Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-05-07
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JOHN TAYLOR.

nodes recommended, both within the rcnch Of the
common farmer. One consists in putting nunn.
try OF HpGiverzed into kettle over the FIRE and
when hceici II gives out sulphurous .mcll. II
The obuihon, or bubbllng, which takes pnce is con-
siderable, the plaster is good but II not il is con.
sdered indifferent but If 1t remains mo,ionlcss
like eand, It Is thought 10 be hardly worth any
thing patkias0H) The other test of its good
ness IS obtained by putting lhe powder alone INTO
an non pot over the fire, and when II bubbles like
boiling water, 1t will admit Of straw being thrust
To Inc bottom without resistance.
floucr may Arrays be solra upon small grams
DHh f'Ght We scHed clover upon four bcfcs OF
rye anu two Of barley last spring nnd notwth
standing the dry weather, il took we'll After pas
lufing the rye stubble some ten fourteen days
the autumn feed was SOLD for Sl2 50 Ire bnrley
ground has afforded an abundance of fine feed Say
the sA ncres required tushc Of seed, at sc, and
that the fall feed WINS worth Sl6, there will be
profit Of $l2, or S. per ncrc But the clover lay
will furnish at least 30 tons Of vegetable food to the
next seasons crop, If turned under the first Of May
"hlch will be uncomfortable increase to the pro
fIs These Titles vii, make Up a handsome oegre-
gate upon a firm IN a few years and there IS no
Of this kind which should be considered
beneath farmers notice n penny snvcd is as
good rs TWO pence earned, as Poor Richard says.
tnIcfmeuicd .Ninure There is ono strong rea.
son Tor using long OF unfermcn!ed manure for hood
,iops, which chemistry furnishes When the ma
lurc beg ms TO rot II affords TO plants moisture us
veil as food Unfermcn,cd manure consists prn
pAlly OF carbon, oxygen and hydrogen, in solid
orm and these simple substances, too are to be-
ONE the constituents Of tho new plant. But ere
hey can be Incorporated with the new plant, they
must be separated from ouch other, and DC reduced
o n liquid or gaseous state. AS soon ns this de.
imposition BEGINS two new compounds are formed
" chemical process part of the oxygen unites
with the carbon, and this always in certain proper
IONS, and forms cnrbonc acid, the principal food of
'bnts. The remainder of the oxygen unl,cs with
he hydrogen, and forms water, winch serves as n
Medium 10 convey this food TO the mouths of Iunis
hus the whole OF the dead plant i, Transmitted into
he living one. Hence SOILS in which monures are
decomposition, suffer lenst from drough,
encc moisture always abounds under decompos-
re mass of straw md hence have raised, upon
dry sandy soil, and during the last very dry and
ol SIMMER fine crop Of melons, layer of IL
aches Of straw, deposited dry in trench, and co.
orCd with SIX inches of earth. The straw became
ompiotey dec imposed. We would Apply these
emafk. To hood crops, because Icing manure is
pit To be pr judicial to MI the small gram orops, by
aeslng too rank growth Of straw but il is pccu
arly adapted to Indian corn, potatoes, ru,a baeu
nd all tho crops raised for the stock or root We
ould also odmonish against using long manure, cs-
crially IN a dry state in hills drills, for if The
Jason is dry, decomposition does not take place I
hi spread, and plongheJ under, it will take place
! doe time on the sandy, gravelly and lonmy soils
1apted to corn, luta bnsa, &c.