Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-06-17


! nanfshment in perpendicular course, agree wit
/ II. BIT If youSo deeper than that with YOU
! plough ~. 10 not agree with YOU. Now GER
family be conveys the idea the above quotations,
thnt Vegetables will no, st,,ho their roo's down.
ward any deeper than ordinary ploughng, ier he
expressly says, Il ynu 30 deeper dian that with
your plough Chat ia, deeper than the roots can
| strike,) do not agree with you" The same 'dea,
It VIC mistake mol his meaning, is given III the com
nuneation above, and he adds that the roots oil n
tree 10 not strike deep IN downward course inlo
the Earth no not ono yer So old We know no
hnW far be would cali " deep or " 10 great.rx.
tent, but W. have within u week past set out
some trees, the tap root of winch was over loot
aod a half in length. We have dug up some oftht
white mulberry trees planted year AGO IN soil
which we purposely spaded very deep the tap roots
of which arc over foot in .ength. But these he
will say are young. We will cite him TO an old
one We have been ctedhy informed by an eye
witness, when what Is nov called the Factory
boarding house, in this village repaired, IL was
found that The roots Of Lombudy poplor, Which
grew near N II, had extended downward, plunged
under the bottom of the cellar all, ANA was busily
engaged in undermining or destroying tho fonndn-
ueo oi tn arch upon which tho chimney rested
lhdi the roots oil plants extended further much fur
her IN Il hogi2antal direction than III perpcndlcq-
M, NC NtNtf dthltd, nui ilak iney Noulu tSlthu
iown much further than HEY 10, # farmers by
ploush,ng and mdnurirg would make the SOIL deep
e than they do, VIC have not shadow of doubt
In answer TO his digging hole five SIX feet deep,
aud setting out tree that depth, say that we
never SIT tree deeper or but very little, II nj all
deeper than II grew. But We puyetize the earth
deep as We can conveniently, that the roots may
have a chance to extend down. The bnrylns Of
the trunk ami thereby killing the tree is no msumenl
against giving the roots far play.
As touching the potatoe, anl our idcas npon ;hem,
which surprised our friend So much, he Is evident
ly mistaken III thinking tint we doubt the fact ihai
Lutte ones would be produced by frequent hoeins
and billing. We did not deny, or did not intend 10
deny the fact On the contrary We admitted H. md
brought fourth diff rent theory from his to prove
II. We did not cal! the fac, theory, but we called
his explanation OF the fact theory aud do yet
lie asks If il is theory, that there is such an an.
'mal as man upon oarth or not We nor lis
posed TO doubt the fact that there is actually such
! being as man but IT has been doubted by oehet
| and w's'r heads than eiglet Of outs. Many otth.
sases of oI!en time were sadly puzzled upon this
sniJ' and the venerable pious and worthy Blsh-
! op Berkeley. was IN a huge quandnry, whethcr man
was workable substance, or merely urNpLE or
IDEAS. For ourselves, we are willing 10 take thf
reasoning of Descartes Qf We mistake noU upon
| inns su'.Ittli-- tlInh, lnCItiDb am as proof
positive of oa personal Identity aud oxistepor We
grant the fact, that there isnoNA rtoG such an am
nal rs man; bat how he came here how he slnye
hete--nnI hoN he gets away from her, IS theory,
and theory like to be
Passing from lhis, to his corn, he s}ys that ny
sho Al poughing lac raised ftf better crop than his
nel2hbols who pIoUghal deeper. Last Year was
an exception, We hope, To Seasons in CONCEAL lfhc
raised Il better crop last year, si,osl pIoaehed
lald, his soil IS not depths, sthsl OF those
who p'oughe5dee Besides did h. not plant his
corn on the margin OF pond and did not the 70,
OF vapor from the pond check the frost or ,ke out
and thcteby save it, When his neishbors crops
which further back, were killed We have
for several years. had corn planted in situation
where it was almost surrounded by river The
fos from tins body of water, invariably protects The
corn by extracting the l,ost gradually, while the
crops on Il warm sandy PLAN, mile further back
are killed,
The idea advanced by us that manufe viii work
! down, troubles our correspondent. A friend ono.
observed To Us, that clay would Dissolve gravel, be
cause. said he, ~ once ppt large quantity upon
M garden which was "A clay soil aud it has
disappeared nor can fad ltby spadmg the us al
III" On d, 'sus g. eFar, now ~, ~ iouod l.
Is I'm buried bV tn ual sIniUg. Tho
SIS, rain- &c. had buried deeper Than the pon
+ the sp 'do had usually been put II may be Oh
/ =rlad to ihlg that nl1nnrc solid and hcavy
a. sud aad 4revsL True, bat pant OFF VII be
.,ne ssp,Yed of course bY ne RUNS, and by this
uaats sink, Il t,l dried fibre if buried at the bot
ON 1f fntfoS, must aud Hlll stand ch'nee -
/ ~ K doFn BY the alternate lIsln5 md iuOg oi
tn eat,h 10y FROST
I'll Who'll dia-reocr o. opinion ON the subject Of
lpaeatn2 in4si he sc3icd by an ans s. cr % tbs,
,.miio "a. ,'ion: Whlchls best sholo@ ora