The organizer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1849-05-19

J 10 desist from attempting the growth, or
2 We do i we must previously prepare tn
. land by dressing or man uring with any ma
{ terial That will yield and furnish the ne
8 cessary elements: for this il the true phi
8 osophy Of applying manure, and wilhOu
& previous analysis, much time and none,
. may be thrown away without any benef
!. cial resultto the land. IL land isdeficien
in lime, Il must be MANFRED with .burlI
limestone, or marie, or old mortar rubbish
: or unburnt bones in crushed state--shoul
il be deficient in Carbon, then fallen leave
or decayed wood and stalks Of plants vii
be beneficiaI-should pOtass be deficient
: surface burning, or wood, or hone ashe
will be necessary--and should the Liant
: prove deficient in nitrogen, animal refuse
and stable manure will afford II in thu
greatest abundance. Without previous
knowledge, and analysis, we throw away
much valuable time and money in manur
ing, and instead Of doing good may do
harm-we may incorporate manure with
our land that the crop will not want or re-
quire, and consequently viii not take up
when it is growing, while we may leave
out that ingredient that would have been
most imporiant-we may add lime, or nj.
trogen, or any thing else to land that is be-.
fore redundant in the same material.
Many Of the facts we'll known, but not
understood in older husbandry, are beauti.
fully explained by the application of chem.
istry. Thus it has long been known that
if we continue TO grow the same crop year
after year upon the same land without pro-
per manure, The growth will become weak
err and will at last entirely fail. Inihis way
much Of the land of Northern Viginia has
been what is called cora out, and made
good for nothing by constant crops of tobac-
co. To obviate this, another sys,emahas
ueen resorted TO in many places, and 81 al
lowed to be highly advantageous; that is a
change or rotation of crops, alternating
green and grain during four years, and then
a years falIow. The advantages arising
from this mode Of culture is. that different
plants take up different kinds of food or
from The soil, aud by having
annual changes, that nutriment which has
perhaps been nearly exhausted in the first
year may not be required or sought after
~ that growing in the next year, and SO
N in succession while the year Of faIlow OF
dlenesS, is TO allow nature TO recruit the
aud, while nothing is taken away from it.
But even this has become unnecessary;
ecause chemistry teaches us how to repair
nd mainIain the land, provided the ne
essary materials can be prOcured) more ,
fiectually than following will do il.
As all plants draw largely upon the !
arih for their support, il follows from the
rinciples already established, thai ic they
re- allowed TO grow and die upon the soil
ley will on their decomposition, yield back !
] the elements they havo taken away
ON il. But experience teaches us that =
icy do much more. Much Of tho matter .
a plant is derived from air and water, q
I'd all this will be given back In addition
what is+derived from the soil; and hence 0
o obtain an explanation Of the adyan- v
&c Of ploughing in clover, or other grow. 8
2 plants, or even the stubble Of the cere. u
>. BY a like chain of reasoning we find
al all such plants as make no return Of g
hat they have borrowed, 10 the soil, must % .
very inpoverishing crops; and fax il -
q Of this description; because when ripe IL
is pulled up, loot and all and carried a. p
ly-and scarcely 50 much as a leaf is Q,
/ upon the ground. To make the fax p'
eful, it has 10 be carried TO a running az
cam Of water, aud is left in il for some 20
no for the purpose Of retting or rotiing. p
in other words dissOlving all parts Of The 10
mt, except the strong flores which are US
me wanted for manufacturing thread; and OF
INSIST Of little more than LigniH OF the co
tier Of wood, which being chiefly car. o.
b, might easily be restored TO the land BY !
;ayed leaves and other vegetable mat g
All the other materials Of the fax
ntsr dissolved or suspended in the run. az si
water, and this very wafer is found to =.
highly beneficial 10 any land il runs ",
,r-it indeed contains the very elements W
ST necessary for the reproduction Of the y
/ plant, with the exception Of small gu
iciency of carbon, aud therefore would OS'
the most suitable manure for FAX o.
NATION, Il il could be pumped or other , -,
o conveyed back 10 the land that pro- Na
ed il and in such case, flax would no ~
ger maintain It's character Of being an atu
'Overishing crop. Every plant that Is
en- wholly from the soil without being 90,
wed 10 make anyrelurn 10 il must be Of -,
character. ~,
The whole business Of Agricultural POI
,mistry is therefore simply 10 search Tor me
component parts or elements sf the ces
ls we desire TO raise, and TO ascertain mol
he soil, aided by water, air and light. bre
furnish Them. n Il cannot, then we ans
4 supply the deficiency Of the coil by wa
fishing Il ariifcially, in the form q ma our
,, with such materials - IL stands 10 rem