Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-06-21
AGRICULTURAL.
From he .Nuilboro Gazette.
CLOVER, PLASTER OF PARIS OR GROUND
ENpSI-N
GYPSUM.
BY PATUNENr PLANTER.

BY PATuXENr PLANTER.
NG WusoN:-Ihe rfIhest You make, that should
the queries Of your correspondent "W Il. Il, -
las induced me employ this, nv FIRST leisure moment
IN preparing such Will hope. be sajisflc-
tory To w. r. y !" and =. my fellow farmers Although
may not succrcd in establishing any she ry, viii
have the satisfaction Of knowng, that bestowed labor
aud research upur suhJ-c in which all feel deep in
trs and all are ehitg information and therefore that
ave cun'ribrt d my mite to the common veal
About l1GS or .77u, Plaster was first introduced as a
fItIi- il This country, ard few years afer it was
used quite extensively in Maryland and Virginia 1t
elected ihsn great dead Of discussion 10 its effects
whether great any ell what crops is acted best
up1n and the soil it b. st suited And in what way it
7c,d; what was tie INDUS op4andi Of its effects rIfn
tn" Ill or re crops. Al this certain sill
dn7I1nt. and remains still undscIO,rd among the
Of Naiure's wontrs But after al tie discussions 'p,n
The subject, Funded upon chemical analysis made BY the
g,a'-t chemists If the world and the theories uG ph
lusophe's, tlsI .e facs which have from time
been furnished By int, 9ent and practical farmers like
Mr.. w. r. b. the beneficial effects Of this subs ance,
an al most universal Tmeorater fertilizer, is admitted
and the which acts best have been ascerained
and The best form Of its application and many Of lis mys
Ie-ous ways i'll improving til soil and products have
al been developed by the active observation Of the far
meg, aided by the penetrating eye Of science
NV. r.. B.' state. many facts that familiar to us
all, and among them that the effects Of Plaster are now
rarely seen, and clover is seldom snwn with success
Then he asks " Why is all this Is the land tired of
cultivation Is Ae-gipusn aduerated, and lis proper
irS useless 10 the application of clover ?" Surely the
is uch is indicated in either of these quer
les. Mother earth tires f cultivation unless YOU
Tlb her OF every thing Look the garden which is
worked every year fur century, producing annually an
average crop. Gypsum cannot be adutpIated for oyp-
sum the stone from which makes Plaster and the
same lmmutable laws Of Natures God that caused pas
TT to terAze clover twenty years ago being unchanged
Tt,tr-f I'll ,L,..
ure article ITSELF still retains all its original properties
but may be rendered poweress BY other causes, from
The absence Of cooperang Before proceed in
ny attempt 10 explain this, would here say that Pas
cr may be aduleraed, and that doubt there ale so-
Iied vaSes where great lTauGs pracsed but farmer
easily ascertain the general character of The article he
buys by this process:
Put quantity in a dry pot over the fire and when
heated i emiis sulphur Us smell. If the emil ti,n
larSuE from whatever cause. be The escape of air or
e d.pensailon Of tswater of chrysazaon) s conside-
Ia'lr IS COED If it be small. it is Indifferent iii re-
Iuao ~ inert mass, like sand, it is worthless"
Before we proceed to show how Plaster acts and why
S effects are not as vsihe as formerly had better
dispose 4 that branch of my answer relates m clover
N TINT WILL apreara strong why the effects Of
flaSer are not now as pllpabe always FORMERLY and
I WIT Show how tit Plaster of.en meets with coun-
tracHng causes that destroys its usefulness uon clo-
There are many reas why clover rs moi succeed
s formerly not that the land is tired of it, hut our eli
fNde TN g,aoged and our system has not kept pace
~" !" ne not summer, preceded BY long drou9hs Of
FiTng, has all combined 10 prevent much clover sown
!. '"a s'aS % me year from vegeailnga and has de-
siroyed much that did vegetate These who have Of la
y g '"' -.uIn'''''n u'e WIN Ell nave sncctedePd
=, 10y :" O'''i, "u' " Is ""e' IL uu not
.:,, 81" )" Nui '"' as II u'u III IoheF ZINES or a.
H. t,,e- -. Nu'' E,''VS se" n"" 40 co. why
~ '"N'''S' ''he Is una, me 1ood on which
,sooS .' exhausted me SON. ana mus Tor want
II n'S u"''olFd New ara Iich !adS es-
On Which The clcr ', ~l. ,-.I VI ln Slli'tS'
IA II Ibsse and pI,,, WIN "h1'' oy me
a,n s,Lere = 1927 :" sAInei it.'n s''e
en-, oa c1rried nr ra,Id =" Gt'n9 leu 'n OF
al lha, anoonnt If f,,J - pI.s0 t''e s''' :,
il would have Il, IivaorI; NO. it ,t 49, ,,e. ''u
Plaster could attract fr9 Tho |n,sr r'y suIS =.
t'esa salts and phospha,es which rr.n sfe+ cr1 ho
distracted from the H. without the frmsr ever
lug Ia the shane of manure ar concentrated fr,il;z
Az iu, 1t is roiS med by rs ovn excrement Rv bo;nr
constantly kept in the land unaided BY chemical means
rendering it innecnou. f,e eycrenenti,ious mat,e,
"l' de~troy the Clover the-ei,re time must eanse he
tween the crops Of clover suf lent FIR il IN nass r \,
ecome by decompos ton innocent or INNS, he nenraI
IND BY such cheuica properties as will at the same
Time supply abundant food fir the new clover crop IN
W. way alone Succession Of fine crops Of clover Be
rrF>et. las will more reasonably 10 explained hy the
l'awlng extracts which have selected fully sustain
'nT my.vews and which explain tile reason that clover
""y Sittines now a-dayS, succeeds well that is az
- "Ae reSl or iutervI between CruS, when 5he land