The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-12-01
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TIYED FACTS in AGRICUL'
TIRE

following list of "6xed facts IN
agriculture. Though calculated
for the Eastern States, many o.
tho facts are Of general applica'
ton.
/. All lands on which clover
or the other grass is sown, must
either have lime in them natural
", or tho mineral must be artifi-
cially supplied. 1t matters but
little whether it be supplied III
the form ofstone lime, oyster lime
or mari.
2. All permanent improve
menu of land must look to lime as
its basis.
3. Lands which have been long
in culture, will be benefited by
the application of phosphat OF
lime; and it is unimportant
whether deficiency be supplied in
the form of bone dust, guano, or
native phosphat Of lime, compos-
ed of flesh, ashes or that Of oyster
shell limc--or marl-if the land
needs it.
4. No lands can be preserved
in a light state of fertility, unless
clover and the grasses arc cult
waited in the course Of rotation.
S. Mould is Indispensable in
every soil, and a healthy supply
can alone be preserved through
the cultivation Of clover and the
grasses, the turning i'll Of green
crops, or by the composts rlch in
the elements Of the best mould.
6. All the highly concentrated
animal manurcs are increased in
value, and their benefits produced
by admixturc with plaster, salt or
pulycrizcd charcoal.
7. Deep blowing improves the
productive powers Of every vari-
city Of soil that is not wet.
s. Subsoiling sound land, that
is land that is not wet, is emf
ncntly conductive to increase
production.
8. All wet soil should be drain
ed.
10. All grain crops should be
harvested before the grain is
thoroughly ripe.
II. Clover, as well as the
grasses intended for hay, should
be moved when in full bloom.
IL. Sandy lands can be most
clfectually improved by clay
When such lands require lining
or marling, the lime or mari is
most bcneticially applied whor
made into a compost with clay
10. The chopping or grinding
of grain to be fed to stock, opc
rates as saving at least fifty pc
cent.
IA. Draining Of wet lands ant
marshes, adds to their whole val
lie, by making them produc'
more, and by improving the
health Of the ncighborhoods,
Is. TO manure or lime wei
lands is to throw manure, limo
and labor away.
16. Shallow blowing operates
to impovcrish the soil, while il
decreases production.
II. BY stabling and Shedding
stock during the winter, a saving
of onc-fourth Of the food may bC
effected; that IS, one-fourth les,
will answer, than when the stock
is exposed to the inclcmcncics o
the weather.
18. A bushcl Of plaster pei
acre sown broadcast over clover
will add ono hundred per cent t,
its product.
10. Periodical application Of
ashes tends to keep the intcgrants
of the soil by supplying most,
if not all, oftho organic substance.
90. Thorough preparation Of
land is absolutely necessary to the
successful and luxuricnt growth
Of the crops.
q. Abundant crops cannot be
grown for IL succession Of years,
unless care is taken to provide
an equivalent Of the substance
carried off the land by products
grown thereon.
~. 10 preserve meadows in
their productivencss, it is ncccssa-
ry to harrow them every second
autumn apply top dressing, and
roll them up.
20. All stiff clays are benefited
by fall and winter plowings, but
should never be plowed when
wet. If at such blowing the fur
row be materially deepencd, lime
mari or ashes should be applied.