The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-07-14
Tie Wants Of the Sell.

Under the above heading the Connecticu
VALLEY Farmer and Mechanic, says
AT present, not far from three-fourths O
the en,ire labor and capital of the United
States are employed, eithe! directly or indi.
T,cay, 10 the great work of robS;ng the sol
o.. tie few things that God placed in it foI
TIE support Of vegetable and animal life, with
uat m1 ksna, or pretending to, any adequate
Iysutuli H.. All t!ilage Is a most unnatural
,ocratloI, and the matter removed in crops
~ 10 means Indicates the " hole of the loss
u. The cseluenls of fertility that arated fields
rust.ln. An intelligent wheat-grower in
- >causln writes to The agricultural depart
i.sai oij tGe patent Office, that lands which
have bseu cultivated twelve years, in that
us~ SIlie, now yield but half the annual
.rryaSts that they did when first seeded. An
.2jenz.!e cora grower in Indiana informs
.usg mf.morlaist, that the rich river bottoms
81 that :Siate now yield only lhrty-iiVe BUSH
t.s pa. acre. which once produced, with an
r4UllraEiuuui Of tIiage, seventy bushels per
acne. Maize being by far the most important
crop grown IN this country, much pains have
ha,n takeu 10 learn the commercial value
o' tie raw material necessarily consumed to
fo.u "a b0shai Oithat grain; OF which over SIX
auui.gt million bushels are annually extract
e! from American soil.
a reEi.CmJn ia Connecticut writes, that
Lis i4rm, 81 some two hundred and fifty acres,
has been cultivated tWo centuries. and conse-
Cueully has yesched what may he regarded
.r tie uormal condition Of long-tlled earth.
lie finds Il necessary to apply Ten cords Of
cunpgsi manure 10 an acre, to raise forty
! III
cord, and twenty-five cents per bushel Of his
crop. 4 cora grower OF Virginia has tried
many experiments with guaHO, and finds that
ole h4n1T1d pounds which cost 81 and fifty
csa;s, viii geIeally add ten bushels 10 his har-
vest The manure, like thst used in Con-
necticut, COSTS quarter Of dollar for euougL
10 produce a Jushel of corn. Many letters
from practica! men, of close observation, and
large experience, have Been received at the 1
agricultural department Of the Patent Office. |
go.Bg Ia show that II one draws not upon the /
natural fertility OF land 10 form his corn plants,
the raw m1terul TO make d bushel of corn can
rarely Be obtained Tor i less sum than twenty !
FIVE Gents There IS collateral evidence |
worth naming, that corrobrdtes this estimate. /
long experience in France and Belgium es-
tahishes the fact, thgtthe eTcreta from an a.
dul; person are worth five dollars year for
agricultural purposes. The night soil obtain
81 from the haman species is equal to the /
production of twenty bushels Of corn 10 each |
inhaJitant; aad for the obvious reason, that
40 animal h5s the power 10 8Dnhlate sin
gle atom Consumed in IFS daily food, nor 10
create ohe, II indeed to prevent starEation.-
Field !aburers at the South consume about
thirteen bushels Of corn meal, and as much
bacon Is from ten to thirteen bushels Of corn
wiil make, as the yearly allowance to each.
Children consume less, bet often waste more
than adults. Taking our entire population OFFS,
uO0,0U0 al ;bis time into account, and each
consumes, in one form and another, fertili-
zinE atoms drawn from The bosom of the
earth, equal to those contained in twenty
bushels OF maize: showing an aggregate an-
Irual consumption Of 5G0000,000 bushels,
-Iich the coil loses as eiectually as it would
i that amount OF gram were cast into sea
every year.