The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-02-22
From the North Carolina Planter.1
Fixed Facts in Agriculture.

Fixed Facts in Agriculture.
These may be assumed as fixed facts
in agriculture
/. All lands on which clover, or the
grasses are grown, must either have
lime in them, naturally, or the mineral
must be artlicially supplied, It mat.
ters but little whether it be supplied in
the firm of stone.lime, oyster.sheU lime,
or mari.
Y. All permanent Improvement of
lands must look To lime as its basis.
3. Lands which have been long in
cuhnrep will be benefited BY applications
ofphosphate of4imc and it is unimpor.
tant whether the deficiency be supplied
in the form of bone dust guano, native
phosphate of lime,, composts of fish,
ashes,-or in that. OF oyster shell
lime-or marl--if the land needs lining,
also,
4. No lands can be preserved in
high state Of fertility, unless clover and
the grasses are cultivated in the course
Of rotation.
S. Mould is indispensable to every
soil, and q heallhy, supply can. alone be
preserved through The cultivation Of
clover, and the grasses, the turning in
ofgreen crops, or ny the application Of
composts, rich in tile elements OF mould.
6. All highly concentrated animal
mapnfes are increased in valie, and
their beueft prolonged. by ndmixture
with plaster. salt or pnlverized char
coal
7. DEEP Ploughtng greatly improves
the productive powers Of variety a
soil that ~ not wet
g. Subscribing. sound land, that is,
land that is not wet, is eminently copdu.
civeto increased production. .., :
6. All wet land should be drained.
10. Alrgratn crops should he har.
vested several days before the grain is
thoroughly ripe.
II. Clover, as wellsas other grasses,
intended for hay, should be moved when
in bloom. ",
~. Sandy lands can !,e most ef
fectnally. improved by clay. When
such lands require lining, or marling
the lime or mari is more bene6cially ,ap.
piled when made into compost with
clay. In Stacking lime, salt brine is
better. than water. - lsS
l3. The chopping, or grinding grain.
to be fed to stock, Operates a saving Of
at least twenty FIVE per cent.
Ia. Draining of wet lands and
eles, adds to their value, by making
s'H15sa produce more aud better crops
sbduoing them earlier. and by i'm.
bRg the health o! neighborhoods
TO manure or lime wet lands, is
u ~ Ei7.sr = manure, lime and labor away
IS Shallow ploughihg operates to
ri the soil, while II decreases
BY stabling aud shedding
stock through the winter, q saving Of
;one.fourth Of the food may be effected =
that is, one.fourth less food will answer,
than when such stock may be exposed
TO the inclemencies of the weather.
lS. A bushel of plaster per acre,
so@n broadcast over clover, will add
ont, hundred per cent to Its produce.
!, 10. Periodical applications Of ashes
tend to keep up the integrity Of soils,
tby supplying most, it not all of the inor'
ganic substances.
'Ca20. Thorough preparation of land is
absolutely necessary to the successful
and luxuriant growth of crops.
81. Abundant crops cannot he
grown for a succossionof years, unless
scare bs taken TO provide, and apply an
equivalent for tie substances carried of
the laId in the products grown thereon.
%. 70 preserve meadows in their
Rroapctivepesg, Il 10 necessary ID har