Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-06-18

is intended to lrmedy these evils; and whether
the food be in itself unwholesomc, or taken i'll
such quantitieslas to gorge the plant, it is car:
ried back to the roots, and by them disgorged in
to the adjacent soil. :.
In the very cursory and necessarily impcrfrc1
view have taken of some of the processes
which nature employsin the vegetation Of plants
the reception and elaboration of proper food lol
THEN nourishment The assimilation of SD much
of that nourislIment as may be needlul TO thcir
growth and fuldevelopement; and the excre,io,
of so much of it as may be either roxious or SUI
perfluous have purposely omitted the cassif
cution of plants as branch of science belonging
more particularly 10 the'dePartmcnt Of botany
have also omitted TO notice the various liquid
and solid substances composing the plant, whose
chemical combinations and properties can only
be discovered in the laboratory, as more appro-
priatcy belonging To the departments ofChem-
istry and pharmacology. l am constrained fol
want of time, TO pass by without particularly
noiicing those nutriIive substances found in the
products ofvegelables which afford 10 mankind
so large and so. palatable portion of theirdaiIy
substance.
In conclusion oftiie subject, I am conscious
that l may fairly be charged with having tres
passed upon the time and patience Of this very
rcspcctabIeand intelligent audiencelnlcss some
of The principles attempted 10 be illustrated may
be uscfuy applied in the prosecution Of some
Of the various pursuits connected with the cul-
livaioH ofthc GARTH Arw facts will be briefly
reeapiiula;ed.
H,nswc llavc seen, seed will never vege-
tate without air or oxygen gas, and Ilia, it veg
etates but imperfectly when exposed 10 the light,
Tie planters first lesson is one, the solution Of
which depends upon knowledge of these facts.
The seed must be buried TO a"uid tic light ana
yet must nol be buried so deep Us to be imcccs-
slblc t" the o:pbere.
Again, lthe sap intended for the future nour-
is!ment of tle plant, is absorbed only s. the cx.
trcmitcs of the roots, and The cutting IN of lhc
cxtrcmitics Of the roots or spongiulcs destroys
their function of absorption, how careful should
the planter be that his rIoughs and hurrows do
not wound or destroy these essential organs Of
vegetable vitality; and thus by,an unsltiIful and
bartarugs lnlsbandry, mar the most cheering
prospect Of a'plentul harvest.
4 knowledge the substances Which furnis!,
nourishment 10 the plant, and an acquaintance
wilhih component parts of thc.so;l to be cul-
| tivatcd, are highly importantto the planter and
TIE gardner, as they form the basis upon which
the whole system Of manuring is founded =
Your soil has TOO much clay; apply sand and veg
e;"ble'maltcr: it has too much vegetable mat.
Ter; apply :clay and animal substances. The
purely vegetable soil is one less understondpcr.
haps than airy other and its permanent utility
depends entirely upon tho application of some
of these corIcctires. Tile disease called the
rusl,:so fatal to our great staple, the cotton plant
is always seen to prevail in vegetable soils; a
want of carbonaceoIs and calcareous matter
is the cause of the dscass the remedy is found
in heapplication Of clayand animal substances
We have seen that vegetables have The iunc-
lion Of throwing of. by an excre!ory process
whatever they may have imhbed either nox
ious in qualify, or supc'nunus in luanlity.-
The Loxous substances dissorged by the plant.
at no subsequent period afford nourslnGnt 10
the same plart, For 10 any plant Of the same
falnlyI but will be found to afford the richest
nntrmcnt to some vegetables of dlfercntsp spc-
cics These facts arc familiar TO every planter
who makes corn crop succeed 10 Il cotton crop;
and the cotton crop 10 that Of small grain, &c. !;
and furnish the broad foundation of that excel.
lent theory, the rotation of crops: theory, the
application ofwhich. conducted by skiIlul nus
bandry, has enabled Great Britain, and many
of fhc snpcrnnualed counries'ot Europe, ID pre-
serve the freshness and vigor of S5is of
thousand years continued culivatioh, and TO
feed their millions of population from the pro-.
duce of a number Of acres whose geographical
extent in our own prodigal country, M'euld be
deemed scarcely adequate 10 The supporter as
many thousands.
ST. AUGUSTINE, June 5.
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