The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-05-05
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FALSE ADAGEs.

FALSE ADAGEs.
~The farmer who eannes maintain his land /
il high condition by the manure made upon his ,
farm, i not worthy thc name Of hust~ndmans
This may be done by keeping large stock Of
cattle, and Iriting noshins 50 % waste"
The above adage Is but variation Of
the same sentiment expressed in .
thousand forms, from the days OF Tully
to the present time.
The farmer who pursues the course
there recommended. will for a time add
to the quality of new soil, for he will
continually add to the organic ele-
ments Of his soil. and thishe could do BY
many other systems. But does he, or
can he, by raising cattle for sale, kcephis
soil ad iI.tfiifnmi in the same condition.
We assert that Ie cannot, and practice
hasiong since proved our assertion. The
grazing farms Of England, by the best
husbandry of the kind recommended in
the article quoted above, failed eyentu-
ally in producing the crops of former
times, and nothing but the aid Of che
mistry has enabled the farmer to correct
the difficulty. There are certain con-
stituents Of the soil. necessary for the
development of its full powers, which
cannot be restored TO the soil by the
use Of the excrctia Of animals fed upon
|, the farm alone. and these are those
which compose the materialsparted with
r which are not of organic origin. Thus
while we admit that the nitrogenous
: portions of milk sold from a farm may
. be restored to the soil by the solidiiica-
: tion Of the constituents Of the atmos-
phere, in the form Of clover and other
!, green crops to be pIowed in. the phos-
I phate Of lime, potash. and other incr-
: ganic constituents Of milk, cannot be
a thus restored, and so much Of those in
al gradients as are contained in the pro-
'e ducts Of the farm which may be sold,
: : are forever parted with and must be
\ restored from other sources to keep the
!, soil i'm full heart. Who does not know
Of that every bone button exported from
e a country, is carrying with It an amount
= =. Of phosphoric acid ia the form Of phos
N y phate Of lime, capable Of supplying thu
Il material TO many pounds Of wheator 9th
to er grain, and that its absence from th'
soil reduces its capabilitiesf Mus
v not then the 200 lbs. Of phosphate o
y lime contained in the bones Of an o,
!. : sold from the farm and originally OBJ
ng tanned by the OK from the soil, be re
u, placed before the soil can be in the SAM
70, heart as before parting with it? Cal
~ no phosphate of lime be had from the at
H. mosphere! lf so, why do the grazer
10 of old countries find Unnecessary to bu
lin American bones to manure their farms
The Why are the mineral phosphates Of 4 4
nus mcrica carried across the ocean and sol
y at ss5 per ton, il not to renew tn
,hs phosphate Of lime sent from Europea
nee farms in the form Of animals bones
'ly. A soil repletc with inorganic substance
NAV be improved by keeping a larg
amount Of stock, and thus adding orgal
ic matter By the use Of the manures
render the inorganic matters Of the so
the more available to plants; but tn
and cannot be done forever, and no jud
,rti- cious farmer will continue to work h
opy land in that way, without the occasio
ate, al addition Of such ingredients as
ee. nee must know are daily being parted WI
from his soil.
e. Why is our government so anxlo
to stand on the same footing as 9th
. A. nations with the South American SO
a,a, onn ernments in relation to the guano trad
also if not TO ensure additions of phospha
Of lime, potash. and other constitueI
nade to our soil + They we'll know IL
the every day in the year finds Britt
y =. e vessel at the New York docks loadl
mi,. with bones and pot and pearl ash
sued and that these have raised the gr'
rro- crops Of England, while our own ha
been lessening from old acres, howe'
@ oser- iudiciously cultivated BY the home 9
's,h ! ~. tenn. Our continent is being denut
of much Of the raw materials OF VIII
b. on plants are made. and although not
er, in rapidly as the older countries Of
nsand rope, still the process is going on St
na nun Y div and surely. and the internal adj
M at the head Of our article should
!, looked at with at jealous eye. A
y. wears since a mineral called CHORD
fite was discovered in New Jersey,
'auOa aaas at Crown Point, Lake Champlain,
.rs;Se rG,, Dr. Jackson and Mr.. Francis Alger
Boston. 1t was found to contain Ia
To- quantities Of phosphate Of lime,
L II -, tni
DIS, m%su's, .na ;ts aa, ort IS now progressing t
immense extent. 1t sells there tor
- pr ton in large Jumps, and the farl'