The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-10-20
From The German Telegraph.
LIVE As A FERTlLLZER.

Ire u<f al isir1f As 4 1rtfiliZrr nf our
soils, has ol late been mnrh discussed hv
some geniIrmen. who rank among tnlel-
llgsnl farmers. and for whose opinions
entertain gres, resperi. 4 he discussion
Refereed ~ ~ The Ia>l npmher Of Your in
irresiing add highly valuable jsurnal. 1
have resd with deep interest. am an al.
vocalr Tor the jusI'eious .sH of lime. and
! have never yet seen Il properly applied
where il did no, pay so per rem. for the
outlay in lis purchase. There is no ar
,icle. 50 cheap. iIlal can be applied viii, So
much permanent bene6l. wl,e,her i, acls as
frrll,zrr ~ only ar a sfimulnsf. lf the
farmer wishes 70 deepen his roiI and Ia
pIow deep. nnlIiing Ill enable him 10 do
80 with such r"mpIeie success as the ap
pIira,ian oi Iin,r. am yet. too. to find
soil 10 such high state If culiisaIinn. AS
no, 10 receive a--isIancr by The application
of coal 81 eoud lime. unless previously
dressed sufficiently wlh The article. Moth.
ing can be purchased for the same money
that will occasion so great an increase IN
the crop Of grass. particularly clover. This
increase will enlarge the manure heap,
and this again applied 10 The soil will add
10 lie enrIching properties.
The use rf most artificial mn,ures. so
extensively advertised al the pr, sen, time.
is attended NO doub, with some good. bur
The henrfil i not lasting. The applics-
non must be continued. or The effect is
soon gone. Not so with lime. lean lonk
upon iaims LINED ten u fifteen years ago.
at The rate Of fifty iu one hundred bushels
per acre. that still show the rlfrcis nf The
application, and will continue 10 do so Ior
years 10 come.
On poor and worn uul lands lime has ar-
complished wonders. On some of the
shores washed hy The waters Of the Che.
sspeake Bay, there are large deposits of
.oysler shells, in some places the ground is
coscred with them 10 The depth Of many
feet. The great benefit experienced by
most farmers upon the Eastern Shnre rf
Maryland hy The use of stone lime, at
iracied attention Ia these oyster shells.
Extensive kilns have heen erected. aud
thousands of bushels OF lime burned an.
nnalIy from these shells are applied with
Astonishing effect. II will not do at this
late day TO attempt TO underraie the goud
e1rr,s Of l,me. There is spirit OF in.
quirv awake among farmers upon these
subjects. They are making comparisons
Of The different fertilizers Of their land; and
| am greatly mistaken II nine-lenlhs of all
real practical cnliwaIors of the soil are mol
advorales fnr the use OF lime. What il
few farmers have used il without perceiy-
ing much nI any benefit! This must not
lead 10 lis condemnation. Have no far
mers used gypsum (flas,er Of Paris)
wIlhoui perceiving any benefit from lis
spplicatinn! A few years since applied
gypsum To field Of clover. and after
had sowed il upon about one.half Of lhe
! field, | was compelled by change Of
weather TO stop, and the remainder of the
field was lei GO without heing finished.
At moving time. and at no period of time
previous, was able 10 perceive the least
difference in the clover. II al presented
the same appearance; and when moved
the par, moi dressed with plaster produced
as much hay as the other half of the field.
Sull | -m an advocate for The use Of pla--
ter. though | think its application does
less good 10 lands thoroughly lined than
To those were liule or no lime has been
used.
! ] was we'll acquainted with an inielli-
gent gentleman in this county, who lost
his life IN lime quarry. who was so
lhornughly convinced. from practical OBJ
servalinn, Of the great advantage secured
/ by The nse Of lime. thai he offered 10 fur.
nish The article. free of charge, provided
he was allowed the increased product q
the succeeding crops over aud above thai
, produced by The part Of the ground where
no lime had been applied.
When took possession Of my presen,
Farm, twelve years since, all The manure
could make annually would mol cnver
well twenty acres Of ground. have this
year manured fur rorn and potatoes fortg-
three acres. am now hauling oul fol
: wheat. and find | shall still have suffi
cienl left to dress twenty-five or thirty
acres mnre. Now. where dies this in-
, crease ai manure come from! have nevel
used handful Of guano, bone.tlus, o.
paudrene, aud thought little or no stable.
manure nnil within ihe lasi few years
! Aly starting point was with lime. and IN
The twelve years have applied thirts
y thousand bushels on ahoai $50 acres o
cultivated land now need bu. li,,le