Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-07-19

corn at 81, and the potatoes at Is cts. the
well cultivated acre affords profit, over
and above the charges, Of S75-while the
crop on the four acres gives not cent of
profit but merely pays the charges upon it.
Though not in this degree, the same dis
parity exists IN all the operations of hus-
bandry and the primary cause Of the diff
ference consists in feeding well, or feed
ing III, the crops, as well as the cattle,
which are the source of the farmers profit.
Let US continue the analogy little far
Their. Every one knows, that to have
good cattle, it is necessary not onl y to have
an abundance of food, but that much, in
the economy of the fattening process, de-
ponds upon having it Of suitable quality,
and properly fed out. The grasses should
be sweet and nutritious, the hay well
cured, and the grain and roots broken or
cooked. The man who should leave his
cattle food exposed to waste, till it had
lost half of its value, would hardly merit
the name OF farmer. Every one would
say, that man IS going d",on HILL Cat
tie, say they. must eat, and if we don't feed
them, they will give US neither meat,
milk, nor wool. And so must plants eat
they have mouths, and celebrating pro-
cesses, and transform dung into grain,
roots and heritage, with as much certainty
and profit, as cattle convert grain, roots
and heritage into meat, milk, &c. Hence
the farmer who disregards dung, or SUI
fers it to waste in his yards, is as reckless
of his true interest as he would be to neg
lect or waste his grain, hay and roofs
Dung is the basis Of all good husband nv.
Dune FEEDS THE CROPS CROPS FEED
THE CATTLE; CATTLE MAKE DUNG
This is trul y the farmers endless chain
Not a link in it should be broken, or be
suffered to corrode by incidence or want
of use. Once broken, and the power it
imparts is lost. Preserved, and kept
bright by use, it becomes changed into
gold. 1t is to the farmer the true phiIoso-
piers stone The man who wastes the
means of perpetuating fertility in his soil,
may be likeneu to the unfortunate sons of
opulence, who waste, in habits ofindo-
lerce and dissipation. the rd-earned
patrimony oftheirfathers.-CultirGtor.
IMPORTANCE OF DESTROYING WEEDS.
The abundance in which weeds are seen
in some fields, show conclusively that but
little Of the mischief caused by them is
understood. Weeds are injurious to the
land and to the crop in almost every posi-
BILE way that they can be. In the first
place they exhaust the soil to support
their own useless growth, and abstract that
nourishment from it, which ought to 90
exclusively to support the crop. Secondly
they crowd upon other plants above
ground, prevent them from branching out
at their roots, and deprive them Of free
circulation Of air necessary for Their
health and vigor, so that they shoot ur
only single, weak, sickly stalks, incapa
bic Of producing a valuable crop. Third
ly they throw off from the soil through
their leave. into the air, an almost incred
ible quantity of moisture, and speedily
reduce the ground TO so dry state, as tc
be fit for weeds only to grow in. 81
enormous is the quantity thrown of by
some plants, that it actually exceeds mor'
than twice their own weight in a singh
day. A bunch of grass, placed, during
very dry season, under large vesse
sent off moisture in two minutes so as t.
cover the vessel with drops, which ru!
down its sides DR.. Watson, who frs
performed this experiment, was led t
conclude from its results that an acre {
grass exhales more than thirty hogshead
day. Plants are in fact but channel
through which moisture is conveyed u
from the soil to be dissipated in the air
Hence, the absurdity of the opinion, thu
weeds will prevent the ground becomin
dry by shading it. Let any one in DIR
, weather examine piece of perfectly bar
soil, few inches below the surface, an
compare its degree Of moisture with tia
! Of soil at an equal depth, near the roots
. thick growth Of weeds, and he will fin
= the difference astonishing.
Now, of what use is it to attempt raj.
!, ing crops if they are to be wasted by
: growth of weeds! Of what use is it
4 buy land, and plough it, and prepare
and put in the crops, if after all, the<
= crops are suffered to be eaten up by sue
\ intruders. If drove Of cattle shouI
break into u field, no one would think
!, resting moment till they were drive
out, and yet many allow myriads of no
ious weeds to overspread their lands, otte
r doing threefold more mischief, with scare
= Iy an effort to check their progress. Ar
q this is not only permitted in cultivate
q fields, but in meadows and pastures, whic
: are sometimes literally covered with Ca
= ada thist!es, St. Johns wort, and mar
= others, to the total exclusion of everythir
, else from the soil.-Gen. Farmer.
/" WATER YOUR PLANTS WITH Sol