Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-03-18

wolves. In this way-one man and boy
can clean several hundred pounds per
day. Much depends upon the kind OF
soil in raising broom-cOrn. Flat, loamy
lands or river bottoms viii yield the best
crops But paying crops of broom-corn |
can be raised on any good corn land that |
will WELD from 200 to 600 pounds and |
10 bushels of seed to the acre.
There are several varieties of broom
corn. The improved Evergreen is much
more profitable, rs the brush is worth
almost twice as much in the market, and
the Weld of seed will be larger and better
than the crop Of the old red variety OF
boom corn Practical Farmer.
CLAssIPIcATIoN or Sons.-A farmer
who conducts his business-his farming
oberatiOns-intclligeu knows some
thing more about the nature Of his soil
than that il is clay. sand or SLOAN. He
acauaints himself with its characteristics,
notices results and obtains much useful
and valuable knowledge from the eXpe-
rience every year in regard to It's require
ments. \ few primary facts IN co NEE
ton with different kinds OF SOILS are worm
dxincr in the mind. The basis OF soils
arc the rocks, and they are CLASSIFIED by
prof. johnson, according 10 their elayey
or sandy pI oportiOns, as follows:
Firt-Pure clay, from which no sand
can be washed.
Second-Strong clay or brick clay,
which contains from five to twenty per
cent. of sand.
Third-Clay loan, which contains from
twenty to forty per cent. OF sand.
Fourth-Loam, which has from forty
to seventy per cent. of sand.
Fifth-Sandy loan, which has from
seventy to ninety per cent. of sand.
Sixth-Light sand, which has less thlh
ten per cent. Of clay.
Sandy soils, then, are those which con-
| sist mainly of grains sand, or silica, or
| flint. and is called a siliciOus soil. Ma
! ture never bestowed upon n nan SOIL
greater capability OF being made last
ing fertile than the sandy, light soil OF
New England.
Gravely soils need no description,
though, there are rich graVels ana poor
gravels depending upon the rocks o.
which they are composed anu Ihe sun
stance which are mixed among them.
CLAW soils consist largely OF alumlna'
that is having such an abundance oil cay
that it is called the "clay metal. LAY
itselfis a co npouud of silica (sand) acld,
aIun nina and water, Il a 50 contains pot
ash soda and lime. 1t forms compact
fatty earth, soft to the touch, suCAy III
| moist state, and very hard when airy.
Chalky soils have been formed from
rocks in which lime was abundant.
Pcaty soils need no description, al
though they differ very widely.
! AliuviaI soils are formed by deposits
of sand- loan and gravel, brought down
Inv the rivers. They are often very rich
being composed of multitude OF thu
: LAYERS of mud, in which all sorts oil Ter
tiiizing material is mixed.
! L. my soils contain large portion o
3, decayed matter, humus or muck, as we
call it. Woody fiber in state OF decay ac
! ,,uires a dark color, AID ultimately De
comes mold. Loan contains variety o
! ingredients, rs clay, sand, lime, in addi
ton TO humus. It is loose, friable des
,, cription OF soil, easy Of cultivation, an'
rs to texture, is "A most desirable descrlp
ton OF land for all the purposes OF til
laga.
Soils have the singular property of alb
sorbing, retaining and parting with tn
elements of fertility without materially
altering their weight, bulk or texture
They are fertile or barren, according a
they abound or are deficient in the sui
= stances which enter into the compositio
+ of plants.-[Western Rural.