The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1863-03-28

Whsrs Did Il Come 1senS :
The following interesting exPer' !
meut Ne have ststcd in - cccss'ons
Agricultural address, and neve Pe.I
hsps already given Il in the Amer'csn
A~ar;cnltnr;st. but il 10 worth ropes.
;ns Two hundred pounds q ssrth
were dried in an oven . we'
and afterwards put into : 'ssge es.ln
..nxare vessel, and willow tree
re;rhins 5 lbs. planted therein. Dn,.
mo 5vesrs the tree was wssered Win
nr,e rain or distilled water; and 70 Pre-.
vent any addition Of earth o. duss, ne
veesel was covered with : metal P'sse,
perforated with holes - small - ~
admit Air only. At the end o. nve
ear the tree was found u weigh
1891 lbs. The annual crops Of ialien
lssves we're not taken into account,
The earth was then baked and we'gneo
"A Al frst. and had lost only : ounces
Whence was derived the 164 los.
Of woody fiber, bark, roots, etc. insy
must have come TO the plant rom tne
.tmosphere and the rain WAFER
throusb the medium Of the leaves
root. and bark. We see all arounc
ns similar examples. Yonder old nele
Of ten acrcs has annually produced Z
least one tuu per acre Of grass straw
grain, corn, etc . for . hundred yer, !,
Or Z thousand tuns, two million -
n materials which have been carrie
If and consumed elsewhere. wni,
perhaps the only addition to the nel
has been less than . quarter tnn
seed. Yet the field has not Junk low
Nv reason Of any loss Of substance
Indeed il will weigh more to-day ina
before al this cropping, BY nearly
much as the weight Of the gras: roo
and black mold now in the soii-
has lost . little Of soluble miner
matter that has been carried INTO I
plants by the sap, and left there e.tn ?
sbsorbed into the substance OF =
plants e constituents, or LEFT there
the evaporation Of the sap.
The truth 10, soils do not we
out.n They are the machine u WI
nlants are manufactured from
furnished materials. When the pial
decay. or are burned, they return
matter to the air, which is the 81
-storehouse OF plant food. The skill
c~nltivator gathers : larger share
this plant material than Others. !
more skillful one not only gatneFs
annual supply in the form Of Gro
but he also secures IN extra guam
which q stored in the soil - IN
ditional stlmulus Or nourisher o.
next crop. This he does BY SOW
clover. or seed Of other plants ~
absorb large amounts Of plant 100
the form Of leaves, stems, and r.
shese he turns under, and holds q
IN store for another crop, hrs q
Tins increased in quantity, especl
IN organic elements which adsPt
the production Of larger crops. -
absence Of homemade yard mar
there il no better way to renovs5'
land. or to tighten heavy LAND,
70 pillow in green clover. o. oock.
rye. millet, oats, etc. The green
Tina mixed with the soil answer
ral purposes. Az they decay,
fnrpish richer stores Of new
which nourish and strengthen
growing plants, and prepare IN
absorb more food from the -
their decay they leave the soil
and porous, admitting more =
warmth into il, and drawing on '
ana the mold formed BY decayin!
ctables. darkens the soil, maxi
absorb more Of the suns rays
thus become warmer. Clover oy !
81 its abundant leaves, and the
amount Of nitrogen in it, compc
= the best green crop to turn
But where the coil is too poor =
clover, other coarser crops, ..
wheat, may Be frat used 70 Oh
he coil to The clover bearing Pt
Two or three crops Of buckwhe
Be grown and turned under IN q
Plaster Of Paris il generally %
start clover. The first days
month (ApriD should Be imprt
sowing clover seed upon me &