The banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1844-1847, 1846-02-18
Abbeville @. H., s. @. February 1e, 1916.

| cl!P on the rldge; further, by one deep
pYughlng, received by the corn, after it
IMPLANTED, being bestowed upon it whilst
1T is young, and its roots short, and be-
ing run nearly foot from it, the roots
Of the corn in this way escape injury,
and the effects of drought on the plant
being thus lessened, its product is in
| creased.
1t would appear from this condensed
exposition OF his views that, in the OPT
nion of Taylor, one ploughing only, and
that deep and carly one the growing
crop requires. TO clean and pulverize
the soil, the harrow, skinner, or cultiva-
tor, alone should be used. Each might
advantageously be resorted to in any
stage Of its growth, but in parched
condition of the earth, their reviviscent
tendency would then clearly demand it.
With regard to sweet potatoes, the
plough may most protitably be EN-.
ploycd at any time. When the
shoots begin to withcr, break up
the space between the hills or
ridges by running four furrows. The
newly turned earth will be found wet
IN the morning, while before no mois-
ture had been apparent. In few days
the leaves from being brown or yellow
will assume greenish hue, and new
shoots may be expected to follow.
3. Manure. The fertility of the soil
is the first object to be attained hv il:;
farmer. For their dividing properties,
all fossil manure are highly esteemed.
| Deep plou. hing and lime, unaidcd By
organic matter, it is we'll attestca, have
renovated lands, that in the judgement
Of the former proprietors, were not
worth the labor of cultivation. In re-
ference 10 the special matter under con-
sid"gAt:cn Il judicious admix,ure of soils
is Of primary importance. Clay applied
to sand ;:sa':;s it in retaining manure,
and receiving the vaporized water Of
! the Atmosphere. TO allow the Gbres OF
plants to shoot freely, clay, sand and
lime, acting mechanically by their mix
ture, arc mutual manurcs to each other.
Burnt clay may benefcially be substi-
tuted for sand.
1t has already been observed, that
puiverized earth has strong attraction
for atmospheric vapor and that this in
crcases in proportion to the minuteness
into which the particles are divided
but lis the power of the most fertile soils,
in this respect, is inferior to that of even
the worst ordinary manure, it is evident,
that for the mere purpose Of withstan-
ding long-continued dry weather, those
plants whose roots have immediate ac-
cess to organic manures, will be much
better enabled to- absorb the necessary
supplies Of atmospheric. moisture, than
those merely vegetating in the unma-
nured soIl;" hence, whenever fertilizers
are employed in anticipation Of drought,
or to mitigate its evils, in either case,
the good TO flow from their application
to corn, will depend in high degree
upon their abundance, and the materials
that compose them. The richer the in
gradients and larger the quantity the
more decided will be the benefit. Sup
pose in propitious season, one acre,
judiciousiy manured, to yield SO BUSH
els, and 5 acres, of the same natural
strength, unassisted by art, 10 bushels
per acre; experiments and practice
prove that in a drought, the former will
produce. generally y not fve-fold, but Sc
ven or eight times as much as the latter.
l may indeed assert, that the difference
in product will be commensurate with
the heat and dryness of the weather.
Whether manures should be buried
deep or shallow, or lie on the surface,
and whether they should be spread in a
rotted or unrotted state, are questions
which the occasion does not require me
to investigate. The tendency of decom-
posing animal and vegetable matter is
to rise in the atmosphere of fossil ma
nures to sink. AS, IL is. known that
coarse litter is better adapted to corn
than any other crop; if employed when
putrefac,ion has commenced, Immediate
ly before-the period of committing the
seed to the ground, or in the fall, in the
shape Of long muck, to- allow the frosts,
rain and wind of winter, to. prepare it
for the pitrefa active process: every por-
ton of the decaying and fermenting fer
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