The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-09-21

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Ifgcfatie Matter ~ fhs grsra sfafs.
johnson, In his lectures on The applica.
lions Of chemistry and geology has very
long snI able article on Inc shove subject,
bal as il Is ioo long Cor insertion eslire We
shall endeayor 10 give. The prariic.l results
% which The writer ARRIVES. from which
the reader Will he sble 10 draw sneh ron.
elusions as cannoi fail 10 BE- profitable "a
him, provided he ar:s up 10 The .adyicc
which those results would iiapres- upon
his mind. These results are,
l. That The plnaghing in of green We.
gelables on The spot where they have
grown may he followed a. . method Of
iuan4ring aid enriehing an land, where
other mannres are les abundant. Grow.
ing plants hiring uP from beneath. n Ear
as their roots ex end, those substances
which are useful 10 vegptsiion-and re-
tain them IN their leaves and stems. By
plonghing IN The ~hole plant VIC restore
% The surface what had previously sunk
10 greater or less depth. and thus make
il more fertile than before the green crop
was sown.
2. This manaring Is performed with
The least loss lry the nSe Of vegetables in
the green state. BY SLOWING them to
decay IN the open air, there is loss bo h
oi organic and inorganic nIaiier-if they
be converted mo fermen ell lfarinyard)
manure there is also large loss; and The
same Is the case, If they are employed in
feeding stock, with view Of their con.
version into manure. Ia no Other form
cda The same erp eonrry 10 The soH al
sIai amount q mriehing matter n, Ia
that Of gTren icdces aud stems. where
tie fssf object, therefore, in the farmers
practice, il, SO 10 use his crops as To en-
rich his land-he will soonest effect il by
plonghiag them in in The green state.
,. Another impnrian. result is, tina, The
beneficial action is almost immediate.
Green vegetables derompose rapidly, aud
thus the first crop which follows a green
msnuring is benefited and increased by
it. Bat pFlly for this reason also the
green manuring- Of grain cropped land
u aided by no her manure, must gene
rally be repeated every second year.
4. tits said that grain crops which
succeed green manuring are never laid
and tia, the produce in grain is grea:er
in proportion TO the straw, than when
manuIed with lermenied dung,
s. But is deserving of separate con-
sideration, that green manuring is especi-
ally adapted for improving and enriching
soils which are ponr in vegetable ms,ier.
The principles which Icing plants dra'c
apart-sometimss a REORGANIZATION
susteRance from HE air must be admit,
led, aad all 10 their Uatae rs fertilizers.
Living plants, then, contain in their sub
stance not only NIL they have drawn up
from the soil, but also great part oil what
they have drawn from the air. Plough
in hese living plants, and sou nccessari-
ly add TO the soil more than was taken
from il = in other wo'ds you make il rich
In organic matter. Repeat the process
with second crop aud il becomes richer
siill--anl il would be difficult 10 define
the limit beyond which The process could
be no further carried. Is there any soil
which is beyond the reach Of this iInprov-
Ing process. Those only are so on which
plants refuse 10 grow AT all, or on which!
they grow so languidly as to extract from
The air no more than is restored TO II a
gain by the natural decay Of the organic
matter which the soils already contain.
Bnt for tl,ose plants which grow naiu-
rally upon the soil, agricultural skill may
substitute Others, which will increase more
rapidly and produce larger quantity OF
green leaves and stems for the purpose OF
being buried in the soil. Hence, the Sc
lcciiOn Of particular crops for the purpose
IT giving manuring--those are obviously
The iiliest, which, in the given soil and
climate, grow most rGpitly, or 'chich
produce the largest quantities Of Usgt'a-
bfc matter IA The shortest timc end al Tie
smallest cost.
The plants enumerated by professor
Johnson as hest adapted to the purposes
oi green manuring, are, /. Spnrry: z.
Pulse: 8 The Fetch: 4 BuckVheU
., Rape: G. Rye: Z. 1arnips: 8. 30
rage: .. Rel C3orer: 10. OIL Grass
'Srards.
We have for wears endeavored to i'm
press upon such Of mr readers as had not
the means Of obtaining y sufficient qaanil-
~ Of animal and vegetable manures from
their stock to manure their fields, how
Important it was tina, tsev should plough
Ia green crDps, aud we are the more
leased o fad tlnl our views, so Often
alpanrcd, are so aly sustained By The
opinions dcxpe.ience o. 50 distinguish