The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-07-04

into the lands alrcAJy under ,hs plow,
and learn wha, can be done TO sdd two,
or three and four fold TO their present
proslaciivcnesa The time hs. 4, last
arrived, when il I. Indispensable 4, the
continucd prosperity oi All the elder
States, that the principles both of reno
vating aud exhaus,ing cultivated fields.
be thoroughly aud universally under.
stood. ....
sEcriox ia rgw FACTS Auour
Soils contain, as a general thing. no,
more than one i,art in = thousand of the
atoms, in an available condition. which
nature consumes in forming n crop "t
any Kind. This statement expresse, n
fact of great practical importance for
the hu-Lnnsling II tAcse fertilixing at
oms Is the first step toward arrest'ag
the impovcsishmcnt VI the earth. II Is
the matter in the soil, which makes
crops in one arran cement Of its atoms,
and forms manure in another condition,
Of the same atoms, that the farmer sho'd
learn 10 preserve from waste and lcss.
Soils of the different degrees Of pro-
ductivencss. where the mechanical tex
,ure and physical properties are alike,
always contain unlike quantities Of the
food Of crops. II seems TO make little
difference how small is the amount Of
the lacking ingredients in the compo-
si,ion Of the cultivated plants. II alb
sence is fatal to the further growth Of
the crop, aher its appropriate aliment
fails in the soil. II is easy to discover
the wisdom Of this universal Law
Suppose nature should organize grass,
grain and other plants which serve rs
the daily food Of all the higher order uf
animals. - well without bone earth
phosphate Of lime) as with that min.
eral. Would it be possible for sucl,
grass and grain to yield to the blood Of
domestic animals and 70 that Of man
himself that solid earthly matter which
imparts strength 10 human bones, and
TO those Of oxen, horses, sheep and
swine! Certainly not. Although iron
is always present in the food and blood
Of animals, no farmer ever killed u cali
or u pig or an OK. which had iron for
tho frame of its system. No anatomisi
ever saw bone in the body Of n per.
son, formed Of other earthly atoms than
such as Providence had fitted for thi.
this peculiar function in the animal c.
economy.
The brains and muscles OF all ami
mails contain botl, sulphur and pllos
pl,orus as constituent elements. ii
their daily food, derived as it is from
the soil, lacked either sulphur or phos'
phorus, must not this radical defect il
their nourishment soon induce weak,
ness and disease, and finally result il
premature death? 10 prevent conse'
Quenccs so disastrous and so obvious
nature refuses to organize plants with
out the presence in the soil, IN dI
arailaLlr form, Of those peculiar atoms
adapted alike TO the wants Of vegetable
and animal vitality. This wise provi
sion should be carefully studied by CIV
cry one who desires TO enjoy goo'
health, and n long and happy life. Mos
Of the ills that flesh is heir TO, as wei
as most Of The maladies Of plants, have
their origin in the violation Of nature
laws.
The growth and constitutional ,igo
of all living beings, not less than TIN
revolution of tlie earth on its axis, ar
governed by immutable laws. One q
these appears to he, that MI atom O
carbon (charcoaD shall not perform III
: functions of an atom vi iron; nor al
atom Of iron perform the Office Of al
atom Of carbon, or that Of any otbe
element concerned in the organism q
plants and animals. There are onl
some fifteen kinds of elementary boz
les used by nature in forming every veg
etable and animal substance, Pr...luce
!, on The farm, in the orchard, or in tn
. garden. ....
The science Of Rural Economy con
sists in the scientific study Of Atom
and Of the Laws by which they ar
governed, whether they exist in soil
r or cr',mblng rocks, in loose car,l,.,
vegetable or animal mould, in fernenl
, ing manure, in the living tissues an
cells Of organized beinss, or in the iorI
of invisible gases diiiused through III
; atmosphere. Every product Of asr
cultural labor is either vegetable q
an animal substance; and in il. pre-
n duciion not All atom Of new matter
!. called into existence. IN the lan9ua--
l Of science, all matter which is nciilie
vegetable nor animal, including mir an
;. water, is mineral. All minerals NJ
;. either solids. like sand. clay and lime
n or liquids. like water: OF gases. iib
:, eonrsDoN air. The turner 'leais largel
h with atoms in each OF these forms
!. hence he should be familiar with Il
;. several sciences which treat Of ratur
A plsen ,mcna - Witnessed in the miners
), vegetable, and animal kingdoms. y
should know thai plants aIsMc can su
). sis, on mineral, or disorganiz.I food
n that il there were no plants in The occ.
/. nor on land. neither marine nor lar
II animals c.,uld hayc q being. IN Il
a. absence oi oil vegetation, IL l. obyio'