Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-09-09
AGRICULTURAL,
From n. Nor England tmmer.
SALT 4 MANURE

Cofnmon salt IA . conpond, Guns stn, Of tho Two sim
pie eiensn $, chlorine aud sodium; lhree paris Of he
io'"ef 10 'wootthe aier. The lnofgani elfueui. a,
'hsse subs ancrs which Plants take ~ from the eah
are usually reekaned f,uftfea Two of which hte sun
Piled by sat la s,me plants. chlorine and sodium
are rather prominent. and in others they are small
In The sshes 81 one Thousand pounds of VT ra hrr-
arc, Q, a'se'ent elements, | ~ pounds in the gam
AND o5.l6 pounds in the sraw. In The grain are 30
pooaSs sodium, and 10 pounds Of ehorine In the straw
are - pounds sdum. and 80 pounds chlorine
In me ashes OF "ne thousand pounds Of led clover
Sd'') are SO pounds sodium and 1862 pounds Of ch'o
flse.
We do not suppose that ihese results of eheujesl A
nalyss are In every respect correct but they are doubt
irss near the truth As the simple eemsut, of salt con.
st'n'e important etmponent paris OF plans il i
goi manure whru these elements d. not already a
bound.
onold lands. these elements become. in \ measure
exhausted. unless rsstotd 10y he application of sail m,
anres or the free of ~ bay on the farms on land.
scar The ses, salt in sufficient quality may be snpnli,d
BY salt spray. ln s'me of hnh winds in severe
storms. the salt spray is carried considerable distance in
hno ~ as 10 etiect lousy kiads Of trees and
other vegetable poduc ions 80 IL is q, ident that sne
lands are greatly imrr we'd by The application Of sat
while "hefs are sbundan ly supplied with it, Again
sms plants require large quantity of salt or those sim
PIE elenents u which is comp sed while others con-
tain but very little ia Their composition THIS ia Ike a
thousand other subjects in agriculture We have h. f,e
vs. vast hed Tor experiments. wih numerous var,
lions and modihcaiens from sll climate Season etons
and other circumstance
On most lands and for most ernns cal, ,s a 49,.
hofe aud It's utility IN p0lnl Of economy depends ON IL
pice, The prlce OF oher manures the price of produce
&C. On old lands, 1t is valuable for DESTROYING ms
and IN England 1t is fr quenty used for this burmese
even where 1t has no important beneficial effects as
manure. -
various Quantities Of ALT applied as a manure. nc
rang !" Tue crop usually from five To ten or fifteen
bushels. From i've 10 seven bushels tn the acre fu
lamps and csbbages has excellent effect in desroy
ing worms, and promoting the growth of the plants
excellent manure for all the turnp and cabbsge
Hoe. and similar plants, such as mustard SC
Dali 10 good manure in old orchards for all kinds
fruit '!ees Apply eight ten bushels to the acre
For plumb trees. twenty bushels ~ the acre or half
peck os square rod Asparagus requires more sal, thar
any other plant We cultivate. suitable auan,ity is on,
bundled and sixty 10 the acre, bushe TO square
rod. Duck mud or other salt manure, may be cbeape
than sill and, III cost much, il will not be profitable
uss il ~ literally.
we cannot give definite rules for the use of salt no
show me precise advantage tn the crop in its use w
nave used mixture OF wood ashes, salt and plaster i
tuTnP drills only moderate dressing. and Obtained
h'ge crop Of turnps as from decompused stable ma
hufs and ashes. and the Cost both of The manure and In
application, were much less. But we cannot say no,
much each iDgfejien increased the Cup We hav