The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-13
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10 OF HraDEns
We siss ttios csc ~ = peucs u ~.
iic'cs ~uiicn ~hhe pufssing cor aedies
We f1olsas 20 iuin,iacs ~t,tcisl oih,r
q ia. srties iu doe tms. Their oljea
j., s'ofs ~s,ncuisrl, 10 tnaic n, gen.
eral ra@e' ~scgaa,nird Nth tie u,,sa.
log asJ artlicsi,os Of ihoss terms -hich
a., beensainr 30 cons mea Ia agricultural
dr.siTa,eH ~ ihe present DAY.
The yarsf being the Object Of al cal.
u~,aisoa.hosi b~eihosousiiy endcr.iood
BY tlaase ~hcss ba,iutas il Is 10 maan.
fac'nrs ib.s dsss d commodity. Snch
understanding mol, only increases the
pleasure snj profit q oar occupation,
bot "a s-sseHhai 10 rrsohoai farming
W, sre decidedly glad Of one Thing.
Which j. that We ,hsll nd Introduce
many articles equally dry with The enc
b~iow.
On the chemical composition of the
plant depends all scientific knowledge
~ agriculture. Plants are divided. by
msahs q ore, dorins their combustion
into tSo distinct parts. That which
burns away j. called oryaHie. that which
ivmain', ~ the aches. - termed NOR.
gaaic. The orgaaie portion Is Ear she
larger. comprising usually over nine
,cush, q he vhole piani ii consists uf
three gasses ~togyyrn. hydrogen. aud ai-
'regesl and ouo salsd toarb.s 81 cl.ar.
ooai) Ibi, portioa i derived from
ar, q Tact Shich will be Vastly accre,iii.
81 when VI reflect that ~ burning It
has teen driven od and ca,st. ~ air.
The composition u the atmosphere is
shssat ioar-hfl, nitrogen and onc.Ghli
Oxygen, Ia addition so ihcse there are
small elnounis 81 satlonic acid. anne
ria. water. etc. Csrbonic scid y com
go | 49, e.
Amu&uis or iansl.oTn consists OF by
dnsgfn snd Hifrogra. Water J. n ccn,.
lSps1d 81 llydrogen and oxygen, Plants
receive ihciT hydroern and their ogy-
FrH from water which they readily de-
cs.mfs'se fihis 10 lhc hypoihcsis Of
u,"st saihors lihcir osIlou from carbon
le acaj. nnd Their nitrogen not from the
pure nisoeDn. bot inam ammonia They
Ahsnsh rart'0pic aosd irom the air
throueh their leaves, sRd roots. cotse-
qaenily the more soils are epcRcd 10
the Adhesion of air the more 81 ii.,s
ga, reHche, She roots VI pisnts. Am
rbenia is taken, ia most cases from the
soai alone from iis liability 10 c,apo-
ration u ~ easily lost to the col, and
he farmer sboald zee every means TO
s1ppls and retain = suficien, quaniity
Of II Tor tho ascs OF hhs crops. Thee
mshns wdi he SPOKEN q 10 future
Bsmber. Water y received in 'l.
,Ams mAnnsF a. cafboeic acid in boa,
fAses the larger amsuni probably en-.
Tor, ,hro1gh the ro-,, unl - there
existed ,omc mean, Tor the ttpralue-
iesa u tle Si,o,c NAMED constituent. &
the ar, ihrtc ~oald soon be- too huL
e. ibe usss 81 vegetation. This repro.
dsaion , ~csniinuslly eoing on. Car
iaaic arii !, proiscri "a combustion Ly
the uaion u lhr csr,En q he fael unh
ihc oxygen u The air IN the hrrAihiag
81 snimAis hs the union q the oartoa ct
the blood ~iih lhr oxygen u The sS In
the lungs. ard by lte sion process ri
decay shr~ the osydaiion 81 carbon i,
the satire ~ is the other eases named
Water "a o%oustAnily bsiHg e,aIoraied
~ heat Ammonia u lf.laccd from
eHrfeiia eIadai,oas.&c. ofsnimai,, and
by he decay 81 b0mins 81 bodies oon.
isiniag uiirogrn Ihese cause, are sHf.
hcteni 10 Keep uP the balance IN The al
usosphrre
There arc iso classes 81 organic boil.
zee Ia p,sRts The hni contain only
oAFi-sn, oaygcn. and hYdneson. Amons
these Ere the woody tbrr. sianh, gum.
tosin. sil the oala and The hasof produo-
i"g 'shsisnoes The tecond ciAss arc
ihe ,u'sll portions ~harh contain nitro
SO These AZ called s~claiiupas bodies
shd sfv % aihefsni properties A. pro-
us's' by ahcicSi plants The gluten
- sirs' /" HiS q ihe ~ho6e q lhrth-
s"ea',h S0ags 10 ~s'h0i over a
N"h "si" aspf7'ra 81 i' slaich the re-
~N'hs '@N''s'0e ~ be lesnd 10 Dc a
HA.aF aa'if' re'emolins glue II AL
'"'e' '@'Fs q~es'ai',"i -h'ef And'~eiA'
~ -" s''>''on " heSh ilo'.f o"n'
az Fr'p"n'." % 's'' " cali