The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-08-19

should not be TOO generous: he should not
forget that lime and earth constitute mortar,
aud therefore his caro should be only 10 ap.
ply so much to bis soil, II light, as will
render il sufficiently compact TO retain mos
ture aud heat; for q sandy soil is composed
of spherical PARTICLES, and IS too readily
veHiilaied and drained of its moisture, aud
being mixed with lime, the luierslices being
closed the soil is greatly improved. Aiier
several wears of experience and careful ob
servatlon, am convinced that lime, when
applied 10 a sandy soil. renders It more
compact and much more productive aud
that manure, when applied TO II alter ores
sing of lime, will have a much more lasting
influence than il would have had before his
apphta alton. Upon heavy soils, lime should
be applied only in such proportions es vii
render 1t most mellow or fflable; any thing
beyond this, will be found 10 be injurious.
Ii is not material, as apprehend, whether
II be put on IN hot or cold State, because
il soon cooled under the atmospheric lntlu
ence after being slaked, and cenno, be
ploughed IN after being spread before IT
becomes chilled. usually apply Il IN the
sprng, when preparing for corn, the work
iug Of which, and the preparation OF the
land Tor subsequent! crops, thoroughly NIX II
With the soil. | obtain the lime when req
dy TO apply It, have II placed It situation
convenient for water, where 1t is lmmedl.
a,ely slaked and as i, falls, il is carted out
aud spread upon the land previously plough
ed, which, after being hafroaed, Is struck
out and planted. have applied II in other
ways, bat Inc results we're never SO salts
factory.
have been told by some farmers, thai
The greatest nefIs from the use Of lime on
their land are exhibited in about seren gears
after its application; some say IN four
wears; some contend that they have seen .,s
Effects the second year, md others sly that
they never saw any effect whatever from rs
Application, although they pu, it on ~ gen
erous quantities. Now, verify believe al
these statements TO be true, and | account
for this singular anomaly III the following
manner. Ia the latter instance, the lime
E WIZ piuuGutO III 81 hSt y tudt u NS' u''N'
mixed With the soil, aud therefore produced
40 I'll, CT; and IN the former, the admiSiure
took place probably IN one, four, or seven
years after i, VAS applied. la some cases
il is said, lard has been injured BY Il.
am inclined 10 believe that 10 those cases
The farmer has been too gene rcus, aud sould
recommcrd as a corrective, that no plough
deeper, aud thereby mix more earth with
his lime. He will thence have the ad,on
tage of The deeper soil. As the quantity
bes, adapted to improve most soils, would
recommend from forty TO fits bushels On
siaked 10 the acre. have found excellent
/ results on sandy, clayey, and loamy soils
from toe application Of that quantity. A.
| have never farued limestone or red shell
soils, | cannot advise respecting them.
| therefore repeat, 0lx your soil vel
I with ,be lime which YOU may put upon II
-pulyeuze il thoroughly destroy all na,
uTalZ'd crops-exeJclse a sound judgment
as 10 tiule and method, and you "dl seldom
have reason 10 complain, IN this part o
Pennsylvania al least, either Of an migrate
(ui soil, or an uuiavorable climate.
kENDERroS SAITH.