The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-08-31
Literary Notices.

Essssnts II Agricsius Chemistry ant Geology by Ism
Il w. Johnston. M A, +. X. s. l. ard L with Con
pleie iadex aud American preface by m,n Blown y
or Of the New Ensland Farmer New York G. n
Saxton, 1858
The Interesting science Of chem stry 10 no long comma
biaek-leileiei suhoonen has for It's Object ., N
parent alchemy had the ssnsess philosophers stone ofa
elixir of immortality. In this utli'adan Age Il has low
of It's gown and cow, aud enters into the SHOPS OF thu
lizsn ard lie Of every day life diEses aid,
efforts OF genius, while aneoIa.es snd expands the Coz
dion oil the az ieuIurst Il ~as tho Ieniak Of Des
Swift that she ho made iwo blades of aIsss srow VA,
only grew before accomplished more Tor the beneh
snand thsn the whole race Of politicians uniIed" T0
long have been annoyed la the old States with The CIR
Of out lands, and our eyes have been panied win
the sights of deserted houses and exhausted fields while /,
toner have ''Kone - the West for fresh aea
here pu,sue the process OF lend Murder that t
praeticed before Il 10 well Understood now by ownet
land. and all Others that success in farming must a,
pend upon giving the soil ia SOME manner form viii
annually taken away by cultivation. nenetuus and h
BILE is our mother earb yet there Is point where b
iavors l.vishiy bestowed abused by eiess and
beyond all endurance cease altogether This is verified
by facts The census tables show that the wheat ercp
New York has fallen in It's steraea crop as low ash
bushels the kcre, when formerly thirty po
duced. Large sections of Virginia, Caionas, and Geo..
sia, havs been ctopped TO such barcnness to he,
come totally productive, and have been abandon.d
|by the original owners. Shallow ploayhing without
manure, no system as TO rotation Of Gro. no tc'enc
as to the chascter Of soils, has produced this
things These facts saring the fsc, the agricultural
worasoI Leibeg Stockhard and others have produced
change the mde OF bo,h OF tae land and labor
upon II is now s6ed that labor Directed by science
woh SOIL will receive fall and fair reiutn
and tbs The attachment OF home need be severed
seek lands fresh soil. Few writer's Of the pree
day have done more to produce this consu'nmation
devouy he wished fer" Mr. Johnson, the author d
the work before His style Is simple and lofcble and
ada pied to practical His object Is announced The
advantages TO be Obtained, and how y attain them. tod
in rect ords by all The ofh,
earth its foma,ions the beat featment land
in ploughrg; suhsolipg aud aiming laid dawn,
as the various modes II manuring The advice given /,
we'll the sugse sions OF he author TO adatsrsno
of tho various ferE very valuable. especially |,
to guano II 10 believed that gross positions are p.
upon agricultural community b. sale or spurious
articles It is only by aid of scientific Ike tho au
thor that these frau Is be detected and The pnocs
and unsuspecting farmer TO rejected fro I'M position
while he is encouraged by Ieaping tho M advantage of
use OF an honest article in It's pare state.
This work Is the natured results OF educated mind
con bnfg tn, theoretical ideas OF ths geologic and tn,
practical experience Of the chemist the every day abo
oil The mi working man, and contains in q sms
space large fund Of valuable information which no oh
wo.k supplies.
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