The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-10-08
USE or ASHES


The L.llsalns j. an rsuari &c The adj
.m William iilile. rmh"llr,l IN ,lr
6l,h annual srpnll u The Olliu Stale BuaId
Il agrrnliure:
.llnhsrio ihe natural fertility nf lhe
al las na rendered il necessary 10 pay
III, Strict at nllnn IN IT. issprovfm+ri
wh,rl j. Indicated 10 The future; but lie
t,me Is cnnn Z and now y. when. il ar
rm,ld have ihis fertility rnnlinuesi. may
ia..rrased. We rfilsi pay strict attention 10
II. Law. uf nainrrs The wisdom ~ exp.
n-nee. anil ,hr hight "A scirnre. Espe-
nenre teaches Us illai certain crops es.
Lau.l ll,e sull iIr laws 0i nature require
,hal lie !osl principles should be feslnted.
uhlr sr,rmer. taking the lump Of rarin.
which. 10 The ~ r working man. . mrr
mailer, anal, - if. part. asceria.ns ihe
miss.n. .lemen,. and apple. Ilc Remedy.
The rrn,t,lirs most generally used arr
lime. .ieached ashes. and harm yari manure.
Lime IL self. j. nnt fer,'llzer; ~ sr-
mn i altogether chemical, warming M.
,i,if, inp. ,lnrmani or exhausted properties
in tie snll. nd ir-sar me % The plant 4.
self ( i wheat. fnr inslanc i lll-i Por,ion
which ii. susrnance requires. Thus u
/. that. when mixed with peat in proper
nor,innS. lie hrsi of The unslmksd lime
operating npnn III vegetable ,l,asscier u
,he pea,. III vitality i destroyed. aial sl,r
whole mass becomes valuable manure
lar ans kin nfrrnp.
.I.rarlc.i ashes. the refuse ol our
Slieries, il u must ssrellent manure. !
iegrei to notice IL many eniirc nrgleci ol
,his admirable lrrtillxer. lmmcnse heaps
ol them are nov lying IN different parts
Slonr conntry. nnnn iced. eserp, A. mn
sanre. This is 4 great mistake. a. =
earini analysis sl,oas = large pronrli"n
IN inc most necessary ingredients lnr the
prafsrtiun nf wheat. Wnen came inlo
lie ncisllburI '0d III which 1--we. ! found
sgrea, pcJudirc against The use of leach
eli a.lf.s. Al ~ a.hery on an adjoining
Ilrm 4 ktge qnanii,y had &C unnla,ed.
Although ii the lime ! had n, prar'icsi
acanain anre wih farming. vel having
read somewhere that ashes were gooi
manure, / obtained the cheerful consent
az lie owner 10 remove The nulsanse. !
look f,r ms experlnent an exhausted held
ul seven acres. which had yielded, ] ne
lieve. al lis last plonghlng. abomi Twelve
bushels Of oats 10 The acre. On Tins held
| hauled and pluughcd IN one hsrnlieh
l,als &c ashes tahnui three thousand b',-
shel-.l al which allmy ncighbors isaghe"'
and ri,ed ..llsc man isa foul. Bnl s"nl,
! wonder came re- llsln, which showed
them they were mistaken; The held was
MT ruined. but, instead thereof. The hfsi
crop was about twenty five bushels ol
voo,l whea, 10 the acre. The next year
a.hes rose IL twenty-five cents pei load,
anil now cannot be had al NIL, the owner
nrelerrins 10 use item on his owlf f'fffr.
will lie met here bv the ubjectmn thai
everybody cannot afford 10 buy lime Or
leached ashes. This j. all mistake !:
M farm can do we'll without them. and
AZ long as Tie lnrmer can be had ior ten
cents per hnshel, and the latter ior hlly
cents d load, lie had better mortgage llls
farm ,han moi have them. But every
iarner can III least save his barn-yar'i ma
nure, aud how >hamelally negligent some
pcnpIe aie about tins matter. All through
our unity are To be fnuni farmers whose
barns, opening Oh the main toad. glvs
easy access 10 their cattle T. I've thrir
aud there they lie summer and winter. q
bundle n( straw or Il morse. oi hay !
ihrown nul 10 them on the ground, 10 .
eaten nr ,roddcn nnlcr loot; all The bene
I'll, Of HE droppings are lost, The land
Impoverished. aud poor struggling na'''r
ealls ior help IN vain. This y al wong
Every particle of lnud ought 10 be glse
under 90 er; every barnyard ought
lie carefully he,ldeI down. Leaves. inucl
tol,rn wand. coal ashes, ought 10 be az
lied whenever they can be obtained. an
IN The spring the whole mass ought 70
tnosn into heaps. that il may ieflne
and destroy The seeds Of all lruslons weed
and then after harvest il may be haul'
on Your intended whea, fields. 10 repa
You amply IN good rlcan whea, (not ,ur
Cd into hess Ior all your pains anu
bnr.
This las been nv practice. an;i y
result has been that usually pnt up
my wheat lams Irom tlnee hundred
falr hundred Two horse loads Of well u
It'd manuc."
SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE.