The Hillsborough recorder., 1845-07-31

Crops 4 rrqulrt % bt I'D q Etll Is Animals.


Crops Is rqHIrt % k I'D q well as Animals
IN the 6r-i settlement Of llis country.
fhe domestic animals found food growing
spontaneously in the prairies and forests.
and they lived almost entirely wiihou, ihe
aid Of their owners. As The country be-
ralnc more populous, and the animals had
grcaiy increased, this spontaneous food
became exhausted. and they had to be fed
by The hand Of man.
When the soil was first reclaimed from
the forest, the crops obtained their food,
for number or years. from the abundance
Of vegetable matter which had hcen accn-
mulaIing ID liz soil, as well IS from The
inorganic substances, which had been
brought there by natural causes. But in
q few Years, BY = acoasiani drain upon the
soil, without making any recompense, this
spontaneous food. which nature has pro-
vidci, has become principally exhausted;
and il i now a much The interest or the
farmer 10 feed his crops, as it's to feed his
animals.
Il do feed my crops" says The prac,i.
cal farmer. |. 1 haul ont stable manure and
straw, and | sometimes plough in clover,
and put my land in first-rate Older before
Isow ny crops"
aVery we'll" says science, q this is all
right, 80 Ear as il goes. and grant one in
hundred may do this; but should like
70 be able 10 make this statement ia in.
verse proportion tha, there shall be one in
hundred who does MOI do IT,"
Bur, Mr.. Practical Farmer, there is
another matter connected with feeding
your crops, that I wish 10 press upon
your attention, which is this: il is as
important TO feed your crops with the
kind OF food most suitable 20 their diges-
iive orsans, rs il Is that or animals. DID
you ever think of this. We DO not feed
hogs on hay; neither do we give pork
10 horses; bl. we are, nevertheless, careful
TO give them enough TO keep them alive,
and 10 cause the animals to thrive and in
crease, and ut the same time we avoid
giving them so much as 10 suricit or foun.
der illem." #.@@ 7~# .~1 \"
AFTER all the pains I takc," says the
Practical Ia mer, 81 cannot raise good
wheat; when sow il on my land without
manure, il is struck with rust; the berry
shriyels, and DO not get half u crop. md
then | 90 10 caring on manure, and my
wheat goes TO straw, falls down fiat on The
ground, and has no grain worth the labor
Of saving; and so ] turn my hogs into the
field, 10 get what few grains they may find
II is useless for me TO try TO raise wheat oil
my farm; il is either too rich or two poor
III put on manure, the straw grows toe
rank, and is too weak to stand up; il SOW
without manure, the heat and moisture
strikes it with rust. | must go TO raising
some other crop" 81 .z#*
"Stop, neighbor," says Science, her.
| have book that will tell you something
about raising wheat. think it probabl,
that you have been giving pork to YOU
horses" ...-.a- .. .sasessas s..
prac. Farmer. Oh! 90 away with You
book. DO you think want any Of you
book farming about mel | have been
practical farmer all my life, and in earl,
times used to raise the best wheat in th'
country, without manure OF books either
DO YOU think that | don't know how Il
raise wheat! ....t....-s g
Science. Will YOU read il! i
Prae. Far. No. II is so seldom | reat
,ha, i, is quite task for me TO read
book. .e II .-a@.. #..f .4@a
Science. Well, will you listen while
read! ... -.s. .. as+s
Prac. Far. have not time to stay leng
bu, have no objection to hearing yo'
read little; i, won't cost anything, will il
Science. If you viii listen atten,ively
will read you a few lines with plea
sure. From each acre yielding twenty
five bushels of wheat, there is extracte
from the soil, in the grain, 3.3 pounds 9
potash, and in straw, 0.6 Of pound.
Prac. Far. What! does wheat contai
potash! ".........s ..as
Science. Yes. And the twenty-fy
bushels Of wheat will also take from III
soil, in the grain, 3.5 pounds Of lime, an
in the straw, 90 pounds. ....e... .ss.t
Prac. Far. All! does wheat contain 81
da too! -.
Scicnte. Such an acre Of wheat will a
so take. from the soil, in the grain, ].
pounds Of lime, and in the straw, Z.
pounds. '''' - h
Prac. Far. Oh yes! have heard
NorE. The weights here given are inpoan
and decimal fractions, thus: SO il three poun
and hrce-tcnths Of pound. ltmay also be !
marked, that the language here used is not tax,
from the book alluded 10 BY the writer; only 4