The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-02-23

7s ~ rs. aF ali ttnI VINO gaze the
sPrefe renee TO that groWn upon the lined
portion. At this Was sir prised, as the
Clay eyid gives d sEonlIg.ers growisath,
|. the Lime,a more flag prAi 50 satisfGed
am I Of the highly benef fcial effects Of
Clay and Lime, that ! have now in readL
ness "a large quantity OF both for the COM
ing crop, feeling assured that the yery
worst Of Bays Lund, and all Rice laad,
worn or Otherwise, caH be- restored and
rendered highly prod duotiye BY the sappli-
cation of one or the oiher;; and its applL
cation ina great maIs ~ cases is attended
with less labor than pyfyina mum nrs to
high lands. = &.
The ioregoing experiments are highly
interesting and useful 20 all engaged ifn
the culture Of Rice. In Clay they hayo
manure always atshand, effective and
costing nothing They prove also the
truth and advantages Of science applied to
agriculture, instead of that blind culture
which certainly does not deserve the name
ofrational. The important principle, as
laid down by Liebig, and which may be
said to be the foundation of all the great
improvements in modern ngriculiuse,S Is
forcibly illustrated in these experiments.
"Science (he says teaches us what ele.
ments'are essential 10 every species Of
plants by an analysis of their ashes.,,''
"Ashes represent the whole nourishmept
which vegetables receive from The soil.'..
The analysis Of the ashes of clean COM
mercial Rice exhibits an extraordinary
proportion of Lime. The composition Of
Que hundred parts is Us follows:
Phosphate Of Lime, with decided traces Of
I intermixed Phosphate Of Magnesia 20 30
Other ingredients, among them Carbon
ate Of Lime "a
The cotyledon, or eye of the Rice,
when analyzed, is even richer in Lime;
!. also forms moro thnn one.half of the
composition in 100 parts Of the ashes Of
the Rice Flour. Lime, therefore, as an
ingredient, is absolutely essential TO soil
for the proper production Of Rice; where
II is wanting, it must necessarily full.
Inc soil 10 which twas applied in the
foregoing experiments, was nothing but a
mass of vegetable matter, and deficient in
it, und hence its failure. Independently
too, of a great increase inqnantity, there
was also grcatimprovemcnt in quality.
This, too, would necessarily follow. "a
soil composed ofyegetable matter would
be rich in carbon, which goes to the for
matlon ofthe starch in grain; hence the
grain was white, soft, and broke in pound
ing: That which renders the grain hard
IS the gluten; and, 10 form this, soil
must have the vegetable aIkali, Potash,
or the alkaline earth, Lime.
Such being the effect Of Lime upon
soil composed ofvegetable matter, it's ef
tects must equally be no, and even to a
greater degree, on all Rice lands, whether
worn or otherwise, abounding in Clay.
Their fertility must be increased by Its up.
plication, and the mode in which it acts is
proved beyond q doubt by science. The
grainof Rice grown upon Clay soils is nl.
ways harder, heavier and superior to 3thnt
grown Oh soil consisting ofdecomposed
vegetable matter. The reason Of this is,
that Clay always abounds In the Yegeta,
bic alkali, Potash. The action of Lime
upon such a soil Is, that 1t enters into
combination with the elements ofthe Clay
reducing them to state of solubility, SC
that they can be taken up by tho plants.
Experiments have shown "that clay diffu..
*Liebig's Familiar Letters on Chemistry.
sed through water, and added to milk Of
Lime, chickens Immediately upon mixture,
and if the mixture is kept for some months,
and then treated with an acid, the clay be-
comes gelatinous, which it would not have
done without the -admixture ofthe Lime.
The Limo, in combining with the Clay,
liquifies it, and, what is more remarkable,
liberates the greater part its alknlies.''' z
Thus is the effect of Lime upon Clay
lands, beautifully and satifactorily, illus,
trated. "The Lime gradually dissolyipe
in water charged with carbonic acid, acts
like Milk Of Lime upon the Clay.''
have been led, Mr.. Editor, in my oh.
scrvations, further than intended, but
could not resist the opportunity Of attemp,
ting to show, from the foregoing expert.
rnents, how experience, drawn from agri.
culture as an art, accords with the true
principles of science; and how, in their
application, tho pursuits Of planter cur
be conducted with moro certainty and
success as to profit, and more ennoblinp
as to improvement. BIS. RHETT,
COMMON CUP CAKE. 81
One cup of butter; two cups of sugar;
four cups OF flour, four eggs, one cup Of
sour milk; one tenspoonfll Of essence .ol
lemon, and half nutmeg. Beat the
mixture we'll. Ruttera couple of two
quart basins, and divide the mixture sbe.
tween them. Bake it in quick oven, fol
three quarters Of ON hour.
JUMBLES.
Three pounds efAour; one pound and
hnlf of butter; one pound Of sugar: and