Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-06-17
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Weeds.

Is 70 1uuhH ~ TOE tAfIN i'AIt Nt tnF N'Ar'u .
nav con.ilcr that s,ason a. lust. Tie i'm
proved tool. ior cSiirpatins weeds by hor,s
power. have fairly taken n, place Of thc
,-hou. hapd-hoc. aud materially le-scncd
,bs expensive labor 80 necessary. Under
ths 6u system ths farmer c1uld not raise
r,ot crops o. any extent; Indeed. c1rn and
rotate. were matters ot very grcat labor,
81 long as that lahor bad % be performed
ty band. Twelve years agn. when We gar
t-rsd thirty acre.. We had twenty meu /.
n1W ty thc help OF improved tools We work
much larger pr,mi.c. m a much better style
with only -sycn. and this by the help of
h1r-s tools Of various kinds. which we have
frequently described. Before their inven-
ton weeds could not hc ox,erminaiel. The
r., Of tbc hanl.hrss was too inefficient to
Pei arrlied. other than for che rcmonl OF
weeds which had already made their ap-
r,auncs, bot m acre % ground NAV hc 81,
raIi'y pas.cl over with these horse tools,
AMI therefore - frequently repeated, that
vssls need noe b. suffered Go aVpear, and
particularly with thosc who use manulac-
tur,d isrilIIrrs ire lrom weed sccl. On
tie old system the work was never done.
with these tools ., may Be thoroughly done.
and Away. ia time. consequently the crops
an, larger. a greater breadth ol land may
D.. sept M cultivated crops. instead 90 beng
i' -rl,. and even our grass lands, hy the
l.'p 10 the moving and tcldyius machines.
nav lr a. extensive "a. We like. provided we
lave the RON 20 store the product The
farmer j. no longer constrained 90 keep only
a, much land appropriated tn hay a' De can
nov and curc during the short season, Tor
with the moving machine and o;her acces-
.1rirs. De can save the rroiuc; oi twenty
tine. ths ara. Bot Cor his corn and p'th-
o. and root crops. an Of which should D.,
increased. and particularly the latter, these
tolls are invaluable. Carrot. may now Dc
r.s,l with scarcely more labor than corn /,
hsc,s, parsnips, turnip', with 'till les Ia
llr such crops are inalu1hl' O. &c
lIrymlu. cattle bcci-r. etc They DO not
ega4us, soils ~ rapidly as tbe cereals. while
,tsy prrparc land f1r easy culture. and rcu-
Lr it clean much better for while the
o-clls may proven, the growth of wcsds, 60
Jl.s NOE destroy thc s,rl in th. .oiI With
o. rgltiy,t-l crops, however. thc seeds are
i-lus-I o. -yrminltc. and are destroyed hc
.-. th.y can .-el, aud therefore the root
crop practically mast eventually clear che
'.i irun "a large class OF parasitic srlwihs.
W--i. have their uses, bus cultivated
crop, may take their pllc'. juilci1u,'y and
T-fu'y. Toe gr,at use of wcci, is %
as.m,.lic the Inorganic constituent, OF the
s.I, aUI uu thrir decay O. rclrpusit these
constituents iu progressed l,ra as che Iu-
rrs r4lulum OF Cos higher cll,, % growth.
so Ls. h1~c,sr. may b, don, wish crop,
90 greater value tor while thi Jce,, and
lTJt, aal ,uuip. remove, from tac soil "a
sa.. portion of progre,.,d inorganic cln-
'r,usnt.. while growing, they are machines
lr Gle PREPARATION Of very much larger
..audt.r. than they retain. Tn.y ar, ail
t. sar receiving these constituents in sl.
an.a .sau ,hc ,oi. anil passing them hack
asu as czcrrmcnt'ry matter, capable OF
l,.u. rlaut. ,l "a different family. Thus
-r.l'a-- suddenly removed lrum the s1ii
arIi,.s stlek placed in "a s'as. % chemical
Iy pore water, wi, gradually throw ont
ar.msuatigg, matter boz large quantities,
Which, il poured about another growing
o.as.. vIl kill 10. AMI % alj'ceu, 90 d
sr.air. beet or plrnip, will accelerate It.
-.utI. furnishing iu,i such food as !, re-
ga.r.. 10 D.. in Ja,s say, in addition TO
Oh. decay ul plants, that loses,, aud weeds
he forever bcrn preparing the surlacg oi
g. earth rJr Supplying the glls- ot plant,
t.r..4ry ia the more progressed ase as bod
iruar and animals. - long then as ths
farmer 4rtiyrly u.s.. no, soil in the rlisin:
o,fr.rsr crops. De- needs % Giilw i,r pro-
g.,, tl le derived from weeds, Tor the true
r,t.I ,ls slil is d proper rotation Of cruIs.
..ihlt each may bsu,Gt hy the ezrremru-
tu9., matter OF is prei,cr--or, and in
tru leave it. own fur the rc-succrs-i1n. -
h-Il,,lu % tbi- principle being fully car
u.l out by active cultivation. the slh It.
s.. ty thc continual manipulation conse'
gasut ur.n the use OF ths hlrsc wecler, the
~Iu.t.r. aud che Knox's burs- hoc-ihe
tire iup'emsuts required for the Kind OF
el.,.r ve have described, will b. advanced
h hqua,iy, lor IT, frequent disturbance ad'
ri'' tbe circulation OF atmosphere among
H'Hruc-s. The admix;ure % the CON-
"llsu'. lrc,d from PARTICLES by the mo-
ehauisai ahrasiln. tie chemical changes
eau'squ.ni upon a deposit OF moisture IRON
"' Circulating atmosphere, i always ~
caH.au, with those gasss whi,h are most
1's.ai in the production OF chemical chan
-; alI teud to progress the soil and to in-
ere'ss i,s value.
We must remember that 80 long a. any
Portion Of the globe itself Is loii, that Por'
O,n eOn,ains al the constituents of plants
'ad only requires such treatment as W,
nave 'us-estsi. to yield them up to plant
ME- They are never Destroyed, but ar'
'''y changed in form. The decay Of che
"'i'oi 0ne csutury furnishes the raw ma
"''Al Of which those Of the next ars formed