Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-10-05

tell with wonderful effect disp5opoona;c surface
fia nus lot been cast III tie present G:yarG would
haze rrIucc il m0!c-hr wuGi nave the waste
places hronhd him 10 blossom as tc rose Inc prlc'ce III
tns distinguish ed Ergini farmer has met ~i'h striking
confirmation in The discoveries Gt modern analytical
chemistry In Siimuns Journal of Science Tor July
of tie present year there j. highly interesting
mnncation from David 4. Wens of Cambridge, Mas
sachiseits, 10 whom the office analvzIng the SOILS
"i OH" entrusted by lie Eoa.d Of Agriculture OF that
Stale In all The notgarc or mineral constituents he states
that the remarkable fertile so! o the Scu'o valley
nier materially from those Of number Of soils
New England generally cputcd b. sterile The differ
ehce III te capacity Tor production consists the
and condition o The matter G nenesS tie
elementary PARTICLES From this cducrs obvious n-
ctsSiiy III the case "i Inferior cayng soils %. tho
rongh breaking ard pulrczng of the earthly particles and
Inc proper Application oi organic manurcs Now soils
even those which have BEEN may say, wholly tx-
hanstd by continual cropping ii they have been
cd away by rains, do appear by any means est
tute oi organic matter bu II is not III condition
dcred available without The application o some foreign snb
stance. And ol all mar.s for acting This matter
nnne Is prompt and eliscua for lis acrd Qualities
guano. In the analysis soils the amount Of organic mar,
ter Is determined ny causiic anmona; neEcr may
uneasonaby conclude thar il guano
IN part al least acting cpun and dcrmposng this matter
which c1nvc!-a barren >o intu productive
dcncy also Is 10 promote t'a mnErc DIVISION aaL s.nte
gaton o the earthly PARTICLES essential the healthy
ant vigorous growth ot cultivated plants. The poorest
SOILS thus with the aid ui suiuo be rendered pro-
ducve those which BY possessed hieh
o fertility; and the therefore oi tract poor
land with enough 10 cultivate II! ant few hundred
dollars o capital has it in his power place himself IN
bre space OF time lere. with those
much greater productive capacity.
There is also moral aspect with improve
m"ht D the soil which should claim the attention
rejecting mind. The command that shall fe2lrnsh"
the earth, nnd not exhaust il. Every cuItlralO morally
buuTd add productive ue proportion
Ia The with winch bouutnl Providence blessed
him. If lr cannot improve hundred acres he improve
so; If no, 3D. 10; il not III, he may nj last mpr"r" Even
II be but single he c"ntrihues something the
prosperity OF the STATE and the benefit ol pa.,rlI; while
the oter hand, Tor every that he reduces
", he Imposes burden 10 lai extent the shoulders n
hs Successors 10 certain sense and bv n" means 'n ~
definite one the earth may be- considered "ntiehb"
IT Is even nnre-it is our mother; ior from is
ouson We derive nI III" nourls,nrnt that to tie
port of animal lie We have moral r@i,, titncr with
land, thai oi another, which temporarily
cupy exhaust II oy oppressive cul We bound
every consideration o Justice, BY iny 10 hm
owed IT ny duty t. the Sdle nd 10 chhirru
To make some return for the support rxlct from
How then, Chris ian man, ,:s enlightened dny,
sent 10 continue course Of e1hasina MISUNDERSTANDING
all he trn he little life rcInninna in the -oant
after year rnquishing "f portion oi
his acres, and rendered incapable OF yielding further
beast? And is not Virginia paying heavy,
fearful penalty for this depIe.lve OF anre"r,
From having been the first State in The Cnut she ha=
dwindcd o position Of comparative inicFipny. sac has
po2cd other States. while the erct has been To rp"puarc
Al the tne, she has inrcr"d bufGru rom
which will take long period OF time IL relieve herself
aud compared 10 which, the public drb D the STAT" y bat
yrain OF sand is wise shut his
lion U things else shall never bring mlri. |" the
ask of applying the remedy. The only way IN which hc
tc generation be effected is by recllmns cultivation
naked and abandoned fields and adding Ia The poduc
tive power Of those which yield only scanty crops
cndcavorcd however ecby, point at
pshng this object and 10 ia adoption; bn, IT
bchovc5 make OF means Tor tie alta mrh ~
great end. which the God Of nature has ptcd st
our disposal. There climate in IN. world superior
Ia ours Eastern Virginia. should be the grGtrn ol he
United States Nearly all the productions =" he temperate
flourish here in the greatest perfection ami Abundance"
Penetrated her surface il BY nnumcrahc streams and
by rail roads almost every has market nj
his soar All that wanting s III. intelligent mlnd,
an the .ent hand transform the present scene INTO
iruittuncss prosperity and happiness number "i
farmers shown what the soil - capable n
doing but these only Isolated cases and II remains Tor
great of the people 10 be animated by similar
spirit.