Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-11-24
Fixed Facts i'm Agriculture.

eagle on the righ! end like genuine.
Fixed Facts i'm Agriculture.
Somebody has got up the following list o
fixed (ncls, in agriculture, and FOR once, ir
condensation the sort, has hii The mai
on the head, in most of them:
No lands can be preserved in high state
Of feniliY, unless clover and The grasses are
cultivated in the course of rotation.
Mould is indispensable in every soil, anc
healthy supply can alone be preserved
Though The cultivation of clover and the
grasses. the turning in of green crops, or by
The application of compost rich in tho ele
ments Of mould.
All highly concentrated animal manures
are increased in value, and their benefits
prolonged by udmxlure with plaster, salt, OF
puIverised charcoal.
Deep llowing greatly improves the pro.
ducliye powers Of every variety Of sol thai
is not wet.
Sub soing sound laHd. iha, is. moi wei,
is cminensly conducive 10 increased produc.
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All we, land should be drained. .,... .
All grain crops should be harvested before
the grain is lhorougholy ripe.
Sandy lands can be most enec,ually i'm.
proved by clay. When such lands require
lining or marIing. the lime or mari is mos
benefcialy applied when made into a com.
posi- with clay. In Stacking lime, salt brine
is better Than water. -,-,s,...
The chopping or grinding Of grain to bt
led 10 stock, operates as saving of Ut leas
twenty five per cent.
Draining of we. lands and marshes, adds
10 their yalue, by making them produce
more and BY improving the health oil neigh,
borhoods.
TO manure or lime wet lands, is 10 throw
manure, lime, and labor away.
Shallow blowing operates TO impoverish
the soil, while it decreases production.
BY stabIing and shedding stock through
the winter, saving OF one-(ounh the food
may be effected that is one fourth less
food will answer, than when the stock NAV
be exposed Ioihe incemences Of The Nea,h,
er,
A bushtl Of plaster per acre, sown broad
cast over clover, will add one hundred per
centlo its produce.
Periodical applications OF ashes, tend ia
keep up The integrity of soils, by suppl. ing
most if not all Of the organic subslaRces..
Thorough preparation of land is abso.
lutely necessary TO the successful and lux.
uriant growth Of The crops.
Abundant crops cannot be grown for a
succession Of years, unless care be taken 10
provide an equivalent for the substances car.
ried off The land in the products grown
thereon. 3"
To preserve meadows in their produc.
liveness, il is necessary 10 harrow them
every second autumn, apply top dressing,
and rull them up.
All stiff clays are bene6ued by fall and
winter pIowiHgs, but should never be plowed
when wet. ka $50
If al such plowings, the furrow be mate.
rally deepened, ime, mari or ashes, should
be applied.
Young sock should be moderately fed
with grain in winler, ard receive generous
supplies of long provender, il being essen.
iiaI 10 keep Them in fair condition, in or.
der that the formation OF muscle. bone, &C.,
may be encouraged and continuously car
ried on. hE 3ti fr .g
Mich cows, in winter, should be KEEP, in
dry, moderately warm, but well ventilated
quarters, fed and walered three times day,
sailed twice or three times week, have
clean beds, be curried daily. and in addition
10 their long provender, should receive sue.
cullen. food morning and nigh. ...
Full colnplemenls OF tools and imple-
ments Of huSbandry, are intimately connec.
ted with the SUCCESS of the husbandman
Capital is not only necessary 10 agricul-
Iural success, but can be as properly used in
farming as in any o,her occupation. l
Puncluahy TO engagements is as neces-
sary 10 an agriculIurisl, as il is 10 mer.
chant t5
Every husbandman should carefully read
and digest matters connected with his busi-
ness; his success being as dependant upon a
full know ledge Of It's principles anG details
as is that Of the lawyer, or physician, with
a knowledge OF the science Of law, or physic
Wheat, rye, oats and barley, should new.
er follow each other in q course ol rotation;
and there should always be an intervening
hoe.crop between Them.
Weeds should never be permitted 10 ma,
ture their seed IN The farm, but be pulled VI
or cut down as they show themselves, such
being The only effecIual method OF eradica
trg them.
The total amount oI California gold de-
posted In the Philadelphia mint from III,
first discovery up 10 November 1, is stated
to be loo hundred and forty millions Of dol
lars. This is a handsome addition 10 III,
stock Of goldi 10 the world. sNs0'e2 Z 4
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