The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-09-27
Prom he southern culti.aioF. es
PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT or THE

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SOIL.
Mr.. EDrrnR:-i In hi. essay. do moi ex-
perI e. alTan-eany new ideas. but simply
10 call the attention af farmers 10 one
gscai error thai Is common % MI IN this
parI of The State. viz manuring tie lands
nf Mnislle irrrgia aEi South carullna,
with Puire-cenr Mannres. Il j. almost as
h,d n poaring water in sieve. II il
true. q remains short time. Ia eseh ease.
bat The work must be done ovrr every lit
ile while.
A distinguished agriculnii>l has laid
down several ruirs. whirh have fuund To
b. irIes Isl. the natural sIrriluy OF our
sails j. caused nv ilieir heing destitute of
cohesive earihs. &c. 2d. Tie frriillzing
effects Of lime are pnl,iueed chiefly by is
pnwrr nl neuiTalIzlng arIls. and IT COM
bimng pulresreni maaures with tie soil.
hclwern Nhirh there wanli otherwise he
l''lle il NV chemical Attraction. ilh. Poor
aud acid solls : mint be- improved durably
hy pnirrscen, rnanars, aiiiInui previously
making lhem caearenns. II has hern
Tho IN. that III fertile soils contain moi less
than fifteen elementary substances. in va
rious conlhin liinns with each other. II is.
therefore. obvious that such principles as
frrlile ills furnish 10 vegetables. must he
contained in manures. II poor natural
soils cannot be prolilsbly improved by
puresrent manure-. This truth should NOT
only be known. but constantly kept in
mind. How often 10 we see the enter.
prising and industrious, after working far
years. give up the idea ~ improving their
old land, abandon. their hume. and seek
new siluaiion in the fertile lcalcaeonsl
Lands OF The West. Why is il that The
lands oil some parts Of Eprone hase tse.s
under heavy CULTIVATION Tor nhhsahus oi
wears, and we hear M complaints that
their natural fertility cannot be kept up by
pa,rcscent maunrsl Why is il tina, wood
lands, which have been nianured for ages
by decayed leaves and limbs, are YET $"
moor. while those Of kentucky are so rrh
lIave they moi been equally subject to The
sane treatment! Why the difference!
notwithstanding this heavy maturing.
which exceeds all that the industry aud
patience of man can accomplish, most oi
our wunlIands are ponr: and ihis one iaci'
which, nj least. is indispulahle, ought Ia
satisfy Ill of the imp ssibilliy Of enrlrhing
our soils by puirescent manu'es alone
Some few acres may he improved by re-
ceiring oil The manure derived from The
farm; and entire farms in the nelglhorhood
oftowns may be kept rich by the continued
application of large quantities oI hough
manure But nowhere can farm be IN
proved beyond lis original fertility, b.
means ol the vegetable resources al It's owl
arabic fields. II this opinion Is wrong
nothing is easier than for some OF The rea
ders of the Cullival"r To prove my mis-
take.
The absence Of pniresrent regetaol
matter might well he considered the caus
Of stprllty Nv one who Judged only Iron
lands long under cultivation. But thong
vegetable matter in sufficient quantity
essential 10 the existence Of fertility. y
will this substance be found inadequate
the cause. II abounds. il is admitted; hI
il has also heen furnished by nature,
quantities exceeding ali computation,
the most barren soiIs ksown. But the
is one ingredient. Of which not the smaIIe
portion can be found in nur pnor soils. Al
which. wherever found, indicates "A Sc
remarkable for natural. durable irrllll
and easy Of rerlaming when worn. The
facts, i( sustained. will q" far 10 prove III
this earth is the cause al fertility, andru
for barrcnness in Our SOILS. will maj
this assertion NIL Of our tine lands can
brought into successful cultivation, by
application of lime and clay. Lime oug
10 be delivered. for agricultural purpos
on our railroads AT tw Give cents hush
This would give every enc The means
using il. The gardeners around Augn
have a source OF lime ia the acrum"lal
ri homes that may be found Just abb
ynur city. Would il not he better
gather them up .than 10 lie, them :
where they arel Phosphate of lime is
of our most lcrilizing agents. by C
trivanrcs, resulting from the manures
civilization, vast quantities oil our best /
nu,es, (pho<pha,es, &c. arc wasted
sinks. rivers, Sc. II has been estlma
that il 1t were possible to restore to l.
land the ph"~phaes that have been carr
into the Thames, during the last illly We
itwonld he equal to manurlng with MILL
of tons of homes, and the produce oi
land would I've Increased nne-thlrd. or q
hle in eight or ten wears. Al present
importation Of buacs is one million bl