Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-12-09
Fixed Facts in Agriculture.
Respectfully,
GEORGE HOUX

The following useful items are going the
rounds, and though without an endorser,
are worthy of attention from every farmer:
l. All lands on which clover or the gras-
ses are grown must either have lime in them
naturally or that mineral must be artificial
ly supplied in the form of stone lime, oyster
lime, or mari.
2. All permanent Improvement of lands
must look TO lime as its basis.
3. Lands which have been long in cul-
ture will be benefited by application of
phosphate of lime, and it is unimportant
whether ,he deficiency be supplied in the
form Of bone dust, guano, native phosphate
of lime, composts of fish, ashes. or that Of
oyster shell lime, or mari, if the land needs
lining also.
4. No lands can be preserved in high
state of fertility unless clover and the gras-
ses are cultivated in course Of rotation.
5. Mould is indispensable in every soil,
and a healthy supply can alone bepreservcd
through the cultivation Of clover and the
grasses, the turning in of green crops, or by
the application Of composts rich in the ele-
ments of mould.
6. All highly concentrated animal ma
nures are increased in value, and their bene-
fits prolonged, by admixture with plaster,
salt, or pulverzed charcoal.
7. Deep plowing greatly improves the
productive powers Of every variety Of soil
that is not wet.
8. Subsoling sound land, that is, land that
is not wet, is eminently conducive to in
creased production.
| 8. All wet land should be drained.
10. All grain crops should be harvested
before the grain is thoroughly ripe.
II. Clover, as well as the grasses, in
tended for hay, should be moved when in
bloom.
-. Sandy lands can be most eifectually
improved by clay. When such lands re,
quire lining or marling, the lime or mar
is most benefcially applied when made into
compost with clay. In slaking lime, sal
brine is better than water.
l3. The chopping or grinding Of grair
to be fed to stock operates as saving Of a
least twenty-five per cent.
IA Draining Of wet lands and marshes
adds TO their value, by making them pro-
duce more and better crops, by producing
them earlier, and by improving the healtl
of neighborhoods.
Is. To manure or lime wet lands is tc
throw manure, lime, and labor away.
y, 16. Shallow blowing operates to impov
erish the soil. while it decreases production
II. BY stabling and shedding stool
through the winter, saving of one-rourt|
the food may be affected, that is, one fourtl
less food will answer than when such stool
may be exposed to the inclemencies Of tn
weather.
IS. A bushel of plaster per acre, sow
broadcast over clover, will add one hundre
per cent TO its produce.
10. Periodical applications of ashes ten
TO keep up the integrity of soils, by supply
! ing most, if not all, of the organic substan
ceS.
: 20. Thorough preparation of land is at
! solutel y necessary to the succersful and lux
J uriant growth of crops.
- 81. Abundant crops cannot be grown rc
succession Of years, unless care be take
; TO provide an equivalent for the substance
=, carried off the land in the products grow
Il thereon.
: %. To preserve meadows in their pre-
ductiveness, it is necessary to harrow thel
u Il every second autumn, apply top-dressin
! and roll them up.
: %. All stiff clays are benefited by ia
and winter plowings, but should never |
c plowed while they are wet, If at sue
5 plowings the furrow be materially ripene,
b lime, mari, or ashes should be applied
II "a. Young stock should be moderated
i, fed with grain in winter, and receive gene,
d Gus supplies of long provender, it being e.
sential to keep them in fair condition,
S order that the formation of muscle, bone
$ &c., may be encouraged and continous
II carried on
%. Mich COWS, in winter, should |
y kept in dry, moderately warm, but well vel
tiated quarters, fed and watered three tim,
o a day, salted Twice or thrice week, haN
n clean beds, be curried, and in addition
ID their long provender, should receive su,
u culent food, morning and evening.
e 26. Full compliments of tools and impl
" ments of husbandry are intimately connects
with the success Of the husbandman.
'g 27. Capital is not only necessary to agr
a cultural success, but can be as proper
IS used in farming as in any other occupation
'el %. Punctuality in engagements is us n