Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-01-01

adopted by ns in this country. II
would no d0abl be truly wonderful
aud IN il ever could be truthfally y
said that farmer had 10 remove bis
crop outside Of his field in order "a
get room 10 shock il, with an aver
ago season, il would be here. re-
mark again, that there is not a spe-
eiss OF plant, dover, grass or shrub,
but what draws on old m0lher earth
for some peculiar puality in her soil,
in order 20 it's pefieet growth, lls nil
development aud maturity, There
is nothing hrlonging 90 the whole
vegetable Kingdom, but requires
some peculiar spot Of earth, some
peculiar kind Of soil 10 bring Il on 10
full perfection. How important
then for every one who intends 10
putshe the aSocation OF tlliing tho
soil TO be both, a practical chem
ist aud = practical boianist. lie
should be n practical chemist, so ab
TO understand precisely the nature
and wants Of tho soil which he enl-
tiyates, aud a practical botanist that
no may acquire an acquaintance
with the habits, tho modes OF
growth, the pecularities, tho wants
and the uses Of each one that helps
TO make up tho army of tho yegela-
bic kingdom. Botany, II will be
remembered, Is much moro than n
mere knowledge Of the names OF
plants. II is true that II is neces'
sary for tho botanist TO have a
knowledge of the names of plants
&c, for the pnrposc Of communica'
ting aud trcasufing up his knowl'
edge but those names arc TO plants
only what files are 10 our paper. If
the position assumed, then BIO cor.
rect, and which do not think will
bc called in question, it follows as n
necessary sequence, that the same
soil should not DO required 10 pro.
ducc the same kind of crop for q
series of years, but should be alter
mated annually with tho different
kinds of crops TO which it is ascer-
tanned to be adapted. The reason
is, that each kind of crop draws
upon rome peculiar constituent of
tho soil and will after while ex-
haust it, and that being done, the
results are like paialyzing a partic-
ular member Of the body. We have
no longer a perfect body and We
have no longer perfect soil. This
was understood as early as the days
of Virgil, for in his Gcorgics no
speaks of changing from wheat to
beans, from beans TO roots &c.
How much regard, felIow-citizcns,
is paid to this one particular in this
country by those who are pretend
ing to cultivate the soil? 1tell you
the truth when l say that have
known farmers in Dallas county TO
plant tho crop of wheat on tho very
same spot of ground for ten consec-
utiye Years, and this too, without
tho application of anything to stim.
ulate or strengthen the soil. And
| I will hore make tho declaration,
: that 1 do not believe there is anoth-
or State in this broad Union where
soil would not have been exhausted
by such mode of farming. have
heard gentlemen say, that If they
could have timber for rails plentiful
ly, they would fence their farms ln
{ smaller fields and would farm dif'
ftrently. This would be an advan
tago it is true, but, my God, it does
not follow that, because your whole
plantation is in one broad field, you
should plant it all in tho same Kind
of crop every year. ,l.'' ),
Again, the system of following Is
very essential. This wae under
i stood and practiced by the Roman
and is spoken of by Virgil. The
soil requires rest as well as the os
{ that draws the plow, and ifpermit
f ted to DO SO before becoming toe
, much exhausted, It will rccupcrat'
ofitsclf. In the mean timo to ploN
, under The vegetation growing spon
tancousIy will greatly invigoral'
the soil. sesse .Y6g,sJF
r Lastly, on this branch Of the sub
jcct, vegetation of all kinds may b
(, greatly accelerated and the produc
0 ton of crops greatly increased b,
t an application to the soil Of the dii
ferent kinds of manures. Here
Q broad field opens for the explora
\ ton of the scientific farmersA Ionl..
Q have time to glance over it. A
' every species Of vegetation draw
/ on a particular constituent of tn
! soil for its growth and as tho want
Q Of plants are as various us thcl
1 names, even SO this great invigora
J. tor is found in its different kinds t
\ ombody an clement corresponding
I and precisely fitted to the recupert
n ton of every constituent Of the sol
q being, in its effects, as various a
). there are different plants in the veg
9 etable Kingdom: And not only thii
n but by having thorough knowlcdg
:. of its elements, Of the effects OF tn
d same and by making a judiclou
d application Of it at the right tim
|; and under the right circumstance
a the soil itself, in process Of TIM
d may be radically changed. ;t4-.
e 1 do assume, fellow citizens, tina
d by a proper understanding of tn
e effects of this great ipvigorator an
l. proper application of the SAM
a that the soil which to-day is objecte
Ie to because II does not produce th
r apple in perfection, may, in ~ fe'
n short years, be made to produce u
m. golden pippin, vandiver, tbc limb
IN twig and all that host Of worthi'
O. as successfully as any country Q
q the Globe.
d These things are not the result