The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-07-03


life is formed Their minds arc not stfli-
cicntly expanded to see the living principle
in tho animal, ON flic the pus OF whose
wound they snbsist. They have never
penetrated deeper than thetrnc skin--they
have discovered soInc gbtrata.--tliey OBJ
serve no organic appoaranccs--tho tissues
are all very coarse, and unlike any thing
in the organs of their little anatotny--thcy
discover that it is round, for ono of their
distinguished fnllow-citizcn1 has actually
circumnavsated it, but could not reach It's
poles; they hear the dark and terrible lnutic-
rings bits Etnn and Vesuvius; they see their
cities swallowed up by lava streams, but
with ali these, they cannot sec tic sigus Of
life, their ideas OF life not being expanded
beyond the signs that exist in their little
corporal essences, and much less do they
see The law. BY which life is governed
rhus some idea may be formed OF The
present state ofthc Science ofAgricultrirc;
and il the suns rays is the cause Of irrita-
ton, which is the cause of this (supposcD
law. i'll thc-iiring economyof ftc earth, being
put in force, and upon which force or ac-
tion, the growth of vegetable matter is
effected then tho sc;crce Of Agriculture
consists in preserving land BY shading il,
or otherwise modifying i;ie intensity OF the
suns heat, keeping it loose and porous;
suffering nothing 10 grow, hu, that which
is desired: and as the suns heat NAV do
great injury 70 the land before the corn or
cotton is large enough 10 Shade il, it is
necessary 10 shade it with something else.
bearing in mind that earlier than juno. the
heat is moi great enough TO do any injury.
and that 4 certain degree Of sunshine is nee
essary, in order 10 produce that necessary
degree ofirritation to start any vegetable
growth; bearing in mindalso, thatshis gcge-
table growth il intended by Natures self
9Preseryatiye iasp, 10 protect tho earth from
Tie asletsgioiis Influence of tIlp SUM- butt
is eies nf3 sni nlan d
asis
as IS SUP
TIE SIN Is ls,,e:2lnpatible with tEesearth:
they are heterogeneous masses, irc:;;'tS:e SEP
ara,c; and as Al larger bodies are, in Ma
turc, for the most part, inclined TO swallow
up or TO destroy in some wise, the smaller,
tho sun being larger than The Garth, its
function tends to the destruction Of the
latter, and Godbtless would effect its utter
destruction, by its heat, were it not for that
| power Of resistance with which the earth
is endowed. Many smaller globe has
already been destroyed, in the shape Of
mctcoric stones, which so soon as deprived
of that incomprehcnsibc, and universal
principle, yclcpt life, are ,hcn a mass OF
chaos (hcrc the meaning OF chaos, scoms
to "comc home to the hosom'D and arc no
! longer lit to hold their equilibrium in the rank
of living things at rapid pace, in their sub
| lime orbits.
I, is tho custom OF farmers to list in all
the stalks, weeds sc. on their land, for
the purpose Of promoting their decomposi.
ton and thereby Improving the land but
were they 10 leave such litter on the sur
face, one or two crops would suffice to GOV.
or the entire surface OF the land, and al.
though straw is quito easily obtained in
! South Carol!na, they would not even have
this trouble, since the stalks would super
! sodc tho necessity o: the straw. Thy could
be piled in rows, between which the plougl.
| could run FOR the purpose Of planting; and
as grass viii not grow underneath piles oi
, litter, there would be no necessity for any
labour to be bestowed (as is the cusiom)
! between the rows; and as il is the lain and
sun together, that co'npacts she surface oi
the earth hard, which requires the plough,
that effect wonld not be exhibited under
the rows of litter; SO the labor saved
would hc immense.
The intervening spaces between the rows
OF litter, should Just he wide enough Tor
three furrows, which would suffice to Oh
tain The necessary quantity Of soil to cover
the grain; So, all the labor on this system
of planting, would be tLatof three furrows
to the row, and the piling Of stalks and lit
tcring between the rows There will Of
course gr-nw up some grass between the
hills, and around them onlhc row, but that
can be kept down also By straw, or BY the
hoe.
A ccrtlih degree OF sunshine is necessary
Tor the growth of any thing therefore il the
piles OF litter be too thick and too close
together, so as to exclude the sun entirely,
nothing conld grow at all, Perhaps one
foot deep would suffice ahd tho intervcn-
ing spaces over the rowS--thc three fur
rows--may bc closed with straw, leaving a
space of some six inches; and this should
not be done till the hotscason sets in,
about the latter part Of May or first of
Juno. No other labor then VIII DO regnir,
cd, save tho thinnMg-out 10 a stand, and
perhaps, Slight moulding since the OBJ
icct fall the Immense inbo,ir Of pIoughing,