The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-04
Agriculture.
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+ FORM, 81 us itfAliESf srpisa tbefv WIZ oe
no lacrosse Of The ernp, bat " there 10 .
dtnslepcy 10 thai one elsmeri slone i.s ~
pliesiios 10 lose,sr smsll qastti siii
fesnii 10 large ssin 10 The crop.
TIL, 10 enc reason OF The eide e.ltf
enee 10 rtsai,s 10 asins oheDle.i msnntet,
snd slso Of The waste 10 qasn,iiy spplisd
snd consequently Increased coat. Ire
| qser,ly bali ton 10 used When much
i,. qu.tti,y would proiuce ~ socd, u
rot better. resulls. Sometimts ieriil.z
OF Is applied which. conins 10 contact 1ilh
spotber element 10 the soil, neutrsllzss Il
and The ieriil ar is rendered vslusless sod
II. co,i 10 by ignorance In regard TO tie
sction Of Toe chemicsls.
Farmers ~ho sre Interested IL srovins
cops caesply snd successfully (apd whli
farmer Is nvtil should apply soil tests to
their land, that they may know what their
soil most needs, and. with proper spplIea
toe. Sha, crops would be NEST protitsi l.
70 be sro~n on the soil. Soil ietts vii
shov that seme lsnds not now favorable -
large crops OF cora can be made 20 at .
intlDg expense, aud the same 10 regard /
TO wheat the land can be made to Iro
duce larger crop and more probably il |
It l. known Whist the soil lacks.
Soil tests furnish tits Information, ard |
every che interested 10 ssiicature ma,
esrn Of his own knowledse aud under bis
own eye What his soil needs sod Whist his |
crop wsuts U1til farmers kuow what
their soils lrck aud vhst their crops want. |
tnt the effects q the constituents used |
for their growth separately and com bued,
= raiionai system 81 msuutinl 10 impossi |
BILE. There are simple tests OF the produc
tive poser OF The soil
A soil cannot be cultivated understand
insly until it has been lieidly subjected TO
such examination rs will tell us, ss nearly
as any examination csa tell, what is neoes
ssry TO rem Ter ii fertile. The mode OF cul
tivs,ion. the salts slresdy contained 10 the |
earth, bat especially the period, mode
aud form 10 which q manure is applied,
oil combired in influencing its results.
A chemical analysis gives only what the
soil contains at the moment OF eIsmips
tiop, and not the quantity in which these
constituents msy be available to the plant
during the period OF growth. Bat il it Is
desired to know whether soil Is already
provided with the heterogeneous matter II
is sufficient TO SOW handful OF wheat up
on small square Of ground which has
been msnured with mineral substances
only. Without the aid Of heterogeneous
matter the mineral matter hes scarcely
any effect upon wheat. Therefore il the
small square Of ground gives rapid and
healthy vegetation and q good crop i,
shows that the earth had sufficient sup
ply OF nitrogen, for the mineral msnures
contain no nitrogen. On the other hand,
to o. certain whether the soil contains sui
fcency Of the mineral manure phosphate
OF lime and an alksli. potash or sods) ma
Dnre plots with heterogeneous substances
only. planting one with corn and smother
with potatoes The great itf1epce that
phosphate OF lime has on cotton, corr,
sugar cane aud sorghum. and the alkslies
on potatoes and tobacco, is we'll known;
II The corn or cotton hourishes
we msy be sure thst the land has enough
phosphate OF lime, and il the potatoes
Aonrish the land does rot lack alkalies.
Thus, two experiments requiring bnt .
small plot Of ground and trying these dit
iersnt crops are sufficient to obtain the 10
dications necessary to judicious system
OF culture. The varied yield OF these
crops compared with tbst obtained from
land MANFRED With heterogeneous and min
ersl s1bstsnces combined will measure the
richness OF the roll.
Sinc3 mao ures are the Lourishing mate
rial OF psn,P, and, other things being /,
equal. the higher profit OF the field de !
ponds only and alone on the grsster east
~ extracted quantity Of the same found 10
he soil, therefore. the more accurste
knowledge Of this substance, its proper
lions and nse. and how it may be procured ,
90 farm 10 ST fiicieut quantity and with
he least co-', Is OF tho greatest i'm portsnce
10 the farmer
The soil cannot produce or build up
plants unless II contlps the incre lients
IT. bicb fucb plsn's ire comrosrd With
nitrate Of foda. fne fr5und phosphs'e OF
ime, slksli, carbonate OF potash or car
,onste q soda, ne e,n n, " obtain as
DO is operations 10 the bee. form ccn
,lete msnnres Tor every c1iturA. msde &C
,ording 20 auy formnls ard can,.ining iu
eadily available and s,,imilable form oil
be mgr dients called Tor.
There il no Que M Isct 10 sericuture
bich demands at the present day more
ARE. continued ard widely extended eIpet
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