Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-11-30
AGRICULTURAL.
Notation Of Crops.

hotaton OF Crops,
Inc neecss, = Tor rotation Of crops may b
huE understood We have in nature sixty,
Our primary distances, all Of which GO I,
make zap 'h' t'hes OF plants, or other wise art
l1rnd within th"ir organism,. Sill, but four,
teen " 'h",p lyty.,our primary substances eau
he found ~ guy one plant, aud not all in the
Nme plant aus, the fourteen constituents
n b. found 1 ne ashes OF the cabbage are
mmlelsl From he roll TO the cabbage BY the
assistance OF Or, organism, and their assimuli.
mn ~ d,urni6v. upon the organism and sur
rounding 'r5aW,mnces; the cabbage, however.
Is nscaar U receives all these constituents
90 solution ao. only what il requires, bnf
others are present. in solution, and during lis
growth % sor inualy parting with the nnre.
ai'-ei coasIwnnts, OF the sixty.four primaries,
80 sv.rsr.nu. US matter which in turn he
comes 9II..Hu Tor all future crops, and thus
uIt'rrr, HTE nd after their assimilation, or
riat- reception in the cabbage, are parted
r"ilh n n H3rfl ced proximate condition, ca
rs5.s a fur, ns pabulum 10 other plants
Tbs rlar b. nus clearly understood Sup.
%, rlpgfsc pulled suddenly from the soil,
and the 1i. 1ia dir, be washed from it BY
stream cd rnfc,; then plunge the stalk Of the
rnh-rrg a,5 ,lNss ar containing chemically
pure gar.' anl the excrementory process will
20 on. Ca. nater will soon become milky,
then lsc,s'ar', then this lloccuen, matter will
ba Deposited Ia he bottom OF the jar; ii this
be poured around another cabbage that is grow
,rc, lt will H.. {; il poured about n beet car
;'g. or pa-sup, Il will prove pabulum to the
growing CROP aud materially increase its
growth.
!. - thus that the excrementitious matter Of
one crop becomes pabulnm 10 another, and
therefore 80 sA'cession OF crops is the true rest
q. 'hc SOIL his principle may be carried
still further. MS in the raising Of green crops
for manure. Clover, bnckwheat, peas, and
other anaIoc7T crops, are often raised for the
purpose Of being plowed under. In subso
lands these crops throw down their roots md
receive the inc ganc substances they require
tooi tie sub-o and they not only deposit
tbei, ezcrcmsG.itious matter in the surface soil
snI 10 the sobs,, bu, by their decay such por.
lions as have teen elevated from the sub.oil 10
,he surface soil! are there deposited and in
F., crossed form. Thus the potash gwen up |
By the f:ljspe PARTICLES of the subsoil, is pro-
crossed and d posted in the surface ns psbn
'vn for future crops, ready for assimilation and
csp1bie Of increasing the growth of future
5fops The same may be said of SLICK lime,
soda, and all cher constituents Of plant life.
Wai.e the deposit Of excremeniious matter
~ the subsoII gives such proximates, part of
winch are aggregated from the atmosphere, so
by their decay in the subsoi adds to water their
resident and increased power as solvent, |
causing more inorganic matter in turn 10 be
elevated to the necessary status for feeding
future crops 1t is for this latter reason that
lands, after being sub.soed may be surface
plowad to . gceat depth with proprietS ; for in
deed the suS.soil, by such deposit and by the
effect Of natures laws, consequent upon the
atmosphere, is rendered equal in quality to the
sIriace-soi and thus the surface. blowing may
gradually be deepened, presenting greater
area for the travel of roots, and consequently,
augmented profit TO its owner.
Every farm contains another benea h il, !
which should be developed and rendered anxi-
larry TO plent.growth. He that culrva.es the sur
f'cs to depth Of ten inches and is contented
herewith knows not Of the blessings which |
Providence has furnished him, and of which the
progression OF mankind should teach him to
avail Working Farmer.