The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1819-06-08

increasing the quantity of barnyard and stable
manure. Ii Is hardly necessary to remind farmers
the utility and Importance Of casting mud, tart
mould, seaweed &c. into the barnyard, when by
being trodden and mixed with the dung and stale,
they are converted into valuable manure.
This is now done by almost every prudent and
industrious hushandman. Another way Of in
cfeasins the quantity i by making yard il the
street or convenient place, to be proportion
ed to the number ofcattle which are TO be enclos-
ed; dimensions, long and narrow, for two reasons
first, for the convenience Of poughing il; sec
ondy, for the advantage OF setting and removing
the end fences, SO often az there should be ocCa-
sion to plough up the yard the cattle are to De
put into the yard every mig hit during the summer
season, and it is to be ploughed once in month.
The whole furrow depth Of earth viii become
good dung, making increase beyond what
one would imagine, probably four fold greater
than would have been produced in the common
way. 1t is best put this species Of manure on
some adjacent field, as it j. heavy and long
land carriage would be tedious and expensive.
But as to its effects when applied, it j: SAID to be
equal to other dung.
Compost manure is but little attended to at
present. There is however no doubt, but that far
mers would find it greatly to their advantage BY
adopting the method followed by gentleman in
the Western parts Of the state some years since.
farmers possess, he increased his manure To two
or three hundred loads and obtained the premium
of fifty dollars offered by the trustees ol the Mss.
II. ;. to the person who should produce three
hundred tons or upwards ofgood compost manure.
His directions are briefly these select piece Of
ground SO situated as the DRAWINGS from the barn
yard may be led into it. Dig a hollow place in
the form of wooden tray proportioned to the
uantity you intend to make. Then cast into it
several loads Of good clay, spread it over the
bottom and sides, about two or three inches thick
and beat it down until it becomes very hard and
smooth, so that the rich juices Of the compost
may not be lost by soaking into the ground.
From the BEGINNING Of May to the end Of June
when the necessary work on the farm will per-
NIT, collect materials for the compost and cast
them into the general receptacle. The heap is
to be made Of the following materials and their
proportions for heap say of two hundred loads,
about sixty loads Of the top of the earth taken
from tn sides of streets &c. where it has had some
benefit of the wash of the road. About sixty
loads Of mud, taken from swamps that are cover
ed with water part Of the year but not washed
| by it, About forty loads Of the dung and wash
of the hog stye, chips, cobs, leached ashes, dirt
about the house upon which urine, wash tubs,
&C. have been emPtied. Forty loads from the
cowyard. The remainder to consist Of u aw,
horse dung, poor hay thrown into the barnyard,
upon which the cattle have lain. About two
loads Of green brakes and young bushes Of less
| than three months growth and about the same
quantity of green weeds These are Immediately
to be spread over the top Of the heap to prevent
drying and to promote putrelacton.
| In collecting the several materials for the com
post heap, not mere than four or five loads Of any
one lind should be carried, until that be spread
over the surface ofthe whole heap and then the
same quantity of another kind; and il that
manner throughout the whole. In the month Of
august the heap is to DO turned up from the
bottom, carefully mixing the several ingredients
and pulverizlng them much as can be done
with convenience by this process putretaction
n greatly promoted in the fan it may be car
ted into the fields for the succeeding spring.
The gentleman above alluded To recommends
manure made In this way II but little iAicTlor -o
the common kind.
Process ofincreasins the quantity NJ hog yard
manure recommended by the Shrewsbury
United Agricultural Society-n w yard designed
for five or six swine should De about forty feet
square, Including shelter To render their lodging
warm and dry. From the latter part Of May
and onwards, cause the several kinds ofmateHals
best adapted for making hog manure, such as
meadow or pond mud loan or wash "a roads,
together with any Kind Of green vegetables, to
be carried into the yard at suitable times, keep
ing the several kinds properly prortonod; let the
manure made the first year, be removed out 0i
the yard the next spring, and the yard stocked
with materials as before, by which mode mi ual-
agement not less than seventy loads (of thirty
bushels to a lead Of manure i'll the course oi Two
seasons may be obtained, and ar tie first rate ioF
drills or holes.