The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-09-26
Maths. The smiling fies Of the cash :


yuaatus. The smiling fes Of the casA .
ier speaks not Of tho lsssnins pile !;
We Ievel 10 untold riches. But thsrs
comes . time not distant, II " add
not to our deposit, whsn some insignia-
cant check we have drsw. will b rs
turned to Us endorsed With the omin-
Gus words, "No funds" The soil Of
Minnesota is the bank upon which 10
are now drawing msst Yseklsasly, ana
although the deposit Is ample and VII
honor the drafts Of wheat sad ssra
and rye for many Jsas te ssee, v,
may bs sure, il ~ ,ssssn -, e1s
method Of farnieg, thst = 70 VIZ
di'tantIy future tine,. the vssds, "fs
funds" may be read in broad spisss
all over our goodly sssts. The gfess
problem for farmers Of the present day
to solv. i..to change tho su,ss ~s a1s
beginning to fasssa upsn our lands In.
to blessing BY 70 returning the sls'
ments Of strength which the crops as,
from the soil, that it nsy bsssos nos,
fertile as The yesn 80 On. Thi VIII
give the brain work to occupy it, lsiz-
are hours for many years 70 come, fes
the question is one which will not be LET
alone it will force itself upoa .r5
more and more q the jean 80 b..
Happily, We arc not left entirely With
out exsmples from which 10 may le.re
much to direct our steps. England
and Belgium have both reached TIA
valley At the bottom Of tho slope 70
are descending, and are slowly climb
ing the hill on tho ether side. Pity
years ago the soil Of Englsnd had b..
come 90 impoverished that shs import
ed most OF her brssdstufs. Bsrnip.
was losing business, aud the people,
Who worked the soil vrung . so.1ty
pistauce from it by the ssverst l.bez.
But the public. feeling bseaa I. b.
aroused. Men commenced thinning
and writing upon the subjsss Of sgri.
culture. :, England stretched sut asr
long fingers across the high SO fsr
manures, with which to restore ss,tilit,
to her exhausted lands. .Gusls va
discovered snd brought in sosn,l..s
cargoes. Bones of cattle, formerly lsfs
to bleach whore they fell, were ga.hsr-
ed from the four quarten Of The globe,
and ground up to be applied b ths
sOil. Green crops were plowsd uadsr.
Lime anj plaster, ssd rich muck frsn
tho bog., helped essentially i, tn. ,,..
direction. A rotation Of crops w. in
stituted in order that the land night
not be deprived too soon Of aly s,s
element in it; but might yield up it,
richness evenly. Under this treat.
ment the lands slowly improved, until
the production Of the present time il
nearly treble that Of dfty ys.n since.
Man has there removed the curse bis
own hands have laid upon the ground,
aud already restored it to more than Il.
Grst fertility.
That We cannot take tho sane course
as Esgland has done, however, il svi-
dent at glance. The whsls Island,
including Wales and Scotland, il sea,ss-
Iy larger than Miuucsota, but has nsa7-
!, fifty times our population. With
their immense commerce, naa.,ss ~
enrich their lands :.lsolld EASILY
be brought from abroad. Ba. 70 s&a
do nothing in this way for eur iansass
domain. All the goano yet disso:sr.d
upon the earth would make but sisxle
thin dressing for the lands plowsd this
year in the United States. Aud al.
though single load OF boae du., l.
worth ss much As forty loads from The
oarnyard, and might do sonnet hing for
yards and gardens, the bones Of all our
slaughtered cattle would have little ef-
feet upon the enormous brsadths ws
SOW 10 wheat each year.
Something oan of course bs dsss
for the uplands, BY using the growths
Of peat, so frequently found here, and
the rich deposits of muck, found every
where in the low lands; aad 70 this
end farmers who select high prsiris
farms, every aero of which may b
plowed for wheat, are not wise. Thirty
years hence the low lands, nov sonsid.
cred almost worthless, will be she most
valuable in the State. But farnsrs eau
hardly be expected to cart thee dopos.
its to the uplards, while they allsv tha
baruyard manure to collect about their
stables until il becomes . nuisance.
have even known farmers in Illinois b
rebuild their stables in new spots for ae
other reason than that tho old baildings
were half buried in the gathering de-
posts. Deposits Of mari in this State
are by no means rare. I know not It's
location or extent of many ef ~.
W. have ono such 1ieh psskst ia The
borders Of St. Cloud, which will fzsvs
a valuable mine y ,he farmer. ii tAe
vicinity. BY the way, yes .ssa ~
scientific man to make s1ple,ssasaS II
these deposits. Evsry fssnsR i ssa-
petent 10 examine the low ls,ds In Ais
vicinity and il he fnds what hs ss.sil.
ers marl to make the sxpsrins=s q
trying 4 few loads upon the splasas.
Ono such experiment Is asrsh Rsrs
than all the analyses which saa -
made by chemists. Do not vait fsR
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