The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-03-19
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FROM the Working FdTmer.
Exhaustion Of the Soil.

tai source Of our national prosperity %
opR as wo have more land in the Far West
10 cultivate, the wearing out OF tina, in the
older States seems 10 DO looked upon "a mat.
Ter Of l,ltle consequence. The older Safes
with oil their best lsHds IN cultivation, do not
a, this time raise half the quantity Of wheat
they raised few years ago; aud the con.
suners in the Atlantic States are pay Ing near
iy ss much for transportation on large pro-
90 lion Of their sresd.tuss, as The farmers tho
grow il receive for their grain. The wheat.
ctops of New Yoik are less ths1 halt per acre
wha, they were thIy years age, and stu no
effort 10 made 10 disseminate the Necessary
information for stres,ing the evd. Stern ne.
ce,.ty hss rendered such action as We shall
soon re 7uts IN this country, imperative 10 Eu-
rope. OHIO no longer surprises The esboaia
farmers By large ctoPs, aud the same course
Of cropping aud modes Of uilage which have
impoverished the lands Of tbs older States, are
daily producing similar results 10 the fa'
Wet. MANY i,rmers are still living and
car,ipg msnures upon their poor tsTm' who
in The Mohawk and Genesee Valleys thte"
their nanufes into the river "hen younger
this removsto OF msnures from the vicinity OF
their stables, and throwing II iulo the u'et,
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chosen FOR ,his suici9ai fr0lIc. W hole aelgh'
borhood. would &c, together With their teams
and sleds for this purpose, aud he sane prac-
tics. ere nov followed in the Wabash Valley /:
the tributaries Of tie Mississippi and other
rivers are suffered 10 diain the very essence
Of our future prosperity. and TO convey It TO
the ocean. Natures laws tell Us that The De.
cav Of the crops Of one year fuFnishes he raw
materials for the creation Of these Of the mex,
year; bu, We must retain the results OF lhs
decay, and no, suffer them to part from us-
pre.ent individual enterprise being answered,
mus; co, cause Us 20 forge, the debt We owe
/ 10 p7stcrty-and that we have no moral rtgh!
/ 10 permit the ultimate constituents OF plants,
the agricultural capital Of our country, TO nod
is way 10 the ocean OF atmosphere, b. sheer
ignorance and neg gence. IL may be answer
ed tia, Europe, when necessity demanded
found he means OF restoring her ~oru ou
soils 10 fertility this IS true; but how wi
/ ibesame means continue through ell time !
If II had not been for the importation froa
, on, Continent Of bteadslufls, raw materials Q
all sorts, guaGo, ssltpelfe, cubioaI Mite CT Pc
~, and other materials, the results OF WHICH
nv decay and bv dIcc, application TO thci
T soils. recovered hrif lost ultimate constituent
Z Of plsol., they would long ere this have So
i fcfcd from famine. Every bushel OF cotT
8 bale Of cotlon, barrel Of resin, or other cou
II modify We nos seed 10 Europe, and shic
are consumed there, places just so much
il the Ultimate constituents Of plants a the
!. soil Cnr continued and repeated reprcductIo
D. sud removes 1t from ours ~ lHe import
lions nste at oil aSual 10 the exporia!iohs,
# NO took the same care as they DO Of "h
We have, OF import our exhaustion would
.lo.er; but ~ IT Is We arc rapidly psfili
18th out capital, never 10 return. The u
male constituent, Of vegetables pay at lie
a on. hundred per cent PROFIT when reused
he producing nc~ gro~th', and this may DO
n pesred almost yesrl, bu' part with Them
- the ocean through our MYERS, ard they q
10 los, forever. All thus may appear very {
re-. oicsl 10 the casual observer, Lui neyeiihsh
ni,,rue and the falling Of ot our crops
ho only unobserved from cur great area d lei
he tory aud consequent continuance o. sopp'i
= Should We bs cua.entcd 10 render il neces
al - each year TO bfn. oUr supplies lurtber #
.,d tho seahoafdl Or should ae sdopt the 2
zee per meat. to produce an excs's by keep
p our Ea-letn land. IN their present, or ~
Ia ,mnroved condition aud ihus, by Chico
,,ly products, be abe 10 compete With Eltop'
do manufacturers, DC.
ava ltdudusl armers may continue TO N
va. W.,, as they wear out their lands; bur
lose nation, wha, effect must this have 90 our
he eral prosperltyl
/, may be anseered that as cur en,etl
,,c. ing farmers look for better lands, The ild
oh. emigration, composed Of European agricu
his lists, viii take their places, and thus res
! 70 the old lands by European styles Of farm
If the best farmers Of Europe we're an
ssat those ~ho come, this might be true but /
oor. Who understand their business seldom mig
/ 10 the Iaborers only who come to US !;