Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-10-05
NJ THOMAS j. SUMMER.

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Nv attention was directed 10 he necessity Of correct
UNDERSTANDING ,esuecnr the constituents Of these t
inportan, rr5ps hy the Planters # south Carolina from
r,adnr Bon>snoauIl's Analy,s Of Indian Corn and
hone ID show scientific cans4s sufficient ia render
necessity apptrent 10 Interested readers | will COM
mcnce BY merely calling their attention 10 The amount Of
phnspl1c acid ahstr cfed from an acre Of fertile land
ii rulnri one baIe orCotton We Take il far ron,oJ
that an arr. will Weld one bale Of Cotton which will
give So pornls If Cotton so which accorijnr 10 nv
Arayss recently finished and semi von by last Steamer
viii vird 20 ponnls nf ashcs-the,9 $ hounds Clashes
contain IL p,unis of phosphorc acid 10 of Potash and
common Sal while lie renauinr pats are rnpnsad Of
Lime Magnesia Sc The most comm N application Of
Cotton Vel is manure has been 0n lie small oran rr
FIR which thew ae admirably alap'el-contaninr as hey
d. all the constituents nacessor Of
these crops Il seldom hat wheat is planted aler
Cotton "lnnnty the soil which produced the Cotton
seed does not receive them again and have II pounds
at PhoSphoc acid taken directly from This suil viii
WILL probably. not ne in wheat, ill the following
season. perchancr it may receive the grown upon IT, 1t
Is customary after Cotton, to cultivate crop Of Indian
Corn which IS followed by small grain in wha; has here
'''-re been the Planters s;scm Of Rotation. We
thus, lwo crops which the most powerful eXhausieTs
'AeA from the soil before return directly any Of the
constituents taken away in the rim Of Cotton eI. TO
SLOW conclnslve'y. the iuudci us and impoyeTishig
practice Of cutivaing Cotton and Indian Corn as &c
ceS>ve crops will cite The anil ysiS Of NJ oussnyau:t
WHO says that 100 pounds Of the ashes of grain Of Indian
Corn contain 80 pounds If Phusporic Acid Now. sup
pose. that one planted in this crop, will yield 50
lnshels-whch will be equivalent 10 $50 pounds Of
Corn 1t these 1870 pounds of grain, be reduced To ash
cs. we have traction over ~ pounds, which contain 5
pounds OF Phosplorc Acid, and so pounds of Soda and
P"'a>-1aking for the production Of the two crops Of
lotion aud Conn., the enorm amount ii O2 pounds Of
FhSph nc Acid, and 40 pounds of common Salt and
to'ash. Then. suppose, the third year. whea;
alter RI. This crop requires about the consti.u-
"ni> does the Cotton crop. II we rrturnt The soil
III usual quantity of Cotton seed devoted this CROP
give back, only fifth par of the Phosplrc Acid
Ne which was taken from it in cultivalng pre-
cc,lng crops. When such the facts, what rei nce
r1n be- placed IN the generally received aud popular prac
tce OF culllTatlnJ Cora: Immediately after Cotton =
How long his it been argued that such system Of roa
ton WAS beneficial I" the soil The reverse Is the fact
"r, u harvesting 1870 pounds Of Crn. take over
ioH times n much Pho7pAorlc Acid, than we 90 IN pro-
'N''- ' M'i@ !" Ipliun lie threc crops mast 'en-
SF'E cuilNalfd III Suuth Oaroina are those which con
~ m he u s. valuable constituents q t9eeaTh ~ lhelr
fGucon ana our Planters should at once ba awakened
:" "'' Necessity q reinedypg We wis resulting from IN
'o! systems q" c"i'ure D'oFe IS loo lae- he hTst
, = - dup' oeter system 81 hahurng' ana ny me
su'"'n TT eco'o ny In saving. preserve to Inc crops
l'' '@' Is >' 10 men, by reason OF me non appca-
o"' VI ' rl''e 2Fhefai want u hho"leuge respecting
~ "'"'doH'y u many substances tlund on The ftrn
- we 4i aes' quantity oil 'hese constituents are tound
III a,a bones me easiest method OF restoring Them,
"nuu oe % carefully Collect all tlfse, and make them