The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-01-14
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fanmf, these may help ont ffeailT and
yafy effectively In supplying The ueoes.
safy loss N ihs fertility N The ell, bpva
lhc fruits N which 3 farmer must sup
port himself and his family and meet
hla necessary expenses fof Tho house
hold, The mOre manure the farmer caii
make N HE stables and yards Tho more
he will be encouraged 70 Use The puff
chased fertilizers, which are ny no
means ~ be looked upon wholly ~ .
subsiltuie Tor manure, bat NJ necessary
adjunct ~ II. There arr eases 81
course, such ~ In market gardehlnFi
where n largo quantity Of the artificial
fertilizers must be used, because tho
stable manure IL not 10 BIO had but IN
ordinary farming the right use 81 these
concentrated manure "a 10 reinforce the
effect Of the barn manure, aud add, ~
II we're, impetus 10 the weight Of u.
The soil requires not only the elements
Of fertility but q large admixture Of or.
ganic and mineral matter, which shall
remain ~ n material upon which tho
nllrificatiye action Of tho germs which
arc known TO produce this effect can OPP
crate. The old humus theory Of Liobig
was merely M attempt 10 explain this
effect, Of which the origin wa then un-
discovered. But under the light OF our
present knowledge II Is rs certain rs any.
thing not absolutely sure can BIO certain
that the "humus," so called, but really
undecomposed vegetable matter In the
soil, Is simply n Of the materials upon
which the nitrificatiye agents can work.
II matters little Of what this organic
matter may consist, 70 long as there is
q sufficient supply Of II. II Is for the
farmer 10 ransack NIL the sources Of sup
ply. Where the farm has a swamp,
this will furnish the most valuable and
a practically i~nexhaustible fund upon
which TO draw; for II II Is susceptible Of
ample drainage the muck may be cut
down TO n depth Of several feet in many
cases, and one acre viii furnish as much
as can be used in ten years or even
twenty, and yet leave the ground In
better condition for cultivation than be-
fore. II the swamp can not be drained
so completely as TO admit Of this, 1t can
be cut into plots Of convenient size by
broad, deep bitches, which will drain
the rest Of the ground, and leave valua-
BILE water for profitable uses, such as the
culture Of fish or aquatic vegetables.
But, as for the most part such wet
swamps are wholly useless and value
less, and a nuisance besides, the turning
OF them TO good account in this manner
will be a very se%rviceable operation
". Y. Tines.