This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1827 Excerpt: ...of having their vegetation impelled on, as it were, by the too rapid and overwhelming self-decomposition of the manure. The cause of the apoplectic fertility is owing to a too rapid decomposition taking place throughout the growth of the plants, as is the case if a few clevels of grain happen to fall upon and take root ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1827 Excerpt: ...of having their vegetation impelled on, as it were, by the too rapid and overwhelming self-decomposition of the manure. The cause of the apoplectic fertility is owing to a too rapid decomposition taking place throughout the growth of the plants, as is the case if a few clevels of grain happen to fall upon and take root in a dung mix-hill. The plants are seen to flourish away with uncommon vigour, as if in a state of intoxication, producing ribbon by wholesale; and if standing in masses, are soon beaten down by the winds and rain, when, the straw becoming bent, the sap is then more or less impeded in its flow through the vessels, which are already overcharged with half concocted food, forced into circulation by the top rapid decay of the manure beneath; the consequence is the bursting of some of the vessels, when a nidus is formed for the fungi species, in the form of red rust, &c, and if this corn ever ripens, a lean half formed clevel is the only produce. CHAPTER V. On the variation of crops.--The injurious tendency if not practised, and the benefits if attended to.--The causes why a variation is necessary, confirmed by experience.--A few similes relating to the above. OF THE THIRD KNOWN FERTILIZER OF THE SOIL, OR MEANS OF GAINING PRODUCTIVE CROPS FROM THE LAND, NAMELY, BY THE VARIATION OF THOSE THAT SUCCEED. It is often a remark of practical men, that the larfd is fresh to such a crop, not having grown the same species for some years before, and therefore is the chief cause of its present flourishing appearance. To enter with propriety on the subject of this chapter, it will be necessary to ask the question, what takes place in the soil during the growth of any particular vegetable? The reply is, that a fermentation, with the extraction of certain pro...
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