The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-01-09
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IMPROVEMENTS IN AGRICULTURE.

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IMPROVEMENTS IN AGRICULTURE.
The great truth that animal manures
are no;hins else Than the ashes of the food
produced from or fields, consumed or burn
Ell in the bodies OF men and animals, has
given the chief direction 10 all modern i'm.
proyeneuis in agriculture. - LieGeg.
The above remark deserves the profound
consideration u every practical farmer
After an animal hiss attained his maturity,
and adds nothing 10 his We, It 10 the course
of year, It Is obvious that the matter
which escapes from the body must be The
same IN quantity as that which enters H.
a very notable portion Of the food Of oil
warm looded animals passes out Of the
lungs in the form Of air and vapor, during
their ccaseless respiration night and day,
jus, as wood passes o., ola chimney when
burnt 10 Fireplace. The combustion OF
grass, hay and grain in the system Of the
COW, horse, or sheep, is not so complete as
that Of fire applied to the same substances
in the open mir. Ia the latter case, nearly
all The conbus,ible Experimentation and
hydrogen united with oxygen and nitrogen
are expelled into the atmosphere. ln
animal combustion, larger portion Of car.
bon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nItrogen re-
main With the ashes contained in the food
taken into the stomach, aid voiced with the
solid and liquid excretious.
Tha; potion Of cultivated plants which
escapes into the air through the lungs Of
man and his domestic animals, growing
plants can regain by ,her roots and leaves,
and thus re orgauizs into an.ma food. But
the case is different with tue ashes or earthly
portion o. all plants. Ii these Minerals are
taken from the soil in crops. aud not faith
fully restored, b. replacing on our cuttva
ted fields all The salts contained IN the eS.
creiions Of the human Gmlly and Of domcs.
tic animals, The injury viii be great,
Nearly one.ihiI OF all the wheat grown
on the globe, is raised BY the Chinese.
For thousands Of years this wonderful peo-
pie have cultivated most successfully this
bread.!ormiu- pant, For a long period
their wheat fields have been farillized al,
mos; exclusively With the ingredients OF
wheat, derived from its combustion 10 the
human system. In other words, they ma
nure their fields with nigLt.sou alone.
The manufacture Of corn, wheat, barley,
oats, bay, potatoes, pork, beef batter,
cheese, 500, can be reduced 10 40 exact
sciclce. Tie laws Of chemical affinity, Of
vegetable aud anima vitality, are ualIorm
ard easy TO be understood, So far as sue.
cessful agriculture IS concerned, Oae Of
these laws Is, ia. no man nor vegetable
can possibly make anything GU, Of nothing
AnotheT IS, tia, one simple substance, like
carbon, cannot be transformed into another
simple element Ike nitrogen. Clay can.
not supply the pace Of sand, nor sand OF
clay.
Suppose yoa lave the materials to pro
dlce fly god crops in your now fertile
soil: when Those materials are worked up
AMI sent 10 distant parts, where viii the
largely increased population Of the State
60 for food and cIo,hing7 Do you say to
the Wes:' b, what right has the pres.
eni generation to consume and destroy the
natural fertility Of Gods bouu,ifoI earth,
% tie serious injury Of those who are to
succeed them !
b. every principle Of common justice
and philanthropy, "s should augment the
notura! ptodJcageness Of the soil at least
! per CEN. per aunum, or double its fruit.
IN % years.-Dr. LIE, in Gsaesee Far,
mer.