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

although its farmers arc on tide ~,
", a,'d naap the capital Of the state,
With . good homo market, and posscs.
CO every facility, for procuring he
most valuable fertilizers. Dueches
county, also on the uudsuu river,
poduces an average Of only Eve bush-
els per acrc, Rensselaer, ., WssteAsa.
ter 7--wtich il higher thaA ~ ~.
crase Of soils that once gave q ressn
larger than the lands Of Engiand, ev-
en- with bad husbandry."
Fully TO rcnoya:c Mc 5000, 90
acres Of partially exhausted lands in
LIe State Of New York, viii cost u
least an average cf &l2,60 pcr aero
or All aggregate Of 600, 900. Il d
not an easy task to reduce I'll "
bo,.o.carth, potash, Sulphur, aad o..
ganissd ssitrogsa insuosA, esasamsd
Ia q Aesd which had been nwsssSy
cultivated fry or seventy yeass.-
Phosphorus is not an abundant nine.
raj anywhere; and his subsoil Is .,
bout the only resource Of the husband
.nan after his surface soil had lost -
phosplmtes.
The 300, 200 persons that cultivate
thcso 5000 200 acres Of impoverist,-
cd soils annually produce lsss BY 125
each, than they would If the land had
not been injured. The aggregate Of
this k~s to the State and The world 10
g. 800, 900 per annum or moro than
per cent. interest on what Il will
cost to rcnoyatc the dcterriaoted soils.
There is no possible escape from tbis
oppressive tax on tho labor of t7,-
500, 900, but to improve the land, o.
run of aud leave It. That tho latter
has been done to n largo extent, is
shown by comparing the popsaa.ps IN
rural districts, at the census II 1880
with that Of 1910. In nearly half
the towns in the State, population had
decreased, Notwithstanding the rapid
growth Of cities and villages, dsnsnA
ins an increase Of farm luborsrs 10
supply the mcrc local markets. Tho
canals Of New York have operated
tc hasten the Exhaustion Of its soils
just as a railroad to California would
aid in extracting gold dust from it,
now UNIV ashcd sands. While tho ca
nails and railroads Of New York con-
vcy thousand tons H VIC Few pro-
cious atoms IN the surface Of the earth,
which can alone form bread and meat
to tide water, they do not carry back
from tide water, one ton Of tho raw
material for making crops Of any
kind. A million tons Of human food
pass down the Aiisuissippi where ono
ton Of the elements Of such food a
cends tfe "fathcr Of waters"
1t will be seen on referring to tl.o
census Of 1910, that tho five States
Of Maryland, Virginia, North and
! South Carolina aud Georgia, employ.
cd at that time l,ol3,i53 persons il,
, agriculture. OF this number Mary
land had 69,s5l; Virginia 31s,7S1,
r North Carolina, 2i7, ,0a5; $. Caro-
lima, lOs,3G3, and Georgia, 299, 1888
, 1t is n statistical ',nsstion Of consid
4 cradle importance to determine nov
much less these laborcrs, and the
mules horses, and oxen, which they
work, annually produce, than the,
would had they not acres ofthe arabic
D lands in these States 70 highly favor
D cd by climate and fertility, been dam
r aged in the least by proper .illage. .---
!, The difference in the cost Of maxim.
i crops on roor land and good land il
+ really much greater than is general,
e supposed. The shrewd farmers o
t Massachusetts, prefer giving 90 cent
c Icr bushc! for western corn, than L
: growing this grain Oh their infertil,
!. soil While the corn growers Of Indi
Is ania and Illinois are glad to sell thei
v crops, wade n, rich land at twentl
d ccnt' a boslel. From these facts i
r. not the inference plain and sa,isfae,o
;, ~. that it costs, three times more l.
r produce a bushcl Of corn on Ioor thai
II on rich land!
IL 70 do full justice to ti,s interesting
Il problem, "By What means, and t
c wha, extent, ,he soils Of the i've STATE
3f sbo,e named have been injured !:
a would h!l q volume. a reslacnce q
% more than two years IN the usos
h. southern ot these States, conneete'
" with lts Agricultural press, and d'
>. voting much time 70 the study II soil
/ and their PRODUCTS, viii warran. tn
b. writer in expressing an Opinion o
L the weight Vi evidence collected fros
x all source. Within his reach. The a,
1, huai loss on The tabor OF each han
and mule is bclic, I'd 10 bc go
=. Thu estimate j. loo i.w On son,
pr plantations, ai.l tDe d. IL Oh ..hers. -
i. Tic Only rca-..n sl.y a. lna,ly slay,
&c !lait Dceh tcht rvus. CARING TIC Ia
:. 20 ,car. taUl thousands cent ou, {
(,.n.-,,a d. ~, L.