
Cartwright fur his experi6ents 013 the tt.e of Salt as a manure
for potatoes, and which; with toe c;:ception of one, was su-
perior to ten different nianotes resorted id. 'on thk.,,O(..casion,
oil of kitOwo RehlXcknovdttilgeil eilicaer. thi 'culture of
turnips, We hare the twilit') i)• of Davie•s Gilbert, Esq.
that Salt is' snpet lot to any ordinary manure. Anti Doctor
Holland furnishes us with instaoces of its loot] tikets when
applied to fall.n.Ws., in 'destroying vegetation and every ouxitios
insect ; its success as ;1' tuannre fur apple-trees Was fully r -
tahlishrd by Mr. Itigg„surVeyor of his Majesty's Customs at

The faroters ‘,llO were in th,e habit of using refttee. SAlt Mt a
matiure, 'before it. was so!ijcciell 10 the whole Attty, s;iy that
they would gladly resort to it, it Ott ineseot re*trietwils were

rentaved.
There are few farrows who are not aware of the itnportanct
of Salt in preserving hay, and restoring it when damaged;
urwe Of thro=e whom I have eunvet sett with on the sukject,
have used it fm tbvse purpt,s,!4, tie
to, to the extent ot ten to fifteen pitunds to the toil
of hay, if the dnties on Salt were repealed. Lord Somer-
ville has furnished Most satisfactory information oil this sub-
ject; and I know from respectable authority that it is a com-
mon practice in the United States of America, to sprinkle
Salt upon hay when forming it lute ricks.. We also team
from Lord Somerville that Mr. Darke of Dreedon, one of the
most celebrated graziers in the kingdom, mixed Salt With his
flooded mouldy hey, and that his Hereford oxen did better
on it others on the best hay he had, and he was con-
vinced the Way had all its good effect from the Salt. -
The use of Salt in fattening cattle. appears to be generally
acknowledged, and I learn from a respectable and intelligent
farmer (Mr. Sutton, of Eaton, in Cheshire), that he would
give thirty toils of Salt a year to his cattle, were the duty re-
pealed. Mr. Sutton'S stock consists of fifty cows,• and as
front his vicinity tu the Salt Works,. he could obtain the Salt
laid dou'is at his farm at 21s. per ton, the expense of this ar-
tiele.would be but 12s. 7d. per head of .cattle ,per .annum.
Lord Somerville informs us that he has practised for several
years; giving Salt in its raw state to sheep ;- that they ate
partiettlarlyland of it, and that it materially improves their
health and condition; and where the rot occasionally pre-
vails,. there is little hazard in supposing that the disease will
br much less beard of, when Sikh seem/cc:live is applied. In
many parts of the United States-of America, Salt is gene-
rally given to cattle; ;nid we learn, front the respectable au--
thority of :Mr.Aoi-e,- who visited the western territory, that
inthe neighbourhood of the Lake Oniandargo, %dui(' Salt is
obtained at a cheap rate, the farmers are In the habit of giv-
ing it to their cattle, and that their stocks prove superior in
rattle by 25 per cent. to stick as are not supplied with an ar-
ticle lo CSSEnt !HI not -only to their general .improyement but
their health. It is a practice in'Chesbire to give lo'cows'a
little Salt, when they are falling, off in their ; Mt. lulu-
kinson of Northwich informs me that he always resorted to it ,
with success. The excellent condition of the horses in the
l'ock pits, may he additeed io favour of its benefit in fatten-
ing; cattle and keeping them iu health. Many ettnanted that
they can attribute the longevity of their horses lii the good
effects of Salt. Mr. Midfield of Liverpool. furnishes ati in-
stance in, his horse, thirty years old ; 6e constantly gate it
Rock Salt to lick, placing it in his manger. Mr. Unwell in-
forms me that if it were not for the duty, he should Use great
quantities-in feeding horses .and cattle. Mr. Yining has fur-
[fished us in the annals of. agriculture, with a most interest-
ing and satisfactory statement (obtained from the Memoirs of,
the Royal Acadetity of Sciences at Pat is) on the effect of Salt-
in fattening cattle. From this Report it appears, that to the.
unlimited use of Salt; was to be ascribed the 'circumstance
fatty tinte; the nisi/Vier of sheep being hied aod reared On a
' sterile common, than would otherwise have subsisted on it,
ritut that the wool of these flocks is nut only the finest in the
Whole countrv, but beats the highest price of any in France.
The fineness of the wind of the Spanish sheep is -also attri-
buted in a great measure to the free use of Salt.
It is not therefore, 1 presume, a. extraordinary position-to
say, that by a plover use of Common Salt, the same quantity
qt forage might, oa many occasions, be made to go twice as
far as- it could have done in feeding animals, had the Salt
[seen withheld front them : if so, then we have here laid open
to Mir view, an easy mode of augmenting the produce of our
- fields to an amazing extent.; for it the same quantity of fo-
rage could he made to go, not twit,: as fat, but ime-twentieth
part,fauther than it nose does, it would be the same thiog as
adding one twentieth part to the aggregate praiduee of meat
for beasts throughout the Whittle kingdom-,
[l'o be contitined.]