Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-05-03
lFrom the Nov EuglenI F.rm.tN
Pasture Lands Of Now England.

what shall We do tJT he pasture lands Of
New Eugand-they are running out? lie
Consideration oi ths question calls up pAIlosO
tlhy, theory, s0iI Analysis and all the pliaphtr.
dlu Of vegetable economy within INC r.Acu Of
Ium4n VISION. They onj max, argument d,
ne case, aud iy.JeaI conclusions johnson ana
!. chg hayesudi4d carefully taouahe profound
j, and Ia almost every instance whrec lhcy 4yg
.ltempted Conclusions Us tp the results IA The
rtstoratlon 0i exhausted soils based upon ne
hypothesis Of SOL analysis they never run
ground. BY wisely Studying tho lave, anu
;dreiully weighing All the crJuma .anc,s attend.
my our operations upon The soil, We may obtain
yaluabo results How the husbluoman can so
apply his labor and cap.tli IL r4elug grass ami
gram and transform them 10 beef, pork, but
r, checse, ne and muscle, question that
neitier science ur ltbJi alone en- solve.
Wood ashes stand asa valuable fertilizer.
containing no less than tvs eIge simple elem.nts
hat enter into ali cultivated plants. The ard
Gcrements OF q hog, whom highly fed for the
purpose Of latlenng, contain e4uAy ph0sphutes
. nicely organized mineral matter 10 greater
iegree tnan thJsl 0l any auImil tl4l have vet
ONE under the t3st cl chemicals II thss.
nicely prepared minerals BIZ associated with DC.
aging vegetable matter m suiillient quantity to
lJld them IN store as food ia piAuts 10 cannot
Jut prove a powerful ierdIzer. More dupends
lpJn The Orgauztll Ut elrma1ts than the
IHdnuty used, Nitucas lbe uch ScIJM lotions
At Columbus, Ono, where cJru has been SUI
:eazlyey raised Oh The sIao ii Id Tor thirty yeals
,lth ne diminishing 81 crop Kept up 70 the
n5hest stare OF fertility by thc large deposits
d finely decOmpot d vegetable matter b, the
.nnual foods The same may be rAj Of the
lOhawk, aud other river bottoms. Irrigation
the agent at WORK. osianca has Aughtal
MIS- aud more
But what's the state Of the question: The
consideration Of the renovation Ol III pasture
tnds OF NE" England. We'll, il The soil j.
GIT and sandy, ami }lu determine 10 plJw,
rchi on clay bJnnuuiiy, alter powmg, with
liberal supply OF wood ashes, harrow h.htly
I'D seed to red top and clover. Roll upa pie,e
'r experiment into ridges or s8cIs, Win
tig piow, SOW on ashes and plaster with silt
.nd seed as above. Try piece spreading on
the following preparation
lake five bushlt OF c1us,c hmc ind mix
With ten Of veg table mould. Add two husbel.
u common salt, two OF plaster Of paris, and
I'VE OF clay mosttu ull the mass Is like damn
4r'h' The plaster furnishes the sulphur. the
alt both soda and chlorine. The chlorine parts
with the sodium, and uultes with lho caustic
ime, rmlng u valuable salt. known as chloride
d calcium. The sodium being cJn,e ted INTO
soda, then combines with the carhonlc acid of
che atmosphere and organized matter in the vep
rtt0le mould, and forms we'll orginlz.d salt
that VIII dissolve common sand This ronpo
siton stlll rqmras phosphorus aud iron -
nonnd bones will furnish phos Lorus--oopper-
as the iron.
II thrown up into ridges the area will be en-
Arged, aud tie hollows will furnish feed in
me oi drought, when ntt surfuca will be-
ooioned To dIyneas Io0se or hbous animal
mInules cannot he spread without great o.-.
Pulveriz' hrSt all mauures, whether animal.
mineral, or vegetable. IL The t5uchso one Of veg.
etab!e physiology Marx the powerful Ell O.. 1t
the ii ely pulveuzed dirt from much travelled
road, with hardly Iereepibe amount ol ma.
cure upon an adj llniug held Top dressing ior
sFdss lands, If me rule-ieap blowing the cx-
gepton Whore pastures lie IL swtlis or knobs
would set all maple ,roves on all the swcls-
ass will always grow under rock mapes-c.t.
10 Will say under them much OF the tune
leave their droppIngs there, aud trrtIlza portions
ucloN. l. pu.prr
East Jaarey N H., Jan. 1861.