The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-12-05
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I vii iaforn you lie Rocslaad farm
exhibited suhircl lor experiment. = il
hai been retlarrd by cropping. IEaYihg
read in various bDlks llleresnlt Of sowing
plaster and clover. II war presumed thai
The sowing ofihcse would be The extent
~ the expenses reQaired to ferilizr tie
fields ia 4 few year,; but { q experiment
proved that The plaster and clover used
were botll lost as ns one eoald point OUT
any season oflae wear, what field IN had
been tleFo'iiei upon The soil wasa cod
Orheayy clay. b!se. white. light brswn. and
a few ;. OF. OF red CLAW. loaded with hard
blae,sioaeaad rocks. chiefly qusr;z. mixed
with iron snI copper. Some ofths ex, eri-
m ni,were made with plaster; Others wrrr
made by tnp-,lrcssing win lime. At the rate
Of IS 70 80 bushels per acre; The lime be-
ing brought IS miles fom the kiln. and
Tai on The lanl Al % cenis per bushel.
Rvs formed into bed. .ix inches IL
tliicxness.. aud covered with earth ihal.had
been ploashsl AMI thrown eyer il before
il was Stacked: heavy harr,w was pass
cd nv,ril q. SION a. II hal bren reduced
4, power, an The bed Of lime and earth
was then frequently turned b. the plough
2nd harrow, until the whole assumed Tie
appearance and smell cf soapers' ashes.
containing about ten parts nr common soil
% one OF lime. II was then car eli and
sp.eae regi'arly orcr ihr firll; and IN
every instance ID gave q return OF clover
equal 10 ten loads OF stab e manure 10 The
acre. Thr idea Of mixing the lime and
The earth was suggested from Spreading
the refuse uf lime and sind gathered from
about buildings. and laid up,n IN fields.
the effect OF whish. observed. was more
Immediate than any equal qianiiiy OF clean
lime, although the mixture Of lime anil
earth was equally so; snceeeding tains
carry the ertlizing principle ufthe linie.
az from sieve, into the soil be'ow. com
pleisly divided il, and rendering that
whichwas before tonrumpact and 100 cold
for the root. Of he G ass and graio to live
in, both warm anil open; when immediate.
IL the VIII lie soil, which befu.e fell hard
under the foot. became so elastic iha, per.
sons OF observation, by walking over The
field even in III night, distinctly told hsw
Ear The lime aud compost extended; The
c Ior o. he soil was likewise changed in
10 III 1 Of chocolate; now these effects
seemed 10 prove that any thing which
would separate The particles nf the snil
and admit The air, would render these cold
aid heavy CLAWS warm AMI feri L, the free
Intercourse Of air carrying of The acid,
&C., md % meet this ilea. plnushing in
The fail was adopted and found successful
As an experiment, one hat field, six
years ago, was ploushed in The autumn
the other half IN the So ing; bu, that par
which ~as ploushed il the spring IA
never We, brought gran or grass equal u
the other Spreading manure in the a,l,
timn from The compos, heap. has als,
b en- attended with universal success, boil
upon gra II and grass; the sal $ II The mia
nlre being carried into The soil by. III
rain upon the breaking up olfros, which
had in some measure prepared the soil 4
receive it. Vegetable substances have al
ready been covered with earth, and wheI
we'd ronsl, the compost has been us
ell with the same success as stable ina
nure, and 20 long asthey operate in sepa
rating The soil and promoting ,he arces'
ofIhp AR. they feriiiize and change the co
lar Of ihcsmuul:l. WV. iouNc.