The New England farmer . They are to be driven 850 milasto Salt Lake, and then put upon the cars for theEast. They cost the Yankees about $10 a this venture succeeds, an unlimited supply canbe had from the same quarter; one single ranche-man having 3000 more to sell. It is but a fewyears since droves of horses were taken across theplains from Illinois to San Francisco. 404 NEW ENGLAND FARMER. Sept. EFFECTS OF ON THE SOIL. HAT effecthas Plaster,or Gypsum,on the soil,after havingbeen usedfor manyyears ? Willit exhaustthe suil ? Ifso, can fer-tility be re-stored byother agen-cie
The New England farmer . They are to be driven 850 milasto Salt Lake, and then put upon the cars for theEast. They cost the Yankees about $10 a this venture succeeds, an unlimited supply canbe had from the same quarter; one single ranche-man having 3000 more to sell. It is but a fewyears since droves of horses were taken across theplains from Illinois to San Francisco. 404 NEW ENGLAND FARMER. Sept. EFFECTS OF ON THE SOIL. HAT effecthas Plaster,or Gypsum,on the soil,after havingbeen usedfor manyyears ? Willit exhaustthe suil ? Ifso, can fer-tility be re-stored byother agen-cies ? In N.~ Brunswick,not far fromFort-F airfield,there is a moun-tain of gypsum ofsuperior quality. Tnis rock istaken to our mills and ground,and is used quite extensively as a fertilizer by thefarmers of Northern Aroostook, producing greatresults, increasing the crop of grass and grain twoor three fold. Yet some abstain from using it,fearine it will ruin their land in the , Aroostook Co., Me., 1870. h. d. ^Mi Remakks.—The question asked in the open-ing of this note is of too much consequence tobe answered by one or two brief has become an article of importancefor agricultural purposes. Hundreds of tonsare annually used in the vicinity of Boston onvarious crops, but especially for clover, andpotatoes. We have seen old pastures cov-ered with a luxuriant growth of white clover,by a simple application of ground plaster ofabout fifty pounds to the acre. And this hasoccurred where scarcely a head of clover hadbeen seen before for many years. Scatteredupon potatoes before covering the seed, itkeeps off worms, prevents decay, and essenti-ally proves the crop in other respects. In order better to understand how, and towhat extent, plaster affects the soil and thecrops, its composition should be clear to themind. As we understand it, plaster or gypsum, islime in combination with sulphuric acid, orwhat is familiarly known as oil of vitrol. The elBcacy of
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