The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-05-03
BY w. e. MANN.

In aware that there / prejudice il
che minds OF some against this scieuc'
as means OF determining facts in re-
gard ~ the value and fertility of thei
soils, as their adaptability TO cerSair
crops and as to the best means OF theil
Improvement, etc.
They argue that few grains of COM
mon sense anu u little practical observa
Ion and experiment outweigh the cun
customs OF science AID is all that il
necessary in practical lie. 1t is tru,
shat many scientist would fail IA TIM
practical operations OF farm lie, bn
Il does not follow that science is Il tail
ire or its conclusions worthless. SCI
snce is after all common sense, and It
reduction To practice is what makes IN.
practical man. Most people know mur,
science than they credit themseive,
wi b. They may not have learned q
nom books, Ii may have been p,eke.
up here and there rs iL has been han ,et
Town IJom father to son, or gained iron
ne knowledge OF our neignbUrs, but II
) nevertheless science AMI we are II,
sess indebted to the man OF science iOi
thinking out its conclusions and makiUs
them available in the ordinary atia,r,
u life. Faraday discovered the prIncI-
pies OF electricity fifty years ago, ana
.iGtie new has been added 70 the scicuce
slnce his Investigations and il has been
IelC 10 Slemens, Brush, Ellison ami
Others to Apply these principles to tile
telephone, tue magnetic machine, tLv
.lecLric light, and other useful applicH-
ions In a generation or so, when
these Inventions become common ard
The principles upon which they are
based become generally understood
mere viii be plenty OF people to think
that they are just the applications uI
;Uinnon senee-and they Will be right.
Ii the science of geology Was more
generally understood we would not only
ave better farmers, bus there would be
ever mistakes made aud fewer for
sunes and lives wasted in the VAIN effort
- cultivate land not capable o grow
ing more than NV" Or three crops, iu-
-Lances OF which We have often seen H.
deserted fields covered. with broutu
edge sur oundihg tumbled dow II
mouse or lone chimney. There wouiu
'e fewer mistakes i'll regard to the crops
pest suited to the land, and the aJvant-
ges o. rotation of crops would be BITTER
Understood and it would be more pfac-
iced.
The science of geology tells US that
ali soil is formed from rocks which have
e umhled and been ground to powder
Oy the action OF water aud weather -
These rocks have been formed from the
dust or mud of other rocks which have
The mud has been deposited
AZ the bottom of seas which have beer
supposed 20 cover what is now dry land.
The seas have changed their beds on &c
count OF the rising OF the land, and tn
mud has been changed by heat and
pressure into rocks. These rocks hagr
iOrm6l the, mat, rial tor fresh deposits
/ his operation has been going un fur
ages until the different layer
IT strata would, II they were all piie,i
upon one another, aggregate a thick
ness OF about fifteen mile. II these
deposits had never been disturb cd az
they formed they would present vas
LreaS, perhaps whole continents OF one
The soil formed from ilii-
would he everywhere alike. II the tor
nation was rich in the elements q;
fertility the soil would be good, but i
1 crust of coal or few hundred feet OF
sandstone happened to be on top IL
would OF course render the count. I'M
nhabitabie. The Creator, however,
)rdei ed things very differently
Pnrough the operation of vasL Internal
Orces the crust of the earth has been
Ipheaved and the different strata have
Ill been exposed to the surface in vari
',is places. and their Outcroppings have
Ieen erUded by the weather and soil has
)een formed from the combination oil
ne material OF several. Not until alI
his was accomplished could the earth
become a fiL abode for man.
Perhaps the different strata could
ever have been distinguished il il Was
iOt o. the FOSSIL remains OF animals t..
~ found among the formations. Ii n
Ock is found containing great nun oer>
i fossils of u par. ocular kind it is evil
ence that the rock belonged to that
'-riod IN the earrh's history in which
nat type prevailed. The r, mains O
uimals OF the lowest type in the seal.
{ lite, such rs worms and trilUbIJ,.s.
distinguish the oldest forIuRliOn>.-
nimYl and getable lite was pro
ressive from lower to higher types
ntil Iuan appeared upon The SCENE %
ctiOn. The different periods have beeI,
AIMED from the prevalence or Certain
pes of animal and vegetable lie
hose fossils are 20 be found III tia |
in greatest abuudLnce.-
hus the Azoic Age denotes q period |
then no lite exist d then the SItiria |
.ge, or Age of II ,llusks; the Dev0ni an !
.ge, or Age OF Fishes the carbonifer
uS Age, or Age of Coal plants; tn,
eptilian Age; and the Mammalian
ge. The Mammalian age produced
ie highes types OF lite that Immediately
receded the advent of man Ever dur
X these ages certain orders OF life be-
nging to the dominant type were more
revalenC at times than Others, hence
le ages hsve been subdIvided into
)ochs. The names given TO these
)Ochs have generally been derived
ON the locality in which the forms
on containing the particular type OF
ssils has been first observed.
The geological ages represented in
IT county are the Carboniferous. the
evOnian and Silurisn the subdivision
e tile Lower CarboniferOus Period, the
amilton Period and the Trenton
sriod. The latter Is the name given
the formation from which m ,st o.
e soil OF the county is derived. IL Is
bdivided into the Trenton or Leba-
III and Nashville or Cincinnati groups.
AS We have already occupied iou
uch space, The consideration OF these
rmarions will have 10 be deferred To-
other time.
Honest Sancho wanted to sauctlfy tn .
nevolent inventor of sleep. and ali