The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-11-05

Iertesildi matter, winch affords nuTinen 10 the
mouths Of The vegetable roollels which end can
he accomplished. he said, more completely and
~ way IN all respects preferable, BY lage.
lul begins by showing that the roots Of plants
extend much farther than is commonly believed,
and then proceeds 10 inquire into the nature of
their food. After examining several hypolheses,
he decides this food 10 be fine particles of earth
i IS necessary, therefore, not only 10 pulverize
the soil by repeated poughmgs before il is seed
ed, bu as it becomes gradually more and more
compressed and hardened afterwards, recourse
must be had to llllage, or horse-hoing, as he
called Il, whilst the plants are shooting up,
which a.o DESTROYS the weeds that would deprive
them III The noufishment that is in readiness for
Them. Ills system Of ,iIlage was very much
The same lfat has long been praciised in this
country 10 The culture Of corn, and at later
date Of cotton, only he would Discard manure
altogether as too filthy substance to be en-
/ ployed in The production Of what is 10 be used
for food and he wculd apply the method or
process Of ploughing or horse .hoeing with some
kind Of coulter or eullivator TO the crops, where
each plant occupies much smaller space than
does stalk OF corn or cotton, as in the case Of
lurnips and wheat. Of course, when the ground
y to be sllrred between rows which are so much
nearer together, il becomes indispensable that
those rows be perfectly straight and true, their
distances from each other exactly equal, and that
the whole business be conducted with The vi.
most care and precision. TnlI contributed 10,
directly, therefore, 10 the neatness and beauty
OF the agriculture Of Great Britain, and The per.
iefon Of the methods now IN use there. The
lnrnlp crop, IN particular, which receives g.
much attention here, tllrlPes wonderfully undei
his KIND Of management, and il introduces
INTO The smaller patches that are seen at iii
season d the year somewhere about ever,
plantation in North Carolina, would have al
excellent effect. With the same expenGtur
OF manure crop Of equal goodness wonld
produced over much larger surface, and
should have better supply Of an article
which TO feed our wives and daughters durin
the winter. Tull represented rotation OF cror
TO be unnecessary a, least, il not utterly use
less.
/ Men OF better sense and sounder judgmen
discarding The ahimsies OF Tu, ayaIled then
selves Of his reasonable suggestions. The
continued 10 collect, preserve, and apply iheI
mannres as they had done before, and al Il
same time adopted bis methods Of careful tillag.
and bis great panacea for so many Of The ills,
agriculture, horse -hoeng, for those crops
which it is especially applicable. The farm
ing Of England underwent gradual though slo
amelOralion. The great agent, the scient
thai was 10 carry il forward 10 perfection, H.
attainment Of which had hitherto been regsrdt
as imprscilcabe, was as yet unknown-ws
yet TO be called into being.
/ The origin oflhe modern chemistry dates N
further back Than single century. IL l75l
IL a
Alba" in which lie showed that besides the i
we breathe, there is at least one other kind wit
properties wholly different, and il became pro
bable that there are others still not lmprobabl
Thai there are many other such substance
Chemists entered with ardor into the new fie
81 investigation that was in such manner H.
open 10 them. and the constitution Of yegetat
matter became, so far as relates 10 tie great fac
aud principles connected ith il, pretty well u
dersood. Vegetable fibre of every kind,
seen IN trees, ~ grasses, and the Other pr0due
} Of cultivation, is composed mainly Of three sui
taaces, viz: oxygen aud hydrogen, which
i ihe constituent elements Of waller and CarbC
or lie coal That is seen ii tie blacksmiih's sho
{ Water is present every where in iatofai
season, SO that We can very well underslan
. whence that Is procured ny vegetables ofeu
kind. But with regard 10 the carbon, il is
; irsl sight hv M means clear whence il is H.
/ i comes. Take, ior example, field Of corn
! loider.puling time. There is large burh
Of carbon in li--in the stalks, The blades, a.
the cars. There is ofen very nearly, If -
quite, as much carbon in fhe soil that T.
III the season ~ there was in the spring. Fro
whence. then. has This constituent nf the eli
been derived! Il was al length ascertsi
cd very folly by a long course Of expenmeu
Instituted hy different philosophers, belwes
The years 1870 and ls00 from what source il
lhgi vegetables are supplied with the larger pa
nl the carbon they c0uain tli1I it exists in
siaie Oi combination, united u another elemer
tary substance, IN n gaseous stale, dlilused
. M i proportions through the almnsphcr
; Tins Gas, NJ air, bearing lhe name ii carbon
afd, is, - Ear a. The wants aud necessities
animals are concerned. 10 be regarded rs
: tupnn in ihe substance We breathe. lf e.
reejs certain proportion Or limit, tie air coI
tanning IL becomes positively noxiaus and deaf
4 ~. II IS what il sometimes used. especial
: by females, Tor Tie pntpO.e o suicide 10 Par
aud elsewhere. u y a product 1f respiration
j ~ cnmbuslOn, nl tie slow decay Of animal ali
G vegetable matter and other agencies. Ii !
absorbed w the leaves of the plants. drcou
\ plsed under tic inipenre II lie light OF IT,
/. snn, Tie ca'ban retained fur The use 81 Ihe veg,
tahr. and the pure. vital air, which is one
: i's constituents, given out. Tie leaves vii
: shch tile forests are clothed in SIMMER ha
no niher Use or purpose, so fsf as has bee
. hitherto asceria0e,I, Than The .aecomplisbmel
ol these changes. The grave around lie I'm
. yerslty furnishes an experiment on large scale
illustrative and conf mainrY Of The truths ills
= have jusl been slated. The soil contains al
y most no carbon under any lorm. The leaves,
}. when Lhnr LII al Iliia seasnn ii ihc rnar arn