Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-01-31

~ nc NO AiAAke us AA44 aAA4 . 81 ~ ~
l. tins year has the surely that be all 81
y larger Ouc yet frOm il Hext year A
IN large cTUp ifom . Geld ihis year, ~th
ppprr irraiuieui iusuIes larger crop.
p next scason. We take a crop from the
q soil-We give disiuage, line. usho-
&c green rtIs ploughed Uud,r, AID al kinds
s Of fertilizers 10 render available 10 the
). crop the el,menis exiting in the coil.
J. This process Is mainly accomplished by
= chemical sgrucies. Common sali acts d,
= = solvent. Dr.. Levin, the great English
}. farmer vas quoted in regard 10 the differ
J. snee Of the terms ''naiuEl fertility" aud
! rendition" Of s0il. The natural strength
Of the soil is its feeding power. h IL an
b. innate quality Of the sOil. Like the quail.
= iiy Of e0lduess in ice. This idea Of natu-
e ral strength Il eOus0ling 10 iaimers aud
E 'hose who think We are going TO the dem
uiliOu bUw-wows through the exhaustion
Of the soiI. The speaker spike Of the
: comparative natural strength Of different
: soils, like the valley Of the Nile, sand
E lands in Connecticut aud bOltCm lald, ia
the Wet.
, All production is the result Of = chem.
: ieal change which goes before, back of
, aud beg oud the grUNih Of the plant. 1t
) is like the winding Of the clock which
poduces the ticking. The crop is the
measure Of the effectiveness oiihose chen.
cal changes They are the smile of Hcav-
en- upon the land they may be just per-
ceptible or may amount to broad grin.
The came processes which are going en-
among the Alps, in the ioIm of Ava
lunehes, are continually going On upon a
minute scale 10 the soil beneath our feet.
Ii our ears were mi"roscopically delicate
We might hear the Avalanches ia the sand.
"1he "uatural strength" Of the soil is
the measure Of those chemical aud Other
changes in the soil which 90 or without
the Intervention Of man. The .roLditionn
OF the soil is caused by our Intervention.
For Instance, by the leaf mold on new
lands not the natural fertility, but the
condition of the soil is changed. Natur-
ally fertile soil may be in cor ccndit;tn.
Soil may be cold ilom evaporation under
drainage may knock out the bottom and
so make the soil productive. Naturally
fertile soil may produce poor eros. H..
cause it is in bad condition. Naturally
fertile soil is called worn out where it is
simply reduced TO poor condition. 1t is
very easy TO restore 1t again. The Pro. +
lessor here adduced some slrong instances t
to prove his assertions, from DIR. Laws :
and others. t
We may exhaust a soil but the natural /
fertility Is not changed. The soil may be :
exhausted for one crop and yet capable !
OF producing another. Land under 'cul. " "
tivation increases in value. Italy has \
been cultivated for thousand wears. and s
the fertility Of the land has been constant. R
Iy increasing. 10 our own country we Of
have nothing to fear from the exhaustion = +
Of the soil. ii
FAIRFIELD, Dec. 22d, 1872. Il
DEAR SIR,-Yours of the 18th is re. g.
,eived, in which you solicit my help in in
he cause ufagricuture and manufacturers. a
he interest that | feel in the cause Is the m
'nIy induccment | have in ATTEMPTING 70 i io
write upon the subject. will briefly 70 e,
tate some of my views and experience .
II sugar making.
In order to make good sugar, the first -
hing l will mention, is the importance OF
aving everything perfectly clean and Ca
weet, the sap tubs, storage, pans and US,
verJthing about the premises. be be
My sugar house is on side hill, dug kn
D. and set so that | can drive up and run
be sap with spout in the store tub, 7
ave strainer over the top of the tub. CO.. CO.
hose carry the sap by spouts TO all the The
ans-tour in number. While boiling be ms ms
are and skim of all skum that rises. -.
Iake my syrup thick enough so that two ~
ails full will axe about one of lar.
always strain the syrup, when taken off, =
TO tubs, then let it settle two CT three v
'ys or more. Then when 90 to sugar v
, dip or pour it off carefully. not letting
~ of the sediment at the bolt I'M into f.
e syrup. In order TO make good sugar
is very important to boil the sap as soon
possible after it runs, especially in the .
tier part Of the season. Some of my l.
'lghbors are getting evaporators, have
id no experience with them. But my
Union is thqt they cannot make as good II
article IN them as can be made in pans. r r"ir
Or this reason, 1t is sugared without any II
ting. | have never been able, as vet 1871
make any syrup so nice, but what there In i
'uld be black, gritty sedement at the ri
tom, after setting for suitable time. ?.
" this reason prefer pans. mon mon
l think it good plan whenever the stcc
stops running Tor u while, to turn the '' 1
ckets bottom side up until it runs again, note
keeps them from sourng, which is quite mad n "i
cessary in order to make good sugar. in in Y
Yours truly, 1.
HARMON NoRTHRop. , ,ani
AT the conclusion of this letter short MAI
Gus ion ensued, opened by Mr.. Heath,
Plalnfeld, mainly on the subject of R.
thing, and the character and identity c.,
nitro"
Professor Foster stated that nitre is
lily malate of lime. T
Some interesting facts were elucidated Il
ing the discussion. One was in re- A
d to the color of sugar. 1t depends M
CD upon the soil, it being impossible in ,I tn,
tain soils to make white sugar. 't sn
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