New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-04

iDiih tttfc afo pof nnt! hiii Pari"fce tnN VIZ
not psy far good cost o Plaster ses.oosbly -.
Tled. So mO.t lsods neei Lias; bat th-rs scs
lsI d, Especially Ia limestone Iegioos) which T.
ready coniais q full suplly OF sris e!eaeus--lx
e. ofoIhers,
Asto Psospbascs, special paragraph m,yb
Necessary. There il giinera. sapstaoce kso~s
70 chemists as Phosptctite, oui more coiamsolv
termed Apatise b. minerslogsts ft' sabsaoos
is composed in nesriy equal parts of PsosPaoris
Acid and Lime &C parts Of Lims TO of Poos-
phoric Acid Phosphate OF Lime, or 'BDas-
.Esrth,' is nearly the ssmo thing Phpspaoris
Acid. which, IL various combinations vita Ii ne.
Sods. Potash &c, forns Phospbaes, ia COT
posed Of "a parts OF Phosphorus To So OF Ossgeh,
snd this Acid, In minute aad subde proportions.
appears 20 be every shere preset 10 vegetable -
well "a srimal structures from the Kernel Of
corr, 10 TIE human brain. II ne we're 10 loc.ts
the principle Of lie ia Any Gee elsmeot more
than another, We hon d ideUtfy Il with the pres
suce Of Phosphorus Nov Phosphorus Cr Phos-
phoric Acid aboupdS throughout nature but va
who live IN and around cities are not In state OF
nature. Especially oUni this City, the mass -
our farmers have been selling of Has. MIX Cst
tie, sid letting the bones be- shipped away -
Crest Britain, whose tanners better understood
their value, until our lands are almost exhausted
of Phosphorus. WeoSuapatch Of ground which
h,d been psstured and gssta'eC, probably for tive
centuries, Until it was rendered dtte,ly Sorts-
less-in good part Eve belieye) fsom tue exhsas-
ton of the phosgbaies. OF course che repsration
of this stupid robbery Is here 7primary neccssitys
and hence The attention very properly given "
this region 20 PhOspbates. SupofPho'phates 10
We presume no such extremity has yet beoa
reached 10 Vermont as Il certainly has not 10 the
new States OF the West; but whether the eI-
haustipg process sss already gone 50 far ia any
locality IS to render The application OF Paosphstes
TO its coil peossbie "a only 20 be determined
by anslysis, or by careful experiment aud obser-
vstion. Shou d farmer ever each one Of bis
cattle Enawing or mumbing oSer 50 old bone, or
evinciog symptoms OF defect or dsosse 10 in
bony fame work. be mas resi assured chat there
can be- 90 doubt as 70 the presssg need OF Phos-
pilates Cu his farm Aud We may say generally
that no farmer Gao sford 20 sell cattle or mix on
biz farm without replacing the Pnosphs'es saas
taken frcm bis land in ore form or another. Hd
may possibly persist 10 thus stisting bis soil for
generation; but it vii. ultim .toy Goa. far more
10 restore his larc e. healthy natural condition
than it would to have kept it shersio-
And nov 10 the questions prcpcunied ~
our farmer friend in Vermont. We can very
Heart ly Assure him that che Lodi Compsuy ne
irguires afser ia respectable reliable Concern,
ard lis Poudrette valuable fertilizer; Gusao
Is sno.ber such; and Peof. Mspes Knows BIO - TO
manufacture good Superphorphtte BIT whetn-
er it is Advisable for Nr. Pane OF Ne ANYBODY
else to buy one or anosher of these fertilizers, or
neither of them how could we knoEf PJu-
dIette is maiGly yalusble for IT, Nitrogen or An
monia, though it contains also Carbon aad various
salts, slkalisr, &c. Guspo is very similar ia
competition, but contains, we believe, larger
proportion of Phosphate. We have used both,
as well as various Phosph stes, but are not yot
prepared to say which of them has doce US best
6 ryice; nor, ii We could, would our conclusion
be Of much service 10 any one else, for bis sou
might need very different amendments from ours.
Farming il Dot an art to be acquiteo 10 six easy
lesscns; the improving farmer must listen ps
tien.Iy TO every suggestion, profs By Others ex-
periuents, bat look through hi, own eyes ADD
form bis own judgments aftsra. The vory best
counsel, swallowed bIndy, is m likely 90 sot him
wrong "a rieht. and ohlS serve 20 bring uods-
ferye6 Ieproaoh On the head of his adviser. We
can only say generally 20 Nc. Piins aud other
iLquirers:
l. Get your land properly drained, plo wed 10
q depth of not lees than two feet and supplied
with muck or vegetable mold of some sort--in
other words, in such state that each plant has
only TO reach out it's feelsrs and take no Oxygen.
hydrogen, Carbon to the extern. OF i.s desires;
for these you DO not Iced to send abroad and il
they ore not at all times ABUNDANT and accessible,
your money spent on fsT-fetched fertilizers will
be money thrown away.
III. Ascertain (by experiment. or otherwisel
what mineral elements your soil ia deficient In,
and supply them also. You csu't afford t. buy
Guano or Poujrette while your soil Lacks Potash,
Soda, Sulphur OF Lime; for these elements you
can buy much cheaper 10 crude forms than in
those Of the Car fetched s.imulants.
III. Whenever you shall be ready to spply
aumonscal or stimulating msoures, consider
whether tuns Of them are not wasting and pol
ldting the air 10 villages and else yhers sl around
you, and whether sou could Lot devise adequate
means Of making these inofcnsive and sericeablc.
Nv. Whenever you are ready, buy few dol
las worth each of Gusno Poudrette, Phosphate,
&c, be suIo JOu sscertsin just how and wheretO