The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-07-18

NN&ANAtt Ss htN&Nt& lie tNIGEs 10 uf4I- 4
lsr no. thai i quite another eonsicsrs- l
non. lssy. NE easns is force here. 10 |
srpersie he arid ant The base Of sal,.
jusi Ike , ebemiesl lvrce. We can, and
do sspersie The epmponenls Of ssls by
ollfs suhsIEAesss nsy. VIC 10 "A - elec
tHaiiy BlDne. - ~ sf
Newsillis il al Rhich II : neeessary.
for yeu 10 kaow. and % undensRa about
This action 90 plsuis Upon salts; il does
dissnae the sompohshls of Ihe salts.
hhsi is abe eonsequeneeif The aka
ID, earth, and metal scl as such, The same
a. II no acid was present. The acid arss
BY itself; il il y nurisher. il helps The
plant; II n i poisoner. Do hnrls il. ID
produces either 4 healthy. green crop, he
ttfecs Of alksli, or n sinaled. yellow. sick
ly plant the eilrst az acids. Now neu-
irsEze ibis arid. Kill IT,. Ioa sfe your
cropssIarl into luAurishee. and reap y here
You have rewsd. So much Cor iIlnsira-
linn. LEI us now apply this view ofihe
acton 81 salts 70 those contained in cattle
dung. In the 6rsl place, we have salts as
potash, Of soda, Of lime; these are the
most abundant add Seliye; then ne have
salts uf iron. manganese, Of clay. and
msgnesia. These Last, existing in small
proportions, may be thrown oui Of the
sceovni, bearing in mind. however, that
though VIZ eel these aside, plant does
not they enier equally with The 9th
eTs into Iis composition. Let Us begin
with he salts. II is found combined in
cattle dung, 6rsi, with a vegetable acid.
The acid of mould ID is nouri-her Of
plants. Secondly, with sulphuric acid
or the acid Of sulphur, called the oil Of
yliTol. This is one Of the prisoners, ex-
isliug only in small proportion in COW
dung; il ministers 10 the wants Of heal
Thy plant. The same is true Of The COM
mon salt, or the muris,e OF soda Of dung.
lin existed in large quantities, il would
poison the plants to which. il might he
applied. The neat salts are those Of
lime. phosphate. and sulphaIe Of lime. or
lime uniled 10 sulphuric and phosphoric
acid, Turning plaster and bone dus,.' = be
acids here. If abundant, would have de-
cided bad influence, they are PRISONERS;
but the carbonic acid, in the carbonate
Of lime, is a nourisher. Now from the
small qnantiiy IN which these all exist in
cattle dung, they act only bene6cially.
But if you apply great eAcess, even 81
cattle dung. you may be sure of an unia-
yorable r. suit. II will he produced by
the acids Of those salts which We ,ha, G
called poisonous. TO continue our re.
marks on the acids of salts Of dung, il is
to lie observed, that they act also upon
/ the soil. -. .....-. -......
Thew decompose that. That is. they
eArari from the soil alkalies, or Other
! substances, like those in the original salt
Now though applied, as they must be. in
very small doses in cattle dung. yet. b.
cause Of their decomposing action on soil
they continually renew themselves, they
last I'LL their acid is taken up TO supply
the wants ofgrowing plants. Lctus now
reader, if you understand how the acid
Of The salls of dung act, turn to The base
Of The alkalies and metals and ear,hs o
these salts. WHAT'S their action! Wha
purpose do they serve in dung applied Al
manure! First, they enter into and form
par, Of the living plants, they form {
part of ills necessary food, as much as d.
the constituents Of mould. Secondly
when these alkalies and metallic bases ar,
let loose, by the disnniied power of
growing plant, then they act as alkalie
, upon mould. They hasten decay, rende
mould more soluble, e, il 10 become fooC
for plants. This account Of the action o
I, mould and salts in caitle dung may ap
pear TO yon, reader, long and hard 10 b
understood. | ,lo request you not 10 pas
il over on that account. A patient read
. ing, perhaps some may require two o
> more readings, will put You in possession
Of all YOU need know 10 understand I'll
why and the wherefore Of the action q
', mould, End salts OF villa ever manure ma
be used. What has been said Of the ac
:, lion of mould aud salts in cattle dung.
; equally applicable to all manures. II
!, then, you bend our bones to this suhjec
aud master il, yoar labor Of understand
ing the action Of other manuIes will b
reduced To the mere statement Of tie st
= ycral substances which they may cor
- tain. We therefore proceed to point o,
= other manures, composed Of the dropping
), Of animals.
O, SECTION SIXTH.
d OF Night Sell, Hog Manure, Horse and Sheep
e e4 Ill., Dung. g.. ~...-.
1t These have not all been analyze
y with the same degree Of care and as o
le len as has cattle dung; some, as, for IL
re stance, night soil. has been examine
n thoroughly but once. Now il is NJ
e. quite fair tn blse our reasoning upon tues
Of single analyses. and say that this or III
is manure contains this or that salt IN great
NJ or less quantity than another.
Ne The quantity and kind Of salts are M
or ,erially affected by severalci cumslance
ts which will be considered IN the next Sc
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