Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-01-14

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impfus ing The IT, II import mt Ia enquire al eha
sac pf is grow III II should be turned nndor whether n
the growing orho deeayed state. if,n The dccayed tate
many al lis ietzng ingrod ont winch are volatile slici
/ ~ taT'.nnr icf. AHmnn. an affnnair Uf Ammon
have escaped by e,ueniaoo, aid considerable part o
its Saline ingredients winch soluble. have hccn wash
I'd away b rains. Batli pu ghed IN while g.en, al
thcsn ingredients VII be pT-cr,ni ior the cousuln lon
The succeeding crop besldts. gteen piants tr5n th'
lagge quantity Of Water they contain and from the exist
cuce oicorain Ammenaea comgou + In their sap. ruteI
,ory rapdl, into dsenmrasition under circumstances
where dry plants would RS IT all ca mlra action And
hence when by following. dry pltnts arc incorporated
with light and naturally porous so. mechanical eon
tl,uoi "a pfuycs unaForable tn succeeding crop
There can then but little donb, Of the advantage Of
pljuehng the amoiuratlng crop while II is Yet gtecn
sud oven before into the 4 wof, because, the
flower leaves of plants found To eNhae Nitrogen. which
one the icrallzng agents n the woie my
Of vegetation. And tho seed In suffered 90 upon, they
will niest The succc dung crops As 10 he kind Of crop
which should be sci clod lDr the ouraon Of the so
should be producing largo ND Int of foliage suit
I'd To The forage of cattle And i'eaplble OF producing
successive ero- without repanhngt Is spmuch tie bel
Ter In all the crops hut he lrs, NAV BE- expended IN
feeding cattle while thu last Is the turned under the
al Tins viii generally furnish vegetable mould =
rough while III p,c ied cattle are returned 10 Tho
land in The form Of msnue, iorm more valuable be aust
tthr stimulating pop t''s o "W'h hllhRfe IL l"ss'ss
cd.
An examination and comparison Of the systems Of
agrculmfo which prevail IN different cunntri,s $.
and in iiircnt districts Of the country
" n rr.ni. IN the establishment Of tins fact, that always
and .,oy nhtrc, the products and the benefits Of agcu
urc r p1npotonahle 10 the quantity OF manur aud
.cqp-o.,. lq the ,Neni GLAND appropnat The
,hn-o d live stock, compared with that appropriated r.
The cultivation Of Nhanstnr grains In Germany While
the si system prevailed, and tho Ia ii devoted h The
support d cattle just sufficient Il feed thc beasts ii
lbour, required by the ulage the finn, the quanti,
II heat and produced scared adequate To sup
,p1 the population. Schubert nrod cad the culture ol
'llvcf and the lllustnous Iacr imp ted the principles
md practice of English Agriculture and The npIdity 81
he progress OF German Agrlculturas IN the career Il
yea Ia since that time has been aston shmgy Wcat. In
op rlien as more forage plants and LIS gram, haveheen
,lwel the ual amount o gram Toa ped has largely III
-roas,d
Again until the 9nd century before the Christian era
Inc products 81 agriculture very abundant through
iut Italy. pon the territory OF Rome winch was mol
he most fertile the yield oi wheat was from ID 10 2ol
iush for one One hundred years ta. the Yield was
10 IN, re Than OF ., aud rarely 10 iorone hundred
stll later, and during thc Ing sres OF succeeding
cntrts The crops have been SCRABBLE, Yielding more
han 3or / l1r one. ANhat has been the OF this
ppdglous depreciation he cause Is very palpablt
9hon CONSIDER that the number u cattle was reduced
Town from proportion enormously great 10 the extent o
tho laud that which barely sufficient for the pur-
poses luase. liz the first # the periods referred To-
hrrc head 4 cattle iuI every OF land
.ust the proportion n4w existing IN thu most fertile part
fF.nglani and Germany where the weld Is aver
age 30 while during the last period the farmer on
rasri many anmas the tIlage OF his land relar
ed.
rutlur e.morc until Al the close Of the l1h cen
IN Y, The agrcu tual system OF England and France,
were ldon alv lao sam. Both countries had dh OF
tlcrdona IN forest o,hor mth IN pasiurage nat
tl 4
ono thId was in wnl, grain another III I'd in spring
grain, and the Ten mig tmrd IN allow. The extent 81
and which produced mlnuTc YOU will perceive was
nearly equal 10 thai Ia he manfred nj THIS system
France. with finer climate aud better sui. capfd Il
Ing 81 hanesls. Setting cut from thai epoch the Two
coune ad lpicd systems directly contrary each other
and have furnished results wildly different.
Wheat WAS the musi mIoIantant article of commerce
10 France aud with ylew 10 produce II more abundant
w. she rlonghcd up her pasture land and sowcd down
In wheat reschng only much rs would barely support
The ass Il burden required Tor culture Mat The
rouscqucuee Ascending to the Report Of D,2cimcs, IN
he !Oh Vol of Comics Rentus liom which these sta
ts,cs drawn, the quantity Of wheat produced in the
Kingdom reduced from 90 to 81 mlllous Of hccioll
tres per anuum.
How vast with the English Peleelyng the ineni
1CnCy 81 The manure under The shift system. lu.ut
Icucy winch rcndcredit necessary lu every year one
third Of the cultivated ground IN tdlaW prtclyng thai
the net product oI then ers Was, alter ALL only pro
portion II the quantity ot manure, they reduced the
tent Of helr lands appropriated togmns and increased
that devoted 10 the raising Of cattle. Instead Of sowing
two thns Of their ed lands ngrans the half only was
50 appropriated and all the in forage herbs aud
ots, THIS change doubled the otproducts design
Il fr the nonrshmcn Of cattle. And what has heen the
csuR To say nothing o the value OF the live
sock Of England he qnanty otglain produced IN that
Kingdom, has bccn nearly doubled
Olrc more while there is but shade Indifference in
tn, hushandfy of the Eastern w escm dcportmcntso OF
France let consider the s'quenee Of that difference
Originally, The Eastern department was the best wheat
growing soil, and with view 10 produce il more ahun
dainty. land sowed IN the cereal plants than in
the wcstorn-conscqueny less forage and fewer cattle
were ralsed What Is the RESULT They have reduced
Their lands IN point of tertiu, below those OF the West.
and the product Of wheat less in the Eastern than
the Western department. What do all these facts. and
many Others smilar these proved tnqucstionahly.
tho truth OF the old English maxm-llc that has Hay,
las Bread
W nothing am more confident. than OF the proprety
oil Introducing INTO our rotation crops few such,
entirely consumed III the support live stock To do
Otherwise Is To run counter to all the experience of TWEEN
ty centuries Aud do not know why. with the eminent
~ successful husbaudy OF England before MS, do
grow crop Ut Tor the winter soiing of cattle
and the improvement Of the land.
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