The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-11-09

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Egyp:, though the Nile still runs and
pours her ever renewing treasures into the
/ bosom of her ancient valley. The food
. of plant is from the air and the SOIL
/ The former is AWAY in excess, the latter
( deficient. Ii is II the impros emeut of
! the soil, then, we are to look for that rap.
/ III and Increased production which human
4 Support-and progress and civilization de.
mand, which could never be supplied bv
/ spontaneous or natural grow,h-aud with
/ out which mankind would have ever re
manned IN barharous state, sustained
! only 10y tho growth Of the forest or un.
certain Of the products of the chase This
! Indispensable increased production must
/ be oO'nncd by artificial mcans-lv rrri
culture. by labor in some shape or other,
from the fields and the pastures. BY this
. labor man is 10 live: Whatever be tie
, ttade-protession or pursuit of lite, the
support Of al! must come, directly or in
directly, from the Earth and it, ulage.-
I 1t is Il decree Of heaven. In the sweat
Of thy face shat tlou eat hrcal, IL! thou
return unto the ground" 1t was don" ~
mercy-to swecten the toll % man end
grve enjoyment to hi, labor. And tE;s
sweat 0f the tacr, j tn" l.. st Of all i,u'l'I.
zc,s-w without which uore .dhor wil1 ,r.,.
/ BIT II must he assisted nv ".u..r u, d..
! Il YOU cannot afford to buy ,ruar,u. o-
phosphate Of lime, or lypsam, or the va
rlouS other means to furnish III. urco,,a.
~ ingredient, to u rich and Producing
soil, vou can make On your i,un, and IN
your stables, that which will answer rs
vel, probably a grea: dell better and
! which - more universal aud more certain
in IT'S application. But it is Nc! ,utii ia,
that YOU max" and save ard get mauuros
and put them on your lands. These, too.
must be prepared for its proper reception
Absorption and beneficial Influence
The ground must be well tendad-must
be well and deeply piowed-mu,t be made
porus and dry as well as rich The air
must penetrate the earth, So that the
plant may he sustained both by the Or
ganlc and inorganic elements which con-
stitu,e its food, and which is 50 essential
to lis vitality, proper growth and matu.
rity. We must dram OF Trigale the land
As It's local condition may relnire. Our
lands, however, in geneni, need more of
the former, than the latter, beautiful and
cnricmng as the process is, and SO ndiS.
p"nsahc, III many countries, uusupplicd
With sufficient moisture, hike tue Southern
provinces Of SPAN " here it is still practic
ed AS taught 10y the Moors. Drainage,
too, is now necessary with us, not only
for the soil, but the health Of the country.
What "A change in this important respect
would good system of drainage and "A
high cultivation produce throughout All
tins region OF country
R0tJtiOn Of crops, is too much neglect.
ed with uS. Renewal IT the same crops
impovcr>hrs the soil. 1t is well known
that our leading staples, which we 50 of
ten annually cultivate iii he saime fell
corn, tobacco, cotton All even wheat rap.
idIv eXhausts the substance Of the earth,
whose texture and composition are con
tiuualy changing. BY change Of crop
or reStlrg z N ialIow, we restore the lost
ash ingredients, and fer.iize the soil again.
And especially is this desirable result pro =
dnced 10y green crops, or green mnUurrs
as they are sometimes caiiel. Nature
must be clad and her fa,orite hablIlment
Is green. SEQ the wild prairie, and the
meadow, the forest, the mountain and
the valley, how green they are in natures
robes ! How beautiful and how bounti.
tuI her supplies forever renewing growth
and strength and multiplying increase,
when untonnched by the destroying hand
of man +! Use, ,hen, En' only the artf
ciaI and organic manu'es from the stable
and Iimekiu and mari and guano, but
restore the wasted, the Overtasked and
overwrought powers of the earth, by some
times covering, with her own beautiful
carpet Of green and warming her into
new life and activity. and fruItfulness.-
II is these green crops, whether of turnips
or clover,or other graSScs,Or cereals which
so much adorn the English landscape and
enrich is soil and it is their absence here
which first ard most strongly impresses
the mind of every intelligent Engishman
who visits our country and especially the
South. When our fields are bald, or
worn, whenever the great protection OF
nature given hv The forest. and the wild
covering of the field is removed, the hand
Of man should supply, As far as possible,
what has been taken away the element
arv substances which hav" been cNhrus ed
and which are iud..prr, ~" +" the 'rr...
ty and fruitful condIlrrr - eyer snr.
We should not forget, too. that by ""ot
sional changes OF the crops We destroy the
myriads OF insects which prey upon the
fruits OF our labor. by .nking away the
food and depnving them Of the means of
an ever multiplied increase. A good far
mer should be regular, punctual, system.
attic, careful in all Things. lie lives and
moves and holds daily converse with ua
ture, whose first great law IS order, order
in all her sublime and glorious beauties
Let there he an air Of neatness and tdi
ness in all things about the farm; a smooth
and clean surface to the fields straight
rows adding much to It's beauty {; good
fences, clear bitches and fence rows, eve.
rything in good repair, and in the right
place, with barns snd other buildings
properly situated and especially let