Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-02-25
AGRICUL TURAL .
F'r,ni the Snnihsrn Gulilvaiof.
ROTATION OF CROPS

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The phil sophy Il ritiiipn IN crops Is involved IN
much u snd oh~curiiy IN his p,em entitled Weeks
and DAYS" HrsIop who is snpp-e1 to have been the
c,niempnaryd How're. leads lhe lea ned 10 believe
that farmers al that early prod. knew som"lhlog 4
the value at times aud seasons, IN committing Ia the
earth the SEEDS "f cultivated plants Long after who1
the hard Of Manina wnte his Georgcs the resting Of
the sill AMI changes Of efI~ were more generally pac
tsed.f nt better II de sofd.
With all our science and experience af twenty ceniu
res added therein, really knr" very lae alb u
the why d the wherefore Of tt,n han DID he poets
of anrisnt Greece and ROM. 1.-THE wrier had the
bihn tn IN Ike dsp ol az ifullura literature bet
theme need he asked T. han The named the
head Of this afllee bui have M pride Il the kind.
aud greatly prefer IL seafsh rlsely into the nature Of
tblngs found and in .s aud IN cultivated plants.
IN repeating the opinions OF atty modern
AUTHORS
The MIST proflablr and uniformly success fu ehenge
ri crops knnwn Ia us in his county is that oi whe 10
clover and clover wheat the simplest aud shortest Of
Of all p,ssi lie The best possible shift. IN
nsNion with cniun ard corn culture, isa drsilefaum
yet To he harmed and promulgated aid in attaining
This object ask alensn % uGr ACTS and Theory IN
rrfrrepce Ia ruiainu " ehlnae ofeops.
In the first RI ce we wnli refnark hat question
The fact 4 thoe bri Q any sufi iirence Ii The
things CONSUMED IN forming crop iwh'at. cl"yef cnr
oa's harley, peas. beans. paiants, ufmps, tmo lay AID
other prassps r,n 10 the tleofy ol Fnalsl aud
Continental writer's. cannl for The phenonena wit
messed when slftttis hfllef IAN NlHff ul
different kind The advantage nt ro'aiInn consists MOI N
the circumstances ha plant Is lIme consuming yc-
griable: that amthrr consumes tls ihlfd sda aud
a ouuh phnsphntus sulphur. IN peculiar desfee.-
Tha, cultivated crops do take ifnm the earth unequal
on,nities { these and h"r constituents n plants, Is
admitted; hi III Il lie rationale gwen Is d"
MED ar -erh,usly called n 'u"suoa, The grwih ol Il
emp # elver improves The srff crons ni wheat. CON-
eats harley and potatoes. Ike. Why lsihis. II each
cmp d ma rds peculiar kind ii elementary aions
gain all the plants cultivated farm, aud especially
their s. DIS whether The seds III cotton. COM ~" o
fix Weld VIII n deconpo-ed rich manure, alike a
daple,l 10 each variety ri vegetables,
Il is needed th, cpp Of earn eytrac's nare sou
be silica from sl IN is hard CLASSY stems than
crop Of pa. or one If clover but 1t s iha
cnnnt thai peas clover should ~ gr,wnin Ioatan with
curn For what purposes then should Improving ten-
ovalinn cmps be groen For ihese two, and no othe
FIST Ia make money duecily out ii tbs PEA aud clover
crops by cny.iiing them into the labor OF mules and
hofs's. into beef pix. molinh hnd wo1, and into
god manure seca dty by .Nuacung iron tains,
dews and the ann lspere the organic elements IF wheat
and cuon. and h>n9 them in pea and clover pau'.
and in the surface II and aso by SAVING troa foall
zatn and washing away. the ssv.rhl aons IN The II
which 90 10 form pea and clover plants, md which
would otherwise be- utterly lus In h" hasha dnaa. II
is ineancevAble how succession OF craps aud
and tisge without croppi ctn tail o'Shau-t The and.
ifal the mattel which organzd in The roots a ella
and other plants, well above them. is consant
Nv removed and PQnifaielt returned suppose lhe
land is partially exhausted field. gown up 10 Young
pines Is Yeas I'D. NV, the snuu. crop Is one of
leaves and If lsa Is permitted to fail aud rot
The grnnd slowly but certainly all tie old ones will
ni. be dissolved. and pass away. Tins annual con-
Sumption NJ nnnld AVID OF the mineral ini Ut The pine
fras' would h. han made Oh II permitted, by
The annual fl of leaves, cmaing per cent. # ashes
when burnt and 90 c, MT. II trgsnz.d carbon, uNy-
gen hydngen and nlinael. H. IN ADDITION % The f'nn
val of ho leaves yno plough. harrow aud hoe the SUI
4 a.. l.,tf.f i.tF
years. because tlage vl hasten the decompasllon Of
whatever ayes mould the soil clualns, aud the
luton II all substances that appear ashes. when bark,
wood and leaves consumed BY fire. Tlaae increa-
the vegetable product BIZ gram cotton irui OF for
est trees mainly by increasing the available t"d m plants
at The expsase o matter before unavailable because Ia
soluble in water
suppose the Creator had made all The elements OF
bread and meat in the surface sil soluble quar-
Of common sal, spread over square Tod oi land How
long wond these erments. dissolved IN moving water
have rmained within reach Of the plough ot one that III
led The ground
Tha, sa is valuable fertilizer might be esiabli he,
by the Old and New Tesaments. of the early dis
cuvrries of semi civilized men But salt scattered tn
earh. puughed in. will not remain always there
not taken up BY the roots Of plants and fixed IN their lis
sues. little mfy ny few years in nearly mpetvl
Gus clay. Int time will remove the la, PARTICLE OF brine
The whole surface Of islands and continents would b.
sterile and hise-s PARTON Of the desert Of >,
hara. If Infinite w isdow had made ample pfovisio
for The sluw but ceaseless sonti,n # the mineral hod
plants 10 enter heir circulation. and AID IN otgaf
izieg the cmhuslibe priin of all vegetable snhs ance,
II would he alike fatal To and all living beings
the find of plants were much more soluble lnsoluhlt
than Gpd has made such food.
All the constituents atoms of plants at times end Sc;
sons. soluble and volatile. both. When dissolve
in water, they g. wherever the penetrate
LET soft rain water tall limestone ii. and percola
through 1t into well or spring, and II viii appear
hard. lime water. II this lime had been arl'hclally al
Piled 10 the soil and had fy cents shell, wou
nature on that account refuse 10 dissolve and remove
int'a well. spring. perchtnce . ditch HI
fri nds, deceive yourselves in this mat er. WIN
soluble salis of lime, potash. ammonia, soda and magn
STA. Combined as these bases with phsphoiic, su
phnrc, muria,ic and csrbunc acid-; the rontS
grass. we'd briars. plnm bushels peas, corn. cotton
potatoes and wheat you have them. bur no, long brfu
IN a state, of slu1n in the surface soil.
TO BE CONTINUED.