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Show AGlUOBLTUREX'QHmAs x Every subitaoco derived, from; plants and dniBials'ls. carefully. .cqllcotcd the-. Chinese and cbuvcrted iplo manure. Od( cakes, horn and boues arc Iughly"valdcd; atd so lsoot,and aioro especially pshos. To give some, notions pf the value, set bjr them on human offal, it wiling sufficient ' to mention that the barbers most carefully collebt .a'nd sell, cS an article of trade; the somewhat considerable amount of hair of the beards and. heads pr, thp Jiundrcds of ipitiions of' customers, whom .they vdaily shave, The Chinese know the. action of gypsum nnd lime; and it often happens that thoy renew tho plastering of the kitchens,, for "thcipnrposej of making use of tho old mayerpr lflanure. ,041 . . No Chinese farmer ever sowaseca of corn beforb It, has heed soaked "in iquid manure diluted' with -water, and' has bb gnn to gcrminfttoj and experiedednhaf taught hin; (sq. .he asserts) that thla operatiott ,nptsqnly tends to. promote, the growth and development of .the plnnt,Jbut also tb prbtect "ile 'feed frbni'iW InsccU hlddenMn'the grbudd. " -L " Daring the summer months,. all kinds of vegetable refBsa..at:pTnlxed. with. turfj sttaw graj5tTpcat, weeds Mtibft&l . Mm lectcd luto.hcapa, and wheB,qnitbdfy;set. U mwm , on firq: after scvcraVdays qf slpw.comsi : WnM j.bustton tho, tntlrp mass w converted fnta'"f.. a'- kind bf , black earth,' This cbmplisOi 'siif bnty!)emplpytd,for;thcmftnuring'.ofr8ed$; , W&$m :y;hed seed time arrivc4oneman: makes'r'- ' Sfl1 holes Ip. the ground r" another, folio ws.wUU', f W-Mf tho: seed; "which he places lo the holes :- rind a.thira add! the lack c'atth. Tub ; . m&Jk youngseedjiplaBtedWthlinianngfb' 'wIt witlv-pucli cxtrabrdidary'vigoC' that; it Id 7 "' w-lw ; 'there.byr'enahl(Sd' tor pusli- its! rpotleta, '' '' 'lRa thrbugh the jiard, solid' soil; nnd to'collcct i ;ISIi! its mincrdt cbdstttdentsi 'fel -r? iMit ; Tho,,0ilitcso farmer sbwd his heat; , is'fflM after thb'glsins hP .bccft' mked I- ; . . . MkB quid manure, quite jSlpBb, la seed sheds',,' MiKi and after wds liransplants it, p.Wfsipu- vS ally; also, tho, soaked' grains are Immedi- htcly'sbwii in the' field' prdpcrjy prepared ' 'tffiSc for their ircccptleVat ' itichcs frepi each Piker Tkb'.-ioaflof.' , Wiml transplanting -is towards tho, .month tof "lIM December. T Xn March thp seed scijds.up .fjRMft; frbm 'seven, tq nine. stalks :w'ith car?, but ''mI'i the straw Isshcrtcr thahwlth usji tf.havb ; .'ff)' bbcd.tbld that wheat yields 120 fold ore4 tllflfe ;whlcir ampljr repays ,th,o .care; and JiVpr .:. IBSi hcstb'wed upon St;; .fe;-. ..f-,n;-j. Wm& -ilt' ls' ; quite'.-true that ;hat suits .one:; mil people niay not, bnhat?adcoudtJ 'jtait 'B W' f countries and ,aUBatioraf'1tol'bae,grt : im t and' JdeontroycrUhlor frutli ifeayilaji.ttt. - -pIJe evcnts;,bb learned" froni NChincse 'agricu ; ture; viz., that jthb "Mdr bft-tho:;Chincso;- siV' ; 'cultivator 'J&avo preserved 'Ithcl ifcrtllltyi. i-nwM "uniinpaircd dpd;incbn'tinued- vigprevctA ; :mWi since tho, days pf Abrahaui, atuLot tbb 'ffik buildiPK of thd first pyramid iu Egypt.? - '-'imm "This result, wo also learn, has., bcea .' at-1 tainedsolely and simply' by 'thft rcstltuUPB - Mm tb the, soil bf-.theinerdl constltucntdre-- M&, moved ia' thbproducci or. whatsampdats; to '..tho ianicT ; thlpg',;' that . thUrhaAbewi'. K'mU effectbd by 'thil.aid bf amaaurtf,; ptlch i ml thd greater pbrtionls'lost'lp the laudta . filf thd sys'trS of 'EnropwrfXadd American?). cpitw dtipti; el mu rjjiro tJMn XcoUlftfarotoVd W Ufil? iheytamJfi. of the same shape.aad ?tW -,h lsm ''rMUrtiWrllldgn lbeB?t;5Sli, KWtl modem Chlaai atUieprnV J5" |