Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-03-22

'Ieu 'ue aCVOn ol pypSoIn. ! Hu'c s''"h
doubts Of the correctness Of this theory
The sulphatc Of lime acts on The carbon
aic Of lime as a slimulant. Where III
soil is deficient in lime. the plaster has no
thing 10 act on. and is consequently inert
Row IN The examinations | have made O
soils from upwards Of m hundred lucalIiie
on the main land. Of Carolina, ! hnv,
never found n particle Of lime. and in tn
analyzalion Of The soils on Edisro l,lnr'
by Professor Sheppard. he discovered j
only in n very few localities and mimui'
quantities, and those invariably were ih'
most productive lands. ! have M Iles'ta
tiou, therefore, III stating. thai The tc'cr:o
ration OF our snil' is owin~ not alone Il
our ruirous system oil hu.hanIry. in plant
ing our lands for a srcccssiur of year
without rest. cr n rotation q! crops, hu,
more especially from TIE wnui u! ca'crr.
ori< riatIcr on the upper surface" ~ he !hn'I
itself. When our lands are well marici.
we mag then a.so fluid the hcne!i; ii r!is
ter.
The effects produced by the application
Of Lime 10 poor larri-. we're sir.kinCly
%c!ucidalcd in 4 case of which NJ aG
eye witness. There i. Il district Of conn
try lying along The highway between Brr-
lin in Prussia. and Dresden in Saxrny.
strongly resembling our pine bnrrcn- of
Carolina. The loose sand is in mnnv
places blown into heaps by the wirI,-n
few siunred pi"cs aud The heath tCnIinna
vu!garis) the never. failirG indicators vi
steril;ly. were tho ouiy plants Ira, main.
n ,ickly existence ia the wide wnsle
Of pine barren aud sand: so that il ha'il,c.
i provcrb among The Germans. "On
the sandhills the sparrows must s,arvc."
Yet in The midst Of this sterile region, Se.
parared by neither fence or hedge, with
soil, originally OF the same character. We
suddenly camc 10 highly cultivated field,
which sprung up before US by cnchnnt-
meur. The crop Of wheat which was rcn-
dy for the sickle was most abundant: some
ieids had produced heavy crops OF hay.
aod the fruit trees were loaded with mp
pies, pears snd plums. On enquiry, ! as.
cer,aincd tina, this land had fal!en into The
hands OF an Intelligent cu!iivaior. who
brought from a distance Of about thirty
miles an inferior kind Of lime. and
applied il, together with the leaves gn:tcr-
ed from the scan,y sirubbery AMI r!:r rak.
inss from his stables, IN The land. II had
only been Gvc years undor cultivation. and
the soil had now hy the cheniica! process
effected by The agency of The lime. become
tenacious aud Of n dark cnlor. After hnv-
ing brc" greeted for The distance of rwo
miles with this cheering sight. VIC arrived
At the limits OF his estate. aud here again
we encountered me desoln'c pine barrcn,.
In subsequently stating this fact Ia Il friend
in London who was n l1ud hu.'!er in the
pine regions Of New Jersey. he visi'ed the
Continent for the purpose of nsccriaining
The process by which ,his sterile sni! had
been rcsusciIa;cd, und subsequently wroic
to his tenants in New Jersey 10 apply lime
10 his lands IN the same way. aud | heard
last year that he had doubled his crop tor
the last Two years by thia process.
Mari rs n manure is moi 4 new di.cnvc-
rs either III Europe or America. Although
the substance. dug from The Marl-pir, in
aud Scotland. To which The name
Of Mari i. properly applied, is Il Mud of
clay. We, Shcli-Mar!. resembling
oar owu. although rather inferior, has
in use in England aud Scotland TO-.
The las, sixty years. In the bottoms of
peat bo.s nre found ro.lrc;iuII of recent
shells which ARE conveyed nu The backs nl
and doukcys for thirty ar forty miles
aud sold TO the farmers rs manurcs. III The
price Of abnul n dollar per bu,hc!. GA
The seacoas, Of Scotland oysicr-shcl's are
COLLECTED Ior The same purpose. Shell
Mcrl has bcrn applied 10 lands in Mary
land and Virginia on n few farms Ear the
last thirty years. aud in every inrancc
with successful results. In,he lower coun
ties of Virginia. Marling has. by The AL.
mirah!c publications. and the practical en-
Of Mr.. Rnlfia, become general for
years past. aud hnS added i~ncgIcu.
liable wealth, comfort aud health 10 tina:
of our sister S'are. Gov. Ham.
inond Of our oxu Stale last year tried an
experiment, with Mari on his plantation on
tho Savannah river. and 81 successful was
The result that he will this year have Mar
led SIX hundred acres.
In conclusion | would notice a very sue.
but altogether accidental expert
nient made in the use of Marl in our
vicinity. On the plantation nf DR.. DIESEL,
industrious and successful planter al
Goose Creek, a portion of a corn field was
manurcd in the common way with com.
pos, from the stables. Falling short in
this material Re concluded to try an OK.
perimcnton the remainder Of the field with
mud which had recently been thrown from
a canal. The crop proved uncommonly
luxuriant, and from his success in tho
present case, he began To hope that mud
from a rice field was equal in value to sta
bic manure. On n rccen, visi, | had an
opportunity Of discovering the secre, Of
this unexncc:ei fertility. In digging the
canal the lnbo.crs had strunk upon a solid
led of Mari to the cx,cn, of Two miles,
THROWN. on the surface in some instances
10 the depth Of two or ihrc" ret. Il Mnrl.
which | have asCer,aiucd contains - per
ecu, Of carbonate Of Iime. From this bank
his field had been mnnurcd. IL was the