Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1857-10-28
WHOLE NO. 312.

willow stock, know now Wnere IL eats! fuJ
the butt end Of the willow branch into jar Of clean sand
and water with pure water will increase pounds weight
and the sand may loose scarcely granswhere then does
eat? not by its roots alone the sand left and pure
water alone will not make willow stock-lt must
imbbe nutrment by its leaves and from the atmosphere
and science teaches and explains the actnutrment to be
eaten by vegetables must be converted to the liquid and
gaseous state and nhs latter state it escapes into the air to
be again brought to the surface by the dews and rans and
science again has taught that the richest portions of these
gasses the ammonia, largely absorbed by sup lime past
Par) upon thesuace in the titled portion Of the earth,
to be again slowly emitted vegetation may require For
the right mode of using plaster indebted to
science and to indebted for warrant for deep
tiage To the of vegetable food constantly in the
atmosphere and to the in which it is and may be
fixed and infused into the soil the confidence that
deep stir the ground deep the rains, the dews,
the air the light is allowed to penetrate the soil, just
deep the roots Of your crop will follow down. the soil be-
comes rich just deep and that without anything at your
hands, and again if your grounds kept lose deep your
crops will not be drowned out for the surface water will per-
coate downwars, will they suffer from drouth moist
ure will be reached deep the earth by the oots that of
the wheat and stalk have been traced to the depth of
feet in search Of nutriment and moisture Upon hard
subso with shoa surface soil you will observe your wheat
other crop grow we'll at first but stops and turns yellow
upon the least drouth, its roots have found barrier to
further extension Heat light and the air are essential to
healthy vegetation the potatoe vine will grow In the dark
cellar and grass under board but they lack of the
elements perfect growth Science has lent its aid and
lighted by it has not only learned the elementary
components of the vegetable republic but has sysematzed
its whole economy its mouths its process of Digestion Its
food its inhaatons and its exhaatons; the of science
will anayze your soil and knowing what every kind of
crop composed of what its choice food, how it should be
cooked to suit its resh will tell you advance whether it
will flourish not tell you for certainty at once with
years Of this grouping in the dark kind of trial. exactly
what your soil needs make any particular kind of crop
flourish it; if any essential element is wanting he will
pronounce your crop failure and predict right every time
We mostly farmers here by experiment yet and must
necessarily be practically for time hence, green
roots and stumps will keep the surface yet awhc but
the time will come when will need more light in these
matters and commence thus early to learn the true
road may avoid many back steps in after e let then
associate, with the other, there is light in the
land and the times are just now propitious. so
Among the inducements for organizing
County Association at this time may be reckoned the very
liberal aid held through the benecient providence Of our
venerable conscrpt Legislators the last winter by this pro-
vision may be levied by law not exceeding Ito
less than lao of mill the dollar of the valuation of the
county, provided it may meet with favor the eyes of the
county board and provided farther that will tax ourselves
to the amount of 500 more carry the purposes of
the society," and will file certificate, verified by oath with
the county clerk. On examination find this provision is
amendatory law passed in s49 and reduces the
allowance from lilo to l5 Of mill to the present amount,
at least l2 from what it before this and liberal
allowance fixed. Let be thankful for small avors;
and this is the extreme tip Of the tariff wedge for the
protection of the farming interest," let apply this WE'LL and
drive it till split opena wider crack the public chest
The people may in time think it better logic protect nine
of the than aid the with legal machinery to skin
the nine. ,s,, ,s
The interior department. of general government
very literally dispensing articles of exotic well domestic
productions that promises be of value all portions of
nation, sung the article whether it be grain of any kind
Seeds root grasses scons bulbs flowers to the soil and
climate appropriate for its growth and perfection. Indvd
ua of county have already received occasional vos of
this kind and whore many articles may prove failures
may be Of great value have kind of raised last
year, that deem of great value Had 40 hills planted in
May Ears very long, cob small, and rowedpanted
together it yields largely, and fancy it will exceed
auy other kind have in yeld and then natures the
fastest and rpens the earliest of any corn known to
Shall test it fully this year. It's believed that with county
organzation should all receive benefit from these
avos and receive them from the department with more
bountful hand. ,, s1e fr. IA
And let me here congratulate the people of this valley
their superior prospect for fruit growing even beyond
those living farther SOUTH in cmes eateemed the plus
ultra for It's production and perfection First then for the
facts. will speak only what know. have had the
peach bearing seasons and have from Is to
20 of different varieties of other fruit trees in bearng
l5 varieties of the plum the nectarine orr of the
cherry, 10 of the grape, twenty kinds of pears,
and about 90 of the apple. Only for years in the IL
have the enderer sorts of the peach been curaed from
breakdown CROP and that by late spring osts aone buds
of any kind have winter killed my knowledge; and
preventive to winter killing the desideratum of those
south of u.s. safe from winter believed that
spring fros that hit occasionally yet to cut off
our entire CROP not even of all the tender Sorts will be very