Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-12-18

com, but varieties that will ripen sooner.
than any grown farther south.
The same rule would appear to hold
good in the cultivation OF forest or fruit.
trees, and, the cones of the fir or pine
from Riga are preferred by the numerous
planters OF those trees in Europe. to those
grown in a more southern or temperate
cline. Next to the seed from the Baltic,
that produced in the mountainous dis
tricts Of Switzerland is preferred.
it would appear, then, that the advan-
tages resulting from changes of seed are
nearl y or quite universal, and should not
be overlooked by the cultivator of the
soil. In climate favorable, or, as i. is
sometimes called, natural to the growth
Of any particular plant, there can be. no
doubt that careful attention tolhe selection
OF seed may preserve it 10 the best state,
or even cause Improvements in the quail
lily or quantity, as has been done by LIE
Contour with wheat, and bv MIR. Baden
with corn. The deterioration, however.
which is almost sure to ensue from long
cultivation on the soils of the same quail.
ty, finds the easiest and most effectual
change from change Of seed from one
district TO another. Continual planting
1 OF the cereal grains in any soil, would
seem after time to deprive the seeds OIL
their proper proportions of the earths,
which modern philosophy has demon.
strated is necessary to The production OIL
that active agency. without which yege.
tation cannot exist, the electromagnetic
current. That most varieties of wheat
or the same kinds Of wheat grown on
/ essentially different soils, differ in the
lproportion of lime, slick and alumine
contained in ashes made from the berry
| Of the wheat is shown by the analysis O
; various specimens; and it cannot be con
sidered irrational to suppose, that change
J of seed from one locality to another, where
the soil is different, may restore that bal
t ance or harmony OF proportion in The
ingredients. essential to the perfection o
the plant and the grain.
Prof. Bonn, of Leige, from a grea! mum
| Der of experiments made with the great
est care and precision, has deduced law
which seems to have great influence il
vegetation, and must be Of interest to tn.
cullivator, TO wit
Every thing that favors the dispro
If portionate growth of vegetables, oppose
or retards their propagation or formation
$ OF fruit or seeds; and vice versa, The for
nation of fruit is FASTENED and forwarded
e at all times when exterior circumstance.
prevent the full developement, and dis
proporionate growth of the stalk
In the application Of this law we shall
find that those plants principally cullivat
ed for their grain, and which of course d.
: not require an unusual Development 0
Q their stalk, need little OF no manure, Will
: manuIing produces the best effects OF
plants from which we wish to obtain
: large roots. stalks or leaves. Thus,
= heavy manuring applied directly to
d crop of spring wheat or barley, gives sue
d a growth to straw, that the berry does nc
e ripen as early or as perfectly as if til
Il manure had been applied to a root croT
q or to corn. both of which require the rapi
! Development fresh manure imparts t
: vegetables, but which is fatal to the cerea
; plants. Changing seeds, as we hav
o seen, may give an increased activity an
vitality 10 plants, aid thus increase tn
crop without the danger that sometime
results from excessive applications of ma
: nures.-Ge1s. Far.