Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1867-03-23

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and how % treat them
Sandy lands are usG4ily snsong CIR
most iend lands. and are chesply eul-
tivafed on this aes-ounf. They are
light anL plowed at one-half tie cost
OF adhesive soils. Twice as many
acres of them may be hood in a given
time, as can be in heavy aud stony
lands. Sinclair says sandy soils of
good quality, under a regular
course of husbandry, are of great
value. They are easil; worked, and
ut all seasons; they are cultivated at
moderate expense are not so liza
bic to injnry from the vicissitudes Of
the weather; and in general are suf-
ficientlv rctentive ofmoisture to pro-
duce good crops, even in dry sum-
mers.
Sandy lands may be improved in
several ways. and the plan adopted
should depend upon surrounding
circumstances. If they are adjacent
to clay pit, clay may be used; if
near a deposit Of muck, muck may
lie used, or both may be employed
with decided beneficial results. If
the land is too far from such sources
of supply, then another plan may be
adopted. 1t may he restored by turn.
ing in crops, green or dry, where
they will decay under the surface.
Sandy lands may, therefore, be ic-
claimed. wherever situated, and
brought into fertile condition, and at
fair profit.
One plan of operation is to plow
under green crops, such rs oats, mil
let, buckwhcat or clover, when the
crop is in bloom, resced at once and
plow in another crop the same year.
If the land has been dressed with
clay or peat muck, this operation
greatly hastens the work of rcclama-
ton. Dana says that it is the expert
ence of some practical men, that one
crop allowed to perfect itself and die
where it grew, and then turned in
dry, is superior to three turned in
green. The whole result is explained
by the fact that dry plants give more
gcine (the word means "earth," or
the product of decaying vegetable
;natter,) than green. Green plants
fermcnt--dry plants decay. A lar
ger portion escapes in fermentation,
as gas. aud more volatile products
arc formed, than during decay. The
one is a qnick consuming fire, the
other slow mouldering ember, Civ
ing off. during all its progress, gases
which feed plnnts aud decompose the
siIicatcs (that is, sand, flint. quartz.
Of the soil. These hard silicatcs in
the soil. have their uses, and an i'm
portant part to perform. 1t belongs
to us to supply them with vegetable
matter. Feed them well with muck.
straw. meadow hay. rushcs. fags. or
almost any other vegetables. and
their decay will cause al evolution
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