Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-19

ton with organic life to the extent OF
many billions of tons. To say moth
ing of skeletons and fossil remains
ground into an impalpable powder with
fine silicious sand, as stated In the
above figures, the rocks not far fr I'm
the base of the Rocky Mountains have
furnished more new species Of extinct
quadrupeds than any other.
The immense deposit Of phosphates
near Charleston, s c., is anotherpreg-
nant fact bearing on the geological life
so conspicuous on this continent. Last
week at the Georgia State Agricul-
tural Convention, DIR. PendletOn of
the Agricultural College reported rails
ing an acre Of cotton last year at cost
Of a cents a pound by the aid of
concentrated fertilizer. This is less
than half the estimated cost of max
ing cotton by planters in that State.
The careful study of soils and of the
wants of the cotton plant beyond what
air and water are able to supply, con-
ducts one to this great Improvement.
The Nebraska soil which is regarded as
inexhaustible, has only one per cent of
organic or vegetable matter; and has
only three fourths of one per cent. of
alumina, or clay proper. 1t shows
that clay and mold may be absent
nearly and not impair fruitfulness.
When DR.. Pendleton raises cheap cot
ton he does not manure the land with
cheap clay nor vegetable mold. Bones
dissolved in acid and water make a
strong fertilizer for cotton. Probably
a thousand pounds of our common
soils do not contain an ounce of avail
able bone material for a crop of grain,
cotton or tobacco. Hence the great
value of phosphates, if soluble. as
plant food. They are very favorable
to grasses.
Prof. Augher has made a catalogue
of the fora of Nebraska, and esti-
mates some thirty species of grasses
which are generally diffused over the
State, especially relished by stock, and
extremely nutritious. Mr.. Willard,
dairy editor of the Rural Ne1U Yorker,
now on visit to the Pacific, says:
Mr.. Henry Woods, of Dakota cOun-
ty, and formerly from New York, says
he can make so per cent more money
from the dairy In Nebraska than in
New York. Cows are worth from $50
to $50 each, and require to be foddered
from November to the first of May.
There are two cheese factories In
Dakota county, near Sioux City, ABOUT
100 miles north of Omaha. There is a
large factory taking the milk of 600
COWS in Woodbury. county. A large
factory is also located at Syracuse,
Otto county, east Of Lincoln, and one
about three miles west of Lincoln.
Cheese sells generally at from Is to 25c
per h., and butter at Soc.
1t would seem there is likely to be a
continuous line of cheese and butter
factories from the Atlantic TO the Pa
cifc before we establi-h one in Ten
nessee. In Nebraska, COWS have to
be foddered six or seven months;
but New York dairymen are
used to that kind Of husbandry and
settle In the cold Northwest by thou
sands, regardless alike of the scarcity
of timber and abundance of grasshop-
pers. The wonderful resources of the
soil are the attraction. Dairy pro-
ducts, fat cattle, horses, mules, fat
hogs, sheep, wool and grain, viii all
come out of these locustrine deposits
and alkaline soils to astonish theworld.
The future Of American agriculture we
have long contemplated with amaze
mont