The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-03-23
INTERESTING TO FARMERS.

ytce, and TO do this, II Is generally sne6-
cessafy TO do something more than work
II. II farmers attend 10 manuring their
lands and put II under the right tilfsge,
III ia rich and profitable business, and Il
they neglect this part,,it doub,iesan iIlakea
it dull. Every person who has a piece
ofiand, and gives il the right a.te lance,
will find Improbable. L,me is good ar-
tiole TO use, and by putting n the lana =
Sufficient quantity OF lime, il will yield a
more abundant crop. Read the following
from the New York Working Farmer. 4
LIME AS A MANURE.
| Lime is extensively used, and in most
cases may be used by agricui,urisss with
Advantage, bnt.the reasoas why it prodls
ces GOOD resulla are often misstated.
Lime is not manure OF itself, and forms
SO small an intogrant in the composition
Of most plants, that very few localities
need its addition for this simply. i4
Many soils, however, are charged with
vegetable aud other substances not in
! state Of decay, and therefore are inista-
ken for sterile soils In such cases lime
may be used with great advantage, fer
by its chemical effects il decomposes ma.
ny substances otherwise inert, and rends
ers thom available for the use Of olhep
plants. =. III
The plan proposed by Pruf johnson. of
making an admixture Of lime and salt,
for decomposing vegetable and animal
matters, adds materially TO its value -
Common salt is composed Of chlorine and
soda, Chloride Of sodium J and II three
bushels of she'll lime. hot from the kiln,
be mixed with one bushel of salt previous
ly dissolved in water, the causiic lime
will decompose the salt, combining with
the chlorine, and forming chloride Of lime;
bus setting free the soda which com,
bines with carbonic acid from the atmos-
chloride Of lime and carbonate ef soda
ara. capable Of decomposing woody fibre
or other orgBnIc matters, better than
lime. and in doing so; unlike lime, they
do not drive out the ammonia, aud ase
therefore preferable 10 lime.
The misture shold be turne 4 every 9th.
err day for ten days, and then mixed with
muck or compost, al the rate offour bush.
der oord, which will be found fully sufi-
cieni for its decomposition. By turning
over the compost al tie end ofthirty days,
the mass will be short and ready for use.
in sixty days, in summer, or ninety id
winter. M@ sssag ifs@&8ey
Ten bushels TO the acre Of lime and
salt well termixed and made as above,
if top dressed and narrowed in on boggy
or peaty land, will render It fertile. sat
Compusts made with the limo ,and salt
mixture, will not bre ed worms, aud has.
some Of The effects Of salt in destroying
grubs when applied TO land aud without
any deiiJerious etFects a.
Shell lime is preferable to stone lime,.
as the latter generally contains mag gnssia,
which in most soils is detrimental to veg
etable growth. She'll lime also contains.
phosphate Of lime, tho same as eighty-hye
per cent. of the composition of bones.
and is Ihereforeipreferabie. Clayey soils
are rendered much more puiFeruleni by
the use Of lime, aud are permanently ren-.
dered capable Of appropriate Iarger
amount Of manure TO vegetable growth.
II land be already void of vegetable
matter, Lime VIII uotassist lis activity,
but if land be so thoroughly orn out, any
manure viii recover il but slowly, with,
ont The addition Of lime. lis use should
generally be couGaed to The surface. or its
effects viii be lost, for although ma,
nnres offs volatile cbaracte ter will be eqIal-
Iy effective if buried deeply from. The ri.
sing Of their gafes; still as lime is not VOL
aule as soon as il gels below the part OF
tie soil containing mauurei. its only ben.
eft (decomposing power,) is lost with
clay subsoils, however, lime may be.
employed before the plowipg as after, as
il is worth It's cost for The beneficial efs,
fee il viii have in rendering tie subsoii
free and puverulent.
JoHN VAN BuaEs 3 LAsT.--Joha Van
Barren met Mr.. Fillmore at the time of
hisfast tvisitio Albany. sWhat arey going
to 10 for us, Mr. Fillmore. new that You
ire in ofIicel' said the hopeful heir Of
louor.s DO for on! said the Vice Pres.
deneelect. good humuredly, 'we shall do
Iothing--we don't know you' General
I'aylof will certainly. redeem his pledge
GUS said Iohn. Pledge! what pledge!'.
The Que he gave at Btena Vista. not TO
cave his wouaded behind him. sas
OF An editor way down sonth west,
bus eloquentiy, energetically, aud poet
esIly, bIealhes forth an aspiration whichf
most deeply felt ia tue heart Of every
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