The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-12-15
SEX IN NATURE.
The Theory or sezuaIity in Soils and
ala POnderabIe Halter.

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DERHILL, delivered an address settin"
forth the theology of Sexuality IN
Soil, and in all ponderable matter
His views are given il the following
extract:
The foregoing automatic proposi-
tons or statements no scientific mind
will hesitate to admit: that sex ex-
lists all must admi Whence does il
arise 2 is the question. Is it inherent
in all pOnderable element which form
plants, insects and animals, as we'll
as man, or is It. dependent and de-
,ermined by special Intervention or
Cats. Would not greater wisdom be
msnifested by the Divine mind, or
cause, by endowlng all ponde~able
matter with sexuality of productive
energies, than by special fats and
degrees determ inc the sex of ever
individual existence? am aware
that science has discovered and
Taught that soils are positive and neg
alive, of the elements composing
soils. The positive elements or soils
are what | denOminate masculine,
and the negative feminine. Those
terms, positive and negative, howev-
or, do not convey the idea Of sex or
generative power or functions in
matter Of soils. That the subject
may be the more clearly compre-
hended, will make the folio c ing
declaration but it may be consider
ed equally true that the imp 4rdona-
able forces, principles or energy act
| ing upon and through matter are
sexual also. But to the declaration :
) If all the ponderahle, positive, or
| masculine elements in the universe
| could be placed Ia one scale, and all
the like female or negative elements
| In another scale, and the infinite hold
the beam, they would be exactly
| eQuipoised or balanced. Hence Il is
| Inferred that as all matter in it,
| pTimoTdial state is sexual, aud as
there are some beings that are
| masculine and some feminine, ga
! coils or locations are predominantly
/ one or the other, and as neither sex
can produce or generate offspring
without the other, so neither can the
soils; hence in either a proper bal
lance Is necessary.
1t is clsimed that these two pTinci-
plea, the masculine aud feminine. are
IS inherent In all matter az motion
and grsvitation, attraction and repul-
Ion. COmprehendiDg these pr;nci-
pies and the iransmissiors which
are constantly going on among the
heavenly bodies, rational aud phil
osOphical theory is a. hand for he orr.
gin Of the metals. Every student OF
geology aud minPralORy il swar"
tnat no such scientific and phiIosoph
ical theory is eXtant.
Its we'll understood, I repeat, that
as Il were. within, or connected with
| matter are certain ever present uR-
pOnderable entities, a. motion, Y avi.
| tatiun. caiori1, life with the eIectrics
and magnetics, etc. These inherent
Ompipre=ent principles are the agen
cies, the mechanics, the fOrmatOrs Of
| all forms, inaninate as well az ami
mate. This theory, to my mind, j.
not only phiiosophic and rational
but inspires the most exa ted con-
ception Of the power and wisdom
of the infinite cause, a power and
wisdom which no finite mind can
grasp or fully comprehend, but of its
| existence we have the fullest demon
StratiOn in his works and govern
mPnt.
But must pass on to a statement
Of few facts bearing upon the theo-
~ here presented. Time and space
will admit of but few Among the
| primoTdial elements which are mas
outline, sulphur and lime may be
| named among the feminine, the salts
! and the Gays. Hence In harmony
With this theory where the feminine
existed largely ant as il were, 81
| most exclusively, the first forms oil
ANNA! and vegetable life should ap.
pear, and SO they did. The salt sea
the natural womb of mother earth,
and he g according to our best na'ur-
4lisfs and scientists the first forrne
| did organize both animal and vfgeta-
table. Time will not allow, as have
said, the multiplying of facts, aud
must, for the present, rest without
presenting them, and pass on and at
| tempt TO show the bearing of this
theory upon the products of the
-oil.
Ii will readily be perceived that il
this theory is correct, that when the
two e. dement's, masculine and femi-
nine, are most nearly balanced all
other things being equal, the offspring
of products must and will be most
! healthy aud vigorous. Until science
IAN teach, and as it were, embrace
| this theory, and the agricuIturists &C
cept II and be regula ed by it, empi.
ricism or quackery will continue
| among farmers as well as doctors
The lime soils being masculine, the
1slines to balance them and the clay
and candy soils being feminine. re-
q ire the lime. etc. But the drift
-oils are generally mixed and con-
tain both, and hence their productive
uese.
It Is tho business OF the farmer
20 restore lost balances or 10 supply
| the needed elmements when absent
| Or lacking in the soil. The gusnO o.
commerce coming from the islands of
| the ses contain the saline elements
aud soda or both. These few hints
| will serve to turn the farmers min 3
| ia the proper channel when in pur-
| nit of fertilizers. OF course be will
| frst study his soils and satisfy him
/ self which element IS wanting. In
| some worn-out soils both may be so
! exhausted as to require a supply of
| each. Beside mineral fertilizers. such
! as salt, lime, plaster, ETC., the higher
! form are ever feeding upon the low
| er as upon one another, hence the
| calue and Importance to many coils
Of vegetable and animal manures in
come ctiOns with minerals. But |
| repeat that until we comprehend this
heory of the seXuality of soils, We
can not understand the dihrent fer
tiIizers and their judicious spplica-
ion to the different soils. The ques-
tim NV friends il mt whether. this
theory be old or new, bat whether it
harmoniZes with natures unfold
ments anG sustained by facts and
philosophy.