Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-01-02
NO. As

fresh mir, which II 10 valuable IN promoting
d healthy growth Of tho crop. 9th, The
soil gradually becomes loosBr aud uiore
friable hard Jumps Of stiff clay disappear
by degrees erGnble more freely, and Of.
for less resistance 10 the plough. 9Th.
The eottneyg Of the soil disappears, aud
this occurs to such an extent, that Ia tbs
parish Of Petefhead, IN AbefdeeBshife, II
IL stated ~ ah AftttHl result ~ extensive
drainage during The last twenty years, that
the crops mature from ten 10 tyuftFphsday vs.
s%arlier than they formerly did Who can
estimate the value to u sugar planter If
such an addition 10 the llna Of the grinding
season I 7fh. IL Ii equivalent 10 nm actual
deepening ofthe soil. tho roots Of plants be.
ing invariably arrested IN lletF downward
growth whea they meet with staRhant wa
ter In tho sabsoil, which paleterott4 eiBet
Is at once removed by drainage, and new,
wi 3lseme, aud abundent houfisImeht fur
nisled u The roots, which h0uishmght
would have remained forever dormant In
the soil, II not rendered accessible by The
drainage 9th II In Il HsGesgafy preparation
for the e~ltetuhl application Of mtnufs yF
other meats Of improving Tho soil, tho
efficiency Of which is bot partially f6lt IN
uhdfaihed land.
To These advantages which are common
to all crops, whether annual or perennial,
mttst be- added two Of paramount lmp0r
taneo in tbs cang crop ii this Stats. The
first Il the security against loss by frost,
which as very planter knows, will frequent.
~ CONCEAL aud destroy Tie cane IN damp
places, when that part Of ih6 crop which
Ii III tho highest and dflssl land, will Co.,.
cape injury. The end IL the preservation
6f the fatt06ns, ain thoroughly e0agin
eed that perfect drainage VIII create at
entire change In onf present syslem Of
planting, aud ehable is 10 preserve the fats
t96ns lDr sis OF eight years instead Of two
OF three. Tho 6Hlf reason for the greater
duration Of the ]fatt6ons ID the West IN.
dies, Is The bighe' temperatures tie stabbt0
there IL never lrozeH. Nov, Ia bGtisiana
thefe rarely occurs It winter In which tbe
ground would DO frozen 10 IL dtpth At Oh
sufficient III t1iHrs tbG stablie, 1T tho laud
were freed from moisture .-but whom the
Asoil il saturated with water, which Il Il good
conductor Of heat, tho cnl0ric Ii radiattd
into the atmosphere, ice Is f0fmcd, and tho
cane Is embedded IL it Wsf8 in d miss Of
frozen soil, whereby tbe eyes are destroyed
and veg jtatfon etTaetg1lly prevented. 81.
milar results follow eygH if Tbs winter be
mild, 49, many Of thg eyss must rot from
long exposure 10 the water In u damp soil
IN the season during which vegetation Is
suspended. Iiby thorough drainage those
effects could be avoided sven IL Il partial
extent, The gain would be- very gse1t, not
only 10 dtntnis. ias the 11aatity II seed 70.
qHiFed for repianttbg, bat III saving fno ID.
boz Of matrassing IN the it, IND that rez
| qdired for preparing tho ground tnI plaat.
Ing the seed Ii the spring.
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+ because the tops and leaves contain
fully ~ maea Of tho carb6nt dgripsl from
the air, rs the stalks contained Of The car
bon derived from the soil.
A rain Rnage, kept Ia New Orleans,
shows a fall oil rain amounting 10 fngfs than
ten fcet from the first Of Decenb0r 1s45, 10
fbs fret r,fIaafsbittaF t8fG "a r,rt.I aC.3na