Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1854-10-19

piled; indeed, nothing else was warning
Here was a beautiful triumph of science
There is no doubt of the facts. The exper.
iment come under the observation and at
tracted the attention of hundreds. 1t was
detailed by Mr.. Reverdy. johnson himself,
and various others worthy of perfect reli-
ance.
SeCoND EXPERIMENT.
If a cabbage be suddenly pulled from the
ground and the dirt washed from the sur
face Of its stem, and it then be plunged IN
jar Of chemically pure water, the following
| phenomena will take place. After short
time the water will become milky, and in
few hours several floccuent particles will
be seen to descend to the bottom, until if
the cabbage be Of ordinary size. and the jar
six inches in diameter. deposit of one inch
depth Of semi consistency will
occur. If this be poured around the roots
of another cabbage, it will kill tiff poured
around beet, carrot, or Parsnip it will
materially increase its growth. Thus it will
be seen that the eXcrementitious matter Of
one plant is pabuum to another. and hence
the necessity for rotation Of crops, plant
not being able to GROW in ;he presence Of an
excess Of material uncriend)y to, or not re-
CURED by, its organism.
Some crons do not throw off excrementi-
tious matter. Thus The onions of Wethers-
field have in some instances been crown on
the same soil for hundred successive years.
/ And this. Isuppose, is the case with the
/ hcmp cron.
/ Now. il appanrs from these facts tha, the
/ II must he supr1ied with food as oir oni-
mails are supplied. if we look to it to reward
our efforts, and 70 render profitable the Ia
hor of our hands, | believe it is cCnce-
ded fact among farmers. that no well titled
soil can be exhausted. and that the soil can
he cultivated each successive wear with pro-
fit. by iudicicus rotation Of crons. The
earth is beniiicent mother and never fails
10 make bounteous returns for all the we'll
directed efforts O! the sons of labor. The
converse of the proposition is equally true.
Ill-directed and iniudicious cultivation fore.
ing from the soil successive crops OF the
same grain. and from which the aIimcnt ne
ccssarv for their sunnort has already been
exhausted. taking from the earth by close
grazing the ,emnant of the crop. and the
plants and grasses that Nature, in her re.
cuperative encrpies. causes to snring nm to
retard exhaustion and nreserve fertility, wiIl
soon force the farmer TO abandon his svs,en
or abandon his home.
I rarely see one Of these ill.cur,iva,4 u
fields. covered with rank rrofnsion ol
weeds. imrrd;rn tbe farmers rfTorts tLot
do not feel ike making to the owner ,be
same address made hv n certain con,nfn f.
-, ~, '"''' f'',,'' ~
is the crsrDv--ir Won Iop't LIN tha,o tln,.T
kill Won -
We have IN Missouri -eroroil. , s,; that
will bcor ,,root d.,l ~ ;r,,,ro;or ,;Il,,,o
and which Is ao,n,. rostoraJ r. tor,;r;,,. -,
tLe reason that tho srb-son is Of c,,v on
all the suhStrato ,,r.,.eI sand nr cI3r IL.
last is tho hos, on accoun. of its a.-,,t r,o,,.
crs Of ab>orntion and retpnt;on As si,r.
nIe illustration of tha Qualities in This ras.
neot of tLoso soil. 7 will rsrc,. 70 On o,.,,o.;
mont thot on,hoJ, c,n tr,..
FIJI ,bree ;,rs (co,o,;or, ,,r,o, l.,.,,es
vitbort boitor, reversed viii ors,ror fr.,
nI,rino = niece oF tbi,, rIo,b oyor tho boro =,
tLe recI, wi,h;,, on ;nch of ,ho to, VII
soils. con,ainiDc, tbe FIRST about ! r. n,r, y,
CLAY and 40 # cIaor Sand ,ye,I ,,,i,..1. 500.
cnd one about ora.fir5 cborco.1 or5 ,.v,
thirds clcon sand and I'll tLa tb;rJ one ~ VIII
clean sand. them fII nm all ,heso ,,,, H..
draininp from the mannrc Lcan Tho Er,
nor thTouch the nure Sand viii co,nc o,i
nearly as il went in: the other two will hay,
left much Of their color md all their smell
with the charcoal and CLAW which hrro nh.
sorbed them,
Another error aooinst which we -nr,,
guard. is tbe cnl,iyation FOO much I.-I
This is an evil which, in the West, il will
take lorg time to eradicate The vast ex.
tent and c6eapness Of onr valuable lands
the insane desire of adding acre after nrr,
TO our pos> sessions, and the constant prac.
tice induced By superficial and imnropdr t,l.
lage. of bringing new fields annually unde,
the plow; and the necessity for supera.
: bundance TO SUNNY our wa:teIul methods -.
gathering and feeding will, am afraid, make
my words Of caution on this subject labor