The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1821-01-03
al9isreiiany.
from : series OF essays pubiisbed 70 no
New'Hampshns Pauia', by C.neinnaius,
we select the following - >
AGRICULIlJRE

! Within lew ysa's DC fscmefs 10 England
have psyed considerable s,teu,ian ,olhe use
OF scH % manure and mspy oS scri.
cultural writer's represent IL as a sc-
ioisIiion' They sM'u, Il will pl&vent mil
dew, smut sod rvst IN the whea inc ease
the qoao,iry OF the grain, and bring i, 10 err
ler maturity aud thot il Will dssl1o, weeds.
worms, Dies and insects.
"Ss',," says Mr.. Hollingshssd, "wiii b %
toond 10 be the cheapest, bet and NOS, dt,.
! rable manure ever YET made 0ss Of"
Ssl." says Mr.. Vsrisy, ais the no,bev
oi all csanufes, ss every kind Of manure a.
higher or lower in vsIve scessd5alRreeG ~
quantity of sal, or nitre il 10 theusis u kaSs
In II. Formerly, salt YES thought - - "a
imposerisher Of land, bu, expe rfooee bsa
taught Us wisdom IL is now found to be 9th
erwise provided II is 6uly ptoportioned 10
The state the land is In, apd mixed TO mollif1r
II as follows: lake ten bushels Of ssll, oeIi
six bushels of dry ashes, and upix all ,oReth-
or; then spread them on tho land, and har.
row them IN with the seed this is sefY;c-
icn' drossng tcr an English acre, as il Is bet
ter to repea, The dressing than to lay TOO much
On o, once. OLc psr,icic incospo, s,s. and
moiifes the o'her. Salt Itself is rather too
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TOO thick, nigh, prove OF bad cons. ooences :
out 1t conveyed into the carth by soppy,
smooth method, will prove Tho real eoricher
the earth wants to send forth vegetation; thfs
dressing will las, for three crops" at93
Sail, when used as . u,apase, operssssss
a stimulate. at is,' says D.. DAWN, go
stimulus which cxeitcs the yegeisbe spsor-
bent vesselsin'o greater sction ,hso ususi
II may, IN sceriain quantity, Increase THAR
growth, by enabling TO tske more ururish.
ment In given time, aod perfo, IN. ,hc,' eir-
calaiions and secretions wi,hgrss,or ens gy."
"Ssit," ssys Sir John Sinclair. "li end
pIoyed IN large quantities, ia i,s na,brst s,sscl
u hostile to vegetation, yet Il operates sdsan.
iageous!y, IN various ways, vhcn.i .i9dicioosiy
applied 10 arabic land. 10 large quantities q
ifss tendency, like other excsssve Gimu.
liant, 10 disorgapze and dcs,toy the vegetables
sqbNsnces With which IL cotncs in con,sc,s
growth OF vegetables.
I" II has been proved BY Pringle ana Mar.
bride, tbs, tho sal, will, 10 lsags qosn,ities
prevent pu,refaction, owing 10 itssali,ep,jc
properties, yet II hos an evident itnd. ncy so
promote the process, when nyet in small
qusntities. Hence the advantage Of mixior.
u in moderate Qlunii,ico with iafn Il
dung. sod other animal snd vcgtabl> syo.
Stances.
"a farmer mixed op . qusotit o. te(oce
salt with The earth taken out Of wsu fursow..
and another portion os tho same aoh with
lime. Of the two, the vegetation that psrr
Of tho field which had tho sah c,,noss laid
upon il, was by far tho hesl,hici and mose
vigorous.
Salt destroys veruio 10 'hground, bp
making them void the contents theit bod.
les, such cvacua,ioos being too werlul for
them 10 Withstand. Il has this siiIonsi u:
vsntsge, that the vs,rDin thus tome food
for these very plsn's, which oawise thev
would have destroyed.
The bentGi OF salt ss q fnafc, depends
very much upon the quantity rDonncr Of
using It. Before Il is used, psuIafIy for q
TOP dressing, Il should be pf'ized very
fine. There should DO a les, iniiiy sowed
on tho acre for top dressing thoh pioughec
land and more on cold wsnd, than on
tha, which Is dry and wsfm.ss a top dres
sing Tor pss,ore, Two bu,hel the acre will
answer; bot on mo~,og ) double 'het
quantity may be safely ael ;as the soil IN
the 6eid .. more open and pscthe salt will
moro resdiy mix and inGpote with II.
Whom you SOW salt with TN gra, six bush.
els TO the acre will MT bc 90 uch Hero
1t will destroy the worms sna cieshe groun5
Of weeds, and prepare il or, as ~ as alter
wards promote the ,rowh Of, graio and
the grass. Two ouhrcs bush sowed 10
the acre in the sprint on tho Iso,cfore har-
rowing that is to be banted With dian eorp,
will epsy tho sxpers. have ,n the sc-
coun, Of an expenmnt Of sowinst the ratio
Al lt.~ hash hal a.. arS L.. ,rf,
bore oothiog but AstsI the e o. Sr Il killed
The flags. the secoh the land DO nothing,
not even weeds, bv the third snduceeediog
years it yiolded gre, crops Of g,n
There ate otbS modes Of usir salt ss o
manure, which - both safe snc beneficial.
Those who ca, fresh meadow ,sy, or ,hst
which 10 Of pof quslity, O. hss hay ,niuf-
cd BY the rsin, they spread sbusheI or
moro Of salt on, ton Of such bay they pus
IL into the bssnit will improve ma ouss,ty Of