Report on the Agriculture of Massachusetts: Counties of Franklin and MiddlesexDutton and Wentworth, state printers, 1841 |
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Page 462 - Agriculture is the true foundation of all trade and industry — it is the foundation of the riches of states. But a rational system of Agriculture cannot be formed without the application of scientific principles ; for such a system must be based on an exact acquaintance with the means of nutrition of vegetables, and with the influence of soils and actions of manure upon them. This knowledge we must seek from Chemistry, which teaches the mode of investigating the composition and of studying the...
Page 436 - ... a new institution and professorship, in order to teach by regular courses of academical and public lectures, accompanied with proper experiments, the utility of the physical and mathematical sciences for the improvement of the useful arts, and for the extension of the industry, prosperity, happiness, and well-being of society.
Page 470 - ... acid, water, and ammonia, contain the elements necessary for the support of animals and vegetables. The same substances are the ultimate products of the chemical processes of decay and putrefaction. All the innumerable products of vitality resume, after death, the original form from which they sprung. And thus death, - — the complete dissolution of an existing generation, — becomes the source of life for a new one.
Page 471 - ... take place so as to furnish the necessary alkalies to the soil, or, without resting, they may be artificially supplied. Plants themselves in their decay return alkaline substances to the earth ; and it is well ascertained that plants themselves act powerfully in the disintegration of rocks. Some crops may be repeated on the same soil more frequently than others, because some consume more of the alkalies than others. One hundred parts of the stalks of wheat yield 15.5 parts of ashes ; The same...
Page 470 - ... combination with some acid. They exist independently of the plant, and are not the product of vital action. They are found in different soils, and are the result of the decomposition of various rocks. Potash is an important constituent of most felspars. Some of the salts are evaporated in sea water, and in that way carried far into the interior, and after being spread upon the earth, are carried down by the rains. They are returned to the soil in decayed vegetable and animal matter, and in the...
Page 345 - Manure. RAISE a platform of earth on the headland of a field eight feet wide, one foot high, and of any length, according to the quantity wanted. On the first stratum of earth lay a thin stratum of lime, fresh from the kiln ; dissolve or slake this with salt brine from the rose of a watering pot ; add immediately another layer of earth, then lime and brine as before, — carrying it to any convenient height. In a week it should be turned over, carefully broken, and mixed, so that the mass may be...
Page 345 - RAISE a platform of earth on the headland of a field eight feet wide, one foot high, and of any length, according to the quantity wanted. On the first stratum of earth lay a thin stratum of lime, fresh from the kiln ; dissolve or slake this with salt brine from the rose of a watering pot ; add immediately another layer of earth, then lime and brine as before, — carrying it to any convenient height. In a week it should be turned over, carefully broken, and mixed, so that the mass may be thoroughly...
Page 417 - ... omen for good. Let us adorn our parlors, doorways, yards, and roadsides, with trees, and shrubs, and flowers. What a delight do they give to the passer-by ? What favorable impressions do they at once excite towards those who cultivate them for their own gratification, and find, after all, their chief pleasure in the gratification which they afford to others. What an affecting charm, associated as it is with some of the best sentiments of our nature, do they give to the sad dwelling places of...
Page 91 - ... country in relation to this subject; but experiments made abroad lead to the conclusion, that cattle thrive best in a high and equable temperature, so warm as to keep them constantly in a state of active perspiration, and that their thrift is much hindered by an exposure to severe alternations of heat and cold. It is certain, that in order to thrift, cattle...
Page 280 - Winter season fed with hay, bran, 3nd grains, mixed as before stated, feeding her often, viz. five or six times a day, as I see proper, giving her food when milking ; keeping the manger clean where she is fed with grains ; not to let it get sour ; wash her udder at milking three times with cold water, winter and summer. Never tie her up ; lays in or out as she likes ; particularly careful to milk her regularly and clean.