The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-05-22

that on half sn acre of land. On another half
acre, put three dollars worth of guano, ana
ON another three dollars worth of Rhodes
superphosphate. The ashes made twenty
pounds the most cotton. Ploughing under
COW peas, weeds, or any vegetation, when IN
bloom, is a cheap and good fertilizer. The
cow pea is now used with marked success IN
the sugar-cane fields of Louisiana. Cotton
planted after a green crop ploughed In con-
tinues green snd bears longer than when ma
nured with commercial fertilizers alone. NO
fertilizer is cheaper than trampllng iano oy
penning stock upon it, but it should be hrst
broken up. Gathering the mud, grass ana
rotted vegetation in the eddies and streams, IS
equal to lot manure, and, where the iocatlon Is
convenient, makes cheap fertilizer. Domes-
t;c manure is more perfect fertilizer than the
mineral manrres can be-. Thaus, in his prin-
ciples of agriculture, says manure acts upon
the soil in two ways. First, by communicating
to it those Juices which are calculated for the
nutrition Of plants and vegetables. Second,
by the chemical action which it exercises on
those substances contained in the soil, decom-
posing them, and recombining them under new
forms. and thas facilitating their introduction
into the suckers of plants. Every organic
BODY is formed by the combination OF these
four. or more elementary substances, united by
vital power in certain proportions. ALI organic
substances which have entered into putrefac-
ton or decomposition, contain the elements
necessary for the reproduction and perfection
of the vegetables which we cultivate. Now
our domestic manure contains these organic
substances in state of decomposition, and 1T
not only contains all those substances in itself
necessary to the vegetation of plants, but it
also fayors thu decomposition of the insoluble
humus and communicates q greater degree OF
energy to the vegetation OF plants.
organic bodies, act solely, or at least, essen
tially. by i'm proving the texture of the soil,
rendering those parts of it soluble which were
previously insoluble, and favoring and accele-
rating decomposition. Now we see from the
above that mineral manures are not and cannot
be perfect fertilizers, as they are lacking IN
organic substances, and consequently must ex-
haust the land of some necessary ingredient
for the growth of plants, and unless this Is
supplied, the lands will ultimately cease to be
productive. 10 if one of the essentials for the
growth of vegetable is lacking in the soil, it
would be impossible to grow it until supplied,
and that essential may be wanting in manu-
factured commercial fertilizer. 1t could not be
so in the domestic fertilizer, because it con-
tained all of the organic ingredients necessary,
having been vegetable before, and when it
lost its vitality and decayed, none OF these
parts are destroyed, but remain to recomblne
in some living plant. Although these mineral
manures NAV push forward vegetation more
rapidly, yet does it not soon cease to bear and
shed its leaves, and may that not be for the
want of some part exhausted from the soil and
not contained. in the commercial fertilizer
This supposition is strengthened by the fact
that new land, or lands rich in vegetable mat
ter are apt not to rust. As you see, MIR. Presi-
dent. I rather incline to domestic manures, but
vet do not condemn the commercial. have
always used them, and intend doing SO, as long
as I have means to purchase. In short, l
would not plant without them, but would not
have them to supersede the others. L think
both are yaluable-more valuable together
than either cne alone. Having now given
what know of this part of the subject, l will
proceed to the latter part, viz: The best man.
ner and time Of application.
The plan I nave settled upon, after repeated
trials. is this: run q turning plow on each
side of the OLD bed, throwing the dirt in the
middle. and burst out the ridge, where the
stalk grew, with the third furrow. then
scatter NV domestic manure in that furrow, and
cover it Immediately, by throwing two burrows
on it. This do as early as possible, tor the
sooner domestic manure is put out, the better.
begin in January to haul out, and 1 never let
it stand exposed in the field, and I never clean
out my stables until form my compost heap:
When planting time comes, trench that
ridge over the manure and put in the CONNER
mercial fertilizer, and break out the balance of
the land. I then trench or chop and put in
the seed. I then work the crop, never taking
dirt from the cotton or corn, but always put
ting little to it.. think it does best to put
in ali the fertilizers before planting. I have
tried them after the crop was under way, but
could never see but that it was time and ma.
nure lost. BY adopting that plan, the yield of
my land is exactly in proportion to the amount
of fertilizers used. The domestic manure alb
sorbs and holds moisture enough to make the
crop, having all of the wet months of spring
for that purpose.
The ROLL OF CHIEF JUsT1cEs.-It is no.
ticed, in connection with the death Of Chief
Justice Chase, that no man has been promoted
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