The southern sentinel., 1886-01-22

| forty bushels of lifuc TO the acre, broad
cast, the fall proceeding the crop, and lie;
this be repeated every other year-sow-
Ing the lime on winter oats ut seeding
time, then following with cotton crop.
Where vegetable matter is in abundance,
apply from forty to fifty bushels of lime
| rs above indicated, then follow with corn
or cotton, and the result will prove to be
| beneficial. | believe lime is to rust in
cotton and small grain what quinine is 10
maialial feyers on the human family.
Aud this suggests another question of
momen.o ols import-tie quest on of using
quick line rs Il hygienic remedy to pre-
vent niaaarfaI fevers in malarial districts.
Lime 10 destructive of the spore Of the
esyptogram which rise in myriads from
malarial regions and float upon the at
mosphere. and which constitute. perhaps
the chief cause of malarial disease. am
not a physician, and yet this theory is not
mere speculation, for its truth was de-
monstrated in the malarial regions of n.
Carolina, by 4 gentleman of Craven coun-
u. in ls55-56. Ry burning indurated
mari, and white washing every fence aad
all the outhonses about his premises, by
spreading lime and unburned mar, under
the buildings and aboat all the premises,
together with using il about his negro
quarters, in and out of the negro houses,
aud broad casting the mari lurgely ever
his farm land. In a family of about for
". (white and black) there was one fall
only one case of fever and chills, and the
next fall only two cases. Previous to
this lining the place was a very sieklv |
one. SO much so that fo- several wears
there had scarcely been an exemption
from nlalarial fever amongst the forty |
persons in the family. This Is strong |
presainDtive evidence that the lime ap-
pied eounteraeted the nialarial poison in
what ever form it existed. A similar eS-
pertinent in your low alluvial regions is
worth the cost, and should it demon strate
a great truth in counteracting the chief
causes of malarial diseases, il will tend
greatly to swell the number of your pop
nlatlon, increase aud intensity your pro-
duets and add millions in value to your
cal estate ia the great valley.
The few facts which have SO bricfiyl
md nsst say so inlperfectIy presented,
,nght at least awaken some thought and
.iicit some practical experiments among
PRACTICAL agricnlturists. 1t would be a
,reat triumph TO have the crops all ma
ured and of good quality, if the quanti-
was not increased; and to have the
ealth of the laboring masses somewhat ,
iore spared to enable them to gather I
nd secure the crops, would be cause for !.
erout gratitude. And shall feel am
ly rewarded ii have in this letter said
nything that may aid the struggling
lasses. or made a suggestion which may !,
esulf in any way in alleviating human I
oe. Yours truly, C. D. SMITH. +,
ASHES FROM Soil BY SPONTANEOUS [
your mound 2l feet
'ng BY l0ls feet wide. 10 fire, use ~
asheies of lime. First layer of dry @
IDS or pafings on which quantity of :,
ME is spread, mixing soda with it; then I
covering OF eight inches of s0ds. on ].
hich the other half of the lime Is spread Y
I'd covered foot thick, the heigth of
q mound icing about n yard. in twen- n
-four h0gH it will take fire. The lime n
lould be h from the kiln. Il is bet Y
10 ssI1eg to ignlte itself than to eff Il
Ct Il b{ u operation of water. when h
e fire hey kindled, fresh sods must =
applleds get good body of ashes II
the fIT1e ee. | think it NAV be fair :,
suppused NJ the lime adds full its -
,rth 20 the4yality of the ashes. and. tt
hen iimeetoq can be got. would adj n.
se the burntok of a small quantity in =
mounds, which would be great inn
ovement to ne ashes, and would help s.
keep the flf9(lh. .. :.
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