The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-03-05
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Burnt Clay as u Manure.
BY II d WHITE, ESQ


BY II D WHITE, ESQ
A good deal has beeu said 10 reference
csli,es the burning and application Of II 10
sm informed, prsc,ised Nth considerable sue.
cess. Loudon says that the odes, work IN
~hich It 70 mentioned as q manure, ~ss pub
l,shrd upwards Of . century ago. The mds'a
for burning clay reached ns CLIMAX IN Eos
isnd. IN 1915. since ~h,ch time II. most siren
uoss advocates have said bui little 10 favor o.
II. general adoption, though very many Tar
mere s,,il practIcs n. and If en- " i,h most 1T.
etug .ucces-. The practice hs. nrse' Nc
Vet been carried out N hi. country, # II ha..
no sccouo,s OF The modIs operandi. or the II
suits has been published. Many have con.
nenced experiments ~ith apparently the wos'
vigorous and e1hsust loss reel, but have ALLOW
d their srdor 10 cool end their efforts TO re
sx with the first di.covrag'ns c,scunstoncr
date results from ibsi, hss,y and i.diuc,,d
forte. DlsapP,Io,mcnt foiloss, aud the pro
Jet IL abandoned forhsuh, as . matter d
course. Ia undertaking experiments Of 90,
kind. It 10 alssys best TO begin on . email
scale hen, # unfortunate, tho failure iu,olves
no serious loss, aud valuable iufor matIpn, often
IN important sUhJ c's, is acquired 81 ulff,ng
expense, ior experiment, thu, result un'svota
by are frequently NJ less valuable to The isrs.
st IN Tho lessons they Iacu cate than ,hose
shich terminate succevuliy. or N scco'd
snce eth chershed expectations and desi,es
During his soJou'D IN the country, Cobbe,,
~hoss cratic course 10 90 universally aud
justly deprecated, made use Of burn, clay.
9Th considerable success. Mos, of hi, CT.
permep's sers made on Long Island. end
are detailed With that minute precision, aud
scrupuIous regard for minsifo, ~h,ch cha,ac.
ter'zes all his statements; hose.er lnsrsn &.
cant m.y DO tho subject.
Loodon. whose opiaions on oil topics asso.
riaied With agriculture end ,is kindred branch
20. are eminent. clear end j,d,c,ous, .e.ns,ks
ihsi the sd,sntsges Of ban' clay. ~ ma.
nute hass bern greatly eIsqgera'ed; snd Al.
ton, in HI. /" Farmer. M.gszne," .a,s: ~
regret that the d,scpvefers Vi tofin ptsss and
Of the effects OF burnt clay have so lar over.
rated their value. Bo,h are useful and pro-
per to be attended ,o-ths g,ss. to b. raised
on patches OF mst.hy ground. aud us, d ss
green food TO catts. and the burnt clay 49,
corIector Of the echsn,cal a,ran cement OF
. stubborn clay soil and ! have no doubt, #
they had ony been recommended for these
valuable purposes. they you'd have been
broueh, into moro general use Than they po~
are, or will DO ill the prjnd'ces against ,hen.
sn.'ne from disappointed expectations, raised
high by too a .ier,ng descrp ',on, are remos
ed" Where farmer has fac IlIti-s for bum.
ing clay, hunted supply vii M d ub be an
advantage IN promoting . higher d-g'ee Of
ferilty io c-r,s'n soils. bu, a Ia ge amoun,
Of capital invested IN the Gay vii - gene
raj thing, unless under very peculiar crcum.
s'ssces, never be returned BY cultivated crops.
Cssh expended in reducing vrxersble matter
10 s'hes. 10 be disseminated over the coil Of
h" enclosures, gill psy 4 much b-u-r d,,.
trnd end operate poseslvlly to Inc permanent
Improvement Of the soil Every farne, NAV,
win eo@pa'au,s este. s-cu,e fron too to
tstes huad'td bu-hes Of po-stful s,hes, q,
= smsl expense. aud The effect. If ,bs .sw,e,
~hca spphed TO his xro.'ng crops, will be OF
. most drcided and beneficial ehassct-,-
Bushes. seed., ch'ps, and indeed oil hgn-ou.
~ ssmi.lisneous substances may be had re.
course TO 70, tins purpos-. Evrn turf. and
Gods are often sccunvIsled aud hu,asd 10 .u,,.
ply his sf'clc, so essen isl 10 . healthy ,rs
citation On soil. o. a certain class.
W,ndhdm. Maine, 1883.