Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-12-11

apple, the peach, and the pear, grow side b.
side with the pomegranate; orange and lem
on. The hardy blossoms of the North here
minge perfumes with those of the sunny
South In this section We have had gen
erous benefactress that has been ever yield
ing to the craven demand Of more, without
receiving in return, Or we had long since
shared the fate Of mans ingratitude to mar
failure. Bat our generous earth like tht
stubborn oak that withstands the blows o.
the axe, until its top wave, its limbs shake
and leaves tremble, before it totters to it:
fall with groan. So it is with our earth
if l may be allowed the fgure-she has wa
we'd, trembled and groaned under the plough
share, whose motto it has been wear her out
and leave until she has at last sent forth cries
for help from the gullies and CALLED surfaces,
that should command our prompt aid and
rush to the rescue; and if it be true that
small breaks will sink great ships, will it not
hold equally good that little chinking in
time, will save great ships? 1t seems to be
the plan of Gods universal government, that
exhausted nature must have help and rest;
when man and beast tire they must have
food and rest when the earth is becoming
exhausted in her powers, she too, as neces,
sarily, requires aid and rest.
First then, let US pile logs and brush across
those gullies that are yawning to engulph
our harvest, and haul litters and fertilizers
to dress over those old fields that are presa.
ging death to our hopes of the committed
seed. Those litters that pollute our fence
corners, lots and yards, sending forth nox,
ious vapors whence they lie, when in our
fields enhance largely our yield in grain and
cotton. Let us then keep we'll up the haul
ing off, recollecting they contain gold in the
feld-death in our lots and yards.
Some will say manurng burns up the
crops, deep ploughing washes away the land,
book farming starve the world. With these
I have no argument; for I had as soon try
to argue religion into the in6del, who don't
believe in the Bible, by Bible teachings. I
would give them overto the hardness of their
hearts, or rather to time and truth, with their
powerful effects The time has already come
when the most supers.itious are beginning to
be staggered in their faith. That prejudice
which led us, like the good old Dutchman,
to look upon all improvement as innovation,
is beginning to fly before truth as the fogs of
the morning before the rising day, and it is
found, in order to manure and farm Alright, we
must be governed by the principles of book
farming or science, or all we do is guessing,
for it is said, where guessing ends, science be,
gins, with laws as fixed as the laws Of nature.
Agriculture is science including many sci
ences, and is also an art as science l shall
only consider briefly, the application of Chem
istry to make known the operations of ma
ture in the constituents of plants and vege-
tatiou by its affiliations we learn the con-
stituents of the different soils and fertilizers,
so that we may be informed why it is that
some plants grow better on one soil than on
another, and why some parts of the same
plant flourish, while the others fail; and
know how toremedy the defect in manuring.
AS an art, it teaches US to apply with most ef-
feet, the remedies science suggests-one is
theory, the other practice, both combined
makes the successful planter; for just as
sure as certain plants contain certain ele-
mcnts, so sure will soil containing these prin-
ciplcs produce that plant. If not, no puny
art of man can rear it. Now, suppose we
wish to manure for whcat-laud exhausted
for that grain. BY referring to anilization we
learn wheat grain contains sulph. ac. l,
phos. ac. II, mag. -, lime 2, pot. 20, sill
ca |; the straw contains much the same, diff
fercntly arranged. From the same source
we learn that cotton seed contains 3 pr. ct.
potash and Gl pr. ct. phosphate Of lime
Stable manure in dry state contains 81
carb., ) hyg., % oxyg., l nit, 30 ashes. Pc
ruvian Guano contains nitrogenized matter
with urate of am. 81, water IL, phos. lime
25, phos. of am. and mag. oxalate, ditto 13,
Silica |. Science suggests the use of these
in wheat, corn and cotton, and as we all
know, practice confirms the result; the same
teaches that clays are better suited for grain
than sand, as it absorbs and retains amonia
from manure, atmosphere and rain; practice
also establishes the fact From theory we
learn when soil is ovcrchargcd with sulphur
ic acid, whose presence is indicated by its
sour weeds and growth, it is essential to use
lime as neutralizer, and not plaster or sub
stances that would but add more acid. With
these few illustrations leave this part of the
subject to cssayists, as conceive it more my
duty to make general hints in pleading the
cause, than investigating particulars.
Rest in the animal economy can be had
not only in inaction, but also by change Of
position and labor, so also, the same will hold
in regard to our fields Attenuation of crops,
is the source of resting by change Of labor,
aud in this too, we must be guided by sci
cnce in order to know the condition Of the
soil and nature of the crop to be sown OF
planted for no one can reasonably calculate
to be benefited in change of one crop for
another, extracting much the same material
from the soil and the nearest we can come
to general rule is, to alternate with plants
requiring different elements for nutriment.
Those that return most back in litter, vines
and roots, are good crops for the improve,
ment of land, and, at the same time, pay for
their culture. The vine extracts largely from
rain and atmosphere, and, when turned un'