Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-05-07
From The American Farmer
QUERIES ON PLASTER OF PARIS.

QUERIES OsN iAp IN ~ 4A'''9'
raopouN0Ep By Mn. jEffREfs.
The following ars the queries 10 "hlen o''. ey'
,oy has annox ed answers, on plaster ei a'' \9ec
his letter. >,
What quantity 10 tho ncrc have you generally
used 7
On WIN, soils doe, the plaster succeed bet7
In whotway is il bes, applied 10 the soll--wh
or withtu. ,Joughing- with, or without Other ma-
nure
Have you repeated The application OF al "hal
Intervals, and with whit c6ed2
Towhn, kind of erO,n, succuleo,, and leeum'nous
crops can it be bctehclaly npphe11 And IN What
way is it bost arplrd 10 ihem
To what kind OF grasses can 1t be bcnchei1Iy
applied and in what way IS It best applied to
them
What has been the increased product per ocre,
Of grain and grass creps, by means oil the plaster
alone
What is the result the experiment which yoa
have ma o OF setting inside 200 aces halt 10 bo cuI-
tvated in corn yearly md alternately hall 10 lie
unculivaed and ungraled, and the whole In receive
an annual dressing of one bushel oil plaster 10 the
acre;
For fear dis experiment may not be understood
by the question, Will give II more ialIy IN Coi.
Taylor's own words: ;" have $ c, aside 200 acres,
corn yearly, half to lie uncutlyaed and ungrazed,
and the whole TO receive un annual dressing OF one
bushe Of plaster to tho acre ThercpehIIon OF the
culture bong TOO quick for petcnniAl plant Use
the byd-foot clover, We commonly call IT. to raise
clio hing for the land, having found that the plaster
operated powerfully on that as on red clover
One field produces crop of corn, and the Other be-
my enclo ed receives crop OF un9razed vegetable
matter. The succeeding yenr the ungrlzed held Is
taxed with tho crop OF corn, aud lhe corn Md fed
with the untrnzed vegetable In one, the plaster is
sown upon the bird foot cover IN March or April,
and in the her ploughcd in AT It's allow The Oh,
iec Of the experiment is TO ascertain whcthCr an
annual bushc Of plaster 10 an eerc, combined with
n biennial accomplishment to the SOIL OF lis natural
vegetable product will enable II to be severely crop
ped (cropt] eycy other year without lmroYorish
meni. or viii an addition 10 It's fertility The first
effect would suffice TO check un evil, every whe'e
demonstrating the wrctehed state OF our agucul-
,urc the second would be a cheap and expeditions
mode of improving hc SOIL even where tive state OF
agriculture is good Il. w .lEftk KEYS
Col TAYLoR's REILLY.
Port Rogat Mtct t. 1919.
DEAR SiR-To your questions Of the lia inst
reply
L. Is5w from three pccks to one bushcI Of plas-
ter upon an acre
2 II succeeds upon all soils to which have ap
piled it those requiring to be drained excepted
3 Sown on clover IN The spring, II benehs II
considerably. Used IN any other mode, plough
it IN. But have even discontinued the FIST prac-
uce from Observing, that when plaster Is sown and
poughed in with wheat in the fall, q top dressing
to the subsequent clover is Of lutte no use and
from thinking that the effect of the plaster sooner
ceascs as top dressing, than when ploughcd in.
The best ways think Of using it, in The spring,
upon the long manure Of The preceding Writer, to
be poughed in with Upon well covered fields to
be sown Immediately before they arc lallowcd-in
rolling il very wet with seed Germ, bush 10 BUSH
e. and in mixing it with seed wheat SO moist as TO
let the wheat divide in sowing in such quantity
as that The land shall not receive less than three
pecks to an acre. The latter is chiefly for The sake
of the succeeding clover. The whea, is benefited
in u very small degree, but i, prevents embezzlc-
ment Of The seed
a. have had u small mill exclusively for grind.
ing plaster during twenty years. In that period
have used several hundred tons, and tried greu,
variety OF experiments, using II every year 10 con
siderable extent ihink ii valuable ally of, but
by no means substitute f9r manure. Thst Their,
should be intervals Of two, three, four years be
tween applying it brcddcas, 10 the same land. Tha
is effect is graduated by the quantity OF vegetable
matter upon which II Is sown. nat upon CLOS
grazed land, it does b, little good at first, and re
peated would become pernlcious and thu, il mu,
be united either with the long manure Of the viii
ter, or the uugrazed vegetable cover produced
summer.
5. Corn mixed with plaster is sometimes hghl
benefited, and almost unexcepiionably in dcgre
depending chiefly on ITS alliance with yegeab
matter, and occasionally upon the seasons. Its
feet upon whea, is before s;aed.-Bu, all crops a
ultimately improved by its gradual improvement
the land, including those upon which lis effect is n
Immediately visible The small crops, v;ge,ab
succulent, or culmlferous, are often ttne fitted by
mixture with plaster, when planted measure
measure.
6. | have satisfied myself tina, plaster ought TO
used to benefit all kinds Of grasses, in the modes
planned, and that il ought not to be sown t
crossing. BY improving the land, IT benefits
kinds of grnsses.
I. I. is impo ,sbis 10 soy how far the plaster v