Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-02-21
AGRICUL UR AL
Fnm The Plough. I.e,m and Anvil.
ON TIE FOOD OF PLANTS.

hi i,deeJ truly wonderful 10 ohser'e how manils ST 1t
is thru. hmt fr,m the hilhes' to- wfsi "fders 81
the AMI nal and vegetable Kingdoms Heat h2ht, ar
.,d "a, ,pne,r 10 he eq1ally Indispensable n The ex
istencr Of bih in quantities dai rug very malelaly
according /, he natural Gus Unions d each indisldui
speci-s hui manifest, essential to ALL TOR neither plants
NOR snmas 81 tu any "ngit o' TINE u "alS or
at any ane Of them Food Indispensable 10 We
qe,able rs we'll as To animal ie in his respect alshe
snalyy is very apparent, SINE species oi each rfqun
ing an abundant suppl, oi The Richest id and diners
asafnitr small quantity a smsi 10 induce ii'
beI ef thar they exist wfhut Vt hf ail these paHs
.nd snimals ahich interest The agrculorlst Is very
nbv oas that foud IS absolutely Essen a henehcent
Providence has made abundant natural piav1sian IN
niIk Tor msu. and the ynnag al III So animals when
anprar 4, b. more eSp~call, destined 81 his cilori aud
spp,ri and il i It eas lie 10 believe thai lie hss
NEGLECTED h. mike suiishle provision r the eeeeae"
creation upin which animal lie essentially depends
n has nrcufrs that ctfr'u otssefya oa ~ ua'
f.r,s nsc,e with and essen tai 10, the gawth III al
,,sas wnud tend more eluciae the mystery III Their
ailment than the many theoretce spcuauaus which his
suhrt has already elic ted. The experience 1t every
w,cral farmer iesrhes ho that he cannot sNpec' Ia
nature crap # any kind in exhausted soil bat II he
manure IT, tina, l.. II he place IN It sufficient qaa"y
ri any Substance animal vegtablsu mineral witch has
been previously subjected 10 the pirraclye ienenia-
tim. hr has then prepared 10 yIei hin crop not :"
one kind only hut q. ans and eset, kind which he may
desire cnyse. By successive cops IT any "ae RIAL
he mny ssiin exhaust It, aid ihis he can eh'ct mum
sonner by crops than others Hos not ignorant ."
Tho r, .t mn ,l,nts pnnear L. have ap,cnliaf nlin
inv lr ,me II The neutral sal 5, which prom to their
growth in remarkable manner, yet he knows thai these
salts not the ahmeh Of thosr ptns, hr my VIII
cause ihem exist IN exhausted stil. Aud he has
vet 10 learn that any Substance whatsoever. annual veg
,h. a, m ,e,, will enable him l. raise crop uf any
Mud in an Impoverished si, except t"se Substances
which have beea previously subjected 10 pulfefieimn
which capable ofspeedily undergoing that proc
rhoo r;I;,- f,c,s amman IN mo ia demonstrate clear
J., ,t tbae i t oao n mont for all planrs 10 wit the
,.;I,o n pn,,ef,cftu which, is consumed by ihrm IN
J,a,, o,,,,iie. caofdn, IA the natural spneiiIfs Of
b n, .nscias hnt indisp.nsahle IL, every onc
"a, If dnti,eI m the, inevitably ner,h however pieu-
,if, sn,l,l hey may h. win every ther essential
m I,h,s ,ftho.e loaned chemists who have recently
d,.,ea ,hsi, .ti.o,io Ia agriculture appear Il, me- IN he
. 6,i ,s h.s or their predecessors in frmer ayes IN
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