New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-17

ciety reports the pork crop at 4, 100000 pounds
and it gave is first premium for corn TO Mr.. 5 d.
Lukens, hose statement is as follows
1.-THE ground had been in meadow ten years
was plowed six inches deep about the middle OF
April; was narrowed twice over on the 9sh May,
and planted on the 18th four feet by two feet. IL
came up well was cultivated and thnned wheh
ten inches high three stalks were left In HILL
About two weeks ailerTard Il was again cultivated,
and the suckers pulled of. About the last OF June
il was again cultivated, making three times the
came way, as il was laid of but one way.
Expense Of culture gathering and cnbbng,
vas. .......................''''sl ~
Produce 57fs bushels, al jil cents......... llI I'D
Profit on three acres......................lO1 %
The evidence on which premium was awarded
was such should satisfy any one that 37i bush
els were grown on three acres Of land, and at a
cost not exceeding Il 10, delivered in the CRIB
This is producing at less than cents bushel.
Whether the statement be true 10 the letter )r
not it shows conclusively the great value OF rick
soil for making cheap corn. The Board OF AgrIcul-
ture estimates the crop Of Ohio last year at O0o0'
600 of bushels Taking the United States as
whole, probably the crop OF corn was never better
than in the year 1919. One that has rich and
needs only to plow it deep and well plan. in seaion
and cultivate the earth properly with plow, or
cutivator to secure the growth OF generous crop.
On poor soils the case is very different
To raise good crop Of corn on poor land, AID a.
the least possible expense, requires some science
and much skid in the art OF tage. Take the
same field TO operate in, and one farmer Will grow
100 bushels Of corn at halt the cost per 01shei that
another will expend in labor which IS money 1t
unfortunately happens that very skllilul farmers
are few il number, in comparison with those who
have failed to study and practice all artslnabe I'm
provements. Men who can grow maize on CON-
mon soil place the crop in crib, at from SIX 70
ten cents a bushe, and pay fair price tor the Ia
Dor, need not go TO school 70 learn the practical
part of corn culture There are, however, buttive or
SIX States In the mon IN which this Is done. Mr..
Lukens, of Ohio has tod how they do Il in that
State and the practice is very similar elsewhere.
To produce cheap corn on poor land, one needs
clear understanding Of what elements OF the crop,
air aud water will furnish, and what they cannot
supply. 1t should be remembered that the atmO-
sphere is precisely the same over ground which
yields 100 bushels Of corn per acre that It is
that which produces only five bushels per acre
Now, the whole matter which forms the stems,
leaves, roots, cobs, and seeds OF corn, Where tue
crop is 100 bushels per acre. is not part and parcel
Of the soil A harvest equal to 80 bushels per acre
Gun be obtained without consuming over ten per
cent. Of earth, IS compared with inc weight OF the
crop. No plant can imbibe more oil the substance
Of the soil Ia which il grows than Is dissolved IN
water or rendered gaseous BY the decomposition
of mold.
The quantity Of matter dissolved, whether or
ganic or inorganic during the few weeks in which
corn plants organize the bulk OF their solids, IS
small From % 70 90 parts IN 100 OF the dry IN AZ
ter in q mature perfect plant, including ITS seeds
cob, stems, leaves and roots, are carbon lcharcoa
and the elements OF water. Ii IS not OILY an I'm.
poftsnt, but an exceedingly instructive TACT that
the most effective fertilizers known IN agriculture
are those that abound the elements OF water
and carbon. The unleached, dry eXcrements OF
dunghill fowls and pigeons have five times the
fertiliziDg power on all cereal plants that the dry
dung of 3 CRASHED COW has, although the latter
rrtT ~ hnFNr
gen, per 100 pounds, than the former. Although
it is desirable to apply to the soil in which corn IS
10 grow as much OF organized carbon and water as
one conveniently cam yet, where ierInZers nave
to be transported many miles, 1t is important to
know that such Of the measure as would form coal,
if reilly burnt, can best be spared The same
is true of those elements in manure which iorm
vapOr or water, when the fertilizer decOmPoses Ia
the ground
Carbonic acid and nsscent hydrogen evolved in
rotting stable manure are truly valuable food Tor
plants and perform important chemical Offices IL
the soil but they are, nevertheless, not so inils'
pensable to the economical production of crops, as
GrGiidJle nitrogen, potash, sllicd, magnesia, SUI
phur, and phosphorus. These elements OF plants
being less abundant in nature and quite indispen-
sable in forming corn cotton and every other pro
duct Of the soil, their artificial supply in guano'
night SOIL and other highly concentrated fertilizers.
ADDS immensely TO the harvest through the aid oil
q n
ments of bread and meat milk, fruit, and garden
vegetables annually consumed by the 22OOJOoO
of people of the | nted States, and thea thrown
away, were udiciously applied 10 the produce OF
grain crops, the yearly profits accruing would DC
many millions In al sections where corn IS worm
80 cents and over a bushe, great benefits may De
realized by the skilul manufacture and use OF
proudrette This article is an inodorOus compound
Of the most valuable constituents OF human food
and clothing 1t is the raw material OF crops. .
Ii is not necessary to restore TO corn-held al
the matter removed in the crop 10 maintain It's Ter
iili,y A part Of each seed, however, ought TO De
carried back and replaced in the soil, TO make good
its loss by the harvest.
In every barrel of meal or Hour sent 70 marAes.
1856 pounds) there are not tar from leo poundso
carbon coal and the elements OF water. When
bird eats wheat corn, have reason TO believe,
from several experiments, that over 90 per cent VI
the food escapes into the air through its caPacioas
lungs in the process Of respiration; aud YET lne
20 per cent of guano left, will reproduce as mucn
wheat or corn as was consumed. Imported guan0
which has been exposed 70 the weather Tor ages,
often gives an increase in the crop OF wneai eftn
TO three pounds Of seed to one OF fertilizer wnns
il has given a gain OF seven 70 one OF cof"' No.
fifty 70 one Of green turnlPs NJ
Chemists have ascertained, that the air expehs1
from the lungs of man and his domestic animas
breathing, contains 100 times more caroonlc SCI
than il possessed when il entered the organs -
respiration. ..,.,oes
erase bay. and straw, consumed by warm ooou.
animals Is constantly passing out Of the ~ stem
carbonic acid gas the elements OF water ,oAye;o
and bydrogen are also escaping from the lanss
the form Of vapor which in cold weatner Is me-,
visible. Over fifty per cent OF the sooo' CO stno
bv man and beast is thus thrown into tne 80
sphere by slow, continuous combustion, ST he
generates animal heat These clemens "
farmers crop, fall upon his cultivated helas u mi.
IA dew. Hence, when a pig, or any other sn,'
mai eats 100 pounds of corn, and vOids BY tne "a
els snd Kidneys 40 pounds OF the maIsea ,.r mora
these 40 pounds will produce and geneiaH ESso
,hsn produce. 100 pounds Of corn again
hi. 20 per seht Ofihe elements Of corn may DC -
Ard hydrogen form water or are ~ e'enrN''