The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-03-23
Exhausted Farms,

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etaolo: those elements aro iron
lime, potash and salt. Now it. is
evident to any thinking mind, il
tt's bo 40, md any ono ofthose
clements be lacking, focblo results
follow for instance, take very
large, big-boncd man, whose bone
structure so~Ins almost giant like
ana which depended mainly on
'lmo Tor their structure, and lot
such u man hc deficient in iron
and no is deficient in strength,
Though his bones DO sufficiently.
largo to constitute II giant, vet
how often We have seen his hccls
thown high in tho mir, by,hc quick
movements of II strong closely
built small man, whose system
was fully dcvolopcd Then again
give tho animal all tho clements
ana IN proper proportions to tho
fn'l development Of ovcry part un-
Til it has fully maturcd, and thcn
cease or leave out small part Of
one OF the elements and he soon
ceases to be pc, ,lcct; for instance
kccpa man on wheat, with nothing
taken from it, which in this state
is ono Of tho best articles of diet
for the development aud prcscrva-
t'oh OF both mental and physical
powers in usc, now change the
dict and givo him what is formed
tho best brand Of flour, and Won
will soon observe tho difforcnco
both in mcntal and physical pow
ers' tor tho reason that tho greater
portion Of iron and potash is with.
hold.
AS it is in tho animal 10 H. J, in
vegetable kingdom. Farmers use
tho s"mo sizcd dung cart and haul
70 their corn and whcat-ficl,,s tho
same number Of loads thoir fathers
did, but fnil to rnnlizc hnlf thu
crops thoy did. Aftor repeated
trial thoy stop in despair and
wonder what tho mattor can bo,
Thoy look to tho sky, but fail to,
find any fault there. Some one
tolls thom tho forests aro all cut
away, and that consequently there
is not 80 much dow rs there usod
TO DO; but not being worry scientific
they can't 500 tho point. Still
standing in doubt another comes
along and tolls them to add M.
other plow to tho beam and rot
two moro yokcs Of oxen and put
1T in mp to the beam. They finally
;hinli that must bo what is needed
and so, after much sweating and
hard pulling, they havo succeeded
III turning tho old black good.for
nothing Sur!;tcc cighLcon to twenty
inches ont Of sight, and in its stead
have brought to the top spIcn-
did light h!ac, and with tho usual
amount Of manure plant their
crops. The result is best known
TO those who have done likewise
they finally get mad and run away
out west:
Now, then, let us consider the
cause Of tho deterioration OF their
farms. We viii look first at the
barn here on tho outside below
tho caves on tho boards near the
ground, is dagncrrotypcd the per-
'ccL form ofa dung-hcap; but then
"haC has that to do with the mat.
ter? Let us SEQ: Through, that
hoIe just at tho top Of .nc picture
has passed all Of tbs solid and but
ittIo If any Of tho liquid matter
mat has rasscd through the ami.
h"'s kept in that barn for n cen
,"ry' This is indeed an important
discovery for IN Intelligent farmer
n quest ofa farm. ITO at once
corresponds with tho ownor ont
"ost and finally purchases it at
cost of n small fraction above
,ho taxes on it. We ask him wby
10 was such simploton TO pur-
chase an old woIn-out farm Wncn
10 confd have bought ono in it's
'irgin state. Ifc invites us into
lis laboratory and thorc answers
no question by taking ono pound
'fsolid and one ofliquid oxcrcmont
rom animals, ind takes tbom
part, and proves at least to our
abstraction that thcro is about
our tlmos moro salt and potash in
ho liquid than in tho solid wo ..
having vague idea of tho 70.