Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-10-19
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= EBARCs5AE AS A MANURE.

| CHARCOAL AS A MANURE.
lhnvc Tncenlly had my attention Gi
recied 10 ihense OF charcoal; by the knowI
edge ofsone facts that have been commu
nica,ed ID nassser 10 my inquiries, tha
Sas induced me 10 devote q paper to lh'
subject, in ille hope, at least. that il vii
excite attention, productive in the end O
great good % the community. by inducing
a series ofsGexpefimenis upon tho use o
charcoal rs q manure, that will result il
immense benefittn the farming interest
IshaIl nst pretend to enter into serie.
Of reasorinas upon which il may be applied
these maiFags islIali leave TO those whose
educalion ard pursuits better fitted then
to ascerain ilieae things. by enabling then
10 reach then BY chemical analysis, which
am nuabls 10 make. shall simply
siate The fnrts which, have observed, ans
those which have learned from others
whom have requested TO inok TO them
together wilis The results that have beer
obtained, leaying 10 others 10 say whether
the gleslj0Eis fip, of. sufficient importance
to lead is,eli TORY whether The results will
no, be eadaIly beneficial in very many
other si,naisans.
In The nEighhorhood in which | live
ihere are great many hear,hs or coaI
pits, assiheY ate called; places where
wood has been piled und burned iulo
charcoal. catered ahou, the country.
nave invariably observed thai upon these
hcarihs 10 abe eouse Of a very few months
luxuiouscostafg grass made lis appearance,
when nIlrqand iuthe vicinity scarcely a
blade Of gfiss rolld be found. and what
there was r0undouf ofthc coal hearth was
sickIy and swarfish. This was so well
knowns thar be heighl of summer, when
The pusttrs ~ other places vas dried nnd
wiiher5d hYy yde summer drought i, wa, a
commoo pFsfiies 10 drive the cattle TO The
coaIinss. sssc lliat they would there OBJ
tain fupd
Dnring last autumn business called
me into fssard connly. Maryland. /
was snspfi 81 the exceedingly luxuriant
growth Of tgp of grain but lately seeded
into 4 &C. Deer creek, also at the ve-
" pecnsia aaaanee 0f The soil. The soil
semas kats II appearances, and appear
ed to be 81 mellow aud pliable rs nearly
to bnry tlls foot ateyery step; and although
il lay yeFy level. did not appear 10 the
touch 10 30 80 hot as the soil in the other
fields around ito on the same level. My
attention ~ as excited by what | saw. aud
inquired If the !icid bad moi been cover.
ed with charcoal. and was told that it had
been.
was informed that !, had been spread
upon itInarc ,hae twenty years ago! ]
thee asked what Vas tho general quality
Of the crops raised upon it, aud was told
ina, they were invari ably fine both as to
quantity aud qnaiiIy. The person who
lived upop The properly informed me, that
he had repeatedly hauled the soil from thar
field aud spread il upon the surrounding
fields, and he could COR years, or in fact
from the time he spread it then TO the pre-
sent day always see. by the growth upon
these places. exactly where he had put it.
Another case Of The APPLICATION Of char
coal have fourd in this neighborhood,
was made by a gentleman in The iron
business. 10 his meadow, near the coal
house. lie had q large quantity Of the
coal lha, had become 100 fine 10 be used
in the furnncn :he did not know exactly
what 10 domi,h it-it was in tho way. and
he concluded. as the easiest way TO dis
pose Of il. 10 hnul il on, and spread it upo"
the grass land. he spread it late in the
fall, and for many years, he informed me
he had observed The most astonishing rl-
feet produced upon his field of grass. The
quantity was nearly double. and The effect
continued as long as he owned the proper
", WHICH was at least ten years.
have Just been made acquainted with
ano,hct result, afthe application Of char.
coal, to reable land. thar. if general from
i,s application. will induce its use by eve
ry one who can procure it a, reasonable
nrice; :hatis, wherever charcoal has beer
annlicti rust never affects The growing
c.op af wheat! hly friend who has com
municnred this fact to me, s,urcs that he
has observed particularly, and when the
field generally has been '.struck with rust.
as il Is called those places where he had
onnlied the charcoal invariably decayed.
50 J. II. HEPBURN.