Lewisburg chronicle, and West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1850, 1850-02-13

vitfiol there are 10 OF euiphef aro ~ o'
oxygen. Oniring email fractions. there
are in 100 pounds Of ground gypsum the
following ingredients.
,;u. 80 lbs
t;ipi OH Of vi.,iol, 4s"
Water, Il
Total, 100
In the oil Of Vi.riol there are not far
from lei lbs. of su'pher.
Answer 10 The second question.
A busheI or one OF two hundred pounds
OF this salt Of lime spread pretty evenly
over an acre, ~ill soon he dissolved in
rain or snow wafer, aud can not esse ntia!y
if al all, increase the natural capacity Of
water 10 absorb common air or any fer'ill'
zing gases i, may contain from the rot'ing
Of vegetables and snimals % the snriace cl
the earth. Gypsum does not. therefore in
tho opinion Of the writer. contribute to the
growth Of plants 60" the fertilizers which
i. draws directly from The air or from the
soil. Being sufficiently soluble in wafer
for all useful purposes, it en!ers directly iu.
TO the roofs Of clover and other plants, aud
supplies their tissues With available sulphur
and lime, from the lack Of oue OF both oi
which the crop Is diminished both in guam
.i,y snd profit. 10 mos, soils it is available
sui, hur, more ,hsn available lime " hich Il
wanting and ground plaster supplies This
want. ln leo pounds Of wood or hair there
are hve pounds Of pure sulphur; which
can Gully come from the grsss. hay. and
other food Of sheep, csi,se. and Other dom.
este eainals. The flesh and nerves Of oil
animals, from man to worm, contain sui.
is derived primarily. from plants and The
soil. hen gypsum has enabled young
clover, corn, peas, beans and other plants
TO extend their roots ip all directions, these
extended roots imbibe food Of every kind,
including sulphur salts IS we'll ss phospha-
les, salts Of ammonia, &c, which. without
The aid ol The g. psum,the comparatively few
slunted roots had ne yer reached nor imbibed.
The same lac Of vegetable development
which enables the roots 70 descend deeper
into The earth, and 10 extend themselves
ialeraliy, is equally operative in developing
more and larger leaves above ground tor
the discharge of vspor and gases into the
air; and probably. for imblbIng alirnonr
through the same orgsns. In this way.i5
or 20 graiDs Of su'phaie Of lime spread over
a cubic foot Of earth. will enable Little Glow
er SEEDS, or the genus Of the pea or bean
plant 10 extract from ,ha, earth, more SUI
phur Than the gypsum contained, ard more
ofaiI else needed TO form the plants named.
both from The soil and tho atmosphere.
Gypsum i. not "s.inulani." for 20
pant has Herres or muscles, which can be
stimulated. 1t Is a simple, plain, every
day food, aud uolhing more. ln all we'll
drained. well titled land, sulphur salts need
10 be oi,en added because of their soiu
bllily and deficiency in quantity, 10 the
soil. Form siagnant swamp, or pcrmi,
nature 10 do the same, and ii will soon
abound in the sulphale OF iron, {ropperasl
in the -sulpha,e OF sumina and potash.
talum) in the sulpha'e of soda and mag
nesia, (rpsom and el.aber sal,s) and in the
sulpha!e Of lime. (2ypsum.) Drain your
swamp we'll, and away runs all your cop
pcras. alum, glauher and EPSON salts, and
gypsum. Farmers mus, learn to feed
heir cultivated plants as they do their
hogs, sheep, cattle and horses-jus, what
hey need 10 meet the wants OF nature, and
10 more to be ,caaed.
Answer to the third question.
II is not. II, however, the farmer is so !
'nwise as TO restore nothing in pay men,
or the grass eaten by domestic animals, |
. hich per chance, daily 50 GU, Of the pas.
ure with full s,omachs At night, and re-
urn with empty ones in the morning, as
airy cows oiien do and he makes no
for The hay. grain and po'al oes
then, OF course. his land will
row poor. and poorer. and peihaps a lit.
'e faster, by harvesting large. instead Of
mall crops. Nevertheless, We seriously
ues'ion the fact. whether a large crop i'm.
airs fertility more than small one. On
MS point We have several highly interest.
e experiments in proercss. Ii any rea.
er sees, or thinks he secs. a maieral de-
ct in our theory in reference to the ben