Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-10-30

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Leachsd AShss a a Manure.
The value Of leached ashes on dry soils.
and in dry seasons. as a manure for grain
and grass lands, has been conclusively
shown, IN this and other countries by care.
fully conducted experiments. Yet it seems
useful and necessary to ''keep before the
people" such facts as are not fully under.
stood and considered, We give some obses.
sa,ions drawn from experiments heretofore
published. for fear that this subject. in the
hurry Of the season might Otherwise be ne
elected and forgotten.
The German sgricul,urist. Albert. of
Rosz'an, gives circumstan,iaI account Of
an experiment commenced 10 1927. and
continued for five years. A dry sandy
soil, " hich had lain 10 grass !or eigh, years.
~as dressed with leached ashes. at the rate
of sixty six bushels per acre. The soil ~as
first carefully turned under. then the ashes
hauled on aud spread, and covered with
pIow about two inches deep; remaining
N this condition six or sessn weeks il wss
again p!owed three inches deep, 90 as to
bring up The ashes. and sowed to buck~hes'.
A portion Of the field, to which no ashes
were applied. ~as treated 10 the same
manner. 90 that the d ference might be
noted.
The cost Of the application vas e6. IS
per acre. The increased product d the
first year va. a, the rate Of FIVE and a hall
bushels Of buck wheat, with four hund'ei
and seventy pounds Of straw. estimated a,
S4,O5. The increased product Of the second
year. " hen sown with rye, was six bushels
per acre, with six hundred pounds Of straw.
estimated a; e4,35. The increased produc,
Of the third year. when in OATS. was
ten and halt bushels. with FIVE hundred
and fifty pounds Of straw. estimated AT &c.
62}. The fourth year the Increased pro
duct, when in pasturaSe, was estimated al
50 per acre. The fifth year it was "2ai"
>own into rye, and The increased product
was four and hall bushels. with four hun
dred and seventy pounds straw, estimated
at $500 per acre. The value Of the IN
creased product is $50; and We have no
reason 10 suppose their effccts were ex.
haus,ed when the experiments wee conc.u.
ded. The estimates were made by Mr.,
Wagner, the translator, from the prices
paid at the tine in this country. as also
was The cosi Of the ashes and labor.
GnIeached ashes produce more pow
-rful fl; c., and hence less quantity is
required. In the Albany Cultivator CIR
1912. the result Of an experiment. is given,
on an old meadow. moved nearly half
cen,ury-of clay soil s,ocked with all
kinds Of grass, where strong ashes was a.
u!ied. al The rste Of ,hirty-,wo Jushels an
acre. producing an increased product Of
nearly one fourth Of a ton. while the same
quantity Of air.slaked lime produced no
beneficial result ; and Two bushels clear.
dry COW dung Increased the product only
one hundred and four pounds and the
he same quantity Of horse manure bu.
sixteen pounds per acre.
Ia the first Of these experiments, four
thousand four hundred and twenty-five
pounds Of Ieached ashes were applied. pro-
ducing. in five years, an increase Of four
three hundred and forty. Lone pounds Of
grain and straw. besides pasturage equiva-
lent 10 a, leas; 4 ton Of hay. In the second.
about one ton Of ashes increased the pro.
duct. in one year, one.fourh that smoun,
Of hay; and in favorable seasons We
can no, doubt that its effects would con,inne
for four ycars longer. So the action Of ash.
es must be chemical in its nature. giving
capacity to appropriate other fertilizers.
which it does, perhaps, by i'npar.ing to
the soil its potash, which dissosses the sill
ca. or flint Of the soil. producing silicate Of
potash. which. according to Liebig is re
quired BY all plants Of the grass Kind, in
large quantities.
On wet ground. il should b borne in
mind that ashes produced no effect aud
in wet seasons, the benefit 10 mvch less tnan
in dry.-[Rural Nsw Yorker.
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