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Roots As Mr. Manure

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Parent Issue
Day
11
Month
July
Year
1873
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Public Domain
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It has beeu found that tüo roots of a good erop of red dover left in au acre of )aud aftei the renioval of the erop weigh six thonsand five hundred and eighly pounda, or frora threa to three mul u hali tons. The samo exiuninf.tion gave tl e weight of rye roots at thirty-four hundred pounda, and of vbü;it roots ut thiityfivo hundred pounds. All of tliis matter is of courte Titluable for the use oí' euch crops as may be grown during or af ter i ts dscomposition. The well-known super iority of ulover as a manuring erop, however, is not due alone to the greater aiaount of organic matte, taken oiainly fioin the atraosphere, which its roots suppiy, but itlsj fba position which tbis matter is depOBited. The roots reach deeply into tho soil, and at tlnir decoiupositioL they serve to draw moistUre trom the lower soil, and hy the decompositiou of fertilizing matter to h conside:able depth Üii-y induce the aeseent of the roots of other cvops to a. poiut where they are mueli more sure of a snpply of raoisture dufing dry seasona th; n they could be if nearer the surfaco. Then, Hgain, thes? deeply penetTttting roots traverso paite of the sub soil rrot berotofore open to vegetution, and in their decomposition they produce a chemicsl effect on the inorganic ïubstiiLiees tbat lie along their cour: e ■■, and help to render them, too, serviceable lor future crops. It is now tho fiisliion in Paris at receptions fir tliri Indios to sit in tin: benter of a room, back to back, on a large otto mnn. and on suíaa ijj-ain.-t the walls ; ;he gentlemen stand and walk around the ie i. ivo. Nn po&ition, let it he nncfefstood, can lie moro effective tor the d - play of dreea - if tliis be the grand obj, t of holding recej ions. "Have you Guldfmth's Grcoce," wn aslfed of a olerk in a store in which books and various miscellantous artioles wer , solil. " No," 6aii 1h! clerk refle(ïtivfl} "wo haven't 'Goldsmith's Greeoe,' but v e have some splcndid hair-oil." Susan B. Anthony says that amonp "-'1 the old world wisdom so clled wl ich bnds the niind ot' the human racu in f-tui.i 1, n.'irrow minded igfioranoe, here is nothing Aiore delusiva than tho often quoted pfowsrb, "Man proposes."

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Michigan Argus