78 Farmers' Miscellany. [Jan., 



It would seem from all the facts I have been able to collect, 

 that salt corrupts vegetable substances when mixed in small quan- 

 tities, but preserves them when it predominates in a mass; that 

 in dry seasons its effects are more apparent, and whether it at- 

 tracts moisture from the atmosphere, or whether it acts as a stimu- 

 lant or condiment, is of little consequence so long as its effects 

 are certain. 



On account of the small quantity of salt, in weight, required 

 for manuring lands, it is no inconsiderable recommendation, be- 

 cause on that account it may with ease be conveyed to the most 

 rough, steep and mountainous parts, to which the more bulky and 

 heavy manm-es most in use could not be carried, but with infinite 

 labor, and at an expense far exceeding all the advantages to be 

 effected from it. 



For a top dressing, a composition of salt and lime, 4 bushels 

 of the former and 12 of the latter, to the acre, has been highly 

 recommended for grass lands infested with moss, and promoting a 

 more vigorous growth of grass. Its beneficial effects on aspara- 

 gus beds is well known to gardeners, giving a deeper color and 

 a more vigorous growth to the plants. 



Salt itself is considered, by some, rather too harsh in its nature, 

 but mixed with ashes, say six of diy ashes to ten of salt, well 

 mixed together, which is sufficient for an acre, and spread upon 

 the furrow and harrowed in. By being thus mixed, and one par- 

 ticle incorporates and mollifies the other, and if conveyed into the 

 earth by a soapy, smooth method, will prove the real emicher the 

 earth wants, to send forth vegetation. 



Self-love and Selfishness. — The first a necessary and honor- 

 able regard to our personal interests, without monopolizing the 

 goods and comforts which others have the same right to enjoy as 

 ourselves. The second a desire to monopolize those things and 

 comforts which others have a right to. Self-love cannot be too 

 strong — but selfishness is mean and base. 



