Archive image from page 169 of Dairy farming being the. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying dairyfarmingbein00shel Year: 1880 CHAPTER IX. Soils axd Climatics Suitable von Dairying. General Nature of Soils Most Suitable for Dairy FnrmingMain Point tlie (Jiiality of I'aslure—Mixed Ilusbandry Suitable for Medium Soils—Unsuitable Soils—IniiJortanto of (Uiinatic Conditions—Why Draining alone often Deteriorates a Soil. IIE practice iiiid cxpci-icncc <il' ag'es have liitlicrto determined the conditidiis of soil and climate which are natxirally best adapted to
Archive image from page 169 of Dairy farming being the. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying dairyfarmingbein00shel Year: 1880 CHAPTER IX. Soils axd Climatics Suitable von Dairying. General Nature of Soils Most Suitable for Dairy FnrmingMain Point tlie (Jiiality of I'aslure—Mixed Ilusbandry Suitable for Medium Soils—Unsuitable Soils—IniiJortanto of (Uiinatic Conditions—Why Draining alone often Deteriorates a Soil. IIE practice iiiid cxpci-icncc <il' ag'es have liitlicrto determined the conditidiis of soil and climate which are natxirally best adapted to dairy-farming, and under which it can be conducted with the greatest success; and though modern science, recent inventions, improved appliances, draining, artificial shelter, and the greatly improved systems of farming which have become general in these later days have had the effect of extending the range and area of dairy-farming, the na'tural advantages of soil and climate, which are found in a high degree in certain districts, still remain in force, and ever will. Whatever improvements modern husbandry, aided by scientific research and experi- ment, have effected already, or may effect in the future, it will always remain true that the soils best adapted to dair\ing are those included in the terms ' loamy,' ' marly,' and ' alluvial.' The last are found in valleys, plains, and low-lying districts generally, and they are best adapted to dairy-farming simply because the best natural pastures are found on them. They are usually formed of j)articles of various rocky and vegetable substances, so blended that all the elements of plant-food are present in them in well-balanced proportion. All the mineral portions of soils ha\e been derived from the decay and disintegration of most commonly the richest ones, because in the process of their formation and deposition, mainly by river action, a great variety of mineral frag- ments have been collected from the different strata th
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