Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-07-29
AGRICULTURAL.
GI.EANiNGS AND THOUGHTS.
DIRT rLouGuISG -EFFECTs OF LINE, &c.
Dy the E.dI'of OF the American Farmer.

consistency reduced. and lis mdre adfo i've article
dsn,egntcd. and rondorfd emnafalvtly ifla'Ic. by
The aciiun ri the lime. should expect. fh-t any
friendly s9s which might he preod. would lee ncafa.
zed and rendered innuxi'us. # not converted iuo ee
meats II hoaithful fertilization The lat fleet, how
ever. believe woulI Dc Produced. Nj wauld Tho
sslusrs ofic-s OF the caaeaus ma ter Stop here hu
wfub b. cfnnned iBt many yCats. IN he Performance
Il ibnse other Offices which s. happy az Influence
uTsn the productive cncgs II the soil and aha=e II els
have added Mullins q. uaneY value iu landed osates, m
every cunify there il has ben used As an a. N 4 l
nfosement II W. Wrro sksd,-Wbatt, 50 cher iii,
var reply woald thai iua- improves the isall
" Of The cIars. eSpc-islls tss ' tAe uead>UH ads
that. when nj applied e. esress. aec=l efatrs dec ia
position ~ al anlmal 1nd vegetable taHrfz aat i
DESTROYS ins~cs aa3 wutms. hY is eaa5set diss ga-H
the snaw'h Il weed BE- rfiuaia, that 81 taa ---zs.s
neuira zs the fire acis u sai. tsi 8lasr flser
shle encnfr,ncfs o maid. mai~tarc. sH3 ue4t. 81 ia
The iornaun Of 81, ats Stat #4-ss . L al =,
mpatts warmth - tie 81 aetsa-f is rzsg.f # arf
tan. rcndcf st eil- ae-. sad sisfs casis
'enrs sandy ones: la 70 mites. ~ Is electro zfaa
i'm nistiln and ultimate decay Or mon uai rs rl-aL
csrbonlc acid Ia &c evolved ard rftcH# Iasrs tl
dSsngagrd. thereby cmsettn, that heh VS. aifs M
available into active II vegetable uH.rimrft. To
then. II Us ehvleus hat If Linn IS not. al t-H actually
fl j Tor vegelahlts-sud hs.Fr Il IS sf It's i51a3
10 be nsiucni clement iu the tsrHi. and trust n
almost every tree, herb, and vegetable. thai afoNsn
operates AS ,hrirH sgrnf. IN the procurement as8
preparation Of their fol. grasas with mset's bold
sion; until 1t pfrdsposs and pepafe, than bee
The fod Of pla a~a It, foe ccralHo The sii-
rendering them tibulay 10 She wan $ # yegiatIan.
Therefore L'nlc IN hi. connection. may he viewed as
III" cdlicrrr, well as he coak Of hr while xers lahc
family; hui @ tafl I'VE htieve It l. b. most
pntanl and healdnl ingredient ia he dishes which So
notably providers aad serves up iof II II were AT sn
s'atial constituent. rs presence n yg be produces.
would not be Sd lnvata. e as It = as anre docs no r.
iscinae her works hy accidents and bnadefs, but at
he fixed ~ ssUi Ia Il
Il Providence.
4. That Notwithstanding 81 tn alvaa'ages winch
deep p'oughiag and Inning. calculated 10 ensure,
their full benefits any raz#d where due alton
ton is pad 10 he application u animal and vegetable
manures whore ndci,us stSen p=op-r rotation Of
crops, ia ptacced. and The culture Of carc- ami ihe
grasses. forms element n such sY-tem,=6s Lime
must be furnished nth The material 10 trok ~ into
The food e plants and ihs, where the climate may n l.
allow Of the cultivation # clover and he gases crop
peas buch@hodt, beans, Of same other erren crop
be grown aad plungled In, every thifa fourth yfa'
BY the culture clorcr besides secafing large body
n veg table matter In be turned in, nj he commencement
Of every Rotation. thereby adding IA important quantity
Ia ,he materials for forming. aud supplying mould IL tn
surface SOL aud ui mce sing it' pnnpfs Of ahsop un
t,r those pnwers har just relation In the uf such
decomP sed AMI decnnpising micis may exist there
in,yon VIII increase 1hc qnan lies Of mineral sls also.
The tapfons ui evst plants descend In'n he earth
several feet where h.y find dcposcs Il these salts alb.
sth and assmilaie thom Ia their structures aud as c.nz
sequence, bring them mp 10 be mingled with the surface
POLL WHEN, IN The course Of nhaon, may he ougbed
uf thus rendering available snhs qnent culture ingo
dlens essential T. vegetation Which had hciore hoen 1rk
oil up IN the sulsll And IS therefore obyioos Thai
The deeper You may plough. the greater VII ha the an-
ull's of such substances restored the surface soil In
This light the cul Hre Of clover be and, only To
furnish vegetable ipud bul mineral food also md hence
lis great Importance, IN every system which looks 10 Tia.
permanent improvement nd 10 the fall development 81
The productive capacities ol the earth.
Ia addition 10 the foregoing. We would remark tia
the sub soil plough may BE- used valuable auxlAr,
means, In deepening all sos that may need IT, II suei
ss were subsidized year in advance If he operation
increasing their d. PHI two benr would result heat air
and moisture would be let in upon the suls it, and tn
very considerable extent tend, ny their chemical actu
snd Ieseno neutral ze ia salts while al the same time
the pefc latan Of the water through The Garth each sue
ceedng rain, would carry large pnr ions If Them OIL S
That on the succeeding year, when part Of the snbsl
shall be added 10 the surface IT, viii be found that
contains much less of those irjuriuus uxdi1d maers
which have hitherto operated 10 prevent deep pluurhin
from being rs papnlar as il ought 10 be. We feel yer
certain that, this plan Of subso ploughnp were adoI
trd precedent process much less lime ashes " mar
would he required as correcting agents. there would
greatly reduced quantity of unltiendy salts be acte
up.n
Notwithstanding all that we have said in favor If dc,
plouahirg Of dainng, and Of subsoillng no,vilhsan
ing all that we have written in favor Of the virtues vi lin
mail, and ashes mrliuratrso Of the So, aud as food
views as to the culture o covc the grasses aud rref
crops, and we have said nahi' either head that
do not feel to he justified by experience and osery
iion,-we desire The Agricoliurisl 10 believe hat hoy
ever valuable each and all Of these may be- that he mu
MT though he adupl all of Them. relax for a single m
inent IN The accumulation and peselvatn Of every m
ferlal on his farm that is Is can, by decnnlp ,son
converted into manute,a and when unu 4ioi 10 apply
TO his helds,fu after al that the authors Of neraw
fancIfn theories and hypohss s. may say To the conr
~, the Garth is the great mannflcofy in which The 70,
OF plans must be mainly prepared; = the atmosphere II
dew, and the rain, each charged with the elements
fertilization, they each in their turn dispense those cl
mens to the crops fhe field, and contribute largely
their growth and qualification; but i'll the earth is Il
great iboratory where ihoe manipualions carried
which ultimately to The hushandman the rcwa
OF his abors. Let hi then. give TO the earth the IA
material suitable for the process and it well convert
TO mould, and not only feed the plants which he m;
commit to its charge. with the vand Of the soil but hu
band. and appropriate thse also hich are be fuul
IN me ar, In the dew, and ia the rain, to their grow
ana perfection. II such not the fact the barr,
sand would be productive as the mos, fertile mould
TACT which is coniradiced by the experience of every Gu
hsa'or In the world. Providence, in his wisdom ar
munience, has ordained that the elements shall conir
butte their share towards clothing the earth with verjur
but be has left 1t !" man. by the proper exercise Of
reasons and energies. TO The placed at h
disposal, as that the soil may be preserved in il vira