The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-05-15

10 grow eight bushels OF corn, made TO
produce forty five bushels by ashes alone
and they are more valuable on a sandy soil
than any other manure excep, marty clay.
They enable the sandy soil TO retain lis
moisture,-a great point. They are used
to great advantage on Long Island and ia
New Jersey. They stimulate growth as
does plaster. Sown broad cast on grass,
The effect is porccptlblc Of great distance.
The yield the frs. year on sandy soils 10
grass will pay the expense OF applying forty
bushels 10 the acre. They give 10 the soil
siicate Of potash, which is needed TO form
stems.
Ashes have two actions on soils, viz !:
chemically By alkali they neutializc acids /;
and mechanically BY rendering sandy soils
more tenacious. Muck IS made valuable
by them, hen mixed ID compost the acsd
Of the muck is destroyed by sho alkali, and
! fermentation follows
Lime has been used BY me- to great al
yaniogc. prefer oyster she'll liue, Us i
contains DO magnesa, which most stone
/ lime does. | think oyster shell !imc has
q tendency 10 lessen in growth The stem end
leaves, and increase the fruit and seeds. |
put en- barron or WoFu out land 500 bushels
Of oyster she'll Iue, end il grew shea; to a
weight Of 81 los. per busneI With The
wheat sosed one hushe Of clover seed
and halt bushel of timothy seed per acre,
and The next year cut two and half tons,
aud the second year three tone Of hay per
acre. have found il of great advantage
N po'aioe culture the potatoes DO not ro.
10 the ground, Whilo ncighb0urjug unlImed
ones all 10. They are meay and 6ue, and
/ do not rot alter gathering, md hsve been
! free Of rot in dry, wet ard average seasons.
| think i; destroys the luugus or insect, il
either be the cause Of rot.
Bone dus, have used and find II mott
valuable, aud advise lie use, especially on
soils long cultivated, destitute Of phosphate
Of lime it is the most eilicaciuus mature
tha. can 10 used on an exhausted sol bot
will DO better on dry calcareous soil than on
such as contain alumuia |, should be NIX.
co With earth 10 iefmeni before spreading.
There should be used from u 10 % bush.
/
II comPos; i is valuable, So It yields pho..
/ pilates largely. II Is said that in England,
where % and il had been applied twenty
years before, ia effect could be seen to a
yard. trustthc cyPonllian Of bones from
cur country will soon cease.
have used pUaao successfully ard IN
successfully. Mixed with earth and o..
Piled 70 plants 10 close contact, Il vas 10.
curious applied in verk solution 10 grass
uad and greenhouse plants, lie effect was
wonderful. hy experience shows that is
method Of use vii! determine Ia rdluc. In
.comPosIs have found it very effective.
Night sell is one Of the most valuable
manuTes. Ia this country Is well as Ia
England, great prejudice prevails against
/ It's use II agriculture OF gardening. For
ages il has been used il Asia, aud pari.cu.
laE!y IL China. Il France, in Belgium, b.
hemia, Sax5ry, all tho German Coafcdofa
cy, and Sweden, its dcsnruchcu or waste IS
prohibited by Low. In England and Amer
lca Il is thrown into the rivers TO befouI
them, and the ish ahich dcVour il are eat.
en-, Instead Of vegetables grown b. il. As
manure, ST loads Of II haze been .cuod 10
'pFod1ce o5 bushels per acre or ra,ataes,
while On tie same zcouaa, 100 loads Of
horse mature yielded only $50 bushels.
10 conclusion, | have 10 remark, thu, the
main stay of,he frmer is bis barn yard ma
nufe. Yet, this varies 10 quality, accord
'iag 10 The nateria! or which il is made, aud
The manner Of making, Thus the drop.
pings Of casle fed o. s,raw and ,utaips, ato
5ur less yelaable ,tan those OF Cattle fcd or
hay aud oil cake snd it is economy to .cct
hay aad oil cake rather than straw and tut
'niPs, So 10 mauufngi that which 10 lcach
ed by rains and yolalaIzed by the auo, +
less valuable than the uuleachod and uu
summed. But this Is 100 extensive 6 sutlae
10 take up, and IS 80 well understood b.
good farmers, that 1! Is unnecessary 10 say
moro % The sul lrct.
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