The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-06-04
AGRICULTURAL,
From Dary's Agricultural Chemistry.
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by lue EullOT Oh inc American FARMER.
Deep Ploughing -"ln all courses of crops, it is
necessary that every part Of the soil should be
made as useful as possible to the different plants;
but the depth of the iurrOw in ploughng, must
depend upon the nature of the subsoil.-In rich,
ciryey soils, the turrow can scarcely be too deep;
and in sands, unless the subsoil contains some
principles noXuus TO vegetables, the same prac-
tce should be adopted. When the roots are
deep, they less liable to be injured, either by
excess of rain, or drought; the layers shoot forth
their radiclcs into every part Of the soil and the
space from which the nUurshmcnt is derived, is
more considerable than when the seed is super
hcaly inserted in the soll.n
PastrWogC.- little attention has been paid
to the nature Of the grasses best adapted to per-
manent pasture. The chief circumstance which
gives value TO grass, is the quantity of nutritye
matter that the whole crop will ahord; but the
time and duration of its produce, are likewise
points Of great importance; and grass that sup
plies green nutrlment the whole OF the year, may
be more valuable than a grass which Yields its
produce only in summer, though the whole guam
tity of food supplied by it should be much lessn
Burnirr Soils.-"All soils that contain too
much dead vegetable FIBRE and which conse-
quently loose from onc-thrd to onc-half of their
weight by incarceration, and all such as contain
their earthly constituents in an impalpable state
proved by burning; but in coarse sands, or rich
soils containing just mixture of the earths; and
in all cases i'll which the mixture is sufficiently
loose, or the organization matter sufficiently
soluble, the process oftorreiacton (burning) cam
not be usetul.n
Destruction Of Weeds.-"The farmer who suf
fers weeds to remain until their ripe seeds are
she'd and scattered by the winds, is not only hos
tile to his own interests, but is likewise an enc
my TO the public"
Soiiing Caitte.-' In feeding cattle with green
food, there are many advantages in soiling, or
supplying them with food, where their manure
is preserved, out Oft the field the plants are less
injured when cut, than when torn or Jagged with
the teeth of the cattle. and no food is wasted by
being trodden down. They are likewise obliged
to feed without making selection, and in conse-
qucncc the whole food is consumed: the attach
ment or dislike to particular kind Of food, eX-
hbted by animals, offers no proof of its nutri-
tive powers Cattle, at first refuse linseed cake,
one Of the most nutritiye substances on which
they can be fed"
flashing Sheep-"In washing sheep, the use of
water containing carbonate of lime should be
avoided; for this substance Gccomposcs the yolk
oithe wool, which is an animal soap, the natural
defence of the wool, and wool often washed in
calcerous water, becomes rough and brittle"
Dead .4nimalS as .Nanre.-!'By covering dead
animals with five or six times their bulk of soil,
mixed with one part of lime, and suffering them
to remain TO- few months, their decomposition
would impregnatc the soil with soluble matter
so Dis to render it an excellent manure and bv
mixing little fresh quicklime with it at the time
gifts removal, the disagreeable etiluvia would
be in n great measure destroyed; and it might be
applied in the same way as any other manure to
crops"