Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1847-12-10

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conducted by Sir Richard Steele, publish.
ed short time previous, was not exclu.
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The first French newspaper was pub
hshed at Paris in 1851, by Ronodot, a
physician. -. .---....-7 49,.
o., The first Literary Journal and Review
ever published was The Journal des
Sevans,' commenced in 1865, in France.
There are now published in France
$50 journals, of which 80 are political.
The first American paper was The
Boston News Letter. which appeared in
Boston, April "a, l719; 'Ihe Boston
Gazette was started next. $3.50
The third American newsp aper was the
American Weekly Mercury which ap.
peared in Philadelphia Dec. %, I7l6.
The 4th American newspaper was the
New England Courant,' established at
Boston, Aug. II, 1921, by James Frank.
lin, elder brother to him who rendered the
name illustrious. --.- -
VARIETIES OF SoIL.-Some of the
most valuable improvements in mod
ern agriculture proceed from the dis
covery that all plants do not exhaust
from the soil, in which they grow, the
same ingredients or component parts
oft and that no two plants of a diff.
ferent kind abstract the same propor-
ton of each Ingredient.
Hence, beyond all question. it is &C.
tablished: lst. That every kind ot
so is, in its natural state, fitted for the
production of some one or other of
the thousand plants that cover the
earth and I'd. That the addition to
it, by human labor, Of those ingredients
or substances Of which any soil is de-
ficient will fit it for the production of
plants that require those ingredients
Careful examination has also shown
that siIlicious Or fiinty matter not only
constitutes large portion of all soil
but also the largest ingredient in the
composition OF oats, wheat, Indian
corn, rye and barley. 1t also demon
strates that certain other substances.
OF which lime is always one, are con-
tanned in these and other plants, very
large portion of it entering into the
composition of clover and corn.
From these facts it follows that the
addition OF lime to soils from which if
is naturally absent must confer upon
them the power to produce those use
full plants, especially corn and clover,
so far as unproductiveness of them
was caused by its absence.
The same may be said of potash
soda, magnesia, and certain acids, ali
OF winch arc ingredients in most OF
the useful plants.
In this view of our soils, the pres
ence OF limestone in large quantities
IN any country is second in value to
that OF no other mineral, not even ex-
cepllng coal or iron.
For, as the productions of the far
MGR are indispensable 10 persons in
every business, and as the proper ap-
pllcatlon Of lime to the soils which are
destitute OF It will convert them into
fruitful agricultural districts, the value
OF limestone must be beyond that of
any mineral we possess. .....
Nor does this good effect alone fol-
low the addition OF lime or any other
substance OF which the soil is deficient.
The mixture of entire soils with each
other often has the some result. For
instance, the carting of certain por-
ton OF the surface of rich DOGGY or
bottom land upon upland or the re-
verse the addition of pure sand to
still clay fields, or the application of
any other soil to one of an entirely
dlssimllar character, has generally
the same beneficial effect.
In all these cases, the applied be-
ing dlsslmllar from that to which it