New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-30

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"A. recent sitting Of the French
Academy Of scienees, Chevsudier developed
rortion Of The results OF Eve yearssudy and sxper
mtn,s upon the ngSnurng of(orsss, and the augmen-
,ation of their an nual yield This question has an
interest In France which can hardly be understood
in America where the difficulty is rather to eleu
the ground of i.s woody growth. than to stimulate
II 20 greater frulfulness. NJ ChevaudieT commenced
his sxpe inents In ls47, believing II as possible to
s@s;s, trees in lheiT growth as flowers, grass and
animal plants Why could no, art interfere TO re-
store to the soil the mineral substances Withdrawn
from II by the rosis Of the trees, and by 'aem con-
reyed to their trunks and branches Because Woo-s
spring up OF themselves and a2pear 20 flourish VIA
out the ar Of man. It not nevertheless pfooNoie
that system Of anehoYailOa Of the soil might urge
them 10 more luIuriant vegetation The great
difficulty in the say Of such attempts was Iae snsin
o. time necessary 70 devote 70 them When FrAak-
In wished TO convince his fellow citizens OF tae
eood Effects OF Plaster Of Paris upon soil deficient
in lime. he Simply sprinked, IN the midst Of
meadow. quantity Of powdered plaster, tracing
several words in huge letters. few weeks alter
ward the lime had sunk into the SOIL but the words
traced upon the meadow stood on. from the rest by
the richer co.er and the double hight of the vese-
taron But IN order to convince oneself, IN silVi.
culture that such or such a manure or substance
acts fsyoTaby otherwise, stady for whole years,
and application OF the system to very large extent
Of iaRd were indispensable. Amer FIVE years steady
devotion TO this specially, VI. Cneyaudier eommunl-
Gated the substance Of bis discoveries to the Acace-
nav. He commenced his experiments By choosing,
among the substances thattneir cheSPaess rendered
accessible. such could Sss,ore 10 The SOL tle
elements Of the azo.e or san Withdrawn from At Tor
the support OF the fores, As sources Of azote, ne
employed the salts OF ammonium as sources o.
mineral substances. be used wood ashes which
contain the whole mineral portion Of the wood be-
fore;ts combustion He also tfied lime, the salts Of
potash and Of soda. the phosphate Of bone lime,
plaster and the suipaate Of iron. and earthly SUD
stances the rescue o. factories Of salts OF potash and
soda, ,o1y-sulphuret calcumj winch had already
been. and with advantage tired in ne Valleys oiiae
vosses |, would be impossible to nanscrioe tie
tabular view drawn up by VI Chevaudisr, VII n
gives the individual history and the Dill Of health Il
$3.50 sublects-plnes. cedars oaks oeeches, lar hes
Sc. &c. nave only room i1r tie general co"'
illusions, which nay be divided INTO four casegonss
lst Substances whose fyrliizng action was mose
or less marked These were, the oxy -sulphufe %
calcium the Carbohydrate Of ammonia, plaster oi
paris, wood ashes, sllpha.e Of ammonia, LING n'a-
calciued bones ard poudreite ID Substances whose
fertihzing eTec, was slightly marked or dol5l.al
These were, the carbonate Of potash, coasulaIao
blood, calcinsd bones, an equal mixture Of nitrate
OF potash non-cscineG bones, suiqhale OF IRON aid
carbonate Of lime and an equal mixture oi nitrate
Of potash AMI non-calcinei bones. 81. Substances
y hich seemed TO have 10 efec az sil-Fhe carp'na'e
o,soda the nitrate Of potash and salt. an. $40
stances which seemed 20 have had an mJuriol.
tfsc,-the sulphate Of iron, aad equal mixtures u
sulphaie Of iron with lime, OF Of suphate OF iron
with carbonate OF lime. The residuum Of soda and
potash works, known by the name Of the oxy-sn.-
rhuret Of calcium generally supposed 10 DC utterly
useless has beer proved BY NJ. Cheysudier's eIpeC.
meuts TO re The most wonderful substance ever
employ ed for feTtinziHg purposes l, augmen's ne
growth Of forests over topper cent In the neis0-
borhood Of soda VOTES, there are huge piles Of b,
he accumulation Of years At MarseIlles /. Is
thrown INTO the sea- while there are, throughout the
department. vas! pine plantations upon which p.
sa.4ht he applied with great advantage.
49, rom the last nans-y- al slAa Journal
d. sayr,mer,s for 1851 gather the following SIX
ti..Ia Of ths productions OF the French frntlng
fious,s during the las, ten yeaTs $50 works, 70
liyss lad dead langusses, published durins 1851
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