Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-11-22

won.
But why pursue theme so fraught with pain;
Or to it roll the wo-imparting line;
Montgomery's virtues claim nobler strain,
Deserve verse from loftier Tyres than mine;
A song Of fire, breath'd BY the tuneful Nine.
Yet would still some humble tribute pay,
To one whose worth will hallow freedoms shrine,
Till Times last sun shall sink in clouds away,
And during Night DER earth her sceptre sway.
-. END OF CAsro ID.
Fir AGRICULTURAL.
AGRIcuLruRAL lmpor-
tant Local Facts. The positive necessity
Of applying Chemistry to agriculture, was
forcibly illustrated BY Dr. Higgins, State
Agricultural Chemist, in two lectures be-
fore the Cecil County Agricultural So
ciety, last week. From a report in the
Cecil Wing, we take the following Of To-
cal and practical value to Maryland agri-
culturists.
He spoke Of the alternate praise and
censure bestowed upon different manures,
as growing out OF difference in soils, and
proceeded to speak Of the different kinds
OF lime in use, and Of their different quail
tiles. The soil in the upper parts OF this
country, 50 far as he had examined it, was
deficient in particularly the
red clay soils, and they therefore should
have the kinds Of lime containing the larg-,
est amount Of that ingredient. A kind Of
lime used in the lower counties, called
New York lime, contained in the 100
parts, 81 Of lime, u Of magnesia, and the
balance sand and other impurities. Read
ing lime, AZ parts lime, and % magnesia.
Schuylkilllime, one specimen IS per cent.
qnick lime and 40 magnesia, another spec
linen 81 lime, and 26 magnesia. Balti-
more county air-slacked lime 20 per cent.
impnrity, and so per cent lime-no mag
nesia. For the upper parts Of the county,
he recommended the use Of Schuylkill or
Wrightsville lime, as the kinds containing
most magnesia, which ingredient was
more wanted in that section then In cry
other. Oyster shell lime contains but lit
tie or no magnesia-gas house lime, which
can be had at very moderate price, con-
tains 68 per cent. OF lime, and B Of plas-
ter Of Paris. @
To ascertain, then the proportions Of
lime and magnesia, in the various kinds Of
lime in the market, and the ingredient de-
ficent in the soil, is one Of the great uses
Of Chemistry; and the great utility Of
blending scientific research with practical
knowledge, could not fail to appear.
| The Doctor had not been in that part oil
the county where mari is found. He
made this remark about mari: that the
appearance Of much shell amongst it does
not indicate large quantity Of lime-tha'
often that containing many shells there
was but little lime, and vice versa.
The great matter in applying lime t.
land is to have it fne--the finer the bet.
ter, SO that It may be thoroughly incorpo
rated with the soil. When allowed I,
get into the consistency Of hard mortar ane
pu: on in Jumps, it is Of little benefit
The best way Of applying lime is 10 fallov
| up your land, and put it on top, and har
row it in well.
He does not approve Of spreading lin,
on sod and allowing 10 lie there. Lime
in composts is good enough plan, but j
can only be 50 used to limited extent. !
is bad plan to put lime in barn yards--it
causticity drives off the virtue OF the u.an
ure. Ifsoil contain enough Of given in
| gredient, more than that is useless; for in
stance soil with six per cent. Of magnesi
in It, is no more productive than that whicl
has only seven-tenths Of one per cent. Mag
nesia is sometimes injurious--in that cas-
vegetable manure must be applied.
The following from the Centrevill
Times, looks something like an exempliii
cation Of the disadvantage resulting fror
want Of chemical knowledge in the far
mer:
J. B. Spencer Of Centreville, use
Peruvian guano upon his oat crop in lS4s
without any benefit; the same ground wa
seeded in wheat the fall ensuing, withou
any visible effect likewise, and he has NJ
, been able to discover any benefit to hi
. corn crop Of the present year, manure
with Peruvian guano at the rate Of 75lb.
per acre TO the hill. II is proper to sa
that the fields where it was used, ha
. respectively been dressed with stone lin
a few years before.
!. The Times also mentions that abo,
forty tons Of guano have been used TIL
fall, by different farmers in the neighbol
. hood Of Centreyille, on their wheat cro|
costing $45 per ION, delivered at thi
place. Prime bone, dusthas been brougl
n from Philadelphia, costing 80 cents p,
bushel, delivered at Centreville. I'll
same paper gives the following; s
! J.B. Spencer Of Centreville, appli.
:, l0Olbs. Of Chapell's salts TO the acre, I
u a part Of his oat crop last spring--tl
yield was highly gratifying-the land h
not been previously lined. He inten'
using Chapell's salts on part Of h
wheat crop the present fall, prefering u
n salts to guano. a8aa
More money is expended BY the city
Boston for education than by the Engli'