The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-11-21


'hey have distracted from tho atmosphere
and 'hey are found by long practice, to b,
OF great benefit 10 sustaining Ihe fertility O
me soil Before passing on 10 consider.
d1ion connected with This Particular poin, il
Vie SUBJECT, Of The highest importance, w
"ouIu say, hat large share OF ,he bene f
TO me land dosiysbe from this rr,c.ice, ma,
De secured by feeling the clover 10 sucl
'"'"ai' Us vii! consume II on the ground
we say part only, Cor al the fOOd whiei
goes 10 supply Ihe respiration oi Me au,ma
"h'eh is 40 lncoasider able share, passes Of
gam in'o 'hs alt, aud is lost. Another pat
Is slowed up 10 Ihe augmented si2e vl lht
animal, Tor II is cerIain Iha! whatever weigh
II acquire while feeding is al !be expense
lvi NE sell. II mich cows are pas,ured ,h,
abstraction Of valuable ingredients is still
Sres'ei,as ii has been found Mat pastures leo
If for long Time by cows have been rob.
bed OF large amounts Of phosphate Of lime,
and oIhef important masler. Ii horses are
'hus fed and laken On TO he roads or e,oe j..
where 10 work, /, 10 evident that large guam
IdHes VI Ihs manure will lh4s bs !0., 10 HE
fields supply ing Ihe food.
Sheep are uotoubIedly the bssl udaplst
10 'he object we have in view. They re-.
.maln stationery in The same fields whsgt
'hey feed. and return TO .hem all .hey have
'skem save whai escapes by respiration, e.
rapotalon, OF is stored up by Ihe WOOL OF
carcass. They also diop their manure Oh
he highest and driest parts OF he ground
WheIe II is noie beneficial than else +. here,
and We would mos. earnestly roeonmenu
he introduction OF sheep husbandry on t
more or less extended scale, 10 any hrner
who praaIses she system Of turning 10 croI d
for manure. The necessity u carrying
'hcm through the. winter, will sill further
provide ,hs msteras for terlIizins, by &C.
cumuIaling a sIote Of manure from thi,
source, which without the sheep or a lul
equivalent in other stock, WUad 10. be ihu
secured.
Bn' to recuy TO The subjec, of lurOing il
green crops. lIls evident a! single glsnc
.ha, this system does not accomplish 81
Nat is necessary in sustaining the tu! mes
sure Of fertility OF land subject 10 clos
cropping. In rotation consisting OF clo.e,
md whea; simply. we fad that the whes
,bsracls large amounts Of phosphalc Of
lime potash, gypsum, sail, &c. DC. whIc!
Il nothing be added to the soil sxcepI Vi,
dover crop, will IN few years reduce ANY
ordinary soiI to so low point, that ii can
nu' yield prom able Iu'uruo. Ths land may
continue 10 yield for long simeibus il is ev
ldens that II is losing properties al ever!
successive harvest, which must be supplied
10 il, or 4, will eventually DO exhausted.
The Irua and only remedy for Ihs, is. 10
ascertain by analysis, either oi your own OF
the well established researches Of Others.
precisely whs. of the inorganic material,
such ss are nheren. in ,he soil. and nol
found 10 any sPprecisbIe extent III the at
mosphere. are taken from the land by crop
ping or feeding and no, returned 10 il BY
straw manure or Of4I Of any kind and re.
,urn those materials 10 he land 10 such D..
raiiaoe shape as will e~sbIe future crops 'o
suppy themselves wih sIl ihsy require.
rhIs !, indispensable to succession o.
good crops and fetiIty sud no farmer Is
wise sho neglecw this prsrtlcs to' s'ngIt
yesr however seemingly veil hIs adopted
l,ysiem may an.we, which dues mol en.
,Edce .he foregoing practice.